Tag Archives: concept

Found at Yanko Design, this Bluetooth Umbrella from Mikhail Stawsky is about as ridiculous as it gets. While you’re using your umbrella in a downpour, you can take a call with the built-in Bluetooth headset. This way you can talk into your umbrella handle during a downpour with wind blowing all around you. Makes a ton of sense. Tell you ...

Everyone loves to help keep the Earth clean. It lets us sleep better at night knowing we did our part for that particular day. I’m sure that Snickers wrapper you picked up and chucked in the trash can will save the ice shelf. Riding this concept bike called the Rabbit is kind of like that. Sure, you’re helping the environment ...

We enjoy the idea of concept cars. Whether they be gas-guzzling, budget crippling powerhouses or eco-friendly, self sufficient carts, we support car design ingenuity. However, the Peugeot+ is a design as goofy as its name. There is nothing “plus” about a car missing one wheel. This cicada-esque design is said to be a combination between scooter and car. So, why ...

Car companies are trying every day to get our minds off of high gas prices and onto things like alternative fuels and concept designs. Volkswagen is the latest car manufacturer to release a slew of concept renderings and this time, it’s a blast from the….future? These three vehicles are supposed to be what cars will look like in the year ...

How many times have you made a keg run for a frat party and forgot to grab a bin for the ice? Plenty I’m sure. No need to worry, though. This concept system called The Kegstand looks to change the hassle of setting up a party keg. You place the filled keg on a stand that has wheels, allowing for ...

Check out this stove. It’s called the Arcus and it has the ability to change the temperature of a pot or pan simply with a twist of your wrist. With a concept design like this one, I had hoped the designer, Manuel Perez Prada, would’ve included the ability to literally raise the heat to a higher elevation. This way, when ...

Just what we need another sports utility vehicle to guzzle up the remaining fossil fuels we think we have.� Similar in design to nearly any SUV released in the last four years, the� Nagare concept car is going to be unveiled at the 2008 Moscow International Automobile Salon in late August. Sporting monster truck tires, this SUV is sure to ...

Usually free weights aren’t the first thing you’d think of when design is mentioned. However, this is not the case for designer Sang-Hoon Lee. This digital barbell concept, dubbed the Revolution Dumbbell, really could be useful if put into production. You set the display to the appropriate weight and inside, balls start to spin. When they spin fast enough, the ...

BMW’s new concept car �GINA Light Visionary Model� is remarkably innovative. It’s a shape-shifting car covered with seamless fabric stretched over a movable metal frame that allowing the driver to change the car’s form at will. The fabric is water resistant and durable. However, setting fire to it is a different story. There are no plans for the fabric-enveloped car ...

Designed by DjoDjo, the ORB (Time Orbit Watch) concept watch looks to deliver time in a fashion that would please anyone from Blade Runner. Rotating color lines display seconds, minutes and hours of the day and supposedly, you can touch the lines and drag them to adjust your watch. Sounds intense. Only two colors were designed, black and white, due ...