Posts Tagged ‘designer’

Japanese Man Works Him Self To Death

Thursday, July 10, 2008 14:16 No Comments

Karoshi in Japanese is the death from overworking. That’s right people over there actually work, unlike most westerners that do their 8 hours per day and complain. This time the Karoshi hit one of the lead car engineer in Toyota. The 45 year old died from working too many hours (80 hours over time each [...]

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Nereus: Kite Driven Watercraft

Friday, June 6, 2008 16:50 No Comments

Mathias Koehler, a German designer, is behind the Nereus. This is a kite powered watercraft that is able to submerge for short periods of time. With a behaviour similar to a jet ski it promises hours of fun in the sea and all in an ecological way as it is essentially powered by the wind.

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Time Reveals Text Creating A Word Clock

Saturday, April 19, 2008 17:00 No Comments

This is definitely the most intelligent way to tell time! The Word Clock, designed by Dutch industrial designer Christiaan Postma, displays time in words. The most amazing feature is that initially it looks like a random bunch of matchsticks but as time passes by they transform into words. This is achieved via the 150 clock [...]

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Cup Car for Those in Love

Thursday, February 14, 2008 23:33 No Comments

This year you can celebrate St. Valentine, with a different ride, on a specially designed cup-car for the lovers. It is the brainchild of the famous Indian designer Sudhakar Yadav. The ?Valentines Car? is apparently the desire of lovers around the world and its is covered with roses
 

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Dubai’s fashion island

Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:00 No Comments

Dubai Infinity Holdings (the people behind all this island creations in Dubai) decided to create a fashion island which will be located inside “The World” complex.

This island will be the center of fashion with specially designed housed, famous brands, catwalks, designer houses and luxury hotels. They hope to make it equal in fame and style [...]

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