Here’s what we looked at this week:
The Columbus, Italdesign’s wild 1990s minivan concept.
Product Designer Vicki Tan’s “Ask This Book a Question” is a book on improving the decision-making process.
A fantastic piece of industrial design: The Kodak Smile Camera, by ID firm Branch Creative.
Industrial Design student work: A measuring system for Festool. We have some constructive criticism.
From Japan, the Bathtope is a space-saving bathtub that can be tucked away when not needed.
1980s Postmodern furniture: Heinz Landes’ Solid Chair, made of concrete and ten pieces of rebar.
The Rorra, a designey stainless steel water filtration unit, looks better than the competition. Will the company stick around?
Engineering for its own sake: Hancept’s Zero Mk2 is a pen that folds into a credit card.
This Multi Auto Spray, by Japanese industrial design consultancy Lont, is a designey water spray gun attachment for bottles.
Form evolution: Nebo’s Slim line of rectangular flashlights with perpendicular lenses.
