Articles Tagged ‘design’

Mar
26
Why are anime eyes so big?

So why do anime characters often have such large eyes or corneas? Some cute and pretty fun Acuvue contact lense advertisements suggest a good reason.

Mar
23
The balancing bookshelf

The balancing act of life is by no means fun, but when it comes to balancing physical objects, it can be suprisingly amusing. “Maintain The Balance of Your Knowledge!”

Mar
17
Rolling sushi with spokes

They once rolled on a wheel, but now a particularly inventive device uses bicycle spokes to roll sushi. The Spoke sushi roller by recycles old bike spokes, making a perfectly useful sushi roller out of them

Mar
6
Dolled-up dumbbells

Kokeshi are ornate, handmade dolls. Dumbbells are handheld weights made for lifting. The two don’t have much in common other than their shape — sort of. Perhaps that resemblance inspired the Kokeshi Dumbbell.

Mar
3
The USB Hubman

Bring your boring, uninspired USB hub to life with the delightful USB Hubman. The USB hub Hubman is a cute little guy with some great practicality and a fresh, cool look.

Mar
1
The office in a box

Give your home office wheels with the Trunk Station. The stylish, compact, and portable workspace rolls on wheels and folds in half when you’re not slaving away at it.

Feb
29
Toshiba robophones to conquer all

If robots ever want to take over the world, infiltrating our lines of communcation would be a good starting point. The Toshiba’s “PhoneBraver” may make that task that much easier.

Feb
25
The fastest autofocus indeed

Does the Olympus E-3 really have the fastest autofocus? Who cares, one of their ads do. Here’s a Korean advertisement for the Olympus E-3 camera.

Feb
22
The computer mouse that ‘sucks’

It seems like everyday there’s a cool/novel/wacky new computer mouse to be discovered. Today it’s a USB vacuum mouse from Japan.

Feb
19
Shunichi Makino’s papercraft robots

Out with the plastic models and in with the paper ones — like Shunichi Makino’s papercraft robots.

The Japanese graphic designer has been crafting stunning models of robots…

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