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A tangible twist on the monthly calendar, this design brings a 3D aspect to keeping track of the time. Made entirely of throwaway spruce timber, the Wood Calendar is as eco-friendly as it is interactive. Days are stationary as shown on the base-  simply rotate the wood blocks at the beginning of each month to ensure the correct numbers are displayed!

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This photo booth detects when subjects kiss, fires a high-tech OLED flash and captures the moment on a low-fi thermal print-out (+ movie).

Visitors to the Thermobooth, by Vienna designers taliaYstudio, stand on a “smart carpet” connected to a MaKey MaKey circuit board.

When subjects make skin contact by touching or kissing, an electrical circuit is completed. This triggers the camera and causes an array of circular OLED lights to provide a flash of light. A thermal printer then prints a photo.

OLEDs – organic light-emitting diodes – emit light across a surface rather than from a point, as explained in this movie we made last year.

The Thermobooth will debut at Vienna Design Week in the Austrian capital this week.

“We wanted to create a booth where when two people touched each other a photo would be taken and two copies of the picture would print out in a quick and dirty manner,” says Talia Radford of taliaYstudio, who created Thermobooth in collaboration with digital designer Jonas Bohatsch.

“We built the processing unit using a computer and its camera, an Arduino, a MaKey Makey, a flash and a thermal printer.”

The first version of Thermobooth was housed in a found Ikea chest of drawers and presented at a party in Vienna earlier this year. “It was really ugly but did the trick and the guests went quite mad about it.”

The studio then approached lighting brand OSRAM, who provided circular OLEDs to power the flash. “We really like the light the OLED gives out, even when we lower the resistance so that they give out more light,” says Radford. “They don’t blind you and they have this beautiful soft illuminating quality about them.”

The studio decided to stick with thermal printouts since “thermal printing is quick and dirty in its look and it holds some of the nostalgia of instant analogue photography,” Radford explains.

The final version of the project features an irregular cloud of circular, mirror-fronted OLEDs mounted on painted steel poles. A thermal printer is housed in a triangular orange box set atop further steel poles.

Thermobooth will be premiered at Argentinierstrasse 11, Vienna from 27 September to 6 October as part of Vienna Design Week.

Here’s some more info from the designers:

Thermobooth puts a new spin on the photo booth experience by combining a more human based interaction with electronics, a high-tech OLED mirror that acts as a flash and display, a camera, conductive plates and thermal printing technology into a photo studio setting.

The Thermobooth features a new shutter release system in which skin contact between two people triggers a set of processes that result in a glorious lo-fi instant thermal-printed picture.

Yes, it takes a picture when you touch each other! We are opening a stage for playfulness and the unexpected.

The idea originated over a coffee between Talia Radford and media artist Jonas Bohatsch whilst planning the studio´s 2-year party. Talia wanted to create a playful environment that continued exploring the studio´s ongoing theme into more emotional interactions with electronics, and Jonas wanted to continue experimenting with thermal printing technology. The thermobooth idea was born and the beta version tried and tested.

The studio cheeckily pitched the idea to Osram, thus introducing an innovation in the use of OLED-mirror technology as a flash. The project will launch during the Vienna Design Week 2013.

The Thermobooth is the first of a group of collaborative projects between taliaYstudio and Osram´s OLED technology.

The project was made possible by departure and the collaboration project “Illuminating Technology” with Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH.

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Italian plastic brand Kartell has released its first accessories collection of translucent bags with shoes to match (+ slideshow).

Better known as a furniture producer, Kartell has collaborated with designer Giorgiana Zappieri of fashion brand .normaluisa to create the range of plastic accessories.

Grace K drawstring handbags are made from translucent plastic with gold-coloured chain straps, named after actress Grace Kelly.

The bags come in black, coral, cream and gold, as well as a pair of two-toned variants including dove-grey and peach, plus bone and dove-grey.

Kartell’s first range of So K flat sandals with ankle straps is available in colours that match the handbags. Other shoes in the brand’s catalogue including ballerina pumps and platform shoes have been updated in new fluorescent tones.

Kartell’s move into fashion accessories follows the announcement that the brand will to open 50 flagship fifty stores across China over the next five years.

Furniture that resembles cut-crystal glasses by Tokujin Yoshioka and the world’s largest single-piece injection moulding by Philippe Starck are the most recent products for Kartell we’ve featured.

Earlier this year, Dezeen spoke to the head of Kartell and new president of Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile trade fair Claudio Luti about his plans to rebrand the event. We recently chatted to Patrizia Moroso about the state of Italian design and how Milan is “sitting in the past”.

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The brand sent us the information below:

Kartell is proud to announce its presence at Super with a stand dedicated to its collection of Kartell à la Mode accessories.

For Spring Summer 2014, Kartell is launching its first handbag, “Grace K”, designed in collaboration with .normaluisa designer, Giorgiana Zappieri. The timeless shapes of the so-called “drawstring bag” are given new life through the transparency of plastic combined with glittering gold-coloured chains for the strap. The name Grace K is obviously a tribute to the undisputed style icon Grace Kelly, bearing testimony to a relaxed elegance that’s never showy.

Grace K will be available in monochromatic versions in black, coral, cream and gold, and in two two-toned variants: dove-grey/peach and bone/dove-grey. These last two models sport contrasting shades on the top and bottom of the handbag, a duotone that is adorned with a coral-coloured drawstring on the first version and a black one on the second.

In addition to Grace K, we are also introducing So K, the catalogue’s first flat sandal to complete the already wide range of footwear. So K is available in four colours: black, gold, peach and coral. With a simple shape and minimalist design, So K adapts to lots of different occasions of use, adding a colourful and ironic, but always discrete touch to any look.

These two new items for next summer join Kartell à la mode classics which have been given new colours to keep up with the latest trends: Glue Cinderella ballerinas will be available in two new two-tone versions: fuchsia/lime and petroleum/lime. And the soft Lady platform shoes with be highlighted with fluorescent tones, in the same colours as the Cinderella ballerinas, and with two new, even softer, models in black/smoky and dove-grey/peach.

Our regular models are also available alongside our very latest items: Glue Cinderella ballerinas by .normaluisa and Bow Wow by Moschino, Lady platform peep-toe sandals with plateau sole by .normaluisa and Super Bow by Moschino, as well as Sofia boots and Demi Sofia ankle boots, both designed by .normaluisa, and also available in Metal and Wild versions.

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