iPetals Solar Charger Will Juice up Your iPhone; a Mac Funamizu Design

iPetals Solar Charger Will Juice up Your iPhone; a Mac Funamizu DesignNote: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.Designer Mac Funamizu has had his works showcased on our site a bunch of times and now he’s back for some more glory, thanks to the iPetals iPhone charger. This device also serves as a dock and its design is inspired from the personal solar charger created by Fandy Meng and dubbed Sunny Flower.

Mac Funamizu’s latest work uses solar energy to juice your iPhone and you can use it as a stand for the phone. It’s a sustainable product we’re dealing with and it integrates colored petals, mimicking a flower in bloom during the day and contracting in order to dock the iPhone.

[via The Design Blog and Petitinvention]

Dolly gives a new identity to the salt and pepper shakers

Dolly gives a new identity to the salt and pepper shakers

Made of porcelain, the ‘Dolly’ by designer Ross McBride is a cruet set which gives a whole new design and identity to the salt and pepper shaker lying on the dining table in an average home. Designed for Normann Copenhagen, the container features a rounded U-shaped design, which is divided into two parts within to separate the salt and pepper chambers. Looking more like a sculpture, the Dolly presents an organic form to decorate your dining table.

Via: Dezeen

SPHINX: Mid-engine super car for smooth and swift ride

SPHINX: Mid-engine super car for smooth and swift ride

Ancient creatures or species have been a great source of inspiration for modern designers. Motivated by stone creatures of Perspolis, an ancient palace in Shiraz, Iranian industrial designer Behzad Hormoz has come up with a car concept dubbed ‘SPHINX,’ a mix of several animals, which generates power from middle engine for a smooth and swift ride. Featuring the scissor-like doors that open like the wings of an eagle, the single-seater touts glass roof which slides back to let the driver in with ease. The body of the super car is finished in aluminum that makes it lightweight, while the strength comes from carbon fiber chassis.

[Thanks Behzad]

I Wouldn't Mind Looking at the Milky Way Alarm Clock in the Morning

I Wouldn't Mind Looking at the Milky Way Alarm Clock in the Morning

So pretty, it almost looks like you could wear it. Actually, I can really see the Milky Way clock working as a watch—especially since everyone hates alarm clocks. Alas, it is only a concept.

[Henrik Amberla via The Design Blog via Unplggd]

Feel The Music

Feel The Music

A common misconception about the hearing impaired is their inability to experience the joy of music. They may not hear and process sound audibly but they certainly can feel it. In fact, studies have shown the sense of touch is heightened allowing them to perceive music in a totally different way. SOUNZZZ is a visual, audio, tactile MP3 player designed for the hearing impaired but universal enough for all to enjoy.

Sound is translated into a series of vibrations. One hugs the device to feel the music and it even plays an equalized light show along with the sound. A very unique device I would love to see on store shelves.

Designer: Sungwoo Park

(Via Yanko Design.)

Mobile Script Concept Portable Device is a Phone and a Laptop

Mobile Script Concept Portable Device is a Phone and a LaptopNote: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.Flexible touch displays are all the rage now, as shown by the Mobile Script concept phone pictured below. This phone/laptop packs a small front touch display, plus a larger screen on the inside of the handset. The latter can be pulled out and become an even larger display, turning the device into some sort of mini laptop.

A virtual QWERTY keyboard will be displayed and I’m pretty sure that the web browsing experience will be neat. Saying that the larger display is a flexible screen is a lucky guess, but it seems very likely, considering the current design trends.

Also, keep in mind that the Mobile Script concept device uses a nano material, covering it and turning solar energy into ‘juice’ that powers the phone.

[via Design Launches]

Media Chair Concept Design

Media Chair Concept Design

Want to kick back in your favorite chair and be immersed by the music from your iPod? Well, if this concept design by Martin Emilia becomes a reality, you certainly will be able to do so. The Media Chair pictured here allows you to integrate your iPod into the arm of the chair, and the headset sports a 3-way speaker that gives you a nice and fancy surround sound. If you want some visual entertainment, there is also a compact projector on the left side of the chair’s headrest. Would you replace your current computer chair with this?

(Via UberGizmo, the Gadgets News Blog.)