Hasta La Ideas

Here’s what we looked at this week:

The Columbus, Italdesign’s wild 1990s minivan concept.

Form follows bizarre: Maybe the strangest EDC object we’ve seen.

Product Designer Vicki Tan’s “Ask This Book a Question” is a book on improving the decision-making process.

A fantastic piece of industrial design: The Kodak Smile Camera, by ID firm Branch Creative.

Industrial Design student work: A measuring system for Festool. We have some constructive criticism.

From Japan, the Bathtope is a space-saving bathtub that can be tucked away when not needed.

1980s Postmodern furniture: Heinz Landes’ Solid Chair, made of concrete and ten pieces of rebar.

The Rorra, a designey stainless steel water filtration unit, looks better than the competition. Will the company stick around?

With their Zyklop Speed ratchet wrenches, Wera improves upon a 160-year-old design.

Engineering for its own sake: Hancept’s Zero Mk2 is a pen that folds into a credit card.

Concept Sketching for Industrial Design, an online course.

Japan’s “Swap Reefer” trucks with freestanding detachable cargo containers.

Within the odd product category of remedial design, add-on drawers for desks evolve.

This Multi Auto Spray, by Japanese industrial design consultancy Lont, is a designey water spray gun attachment for bottles.

Form evolution: Nebo’s Slim line of rectangular flashlights with perpendicular lenses.

Industrial design case study: Fresco comes up with a better-looking brain-computer interface.