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Awesome!.
The BlackBoard idea is brilliant :)

Absolutly WOW, coolest post I have ever seen here. Nice future, isnt it ? :)

Most of the product designs featured above are awesome, but am not sure about the functionality aspect of many of these….take for example the slice concept for storing files, what happens when you need to share data on one float……might not work as well in a shared user environment, hence restricting it to individual users.

Anyways, the products featured above are simply amazing from a design perspective.

The aquarium sink is AWESOME!

This list is amazing. Really innovative collection. Keep posting

Great collection!

Awesome collection. I want almost everything!

One of the best.Thanks.

Aquarium looks pretty but in real life suck. All fishes will die, because temperature will be changed every time owner’ll wash hands

Some gorgeous things. I really, really wanted that rocking chair until I saw the reading light, which looks like it would function better as an interrogation light. Light should come from above and behind the head, not in front of the head. But chair is beautiful.

Gracias por inspirar cada mañana de luens, asi comienzo muy motivado la semana.
Gran trabajo muchachos!

the Bracelet Watch is awesome…

Some very Cool Design.

very nice post …

With the exception of the peanut butter jar, this is a great example of all concept no application.

Go to any Industrial Design graduation show, in any university for the last 10 years and you’ll see more of the same.

Isn’t it time for something really new?

great work! зачод!

Fantastic selection. Since i found SmashingMagazine i visit you every day.

Thanks guys.

Wonderful designs, if that Nokia 888 is durable, it will be a hit!

Heck, they’re all awesome!

Aquarium Sink & Printer Table are the best (and most aplicable) for me.

amazing rocking chair… i have to have one!!!

This is truly Amazing Stuff !!! I love the content ! Esp. APPLE Interface !!!

-Ganesh INDIA

Really nice selection with stunning stuff!
Is there any way of submitting our own projects?

That was prefect!
Thanks

The Bulbdial Clock and Aquarium Sink. are really Wonderful

…. Its a great stuff

Wow what an incredibly useless list of vaporware…

Che spettacolo!
Sono tutte idee fantasticehe.
Secondo me non bisognerà aspettare neanche troppo prima di vederle sul mercato. Alcuni oggetti sarebbero utili già oggi. Probabilmente occorre soltanto che ci sia un finanziamento per vedere dei prodotti del genere in casa nostra.

Great stuff!
Thanks for this magic moment! XD

thanks
they were the most beautiful designs that i ever seen

oh god f**king collection.im loving IT!!

Simply fantastic post!!
Thanks guys!

simply amazing !

fabulous exciting

That’s Great!!!

These are all awesome designs… the one that really caught my eye was the Nokia 888… tight!

its awesome
love it :)

Why hadn’t anyone ever thought of the double-lid peanut butter jar?! OMG It’s so simple! And I’d also love to have the aquarium sink. But I’m most impressed by those chopstick styli. Those are really something!

i want my ice cream in that peanut butter jar.

The orbit time swatch is genial

So good idea. very very nice. thank you so much.

“Excellent VERY NICE. I LIKE THIS.”

The Bello Concept PMP is similar to a celphone in korea–its called Anycall: Haptic. It looks like an iphone and does all the 6 interactive motions. :)

@Ron: There is such a keyboard, called the Optimus Maximus. According to reviews, though, the keys are hard to press. I think they’re working on a new model.

Everything in this list is pretty cool. The MADE in China is a little creepy, but the concept of the dual styli is awesome. And I agree with what some commenter waaaay up near the beginning said about the aquarium sink: cool idea, but the temperature change every time the faucet is used can’t be good for the fish. I want that rocking chair, and that skinny concept phone (not the nokia one, the other one) looks cool.

Cool List Design

fantastic

WE ARE LIVING IN THE WORLD OF JAMES BOND GADGETS!

lol. I felt I was looking at stuffs you buy on The Sims. haha. =)

amazing.

i want Aquarium Sink badly….

pretty cool :-) a pond of inspiration! thanks

The introduction explains that successful product design is both beautiful and functional. Measured against that criteria, the bulk of these designs are rubbish. I can’t believe the glowing remarks. Shall we run through them one-by-one?

1. Magnet: No function whatsoever. What does it do? It doesn’t even look strong enough to hold a shopping list.

2. Bracelet watch: The stripes rotate around your wrist? So you’ll have to hunt all over the thing to figure out the time? I’d just ask someone with a real watch to tell me the time.

3. Made in China: Besides the big brother aspect and the fact that it looks like a griddle and a pair of chopsticks, this thing puts the user at the mercy of the communications infrastructure. If my Internet connection goes down, at least I can play Solitaire until it comes back up. Plus, performance on this thing is going to suck.

4. MARRO computer system: I’m still not sure what this thing does. I guess it’s a remote controlled media server with non-intuitive input devices running a limited operating system that only plays media files?

5. External touch screen concept: A non-tactile keyboard/display combo. If the glare doesn’t get you, the fingerprints and scratches will.

6. DDM PC: So, on one hand, it’s a normal computer with a display in multiple pieces. On the other, it’s a central server with wireless display parts that can be used separately. Sounds like neither function will work well. When used as a PC, the spaces between each of the screen parts and the smudges from fingerprints left from when the screen parts were carried around will drive you nuts. When used separately, you’ll have to deal with a non-tactile interface.

7. Concrete art: Furniture made out of concrete? Are you kidding me?

8. Action method: It’s a note pad. Nothing to see here. Move along.

9. Slice computing system: What the hell? Instead of an organized file structure, files are stored in orange slices in a fruit bowl? That’s supposed to make them easier to find? You have to disassemble the thing, find the slice you’re looking for, and then place it in another bowl to transfer files? How is this an improvement?

10. Concept cell phone: Here’s that non-tactile interface again. How about some buttons I can feel instead of a stylus I’ll lose the first day?

