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Nuclear energy play

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:17 +0000

|A children’s game, designed after research into public space and architecture. The game shows the excessive landscape of contemporary architecture with mega factories and nuclear plants. The laser cut wooden blocks emphasize the absurd idea of adults fooling around in real life with architectural mega structures. Price € 1,500 Design Maykel Roovers Via Another Something & Company

Serious meat game

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:03:03 +0000

|Playing with food gets another meaning with this serious kit (and a serious price). Parents traditionally teach their children not to play with their food and this game should help children with a better understanding of where meat comes from. ‘Playing Food’ includes: a stable (200 x 100 x 40 cm), 3 silos, 3 spades, 3 pitchforks, 3 buckets 1 file (to file teeth), 1 knife (for castrating) , 1 collet chunk (to cut off tails), 3 wheelbarrows, 3 refuse-bins, 6 sows, 72 piglets, 100 pigs of 85 kg, 100 pigs of 110 kg, pig dung, 8 tropical trees, 3 chainssaws, 5 showers of acid rain, 70 corn-, 100 soy- en 170 grain plants. Price € 9,500 Design Tom m Velthuis

Invisible helmet

admin — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:28:30 +0000

|Their teacher thinks these girls will soon become millionaires with this invention of the invisible helmet for cyclists. A nylon, hood-shaped airbag is built into a neck-collar which automatically inflates during a crash by a sensor system. The collar is on when the collar is zipped and buttoned, and off when the collar is open and unbuttoned. The collar also carries a LED light and a USB-port for charging the battery while also allowing information to be uploaded after a crash. It took them seven years of research in collaboration with hospitals and studying reports of bicycle accidents. Since these are girls, they also took care of various covers for different looks, but they also raised $10 million from venture capitalists. . Price €399 Helmet Hövding <<Design Hövding (Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin)

Imagine What You See

admin — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:22:13 +0000

|Loved these micro-cabinets at last year’s show at the Design Academy Eindhoven. The mini objects show a real power of imagination and reveal what can be achieved by looking at things creatively, opening new doors of perception, exposing that anything and everything is possible. Design Mats Horbach

Become a brewer

admin — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:25:07 +0000

|For all fathers at Father’s Day. Offer them a great new hobby. This apartment-sized beer kit should even get city dwellers brewing. From Brussels Black to Smoked Wheat, or even add grated fresh ginger into your fave beer for some extra spice, it’s all in your own hands. Kit & instructions Brooklyn Brew Shop

Sugarglasses

admin — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:53:52 +0000

|They look antique and the idea is so simple: mix sugar, water and glucose and heat up to 160 degrees Celsius. Pour the syrup in a mould and wait until the mix turns cold. The delicate glasses infuse beverages with a mouth-watering sweetness. Brilliant. Design Amelia Desnoyers Via Trendtablet

Naughty shots

admin — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:16:52 +0000

| The text on this porcelain jug dates from an 18th-century naughty love-poem in which a young man and a girl meet which results in a pregnant bride. Each sentence of the story on the hand-made jug goes with its own cup ánd liqueur with crazy names like Lift Your Tank Top, The Longer The Better, or Little Hans In The Cellar. Manufacturer Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles

Delft Blues

admin — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:07:33 +0000

|My favorite hand-painted Delft blue plates. The raw herring dish differs, depending on the painter. Design Royal Delft

Flat & straight

admin — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:06:07 +0000

|This is where I live, in between some entrancing farmer art and plain garden art. Location Beets, Holland.

Siliknits

admin — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:27:23 +0000

|These clothes remind me of last year’s Comme des Garçons collection, still the mix of the knitting patterns moulded in silicon combined with Barbie-pastels is great fun! Fashion Xiao Li