Flamp Noir by Hiroshi Tsunoda

The cable and bulb comes in the box, making it portable and easy to carry. It is a perfect lamp to deploy in settings calling for a unique or varying ambience. The uncomplicated design has already madeit an icon of style.

Designer: Hiroshi Tsunoda
Made in: Barcelona (Spain)
Via: http://www.designspotter.com/

3-D Graffiti with Light!

Using LED glowsticks, flashlights, even fireworks, combined with time-lapse photography, Light graffiti artists create a unique tagging that wraps around objects dimensionally, allowing them to tag in a way they'd never be able to with spraypaint. Very cool!

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Clear-as-day spy photos of the 2008 Honda Accord!

Say hello to the first naked shots of the 2008 Honda Accord. Although HoMoCo is still doing long-lead press reviews of the 2008 Accord, it was photographed just as it stepped out of its fascia-obscuring sports bra and into a photo shoot for a Canadian brochure. Here's what we know: 3.5-liter V6 at 270-hp, as well as the base 180-hp four cylinder.

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"Pedalando verso il futuro" IAAD Turin, Italy

The students of Industrial Design at IAAD Design school in Turin Italy are presenting their project :"Pedalando verso il futuro".
This presentation will be displayed today at the Museo dei Campionissimi" in Novi Ligure (It).
Lorenzo Robbiano, major of Novi Ligure, explains:"It is a project that presents a credible concept in which we believe for an eventual future application".
The project, managed by Carlo Morra Chair of the Industrial Design Dept, foresees the need to realize a working prototype following and respecting a given planning, proposing creativity and talent.It has been a great opportunity for all students of the ID Dept to show their creative abilities.
Good ideas walk by themselves and those ones coming from IAAD students really seem to have a pair of "foot levers".
IAAD is a Design school based in Turin Italy. More info at: www.iaad.it or call +39011548868

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"Up yours" by Jean-Marc Gady

This is a particular functional ash-tray designed by Jean-Marc Gady, its simple and pure style makes of it a trendy object to have.

Toni Grote , Iowa artist

I found on the net this artist from Iowa and I liked at once her paintings and style.
Toni Grote has her own Blog which is http://www.artisttonigrote.blogspot.com/. I invite you to check it out.

Richard Serra and his "A Matter of Time"

Richard Serra celebrates his 40 years of creative career with a mega installation of his master-piece "A Matter of Time" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York untill 10th of September.
These mega sculptures create a new interaction between positive and negative spaces having the public as the live component added to them. In fact; the public participation completes the sculpture by exploring it.

Design story 1914 ALFA 40/60 HP

Look at this image, it is an Alfa prototype designed by Ricotti and realized in 1914. The will to discover new modern and advanced automotive design solutions already started in early 1900'.
If we look carefully at the picture we can see solutions adopted on cars later produced.
More info on car design story on website www.conceptcars.it

Phillips and Swarovski's Active Crystal Collection USB Drive

So today lets be fancy, trendy, a bit snob, lets say "wonderfull, cute..." Phillips and Swaroski for an USB Drive gadget that makes us think abut Design as something that can express many different types of needs (or emotions) including "glamour".
This gadget costs about 180 US Dollars. You can find more info on this gadget visiting Luxist website.

Mensola D-mension by Nicola Zanetti

Nicola Zanetti is an italian designer who designed this multi-pourpose book-shelf. The D-mension shelf is produced by Pulitura Zanese and made of bended painted metal. It comes in many different colors and is possible to range it in many different ways for several types of use.
More info on Zanetti's works at www.icondesignstudio.it

Hakan Urkmez The Clown

This beautifull B&W photo has been taken by Hakan Urkmez from Istanbul, Turkey with camera: Canon 350D (Digital Rebel XT), Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II. What I like of this photo is the natural mood of the clown and also people expression around him.
You can find more photos on the TrekEarth web site.

Favela Chair

This is , probably, one of the most famous Design chair today. Many times I have seen it on TV Shows around TV world. I can also imagine how many times people asked themselves..who made or designed that chair..So today, for those that do not know yet, I'll tell you! Its name is "Favela Chair" and it has been designed by Fernando and Humberto Campana, the company that makes it is called Edra.
Personally I like it very much, strong industrial look and good ergonomy. Well done!

Designing Lamps

This OZ "Lampe de bureau" has been designed by Romain Duclos. I find this lamp something with a very stron image, a very direct signature.

Alfa DIVA Project