2015 Archive

No more burnt toast with this see-through toaster

Product Spotlight • 22 Dec 15

Designer James Stumpf has come up with a see-through toaster so users can see how brown their toast is getting. >
Relax and recharge under Mathieu Lehanneur's Clover street lights

Product Spotlight • 18 Dec 15

French industrial designer Mathieu Lehanneur creates an urban furniture and lighting collection for COP21’s climate conference. >
A dinnerware set inspired by the Czech Cubism

Product Spotlight • 17 Dec 15

Designed by Svetlana Koženová, the Lilia Collection is a dinnerware set inspired by the slicing planes and crystalline shapes of Czech cubism. >
Adidas and Parley for the Ocean unveil fashion that fights pollution

Product Spotlight • 16 Dec 15

Adidas’ new 3D-printed Ocean Plastic shoe is made of recycled ocean waste. >
Float: A stool designed for comfort

Product Spotlight • 14 Dec 15

Float is a sustainable stool that is designed to promote healthy sitting, designed by students in Dresden. >
Christmas ornaments get redesigned to raise funds for Detroit museum

Product Spotlight • 10 Dec 15

American designers teamed up to create a range of bespoke Christmas ornaments to raise funds for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit. >
LifePrint photos come alive in your hands

Product Spotlight • 9 Dec 15

Augmented reality photographs are able to come alive as though the user were holding a GIF in their hands. >
Kurv: The smart way to learn to play the guitar

Product Spotlight • 2 Dec 15

The Kurv Guitar is a 'stringless' digital instrument that allows anyone to learn and play songs using touch, motion and gestures. >
A spaceship-like lamp intricately woven by a robot

Product Spotlight • 27 Nov 15

Atelier Robotiq employs the accuracy of robotics to imitate elaborate design techniques. >
This modern tea set is preserving the traditional Chinese tea ceremony

Product Spotlight • 26 Nov 15

Mosey is a portable tea set designed by Jie Chen to preserve the traditional Chinese tea ceremony in the modern world. >
LIVIN Farm’s Hive lets you grow and farm your own mealworms

Product Spotlight • 25 Nov 15

A desktop hive for the kitchen allows users to feed, farm then eat their own mealworms. >
Milkweed creates unisex garmets from thick-knit textiles

Product Spotlight • 24 Nov 15

Brighton design brand Milkweed creates biodegradable, sustainable, unisex knitwear from local, organic yarn. >
An inventive way to enjoy popcorn

Product Spotlight • 23 Nov 15

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jolene Carlier adds a bit of fun and colour to popcorn making with her Willy Wonka-inspired invention. >
The Plumage cape is lauded the first of its kind in fashion

Product Spotlight • 20 Nov 15

3D printing technology opens up new avenues for fashion design and textile construction. >
This lamp takes its inspiration from a blade of grass

Product Spotlight • 19 Nov 15

This brass and walnut wood lamp sways gently, mimicking a blade of grass in the wind. >
Local SA design brand launches local tees

Product Spotlight • 18 Nov 15

Ballo has launched a range of locally made hemp apparel, featuring original designs by South African illustrator Si Maclennan. >
Icon's underwear line tackles incontinence in women

Product Spotlight • 18 Nov 15

Icon's new underwear line seeks to help women who suffer from light incontinence after childbirth. >
Biodegradable, laundry-free bed sheets

Product Spotlight • 16 Nov 15

Beantown Bedding has created biodegradable bed sheets that can be used for a few weeks and then thrown into the compost. >
Nendo’s MINIM+AID brings design thinking to disaster preparedness

Product Spotlight • 13 Nov 15

The Japanese studio’s emergency preparedness kit is a compact and smart product designed for national necessity. >
Colourful foam blocks make multiple seating arrangements

Product Spotlight • 12 Nov 15

Array, a set of brightly hued foam blocks, by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Tijs Gilde, can be arranged in multiple ways to create playful seating options. >
A stool for people who can’t sit still

Product Spotlight • 11 Nov 15

Pratt Institute graduate, Megan Czaja creates a bouncing, swivelling and rocking chair to up productivity. >
Mini-washing machine powered by peddling

Product Spotlight • 11 Nov 15

Yi Jiang’s Drumi is a washing machine that uses less water than a normal washing machine and no electricity. >
Australian beekeepers now have honey on tap

Product Spotlight • 10 Nov 15

Australian beekeeping father and son have spent a decade inventing every beekeepers dream: a device that enables them to harvest honey on tap. >
Thermal sponge table designed to save energy

Product Spotlight • 5 Nov 15

A French design studio has revamped the humble table, turning it into a device to control the temperature in a living space. >

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