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Leica i9 Concept for iPhone4 by Black Design Associates

  With the philosophy of “Compliment without Compromise”, Black Design Associates designed Leica i9 Concept Camera for Apple iPhone4 . Leica i9 concept provides you the same brilliant Leica’s professional CMOS image sensor and lens except with special body design where you can embed your iPhone4 on it. It’s the only professional camera that features iPhone4 case. The main objective of this design was to create a camera system that inspires photographers to shoot and then share their photos and videos at anytime and anywhere. So, let’s shoot and share. Designer : Black Design Associates [Press Release] The Leica i9 Concept for iPhone4exhibits a new way to combine your camera and smart phone. EL SEGUNDO, CA, April 25th, 2011 – Black Design Associates, LLC announces the Leica i9 Concept Camera for Apple iPhone4. A better camera phone designed for photographers. The Leica i9 concept offers the unmatched brilliance of Leica’s professional CMOS image sensor and len

U-wall Lizard Futuristic Vehicle For Limited Urban Space

The U-wall Lizard is designed by Zhi Min Lin. Automobiles in china increase in proportion to the increase in economy and power consumption. The future concept of U-shaped city streets developed by U-wall Lizard, a 2-D road will be transformed into a 3-D road by utilizing the restricted urban space. Pedestrian sidewalks will boost up the transit efficiency. U-wall lizard provides superior power and enhanced features. It decreases traffic accidents and develop the system of urban transport . U-wall lizard’s can be highly dynamic driving on the slurry, barren region and hills. The construction of tread is designed like the house lizard’s foot. Designer : Zhi Min Lin

PLUG community vehicle design

Based primarily on solar energy is the new PLUG community vehicle design – an integral part of the communication system between individuals who posses Peugeot and a transportation bought by would-be users. For caution’s sake, Plug features an electricity recharging station. Plug can be operated manually for personal mobility or through remote control. The exclusive auto-navigation system makes it possible to get information about the entire city’s present situation. Designer : Minchul Kim Besides serving as a mere transportation vehicle, Plug, controlled by solar plus electric energy is a new way of communication, which helps users share information effectively. Furthermore, Plug features artificial intelligence system that lets one to avail new information and get to know the same via user’s information. In addition to this, ‘Plug’ builds the record for the new community, by analyz

Global Spirit Racing : Future Racing Vehicle Design by Victor Acuna

Global Spirit Racing is a futuristic racing vehicle design for Terra Prix 2085 design competition. The automotive designer created amazing detailed background story and won the first place in community selection category with this awesome future racing car. Global Spirit Racing (Design & Story) Overture This year the big Terra Prix 2085 race, sponsored by Local-Motors brings together a large amount of teams coming out from the most important world mega polis. The number of registered participants is the largest ever seen in this style of competition, even greater than in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the Worldwide Dakar Championship who organize competitions on all continents throughout the year. The competence and show are guaranteed for both teams and spectators, the invitation has attracted the best IRC and WDC teams. The struggle for victory will be fierce beating by far the toughest rallies seen by man in this century and the previous one, an unpr

Electric Guitar Concept As Tribute To Johnny Winter and Gibson Firebird Guitar

Johnny Winter is an American blues guitarist and singer, for decades he has relied on his beloved Gibson Firebird guitar. This electric guitar concept is a combination of Gibson and Johnny Winter. Designer : Flavio Adriani   For anyone who has ever listened to the Gibson Firebird must remember the classic sound came from this spellbinding guitar. Flavio Adriani tried to redesign the shape of the heart which represents the love of Blues. The neck of this electric guitar has been designed with the same shape as the body contour. It features two humbucking pickups near the volume control.    

whistle mask

Whistle Mask has been designed specifically for traffic police officers . Traffic police used to breathe in too much polluted air while directing the traffic. As the time passing by, it might cause some occupational disease of respiratory. Whistle Mask not only filter the polluted air, the electrical whistle also helps to solve the issue that the traffic police are unable to use the whistle when wearing a mask. Designer : Jurmol Yao

