Don’t Waste Time Tracking your Time

The timesheet. Ah… the bane of every office-goer’s existence. Having to fill up logs showing how much time you devoted to each activity of the day. I remember having to time my lunches too. It was awful! Especially having to remember to start and stop timers every time I changed activities. At the end of the day, putting those entries into the timesheet software would take up almost half an hour of my time every day.

This frustration pushed Joan to create the ultimate time keeping experience. The Tiller is an innocuous little device that sits near your mouse. Looking no bigger than a hockey puck, this product makes time keeping a tactile and much more efficient experience. The very idea that Tiller is a product that sits on your desk (and not a software that can be minimized and forgotten) makes it constantly remind you to efficiently keep tabs on the work you’re doing and the time you spend doing it.

The Tiller comes with a single disc-shaped touch surface that acts as a jog-dial too. In the center lies one sole notification light to let you know when Tiller is timing your activities. Designed with an experience that is all too familiar after having used iPods for over a decade, the jog-dial on the Tiller allows you to swiftly cycle through activities and clients, while simply tapping on the surface starts and stops tracking. At the end of the day, Tiller compiles all your activities and has them stored on your time-tracking software. Tiller works seamlessly with the industry’s leading timekeeping software like Toggl, Harvest, WorkflowMax, and AND CO. They plan to add more to this list!

Tiller, like all your premium office products, comes in machined aluminum with an anodized matte finish that you’ll immediately associate with your MacBook or any other laptop. Tiller comes in Black, Silver, and Slate Gray variants that compliment your other office accessories beautifully. They even have a bright Orange variant for people who are familiar with the Pomodoro time-keeping techniques!

Designer: Joan

Click here to Buy Now: $99.00 $130.00

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Here’s How Tiller Works

1. Start & Stop: Tap Tiller to instantly start or stop a timer.

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2. Switch: Turn Tiller to switch between clients, projects or tasks.

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3. Quick Insights: You can double tap on any item to see analytics, budgets information, and more.

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Available in four gorgeous finishes.

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Start your Design Journey! A’ Design Awards are Just Around the Corner!

You know that idea you have in the back of your head? What if it has true potential? Award programs are the best way to dip your toe in the water and see if your idea is received well. It also helps the world get to know about your vision and in a lot of cases, support it too!

We’ve got a small albeit rather insightful round-up of products that won the A’ Design Award and were received by the world with a great deal of praise. A lot of these products went on to becoming successfully crowdfunded projects too, riding on the support and confidence after having secured an award!

The A’ Design Award and Competition happen each year, with thousands of entries over a vast variety of categories. With a jury panel of 173 esteemed international designers, and multiple categories ranging from Furniture to Toy Design, and Architecture to Consumer Electronics, there’s a category for each and every concept/idea wanting to be tested, to be accepted, to be validated. It’s a good thing you’re reading this now, because you’ve still got till the 30th of September for regular submissions. That’s a week to ruminate, refine, render, and finally register! Not to forget getting rewarded! Here’s a list of what’s on the table for winners and even design submissions.

Click here to Register Now and get your design evaluated for the 2017-18 A’ Design Award and Competition by submitting your entries! Meanwhile, scroll down to see our mini-roundup of designs that went from strength to strength after winning the A’ Design Award!

01. 01: Dimensioning Instrument by InstruMMents Inc.
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The death of the measuring tape came long before Apple’s ARKit. It came with the dimensioning pen from InstruMMents. The pen garnered a lot of interest on social media after winning awards at major design competitions from A’ Design, to IDEA, to the Red Dot. The pen even managed to successfully smash its crowdfunding target and become an icon in itself, while being a go-to tool for most designers and architects.

02. Only Clock by Vadim Kibardin
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First came the hubless tire, then came the hubless clock! The Only Clock by Vadim Kibardin keeps exactly what is necessary for time-telling, the numbers, and eliminates everything else, which is all of the central mass. You’re then left with a circular frame of sorts that looks beautiful against patterned wallpaper, exposed brick, or against a windowsill! The Only Clock started as a concept, but only recently went up for sale on Kibardin’s website.

03. memobottle™ by Jesse Leeworthy
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Who can truly ever forget the Memobottle? The first bottle to be able to fit into any backpack, briefcase, or even sleeve, the Memobottle took the notion of a cylindrical bottle and rendered it extinct. It also won the A’ Design Award last year and after a successful crowdfunding campaign, their latest version the Memobottle H2.0 just recently successfully completed its crowdfunding campaign minutes ago! In fact, the Memobottle became so popular, it spawned a series of duplicates that even now continue to try to ride on its success!

