Here are some photos that were provided by San Diego Air & Space Museum up on Flickr. I only put up a few but there is many more to be discovered.
Fun Fact: Did you know that early space suits were manufactured by ILC Dover, also known to most as Playtex, you know that company that makes women's undergarments. Enjoy!
Designer Basten Leijh created the custom build bike dubbed "Sandwich Bike". A Dutch Design original that was inspired by the concept of flat packing, home assembly and our never-ending drive to create exceptional products. Now it is time to share it with the world, so that you can get involved too.
The Sandwichbike fits in a small, flat package, so we can send it to you by post. The fun will begin the moment the postman rings your doorbell. Everything you need is in the box including the tools, so you can start assembling right away. In total, there are less than 50 parts. If you can make a sandwich, you can surely build a Sandwichbike.
Brandon Todd Wilson is the creator behind The Numbers Project where he will make a new number everyday for 2013. Here is a little bit on what he said about the project:
"So it only took me 100 days to do, ha but the numbers project has its own little micro-site so that its easier to check them all out. Really as a way to make sure i'm not doing something I've already done. I also made it mobile friendly thanks to bootstrap so that's cool i think, so here is the numbers project’s new home."
Below are a few of the ones that caught my eye, although there are a whole bunch more. Check out more of Brandon's work here.
The Zeit Eco electric scooter takes a new look at individual urban transport and entertainment. With Zeit Eco scooter freedom of mobility becomes accessible to everyone. The scooter has a spacious glove compartment that can fit your personal items such as tablet, purse, breakfast, lunch or dinner. The Zeit Eco also allows you to keep all your gadgets and devices charged with a built in USB port. A single charge can provide up to one hour or 15 miles at full throttle. With the fold down handlebars and footrests you can also take it on the go.
If you're a serious chess player then your going to need the World Chess Championship Set ($450). It was designed by Daniel Weil of Pentagram, this board is currently in service at the 2013 World Chess Championships in London, and as such is approved by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). It features a 3.75" King, and it comes boxed for presentation, with each piece individually hand packed, and a 50cm Rosewood and Maple board featuring the World Chess Hexagon.
Irina Blok took on a challenge of redesigning condom packaging to get out the message of protecting your junk. Here was the challenge:
"We are looking for a Next Generation Condom that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure, in order to improve uptake and regular use. Additional concepts that might increase uptake include attributes that increase ease-of-use for male and female condoms, for example better packaging or designs that are easier to properly apply."
She wanted to answer the challenge of reinventing condoms from a graphic design perspective. Perhaps the biggest problem with condoms is the boring packaging, and not the actual product. Creating compelling artwork could encourage people around the world to actually use these." This is how Irina Blok announced to take Bill Gates up on his challenge to design the 'next generation condoms' by redesigning packaging. What do you think?
Welcome to Playlist-48. Spring should be here but it's hiding a little bit but in the meantime enjoy some great springs songs to get you running in the fields of flowers. In this months installments we have some new tracks by Foals, Frightened Rabbit, Black Light Dinner Party and more...
If you want to check out any of the other Playlist then click on Archived Playlist in this post or on the right hand side of this blog or in the menu.
The Carma Project is a really neat project, sponsored by ad firm Leo Burnett Lisbon. They created a bike with as many reclaimed car parts as possible, watch the video below! They built the bicycle out of scraps from a retired Mercedes hoping that the heavy karma of the car could be re-balanced by riding the same number of kilometers in a greener way: just by cycling.
Google just made an announcement introducing Keep, it's a new and simple note-taking service. Google Keep (accessible here) is supposed to solve the issue of placing stickies, writing down thoughts and checklists for sorting out priorities. The new note-taking service includes the ability to add photos and a color stripe to the header of each task grouping. It also automatically keep everything synced up by storing them on Google Drive, so you can access your notes from anywhere. Give it a try today.
Philips DesignLine TV ($TBA) decided to get rid of the ever-thinning bezel design of TV's and built a frameless sheet of glass. Thanks to this unusual design, it can lean against a wall, stand up, or be hung on the wall, but it still offers features like integrated Wi-Fi, a Full HD LED panel, 3D Max, Ambilight on three sides, and SimplyShare to easily send photos and videos from your iPad and iPhone to your TV. No word yet on a US release.
What a sweet looking little renovated NYC apartment. This 240-square-foot shoebox with sleeping loft was designed by Brooklyn architect Tim Seggerman, who renovated this Upper West Side brownstone studio into what it is today. His solution was to insert what he calls a “crafted jewel box” into the undersize space, creating an enveloping cabin of blond woods. “It’s basically a piece of woodwork,” says Seggerman. “I’m very proud of that.” There are cabinets of cypress and bamboo; a gently chamfered ash-and-beech staircase; flooring of quartered white oak; a desk of red birch slats that slips out into the living space... And a nook creates a cubby-like library to crawl into.
The Connor wood bikes ($4, 500) elegantly form and function into a ride-able work of art. The design embodies simple, pure fun in the most unique way possible on two wheels. Enjoy the unbelievably smooth ride and the distinct look that only an individually crafted, hand sculpted wood bicycle provides. Find out more information by visiting there website.
Designers Maxim Mezentsev & Aleksander Suhih have created such a useful keyboard concept. The E-Inkey Keyboard helps you remember shortcuts for all of your applications. The keyboard keys would show custom buttons for each program that you use (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, etc). So how many designer would love something like this!
Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a limited edition BMC road bike. Limited to only 50 units, the impec Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Edition combines high-end Italian components with the Swiss made impec frame, and a custom Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Aventador Yellow Paint job. Retail price is set at $32,508 USD. For the complete specs and ordering information visit BMC’s website.
Damon Sheeley of The Bear and The Sea had released his full-length album Tress Like You and he has been kind enough to share it with you. I have been a fan of his for a while and each track that he releases puts you into a different space and time. Trees Like You is a lot like its title, the leafy and fleshy stuff of our very existence – you need it in your lives. Also check out his EP Everything is Everything on TCL. So hit play and enjoy and spread the word of The Bear and The Sea.
Want to have more control over your devices without using camera-based gestures? The Myo Gesture Control Armband ($150) is a new innovative input device that communicates with your PC, Mac, Phone, Tablet over Bluetooth 4.0 and uses proprietary muscle sensors as well as a 6-axis motion sensor to track your movements. The muscle sensors are advanced enough that it can detect changes in gestures down to the each finger, and because your muscles pick up the signal to move before they actually do, you may see it respond before you even move. How crazy would that be?
Emily Shaw a California based designer did a great job for her 4th year design course of re-branding the timeless photography company Kodak. Her concept was to focus on the pro side instead of the masses and she was able to give Kodak a fresh, clean, and minimal design. I think she did a great job on keeping the focus but giving it a new look. Kodak should be hitting her up for her design. View more of this project on Behance
Welcome to Playlist-47. March is the time for a slow transition into spring so that is how I setup this months playlist. In this months installment we have new music by Local Natives, The Postal Service, How to Dress Well and more... So share and enjoy!
If you want to check out any of the other Playlist then click on Archived Playlist in this post or on the right hand side of this blog or in the menu.
Tracklist
1. Morning by Au.Ra
2. Forro by The Little Ones
3. Arms by 90 Pounds of Pete
4. Geiger Counter by Absofacto
5. & It Was U (Elite Gymnastics Remix) by How to Dress Well
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