Arts & Design

Kids love colorful shit that looks like it’s right out of the early 1990s. Case in point: Swinx. Swinx is supposedly a game system designed by the Dutch that interacts with children. Your kids run around with these RFID-enabled colored wristbands and a clover-shaped base station alerts children to the game they’ll be playing. Sound confusing? That’s because we’re not ...

The Ghost Goblet is plain cool. Pouring any beverage in the glass’ hallowed out form results in the appearance of a phantom goblet floating in the middle of the glass. It must be magic! That, or it’s 100% hand blown glass. Perhaps both. Link (via)

Lots of cool skateboard designs pop-up on the web, but these laser-etched skateboard decks are some of the coolest we’ve seen yet. Would you get one of these to ride it or would you just hang it on a wall and frame it? This is one piece of art deserving admiration towards its creativity at every glance. After the jump, ...

Designer Jian Guan crafted the Smartchair Biofeedback Computer Chair with comfort in mind. The chair contains dozens of embedded sensors, adjusting the seating pad, backpad and headrest based upon your movements in an attempt to control your comfort level. Of course, if the chair isn’t feeling your comfort, you can always take matters into your own hands with the touchscreen ...

Now you can complete that dream picnic you’ve always wanted with your very own inflatable salad bar. Blow it up, throw some ice in it and you’re set to keep your veggies cold while you and your friends get wasted and stumble around on your lawn. It’s only $30 and doubles as a flotation device/sperm catcher. You call it an ...

Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates has a vacant plot of land which will be used to hold “Masdar City,”� the first city to rely entirely on solar energy. The transit system will be much like the robotic taxi-cab in Total Recall, sans self-destruct mechanism. The system consists of a fleet of solar-powered programmable vehicles that seat six which will ...

German design firm Finite Elemente clearly has minimalism on the mind. This Modular Furniture System it offers is designed to promote entertainment and get you laid. Slide open one of the many drawers and you’ll find organizational tools like a wine rack and a slanted CD drawer. Though the unknown price is sure to be costly, this furniture system is ...

A genius design that is based on the basics of temperature. The Hot Mug is your standard coffee-carrier with a sleek black finish and the words “COLD” printed on the side. Pour a cup of brew and next thing you know, the words “HOT” have appeared and your mug is whiter than an NYU Law party. Simple design, big bold ...

Like many of you, I fall victim to my Grandmother’s constant request for tech support for her 10-year-old computer. There are times where I cry, pull my hair out and I curse the person who told her to buy a computer. But, I digress, there is hope and it comes in the form of Jive. Jive is a computer/social-networking concept ...

Ford’s 2009 Flex has a $760 option to equip your car with a fridge and/or freezer in the backseat. This makes those long hauls upstate more luxurious as you’ll be making less pit-stops for food with one of these equipped in your ride. The compartment isn’t large but it is capable of holding seven 12-ounce cans or even four half-liter ...