LED Hourglass Lantern | Unusual Gadgets

Written by Mike James

The LED Hourglass Lantern is a modern day twist on a concept that dates back to ancient times. Take an hourglass, remove the sand and replace it with modern LED lighting and you have an unusual gadget. That is the concept design developed by Young Bok Kim.

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iPhone Coffee Table

Written by Mike James

Here’s a very well build Coffee Table that draws inspiration from the Iphone. The DIY coffee table is the work of Tuan Nguyen and Ken Thomas. According to the designers, this table is “completely made of corrugate and glued together with white glue.” The geeky table goes so far as to also include built-in coasters.

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Smile Cups - Half The Size, Twice The Fun

Written by Mike James

Smile Cups are well…..really nothing more then half a cup. However, look at it from above and it looks like a face with two eyes smiling back to you. The happiness, it just makes you tingle inside.

It appears that these are just a concept product, but it’s not a hard stretch to imagine these going for sale, especially when you consider our caloric conscious society….perhaps the slogan should be “Twice the fun, half the calories of a regular cup.”

[Studio Psyho via Holy Cool]

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It’s driftwood - It’s A Sub - It’s Mantra To The Rescue

Written by Mike James

If Baywatch were to ever start up again, would it have the same ratings today as it did back then if the show replaced the majority of bikini clad lifeguards with Mantra, the automated life saving system. Mantra sounds like a new aquatic superhero, but is actually the design concept of Adam Scott.

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Start A Trend - Go Tile

Written by Mike James

Tile is one of the more popular building materials used in home design, typically used in bathrooms, kitchens and in high traffic areas. Bisazza Home has moved tile from the usual to the unusual locations where you would least expect to see it being incorporated.

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Seesaw Bench Puts The Fun Back In The Park

Written by Mike James

Strictly a design concept of Tom Eriksson, how fun would it be to see a seesaw bench in a park. For maximum fun, you’d just have to make sure that when you share a bench, it is with someone of similar weight.

[Seesaw Bench via Ektopia]

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Kama Sutra Guitar Mixes Sex And Music

Written by Mike James

With Elvis gyrating his hips on stage, it was forever cast in stone that sex and rock n roll would be together. Sex and Rock n Roll were intertwined like chocolate and peanut butter, never would you be able to separate the two. RKS designs has captured this bond with their Kama Sutra guitar.

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