Forkless Bike

Designed by Olli Erkkila

Vortex Fountain

Vortex Fountain from toxel.com on Vimeo.

LEATHER JACKET / UNDERCOVER 09

Undercover has just released a leather jacket for the 2009 fall/winter season. The colorful material at the shoulders and the very subtle tonal design on the arms give it a very unique look that caught out our attention immediately. Although the price is not available , the jacket is available on Note.

TIMETABLE / W+K LONDON

Wieden+Kennedy needed a way to increase the efficiency of their meetings. Ico Design and Sidekick Studios came up with the Timetable, an innovative table that visually controls the length of the meetings using 10 RGB LED panels beneath the surface, each representing 1/10 of the meeting time. As the panels switch off with a non disruptive sound effect , time is counted down to when the meeting will be over and when all the panels are off, a vocal message is played signaling that the meeting is over.

AVATAR / JAMES CAMERON

After being away for almost a decade , James Cameron has finally given us a small trailer of his highly anticipated upcoming movie, Avatar.

Spaghetti Bench / Pablo Reinoso

Designed by Pablo Reinoso. The fluidity and anthropomorphic nature of this piece makes it stand out instantly.

IDEA 2009 WINNERS / BEST DESIGNS OF 2009

The International Design Excellence Awards 2009 , IDEA, are presented to the most innovative and user friendly innovations of the year. Ranging from medical systems to everyday items, these winners were selected on the basis of user friendliness whether the user is a runner, an environmentalist, a warehouse worker, a surgeon, an everyday civilian. Over 30 items were given the Gold medal, and just to show the innovation of these items , the Best in show award went to garbage (literally). To view all the finalist , visit here and silver medalists can be seen here. We highly recommend our viewers to gloss over some of the gold and silver medalists, maybe one of you will be motivated and become a part of IDEA in the future years.

AUDI / SCULPTURE

To celebrate their 100th anniversary, Greg Judah designed this 100 ft sculpture featuring the 1937 Auto Union stream liner and the V10 R8. This 44 tonnes steel structure now stands at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England. To see more pictures , visit Toxel.

RANDOM LAMP / UNKNOWN CAFE

An r-Lie staff writer saw this lighting fixture hanging in a cafe in Cambridge, UK. The designer is unknown and the location ambiguous - but this piece simply blew us away.

i-D / 300

Pictured about is 1 out of the 3 commemorative covers shot for the 300th issue of i-D magazine. Check out a behind the scenes clip of the shoot here. Image courtesy of i-D magazine.

FAST COMPANY / 100 MOST CREATIVE

Jonathan Ive tops the list this year - which is not surprising taking into account the iPhone/iPod touch/ and unibody macbook that he brought around in 2009. Find the list here. Images and list courtesy of Fast Company.

BLOOM / Jeff Miller

The flexibility of the wood makes this coat rack perfect for everyday hassle free use. The eight arms bend down like tree branches whenever a coat is hung on them, this way other coats hanging will not be disturbed and you can take your coat off the rack without making a mess. The arms work independently and the whole rack rotates for convenient use. More can be found at Cerruti Baleri , who Miller designed the coat rack for.

HIDDEN VASE / DAN YEFFET

Quite an original take on conventional vase designs. Dan Yeffet from Jellylab is the man behind this very organic looking piece.

MILAN DESIGN WEEK

Public Design Week at the Milan Design Festival this year featured some innovative public space concepts. More here. Image courtesy of Core77.

HANA TABLE / SHIGE HASEGAWA

The origami inspired table by Shige Hasegawa is made up of 5 separate pieces making it perfect for shipping and easy to assemble/disassemble. The symbiosis between the wood and glass is incredibly innate - more here.

SURFBOARD CHAIR / ADAM SCOTT

Designed by Adam Scott, the surfboard chair would be a unique addition to home or office.

Apparati Effimeri / Visual Design

Apparati Effimeri ShowReel 2008 courtesy of frabrik.

Stella McCartney / Belsay Castle

Pictured above is the work titled Lucky Spot and installed in the famous Belsay Castle once again by designer Stella McCartney. The massive animal inspired crystal chandelier was created in 2004 as part of a special exhibit but it now hangs in the castle permenantly. More images and information about the work here.

Kouzou Coffee Table

The table was designed by four students from the Raffles Design Institute; Chew Kor Han, Try Budi Harso, Leo Saputre and Nicolas Relando Santoso. More information here.

Volker Haug Designs

The above pictured "Rudolph" wall mounted lights threw Czech designer Volker Haug into the spotlight thanks to TheCoolHunter magazine feature on him and his studio. Find out more here at this website.