What looks like a window looking through to a man drawing on a clock face, is in fact a LCD screen... I suspect he might of done some good old fashioned IPD fakery and is in the clock box...



I'm not sure if this is the 'coolest clock ever' but my god it is pretty damn smart! I wonder how many takes it took?

Underfall

This table cloth turns a negative situation into a positive experience when a drink is spilled. The pattern is revealed only when a spillage occurs and from the looks of the video, the cloth absorbs the liquid too.

I find this nice as not only does it allow you to continue your meal uninterrupted, it makes having a table cloth worth while and interesting to own. (I must point out that i am usually a table cloth hater) I applaud this woman!!

Designed by Kristine Bjaadal

Tego Remy

Now this is an impressive shelving i find to be nice! What a fantastic idea to make something so average not so average. I really like the pattern's clean cut lines and how the blue does not cover the edges adding depth to the pattern.

http://www.remyveenhuizen.nl/

Vancouver 2010 Olympic medals

I'm really impressed with Omer Arbel and Corrine Hunt's design for the 2010 Olympic medals in Vancouver:

All the medals are unique and different from one another but share an image from the same piece of art. I like this as it creates a bigger picture and makes the medals far more rewarding than a mass produced coin.

What impresses me the most is that all the medals are made from e-waste. The quality they got by recycling parts of computers and mobile phones is inspiring.

There is a great video on Core77's blogger page describing this further.

Sterotype

Healthy food packaged to look like junk food or drugs:


" ‘Stereotype ‘is about helping people eat more healthier through their everyday habits."by Daizi Zheng

Old trend to be new again

The simple pleasure of hanging your clothes on a washing line to dry them.

The recession is bringing back the clothes line for it's simple environmentally friendly technology... Americans are so witty

SNEAKY CINEMA SNORING

The Lawrence of Arabia effect

what a fantastic yet bizarre idea!

"We've all been there. It's warm, it's dark, the mobile is switched off and you're watching a film or a play, and you feel an irresistible urge to close your eyes. It's been a long day and your body is crying out for a delicious moment of rest. The innovative Japanese have recognised a gap in the market and run "sleep concerts", in which rows and rows of exhausted salarymen cheerfully snore while the musicians play."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7967968.stm