04. Raven Kick scooter by Ignas Survila
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The Raven Kick Scooter by Ignas Survila scored an A’ Design Award as well as a Red Dot Award. The completely foldable scooter (including the handlebars) made its way to the crowdfunding stage and is now up for preorder on the Citybirds website, with shipping starting as soon as this December!

05. Smarter USB Adapter by inDare Design & Baseus Manufacture
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Known for their stellar mobile and tablet accessories, Baseus had an absolute winner with the Smarter USB Adapter. Literally! It secured an award in last year’s A’ Design Award and even an iF Design Award. After a long cycle of product development (which usually takes a year), the Smarter USB is available to all! You can grab one for yourself here!

06. Nextbit Robin Smartphone by Nextbit
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The Nextbit Robin Smartphone is yet another multi-awarded project. After winning an A’ Design Award and a Good Design Award last year, the phone went on to change how we perceive storage. In fact, the Robin has unlimited storage. Everything gets secured on a cloud folder, so you never run out of space even after a billion selfies. Google followed suit immediately with its unlimited storage for photos on its first Pixel device! An idea can truly change the world, can’t it??

So, if you’re someone with a small idea and large dreams, head to the A’ Design Award and Competition registration today! You have till the 30th of September to change your fate and your career!

Stunning Pictures of Lavender Fields

Aurélien Billois est parti trois jours explorer les champs de lavande de Valensole. Une série photographique à la beauté rare dans un paysage unique au monde. Les nuances de couleurs et la captation subtile de la lumière transforment ces clichés en véritables peintures impressionnistes.








Adidas x Hender Scheme Hand Crafted Shoes

En hommage à trois baskets iconiques de la maison adidas, le créateur japonais Hender Scheme a élaboré cette élégante capsule. Les modèles ont tous la particularité d’être totalement faits main. La rencontre entre adidas original et Hender Scheme offre à la chaussure de sport une dimension nouvelle, dépassant le fonctionnel pour rejoindre le rang d’accessoire de haute couture.







Black and White Photographs by Laurence Bouchard

Un jeu d’ombre peut en dire long sur le contexte d’une photographie. Et ça, la photographe Laurence Bouchard l’a bien compris. Implantée au Japon, elle scrute le moindre mouvement des passants, du salarymen au policier, et interprète leur histoire avec une clairvoyante subjectivité.



















Fantastical Photographs by Jude Allen

Avec son travail de post-production, le photographe basé à San Francisco Jude Allen offre à ses clichés une dimension onirique à la frontière avec le fantastique. Il parcourt le monde, appareil en main, à la recherche d’un moment unique à capturer, dont il pourra ensuite enrichir les tons. Prêt(e)s pour un shot de couleurs ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















 

 

A Construction Orchestra by Tim Allen

À travers sa série « Construct », le photographe australien Tim Allen illustre une facette encore inconnue des chantiers de construction, de la symphonie des camions au rangement minutieux des tubes de métal. Par son travail, il parvient à déceler une certaine poésie inattendue dans un environnement que l’on imaginait pour le moins… brut.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










 

 

Beautiful Surrealist Collages by Merve Özaslan

L’artiste turque Merve Özaslan est une véritable prodige du collage surréaliste. Avec sa série intitulée « Natural Act », elle mêle de vieilles photographies en noir et blanc et des éléments naturels colorés. Cela donne des situations pour le moins surréalistes où la réalité, parfois dure, est totalement modifiée par l’esprit d’Özaslan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




















Speaking of Scars by Teresa Eng

Dans son travail, Teresa Eng met avant les imperfections et les traces de la vie de tous les jours. Pour elle, les plus petits détails en disent bien plus sur le monde que les plus grands paysages. Dans la série Speaking of Scars, elle aborde les thèmes du trauma et des souvenirs. Les détails du quotidien nous font découvrir un monde où les choses alors bénignes deviennent à la fois menaçantes et remplies d’une certaine beauté.
















Nocturnal Wanderings in Hong Kong

HK:PM est une exposition qui retrace les errances nocturnes du photographe canadien Greg Girard dans les rues de Hong Kong. Les photos prises entre 1974 et 1989 nous font voyager dans les ruelles illuminées par des néons fluorescents et imprégnées d’une atmosphère étrange. « Lorsque la nuit tombe, un autre monde se dévoile » et c’est ce moment même qui est capturé par cette série photographique.