Modern mechanix

Thank you Non stop robot!

Serial robots

Robots are making it in advertising! Hair cut and make up design by robots, Tiky Advertising, November 2007.

Firebird

Contrasting delicate silhouettes with a massive robotic construction, this moving sculpture retro-projects goth-looking birds. Work by Jonathan Schipper and Amelia Biewald.

A love story

Swarovski makes heart pendants that hide a computer key! A key to millions of love letters, pictures and all that, for a modest crystal price and that you can share between your neck and your laptop.

Robotic furniture design part II

The Meeraboo FL-1 a floor lamp with white curvilinear shapes fused with linear components, teardrop shaped feet on thin white legs, and illuminated golden interiors!

I wrote about Victor Vetterlein's work on robotic furniture design. He recently sent me his latest explorations. Same color palette!

The Meeraboo FL-1 floor lamp is 60 inches (152.4cm) in height, and 24 inches (61 cm) wide. The body of the lamp is fiberglass with a high gloss white finish. The interior is gold leaf. An electric cord passes through a rear leg of the lamp to supply an internal adjustable light source, and a removable panel on the side of the lamp provides access to the inside. The FL-1 is designed to cast light downward in order to reflect light off the floor plain.

Fancy masks

So you are working on your precious mold, lots of polyurethane threatens your life, you need a mask. These masks are for you: the high fashion protection!

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An insight into John Maeda's shoe design for Reebok

The king of simplicity is revisiting the new frontier in business competition.
John Maeda' shoe design accompanies Reebok's trend for mass customization and brings his perspective on what can be done on the shoe "canvas".

In mass customization, firms have thrown away the old paradigm of Mass Production by creating a variety and customization through flexibility and quick responsiveness. This is a new logic more suited to a world in which stability and control can no longer be maintained.

Tech outfit communication

A costume that controls a video presentation by truth dare double dare

A zipper that turns on/off the light!



Or Rainbug, a raincoat that relies upon the natural gesture of the young wearer to interact and transform butterflies into flowers!

Airbed

Airbed, an artificial lung and breathing mattress, is constructed from clear polythene and chromed waste plugs. It is a hybrid object borrowing language from the bedroom and the bathroom. An intermittent air supply feed into one end of the mattress bringing the bed to life. Audible bursts of air are sent down a plastic windpipe, mimicking a sleeping body.