Category Archives: Design

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The Dantone Guide by Danish ad agency TN Reklame, what sez:

Finding the right linguistic nuances when communicating is of course just as important as finding the right colour. Which is why we have developed The Dantone Guide, a chart that introduces nuances in the Danish language (the examples have been translated). From PEACE, over UNREST, to WAR. From FINANCIAL CRISIS, over ZERO GROWTH, to UPTURN. The colours of the words follow the actual Pantone scale and the colour of each concept matches its subject. So that matters related to emotions are red/pink, financial issues are blue, environmental issues green and so forth.

Colour us optimistic.

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The AWWA Sky Whale – a rather wonderful concept for a passenger airliner envisioned by Spanish industrial designer Oscar Viñals.

The plane – which can seat 755 passengers on three decks –  has a blended wing design to reduce drag, emissions and fuel consumption with internal turbines generating electric power for the hybrid engines. The wings rotate up to 45 degrees to assist manoeuvring.

We want it to be real. You want it to be real.

The Beluga Airbus can’t be the only whale in the sky.

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An extremely accurate scrolling depiction of relative distances between planets in the solar system created by interactive media designer Josh Worth in which the Earth’s moon (diameter 3475km) is represented by one pixel. Worth sez:

I was talking about the planets with my 5-year-old daughter the other day. I was trying to explain how taking a summer vacation to Mars in the future will be a much bigger undertaking than a trip to Palm Springs (though equally as hot). I kept trying to describe the distance using metaphors like “if the earth was the size of a golf ball, then Mars would be across the soccer field” etc., but I realized I didn’t really know much about these distances, besides the fact that they were really large and hard to understand.

Visitors can scroll sideways or jump to various planets via buttons at the top of the map.
Explore it here.

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LA-based Peace Cycles concept for the ‘ultimate city commuter bike’ (currently funding on Kickstarter) combining the features of the Dutch urban bike and the American beach cruiser: fully loaded with 7 gears, pothole-devouring balloon tyres, upright seating position, spring loaded saddle, spoke guards, cargo rack, battery lights and riser handlebars for maximum comfort.

Pledge  €950+ and you can choose any two bikes as a ‘couples special’.

And you know where to come when they’re both nicked.

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The Aerobull from Jarre Technologies is an iPod/iPhone speaker (100W RMS @ 1% Total Harmonic, Mid-tge 2 x 20W; subwoofer 1 x 60W) with bluetooth and line-ins for CD and other music players.

Plus it looks like a dog wearing sunglasses. With an iPhone embedded in its skull.

Available in various painted and chromed finishes for a trifling €999.

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