As a longtime believers that loungewear can be both stylish and acceptable outside one’s home, LA’s Publish is excited to see the current “comfy-boy” phenomenon continue to strike certain corners of the menswear world. So, to…
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In 1963, Yale University Press published a book that would change the way people approached color. Now, in partnership with The Josef and…
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An angular flat-pack whisk, a tilting mixing bowl and a pastry binding ring make up this range of baking tools by graduate designer Prianka Sisodiya.
The Elbow Grease products by Kingston University graduate Prianka Sisodiya subtly adapt archetypal kitchen utensils. “The objects appear to look normal yet surprise people when they use them” said Sisodiya.
All three items in Sisodiya’s range are designed to make it easier to mix batter for pastry or cakes. “Subtle details differentiate them from ordinary baking tools,” said Sisodiya.
The angular metal whisk can be flattened by pressing the wires together on one half. It is pointed and angular rather than curved to allow users to scrape a bowl when using it while flat.
Sisodiya has also created a bowl that has flat corners around the base, to allow it to rest at an angle when the bowl is tilted during mixing.
The third item in the range is a pastry binder – an angled wire ring that slips onto the finger to help the user to stir butter and flour.
The project will be on display at Tent London in September, as part of a show by graduate design collective Nous that will also feature Aaron Dunkerton’s enclosed cavity brick fitting and Alice Kim’s maternity vest for plants.
Similar projects featured on Dezeen include patterned rolling pins that make edible plates, a meat grinder that squeezes out biodegradable bowls, five different sized measuring spoons to bake the perfect loaf of bread and a set of cutlery with slim handles like chopsticks.
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After graduating from Parsons with a BFA in Fashion Design in 2010, designer Taylor Forrest saw furniture as sort of experiment. Come November 2013, she will have been experimenting with designing chairs for a solid year,…
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by Jen Miller Last summer, art director Gabriel Kuo was at a party in Berlin when he noticed a German guy wearing a Patrick Ewing Knicks Jersey. Encountering this celebration of American culture—and one so seemingly…
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News: New Zealand firm Martin Aircraft Company has been given permission by the country’s Civil Aviation Authority to conduct manned test flights on what it claims is the world’s first practical jetpack.
Martin Aircraft Company has been developing the Martin Jetpack for several years and this ruling could help it meet its target of providing working ‘first responder’ jetpacks to the military and emergency services by mid-2014. Test flights will be restricted to a height of six metres and must be conducted above uninhabited ground.
Speaking to international news agency AFP about the announcement, Martin Jetpack CEO Peter Coker said: “For us it’s a very important step because it moves it out of what I call a dream into something which I believe we’re now in a position to commercialise and take forward very quickly.”
The company’s latest jetpack design, named the P12, has a lightweight carbon fibre body and is propelled by a gasoline engine driving twin ducted fans, enabling vertical takeoff and landing as well as sustained flight.
A remote-controlled prototype carrying a dummy pilot soared to a height of 1,500 metres in 2011, and the company say that “changing the position of the ducts has vastly improved the jetpack’s performance, especially its manoeuvrability.”
Martin Aircraft Company hopes to release a commercial jetpack in 2015, with an estimated price of US$150,000-250,000 (£96,000-160,000).
Earlier this week, Elon Musk revealed the designs for a supersonic transport system comprising capsules propelled along a magnetic track by built in rotors. A Canadian company recently won a 33-year-old prize by building a human-powered helicopter, while a Massachusetts-based firm is working on a flying car capable of vertical takeoff.
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Earlier this summer GMC invited us out to Santa Barbara, CA for a unique adventure. We arrived at an airfield housing Cary Grant’s old plane and were met by a gleaming fleet of Airstream trailers. The…
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Product news: this leather lampshade by British designer Daniel Schofield features a laser-cut pattern and stitching inspired by traditional British shoe-making techniques.
Light punctures the cylindrical shade through a pattern of holes based on the stamps used by shoemakers to create ‘broguing’ decoration, which was originally added to allow water to drain from the shoes.
“I was really interested by the history of ‘broguing’ and the roots it has in British culture,” Daniel Schofield told Dezeen. “The detailing was beautiful and the craft involved caught my imagination.”
Using vector software, Schofield adapted a typical pattern to fit the lamp’s dimensions and make it suitable for laser cutting.
Serrated leather detailing with machined stitching augments the reference to the shoes and a brass-plated frame was chosen “to compliment the natural leather”.
The lamp was first presented by British design brand Deadgood at this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week.
Other leather lights featured on Dezeen include a series of collapsible lampshades designed by Pepe Heykoop and produced in collaboration with underprivileged women in Mumbai, and wooden lights with leather shades by Swedish designer David Ericsson.
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The innovative ∠33 ˚ outlet is designed for power outlets that are located at the bottom of the wall. Thanks to the angled position, inserting a plug into the outlet is very easy. The socket is easily accessible and invisible to people who don’t know it’s there! Pretty clever!
∠33˚ Outlet is a 2013 IDEA Awards entry.
Designers: Sungmin Hong, Yubin Choi, Yun Kim, Mi Jang and Seokgyu Hwang
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Flasso is specifically intended for countries like India, where milk is usually sold in packaged plastic bags. Glass milk bottles are redundant here and the Tetra Pak varieties are too expensive. The Flasso is basically a milk flask designed eliminate the need of transferring the milk from the pouch to a utensil and then heating it. Easy to manufacture, distribute, maintain and use, this bottle flask will keep the milk fresh and hopefully curb tampering as well.
Designer: Subinay Malhotra
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