Image

Characters created by EASY HEY
Modeling by GREGOS
Produced by ARTOYZ ORIGINALS
Size : 7-8cm (3 inches)
Production run : 500 sets
Material : ABS
Origin : France

Image

Initial reaction to the concept vehicle typically comes in two words: "Wow" and "why."
The "wow" is easy to understand from Dodge, the brand that continues to drive its foot to the floor - most recently with the all-new 2003 Viper, Heavy Duty and Light Duty Rams and an SRT lineup dedicated to engineering the most powerful production vehicles in their segments.
But "why" would a company, famous for its innovative car and truck designs, go down this particular path?
"Tomahawk is an icon of the extreme thinking for a brand that is known not only for the legendary Viper and Ram, but also for all new, innovative vehicles such as the Magnum SRT-8 and Durango concepts," said Creed.
That extreme thinking produced a machine in the true tradition of power-junkie passion, powered by a 505 cu. in., 8300 cc aluminum Viper V-10 engine.
"This is a bold faced slap against mediocrity," Creed said. "Tomahawk is a scintillating example of what creative minds can do when given the opportunity to run free. It is a pure mechanical sculpture and a joyous celebration of the artistry and emotion of design."
The Dodge Tomahawk is a Chrysler Group design concept that is as much a Viper-powered work of art as it is a whole new type of vehicle invention. It is both a sculpture that can be ridden, as well as a bold statement about the Chrysler Group's enthusiast culture and passion for design.
"Tomahawk moves design concept introductions and the concept car game to a whole new level - as only Dodge and the Chrysler Group can," said Creed.

Image

The Viper-powered Dodge Tomahawk concept vehicle shatters all the barriers of conventional thinking about personal transportation. This four-wheel, single-passenger vehicle is a sleek, rolling sculpture that combines art-deco styling with extreme engineering.
"The Dodge brand philosophy always challenges us to grab life by the horns," said Trevor Creed, Senior Vice President - Design, Chrysler Group. "In the case of Tomahawk, grabbing and holding onto anything for dear life is a necessity. It's just that extreme and passionate; a glimpse into the soul and commitment of true enthusiasts."

Image

Vertex 3D Robot

Image Group

Shade is a stretchy, 6x6 meters portable canopy that reshapes itself from within when the printed pattern is pushed from the inside. It unfolds out of a hand luggage bag and it could be installed anywhere to define a space and hide activities from the outside. The space inside radiates a white, comfortable and intimate atmosphere.

Image Group

Nowadays, to save energy is one of the most pressing problem. This is already possible with the actual technology, such as low consumption led lights and solar panels; but actual products seem to be too far from people’s uses and overall they require not so much interaction to aware people about the problem.
Energy Bucket is an innovative product that comes from the habit of the past to collect potable water at the well using buckets. In fact, “Energy Bucket” requires to be exposed by the user under the solar light to recharge (thanks to the solar panels on top), so that it can be carried anywhere and illuminate once night (it works with 1KW led lights housed on the plastic bucket). A honest exchange between man and nature: I do something to have something back: clean light!

Image

Ultimately this is a fantastic collaboration between the world’s largest producer of Solar Cells Sharp Solar; Artemide, a leading force in the field of lighting innovation for the past 40 years, Ross Lovegrove, a visionary translator of technology for the 21st Century; and the MAK in Vienna supported by the Angewante, the leading school of Architecture and Design in Vienna. The Solar Trees communicate more than light… they communicate the trust of placing beautifully made, complex natural forms outside for the benefit of all of society becoming a museum that if folded inside out, the museum as an incubator of change in society… and with this the promotion of environmental science and the joy of the new aesthetics made possible by the digital process.
Via hg.hu

Image Group

Rondo Stand by cat-interiors

Image Group

Give birds a welcome home and a place to hatch their young with the colorful and durable Egg Bird House. The glossy ceramic Egg Bird House has a 1 1/8? diameter entry hole to attract chickadees, wrens and smaller birds, keeping house sparrows out. The handmade Egg Bird House is easy to use, durable, predator proof and available in eight glossy colors. A perfect outdoor companion to the Egg Bird Feeder that will keep birds coming to your home all year long.
Via: DesignSponge

Image

The Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel (WAM-V) is a new boat made by Marine Advance Research that was unveiled at a press event in San Francisco.

The WAM-V is essentially a modular catamaran that can be configured in different ways depending on your needs of use. Two engine "pods" separated from the main hulls can be switched out as well, depending on your engine needs. It can hold inboard or outboard motors, propellers or jets, diesel or gas.

Its hulls conform to the surface shape of the water in constant adjustment to changing waves, thereby, riding high on the water instead of sinking into it. This makes it possible for you to pilot the boat into very shallow areas.

Marine Advance Research says on its site that the WAM-V can be built for a scuba diving platform, water ambulance, pleasure boat, luxury boat or station for holding oceanographic equipment.

WAM-V seems to be trendy thing to do this Winter (among crazy inventors that is).

Image Group

The art and innovation of the loo.

Image Group

Get Inspired

Image

"with a sinuous shape, different from any point you look at, made in polyethylene... [FLOW] sets up a new typology of the design product, pot and sculpture, a sinuous object through which Cartesian geometries are transformed into a continuous surface.”.

Street Photo of Workstation office in clerkenwell London.

Designs Extend Computing to New Worlds
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced the five top winners of the Next-Gen PC Design Competition today at the 2007 Windows Hardware Engineering Conferences (WinHEC) in Los Angeles. “This year’s competition winners have envisioned a brave new world of computing,” says Kevin Eagan, general manager of Microsoft’s Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) Marketing Group. “Through insightful design, the winning entries take computing to bold new places and to traditionally underserved audiences.”
  BulbPC, a PC that fits into a desk grommet hole, designed by Allen Wong and Matt Conway.

MADE in China, a PC with a distinctly Asian interface, designed by John Leung.

Zeed+ for the Future, a PC that maximizes hardware mobility, designed by Kenneth W. K. Wu.