We invited Crispin Jones to talk at This happened about the process of bringing the digital product Tengu to market. You can watch that presentation here.
Mr Jones has just opened a real life showroom, selling both Tengu & his range of watches, in Oxo Tower Wharf (London). More information.
Its great to see a designer take [...]

Two great concepts that take boring household objects and make them playful using marbles…

The Xylophone Bin (2008) by Dominic Wilcox…
“When the pedal is pressed the lid opens, releasing a ball that travels down a ‘helterskelter’ set of xylophone steps around the bin. Each time the ball hits a step, a note is played. The xylophone [...]

Building upon their Temporary Graffiti installation, rAndom International have designed a consumer ready version for SUCK UK called Glow Graffiti.
It allows you to create a temporary drawing using UV light onto reactive material. You need to use it in a dark room of course. The picture fades away after about 30 seconds. You [...]

At This happened in March, Jack from Schulze & Webb gave a presentation on the development of Olinda, a prototype commissioned by BBC Audio & Music Interactive R&D. Olinda has now arrived and it looks fantastic…
“Olinda is a prototype digital radio that has your social network built in, showing you the stations your [...]

Looking through the site of Hector Serrano from a previous post, I found this collaboration with Lola Llorca…
“Manolo Is Gonna Have Fun takes fun to the extreme with common objects. Objects that combine normal function and are amusing. Manolo´s products are inspired by toys and the actions of playing games. Manolo is gonna have fun [...]

More on playful lighting, this time its Superpatata, a squishy light from Hector Serrano for Droog Design. Created from latex, salt and a fluorescent bulb, Serrano explains “I wanted to let the user control the intensity of the light just by touching it. As you squeeze the light, the bulb moves around in the [...]

I saw these lamps in May during the Milan design festival (my photos) but haven’t posted them until now. Both are created by Progetto25zero1…
Pupa is a lamp that you have to caress to turn on and off. There are no switches, instead you have to gently stroke the fur inside. It really had [...]

The Wind-Up Bedside Lamp from Yuko Taguchi :
“This is for people who can’t sleep without the light. Also, people who read in the bed sometimes forget to turn off the light. The key functions as a switch and a timer. Wind-up to turn the light on before you go to bed. The light will stay [...]