Dogs and Cats on the Internet
This is a project about the future. The future of pets. Dogs and cats, mostly. It’s a harness. On this harness is a bunch of information: GPS location, vaccinations, and medical information. With these tidbits, enter the online experience: communication with fellow pet owners becomes a whole new level of creepy / excellent with realtime pet updates.
The biggest benefit here, if you’re not the type to track your puppy’s every movement, is the registration information: alternate to a flat, destroyable tag, or the weird, embedded under skin chip. This thang comes right at the same time as that SenseCam deal that hangs around your neck and records your whole life. Think about your dog. Does your dog want that? Yes. Your dog wants that, because your dog loves you.
Online connectivity and information exchange.
GPS for location and retrieval.
Vaccinations + other medical records.
Is it… fashionable?
Designer: Antoine Pagnoud
Control Your Tea Strength
Ignoring the pun in the name Fall Tea Kettle; let me go straight ahead and tell you what’s so cool about this concept. Due to its transparent glass body, you can choose the strength of your brew based on visual judgment. Whilst the water is boiling and the leaves brewing, based on the color of the drink, you can easily slide up the tea strainer from the pot and maintain the strength of your tea. The kettle comes complete with its heating element at the base, and the niche at the bottom keeps the pot grounded safe on it.
Designer: Yuki Hirayama
Posted: October 20th, 2009
at 5:10am by Radhika Seth
Topics: Fall Tea Kettle, Kettle, Lifestyle, Product Design, Yuki Hirayama, tea
A New Look At The Carafe
Venice is host to some of the most spectacular glass factories in the world. A place where exquisite mouth-blown pieces are created every single day. I found new respect for this industry when I visited one such factory and saw how they artistically breathe life and form into a blob of molten glass. Featured here is the Barbara Carafe Vase, a beautiful mouth-blown piece with modern sensibilities. A colored crystal ball doubles as a seal and a tactile magic ball to the carafe.
The crystal ball deliberately features a cut (grind-ed) surface, which stops it from rolling-off. If you choose to use this piece as a vase, then place the crystal ball under the carafe in its little cubby – just a nice splash of color.
Designer: Nina Jobs [ Buy It Here ]
Posted: October 15th, 2009
at 7:02am by Radhika Seth
Topics: Barbara, Carafe, General Gifts, Lifestyle, Nina Jobs, Product Design, Vase
Chemistry Lab Equipments On The Table
A look at these bottles and you go…OMG am I in the chemistry lab again? No you’re not, but you may as well re-visit the Pipette Bottles and enjoy them. Only this time you store your oil & vinegar in it and proudly display them on your kitchen counter or dining table. Actually go ahead and store any kinda drippy sauce in them, and use the pipette to measure out the exact quantity of the condiment you want. Not a drop more nor a drop less!
Designer: Camilla Kropp [ Buy It Here ]
Posted: October 13th, 2009
at 7:27am by Radhika Seth
Topics: Camilla Kropp, General Gifts, Lifestyle, Living, Oil, Pipette Bottles, Product Design, Set, Tableware, Vinegar, table
Wearable Regulation for Children with Autism
As you might already know reading a post about Autism, one of the most obvious tendencies of children with Autism is to repeat certain actions. These can range from bobbing the head, rocking the body, scratching the flesh, and banging the hand. That’s a small list. What this product tries to do is to take that tendency and aim it at this product. It’s soft, stretchy, and can be tugged, rubbed, squeezed, bitten, etc.. Will it work?
What this particular product, the “Repeat,” does, is to teach the child to limit their repeated actions to a time frame indicated on the product by flashing LED lights. There’s also a small numbered timer for goal-setting.
Some concerns I’ve got, and I’m sure if you’re here to talk about Autism you’ll have some of these too, especially if you know someone affected:
If the product is not on the wrist at a time of the day where the product cannot be left on the wrist (maybe at bedtime, bath/shower time), the child may continue the action in the place where the band was set. This might lead to injury, depending on the intensity of their need to repeat, and in what manner.
For those children whose tendency it is to rock back and forth or bob their head for example, this product might have no effect at all.
If the product is used with children with visual self-stimulating behavior needs, the lights may become distracting rather than helpful.
Those things out in the air, note the following, most importantly: Any innovation in this field is fantastic. It’s a place where it’s exceedingly difficult to create a product that blankets over a broad range of children because disorders like Autism act differently on every unique child. I’ve got friends in the field (who shall remain nameless 
) that have helped me write this thread (it’s all my words, but we discussed it heavily) and they say the “Repeat” looks extremely promising!
Go forth Jesse Resnick! Make this happen!
Designer: Jesse Resnick
Posted: October 13th, 2009
at 3:01am by Chris Burns
Topics: Lifestyle, Living, autism, children with autism