2012 Audi A7

  Where other sedans in its class swaddle their passengers in cloud-like comfort down to pillowy handling, Audi's A7 stands out for its adrenaline-revving performance and similarly bold design. First stepping into the car, the well-apportioned interior (and lack of a rear middle seat) immediately signals that this car is not for the child-toting but is a less versatile vehicle geared toward someone (or a couple) who wants to make a style statement. Audi put a real emphasis on the design of the 2012 model (including sponsorship of our Audi Icons series), basing the exterior on three lines—a long roof, boat tail-shaped sill and shoulder line—that results in a sense of movement from front to back and meeting in the rear. The coupe-like design is comparable to that of a Mercedes CLS, but distinctive lighting with an emphasis on LEDs lends trademark Audi looks to the front and rear ends.      Inside, roomy leather seats that cradle you, details like the real woodgrain p

Taxi of Tomorrow

  NYC's cab of the future will soon be selected by Taxi of Tomorrow , a project dedicated to bringing innovative design to the next fleet of 13,237 iconic cabs consuming the city streets. The forthcoming official taxi has now been narrowed down to three designs—the Ford Transit Connect (above), the Nissan NV200 (below) and the KarsanVI (bottom). With environmental and passenger concerns at the forefront, cab riders have their chance to state their desires (and win $5,000 in free cabs) through the online survey set up by Taxi of Tomorrow.    While all three cabs are of the minivan style, each is slightly different in both shape and function. The manufacturer of NYC's current Crown Victoria model, Ford's Transit Connect will come equipped with a jack for an MP3 player and increased height for taller pieces of luggage. Already used in Japan, Nissan's NV200 is the roomiest of the three designs and appears most like the minivan already roaming the stree

Ferrari World Design Contest

    Ferrari invited us to their headquarters in Maranello, Italy to see the work of the seven finalists in their year-long World Design Contest . The contest tasked the students with devising a concept car design with the brief to reduce fuel consumption and the car's overall weight in order to increase driving pleasure. The teams used Autodesk's Alias industrial design software , completing concepts first in renderings before generating 3D models. Each team displayed three different designs. Beating out 299 schools and taking home first place was the Transportation Design team at Seoul's Hongik University , who developed a "hyper efficient" two seat Ferrari. Dubbed Eternità, the carbon-fiber super barchetta features a layered carbon powertrain, physical flywheel energy storage system, superconductive motor and a hydrogen generator.    Inspired by wind, second place winner (from Torino's Istituto Europeo di Design school) Samir Sadikhov&

Ferrari Campus Visit

  After making the trip to Maranello, Italy to check out Ferrari's new Jean Nouvel-designed production facility and restaurant a year ago, we were lucky enough to be invited back for this year's World Design Contest in July 2011.  This time we toured the amazing V8 production line again, but also had the rare privilege of seeing many of the standout cars in Ferrari's extensive vintage collection, as well as getting an exclusive glimpse inside the FXX , Forumula 1 Clienti , and Classiche garages.  The FXX garage houses and maintains a few dozen independently-owned Ferrari FXXs, the $1.8 million non-street-legal versions of the Enzo. These superior limited production cars are significantly modified specifically for racing. Storing your FXX here gives you access to Ferrari's private track—so private we weren't even allowed to photograph it. Every year Ferrari produces between three and six Formula One race cars. At the end of the season, F

mini capsulepot

We’ve seen CapsulePot from Greenamic , it’s a cute mini capsulepot . Joseph Kwon version is a bit bigger compared to Greenamic version. I guess if you feel growing your plants using Greenamic CapsulePot is uncomfortable, you might want to take a look this product as alternative . The great thing about CapsulePot from Joseph Kwon, it has variety of colors to choose from, if you prefer, you can also pick the pot with transparent case. The capsule-shaped container has been designed to look minimalist and futuristic, a beautiful complement to any existing décor. Designer : Joseph Kwon