11. Rocking wheel chair: The light will point directly at my face. That sounds pleasant. Also, if I rock backward in this thing what’s going to stop me from going over backwards?

12. Airtrav: Hmm, ticketless travel or expensive electronic gizmo that gives me information already available on big overhead displays already installed at every airport on the planet. Why would I need this?

13. Peanut butter jar: Wow, this one might actually work. As long as the bottom lid is on tight and doesn’t come loose with the wrong end pointing down.

14. Carry on luggage: Carry on? Is that a joke? They’re not going to let you take that thing on a plane. The airline will make you check it and the baggage handlers will do everything they can to expose that beautiful bamboo plywood they’re so proud of.

15. Nokia 888: No buttons? No form? So, if I have this thing rolled up in my pocket and it rings, I have to unroll it, form it into the shape of a phone, and then talk into it? Sound like a hassle and doesn’t look like it will be very comfortable to hold such a thin phone up to my ear.

16. Zeed+: Instead of having the components securely installed inside a computer case, they’ll stick out of a vase? So, when I’m almost finished with that important report that’s due to the boss tomorrow, my kids will yank out the CPU and video card and hide them behind the TV? And, I won’t be able to replace the parts because they’re completely, entirely proprietary?

17. Virtual ideas watch: I don’t get it. It’s a watch. Where do the virtual ideas come in?

18. Bello concept PMP: I don’t want to shake, rattle, and pour my MP3 player. I want to click buttons that say Play or Transfer. Come on, how is having to move the thing around like it’s a Wii controller a better design? I’ll yank the headphones off my head with this thing.

19. Printer table: A printer apparently designed to hold drinks? Why would you want to put drinks on a printer? What happens when someone spills one of the drinks?

20. Onyx concept: More of the same. Another unusable phone with no buttons.

21. Aquarium sink: It’s already been covered. Hot and cold water will wreak havoc on the fish. Cleaning the thing will be a nightmare. Tapping on the glass will disturb the fish. Stupid idea.

22. Pixel perfect hour glass: So the hourglass is just a gimmick. It’s a screensaver and doesn’t actually tell time. You have to push a button to see the time. Oh, it’s also ugly.

23. Swiss desk station model: An old rotary style phone. The push button phone was developed several decades ago and everyone said, “Wow, that’s so much easier to dial”. So, what makes this a better design?

24. Circle sofa: Might work fine if you have a circle house. It’s not exactly going to fit in my living room though.

25. The bulbdial clock: I actually like this idea. Of course, it will light up the room it’s in 24 hours a day. And, the light from the hour and minute hands will be blocked by the second hand as it sweeps past creating confusing shadows. Still, cool idea.

26. Keyboard shortcut skins: This is obviously supposed to make you more productive, giving you a visual reference for shortcut keys, but it doesn’t look very tactile and will probably interfere with button presses. Plus, you have to look at the keyboard to find the shortcuts. I’m looking at the screen. I type by feel. How about putting the shortcuts on the screen where I want my eyes focused? I know where each key is, just tell me I can use Ctrl-V to paste. Oh, wait, most programs already do tell me that in the menu next to the item I want to select. I guess I don’t need a keyboard condom.

27. Barbouille blackboard: It’s just a blackboard. Nothing outrageous here. The spiky, horned monster might give younger kids boogeyman nightmares if you put this on their wall, but no worries.

@rukiddingme
You seem like an educated person, but have trouble comming off as one.
Many of your comments have merit, but a few discredit the rest by sounding like you just quickly browsed through all the products and found a single feature to whine about.

The magnet for instance, should have no trouble holding small paper objects like a shopping list, kid’s schoolwork, or any other thing that isn’t several pages long.

Concrete art is not the furniture…it is the floor if you had bothered to look at anything other than the first picture you would have noticed the glaringly obvious designs etched into a bare concrete floor, not really functional as this floor would be hella cold, but it is pretty. I can see this as a cheap but unique alternative to marble flooring. Good for a studio, or perhapse an office (maybe?). They probably chose grey upholstry to accentuate their product, not “concrete furnature”.

Peanut butter jar: You had nothing negative to say about this, but could not resist the urge to at least add in user error to the equation. User error is an internal flaw to almost anything and does not render everything useless.

Aquarium sink: I actually agree with you here, as well as anyone else who pointed out flaws to this, but I am surprised no one mentioned anything about removing dead fish with only those tiny little holes.

Circle sofa was likely designed for people with excess room to fill in, namely, large homes with large living rooms or dens. Sorry sir, if the fact that not every product can appeal to every potential consumer offends you.

Bulbdial clock: This is cute, and so you know, I doubt the lights are much stronger than a nightlight as they seem rather small, and if the ‘lamp posts’ are of differing lengths (as the photo suggests) then the outermost will be the longest (hour hand) and the innermost will the be shortest (second hand), not only avoiding light collision with the other lamps, but also the illusion of hands of differing lengths due to the angle of the light hitting the central post.

Barbouille blackboard: This is a character from a children’s book, and your arguement is a little weak.

COOL MAN!!!
i want a Swatch ORB

Very very beautifull.

koooool =]

Really impressing. Love the vintage phone, wanted to have one of those since ages. But the aquarium sink is tasteless in my opinion, poor fish are not gonna enjoy this.

I need a creative appearance designer to design new
multi-tasking components to an existing and beautifully designed housecleaning device.

Innovation and appearance are equal in importance.

Bev

The man behind the aquarium concept has got a wild imaginaton power keep it up…
really great work. After I saw the image I just think why didn`t I get such a great idea…

that’s fine. But i dont know how to collect all those creative people in to a single entity.
Because for last 22 years i am unable to meet such creative person with whom i can share my ideas too.