Recent product designs I'm in love with: or if you need a GRAND Christmas gift idea!
I can't imagine how long it took to build this table. It has exotic wood, a center glass-covered cut-out that is lit from beneath, and places to house your ping pong balls and paddles when not in use!
The ping pong table easily converts to a dining table by removing the 'net'.
Constructed from seven species of exotic wood in chop-block style, live edge slabs (black walnut, cherry, and holly) the table also includes reclaimed plumbing pipes and fittings, glass, mirror, steel, aircraft cable, and Edison reproduction light bulbs.
This is the most gorgeous game table I've ever seen!
The technology and possibilities of The Square intrigues me.
by Jack Dorsey
Independent business owners always have the issue of accepting credit cards. First you have to actually set-up a merchant account, than you have to purchase all of the scanning equipment. It’s almost not worth the trouble, despite the fact that no one uses cash these days.
The Square plugs right into the bottom of your iPhone and allows you to accept credit card payments on the go. Developed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, The Square plugs right into your iPhone jack and even offers photo verification.
It is essentially a small magnetic reader that plugs into the headphone jack of an iPhone.
When a credit card (or a debit card) is swiped through the reader, it reads the data and converts it into an audio signal. The microphone picks up the audio, sends it through the processors and then is routed to Square’s software application on the iPhone.
From there the encrypted data is transmitted using either Wi-Fi (for iPod Touch) or a 3G Internet connection to a backend severs which in turn communicate with the payment networks to complete the transactions. – Twitter creator Jack Dorsey
by Damian O'Sullivan, Arian Brekveld, & Chris Koens
Delftware master painters are combining their art with modern design in a new design label by Royal Delft called Blue D1653
I love the reinvention of an old art form, such as the Dutch Delft pottery from the 17th century, rejuvenated with modern design! I remember old family members collecting these items from travels abroad; now it can be experienced in a new way!
An iPhone/iPad controlled flora terrarium promotes 'digital downtime' by finding an alternative use for smartphones encouraging users to consider a slower life.
by John VDN & Victor Santa Maria
By lifting the cap the user proportionally increases the volume. The further the cap goes up the louder the sound gets. To tune the radio you simply rotate the cap and receive feedback of tuning quality via the LED on the front. It has quality sound [goes up to 80db] and remote technology that works with your smartphone to use for playing music, conference calls, skype, movies, and gaming. You can seamlessly switch between multiple speakers if you have one in each room through your phone.
This product is the perfect example of how good design incorporates aesthetics with each of the given functions of a product by purely simplifying. “Every now and then there’s a beautifully simple design that is so intuitive it beggars belief as to why no-one else had thought of it.” - Gadgetrynews.com
Due to the cost of getting the product ready for production, they need your help to fund it. It will only be funded if at lease $125,000 is pledged by Wednesday Jan. 18, 5:03PM EST. By pledging, you're basically pre-ordering your very own speaker. Check out their kickstarter page for more info and to watch the video!
