Meet the Urban Bike Rack Concept That Scales the Sides of City Buildings [Concepts]
11/04/2011 |
Traditional bike racks are so boring that I often forgo their use for more extreme locales, like power lines or roof decks or strapped to the backs of random passersby. In that vein I would probably use this concept, which would see my bike suspended from the side of a building.More »...
A Single Strap Can Turn Your Bike's Frame Into a Basket [Wish You Were Here]
If you've ever wished for some more storage space on your bike without resorting to adding a hipster basket on your handlebars, you'll appreciate this alternative solution from designer Yeongkeun Jeong. It's a simple strap system that turns the bike's own frame into extra storage.More »
A Bike Rack That Combs Up the City's Bicycles [Design]
Don't you just love functional pieces of public art? This comb bike rack may not be as high-tech as the NYC concept bike rack, but there's something to be said about a simple design that everyone can use.More »
Why Ride a Bike When You Can Ride a Horse Bike [Bikes]
Plenty of people have tried to reinvent the bicycle, but I've always thought that what we currently have—two wheels, a standard frame, and some handlebars—is pretty much perfect. And then I saw the horsecycle.More »
I Hope Colgate Sees This Clever Toothpaste Tetra Packaging [Concepts]
Smart packaging is always appreciated, particularly when it's for a product that we all use several times a day. Well, I hope you do anyway. Moving the paste-opening to the corner reduces packaging, and increases paste usage. Very smart, Sang Min Yu and Wong Sang Lee. [Yanko via Technabob]More &r...
If Darth Vader Had Hair...and a Hair-Dryer [Star Wars]
"Luke...*heavy breathing*...I am your...*heavy breathing* hair-dresser." [Tembolat Gugkaev via via NerdApproved]More »
Tomorrow's Stoplights Will Look Like Exclamation Points [Concepts]
Art Lebedev, the folks at ISBAK, and the city of Istanbul have together designed Isiklarius, traffic lights for punctuation lovers. Shaped like exclamation points, its hoped that they'll stand out in busy Turkish streets.More »
Behold the INgSOC Concept Bike and All Its Fierce Alien Goodness [Concepts]
I can't be entirely sure, but I think bike design just took a turn for the Gundam. For the Ridley Scott? For...?More »
iCam Bypasses Clunky Factory-Installed Camera Interfaces with an iPhone [Cameras]
Zeki Ozek wants to complement your current camera with an iPhone and eliminate SD cards, clunky factory-installed interfaces and whatever else attaching Apple's smartphone to the back of your rig might accomplish.More »
Dusters Finally Join the Rest of Us In the 21st Century [Design]
Thanks to the quirky chaps at Yanko, the humble duster—that feathery thing you never use over in the storage closet right now—has received a conceptual makeover involving static electricity called the Du.Static.More »
Recompose is the Keyboard You Don't Necessarily Have to Touch [Video]
Recompose, the latest piece of technological innovation to come out of MIT's Media Labs, is in many ways unclassifiable. It's a user interface whose design part gesture-based, part touch-based, and entirely ambiguous in its purpose. Still though, it's intriguing.More »
