modern design, minimalism + architecture blog

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KOR ONE Hydration Vessel»

KOR ONE

The KOR ONE Hydra­tion Ves­sel is a 750mL, BPA–free re-usable water bot­tle. Designed by KOR Water, in part­ner­ship with RKS, it is dish­washer safe and it has a hinged cap that’s always attached to the bot­tle so you won’t lose it and it’s always at hand. Avail­able August 1st from around $30 directly from their site. More images after the break. Con­tinue reading »

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06
08

Bogota: Building a Sustainable City»

TransMilenio

My friend Daniel yes­ter­day showed me this doc­u­men­tary pro­duced by Autodesk in part­ner­ship with PBS, nar­rated by Brad Pitt, about the work headed by Bogotá’s ex-mayor Enrique Peñalosa, mak­ing the city one of the most sus­tain­able in the world by imple­ment­ing inno­v­a­tive ideas like the “Trans­Mile­nio” bus sys­tem, and caus­ing crime rate to be reduced by 70% in only three years. Even though the doc­u­men­tary omits other impor­tant changes imple­mented by Mr. Peñalosa (along with other mayor’s before and after him), that greatly improved the life of Bogotá’s cit­i­zens and reduced envi­ron­men­tal prob­lems like the “pico y placa”, it is still a great eye opener. It is nice to see inspir­ing solu­tions com­ing from my coun­try every once in a while. Watch the doc­u­men­tary after the break. Con­tinue reading »

20
06
08

iRetroPhone»

iRetroPhone

Com­pletely unnec­es­sary, but cool nonethe­less, the iRetro­Phone appli­ca­tion aims to emu­late an inter­face left in the 20th cen­tury: the rotary phone. In devel­op­ment by Object­Graph, avail­able soon through the App Store. Watch the video of this app in action after the break. Con­tinue reading »

20
06
08

Colombo Two by Chauhan Studio»

Colombo Two

Broth­ers Tej and Sach Chauhan of Chauhan Stu­dio designed this futur­is­tic phone for Sun­corp Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, fit­tingly named after famed Ital­ian designer Joe Colombo. They state the design seeks to re-establish the lost rela­tion­ship between ear­piece and mouth­piece in mod­ern tele­phones. The flash and html ver­sions of Chauhan Studio’s site state both Spring and August of 2008 respec­tively as the avail­abil­ity date — so I’m unclear about that one. Let’s hope it’s soon. More images after the break. Con­tinue reading »

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06
08

Ora Unica by Denis Guidone»

Ora Unica

Denis Guidone designed this beau­ti­ful watch, Ora Unica (Sin­gle Hour), in which the hour and minute hand look like a sin­gle doo­dle that seems to mag­i­cally morph as they turn to indi­cate time. More details and images after the break. Con­tinue reading »