Four Fifths Design
Inspiration for the Creative Mind
Month: May, 2009
May 17, 2009
Interactive Public Showers
Designer: Kwang-seok Jeong
Apparently somewhere in the world you have to pay for public showering…I never have had to deal with this. But here’s an interesting industrial concept to solve the problem. The “Interactive Shower System” has a little pixel hourglass to tell you how much water you’ve got left to get clean. In the public shower. It’s also got a temperature control lights, blue to red spectrum, cold to hot. Simple! In the public shower, you’ve got no problem now. None! No problem with the public shower.
May 15, 2009
Ten Designs for Breakfast
Ten Designs for Breakfast
The following designs are based upon the ritual of breakfast, something many of us don’t get around to taking part in as much as we should.
Wake Up Food Alarm:
Juice or coffee, toast or bagel, right on time, right when you wake up.
Buon Appetito:
It’s a bib, or a blanket, or a fashion statement, but it’s most definitely a hint of bed and breakfast.
Toasting Charger:
I featured this design a while back. It’s a toaster battery charger. Not so much edible, but most definitely an intriguing piece of equipment that not only looks nice, but is quite efficient.
0.2mm:
This is for those who need perfect, perfect breakfast placement. Perfect. Breakfast placement. With grids. For all you geometrists out there, also lovers of pattern and the color blue.
Bikefast:
It’s probably not the most stable idea but…The bike has a tray on it for your toast and a holder for your cup of coffee which you’re gonna probably spill on your crotch.
The Perfect Cereal Bowl:
This is only half of the bowl. This is a cross-section. It’s a bowl with a cork in it that lets the milk (or whatever you put on your breakfast cereal) drain down into a lower bowl. This is for those of you who use your milk twice.
Fresh Traveler:
This is one of those metal containers that keeps your liquids cold, and it’s got a little plastic detachable container on the bottom where you can put your cereal. Nice for outdoor activity spanning the whole day, especially hiking.
Message Toaster:
This piece literally does what it says…leaves a message on your toast!
Sustainable Toaster:
This is made of simple pieces that can be easily replaced, is 20% faster than the average toaster, and only gets hot on one side if only one piece of bread is in the toaster.
Tea Bag Coffin:
The teabag is useless after you use it, so after you use the teabag, kill it. Place the teabag under the cup. The teabag is out of mind. Drink that tea!
May 14, 2009
Randy Knott
Designer: Randy Knott
Randy Knott is co-founder of Iamstatic Studio, and currently acts as a multi-disciplined artist. Randy’s work is mostly defined around audio and visual concepts. Knott’s work is a showcase of great design variety along with some oddly attractive character designs.
May 13, 2009
Ten Apple Concepts
Ten Creative Apple Concepts
I came across these ideas, and though I’m not an advocate for Apple products, I still support the advancement of technology and its meshing with creative thinkers and their ideas. These are pretty neat concepts:
LMac Touch:
Ergonomic, adjustable, and touch screen, the LMac Touch is more an accentuation of what Apple seems to already be striding to achieve.
iRing: The iRing syncs with an iPod via Bluetooth allowing for complete control. Equipped with OLED technology.
iLight: Basically a flashlight…Seems like a Brookstone product with an Apple symbol slapped on but, nevertheless, an idea.
Sony Apple Remote: Maybe its a spoof on Apple courtesy of Sony. But the mere fact that Sony achieves Apple-ish aesthetic quality AND creates an Apple form, I can only imagine, Apple was on Sony’s mind. Don’t expect to see either company institute a firm handshake to one another anytime soon.
iView: I featured this concept a while back, and I’m still attracted to it. Still my favorite Apple concept yet.
iShow: This is a portable projector intended to be compatible with all Apple products. Small in size, and simple to use, this would surely be a feasable product for Apple to create…but Apple doesn’t listen to us.
iSpine: The perfect laptop? This design, just based on its possible physical distortions seems to be a little ways off in the future, but still a really neat idea for the personal notebook computer.
Apple Mac Folder: I also featured this concept, not too long ago. A uber MacBook with an awesome UI, similar to The Onion’s Apple Wheel, or just an iPod. Not as innovative as the iSpine, but definitely more achievable currently.
iSphere: Now…I really love this design. Here’s why: It’s bulky, gaudy, and kitsch – three things Jobs’ design teams don’t believe in. Yet here I sit just as attracted to this piece as I am to anything Apple has produced. This is probably the least likely to ever actually be created. However it has inspired a concept idea for myself that I think I may start sketching and rendering…
iWish: The name says it all. If the PSP married the iPhone, the first born would turn out to be the iWish. Unfortunately the chances of a match like this happening is slim to none, but if it ever did, it just may turn out to be the mother of all gadgets for a good number of years.
