Electrolux Design competition 2010 winners

And the winner is...
...National Institute of Design student Peter Alwin, for his Snail portable induction heater.
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Citroen Lacoste concept to make a fashion statement at Paris Motor Show

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Spray-on clothing developed by designer and scientists

A Spanish fashion designer has come up with the concept of "spray-on clothing", thanks to some help from chemical engineers at Imperial College London.

To watch the video visist BBC news 

See-through touchscreen mobile phone

Designed for Samsung, the “AQUA” by South Korean designer Bon Seop Ku is a cellphone concept, inspired by drawing on the table with water, which features a progressive design to attract next-gen customers. 

The cellphone runs on liquid type battery that apart from being eco-friendly supports the transparency of the screen as well.

Via The Design blog 

Wally Concept Car Rendering

Wally Yachts is not only proposing Luxury Yachts but they even proposed a futuristic concept car!

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Ikea's kitchen of the future

By the year 2040, your kitchen will be your personal trainer, dietician, psychologist and lifestyle coach. The kitchen of the future will have mood-adjusting kitchenware, self-cleaning appliances, mood lighting, integrated sixth-generation iPads, 3D food printing and fridges that project cooking tutorials. They say that by 2040, the kitchen will be so high-tech that it will almost be alive, responding actively to our needs like only a mother could. After the jump are the three of Ikea’s kitchens of the future.

• INTUITIV kitchen

The LED light projections in this kitchen adjust to your mood and sensor can tell you if you drank heavily last night. The high-tech fridge will show you the breakfast options and the essential vitamins you need on a particular day.

• ELEMENTARA – The Back to Nature Kitchen

Its focus is on energy saving and a connection to the nature. You can grow your own food, which could be kept cool and fresh through cold larders. The Elementra puts emphasis on using kitchen appliances that help you cut down on electricity bills.

•SKARP - The Smart Kitchen

The Skarp kitchen is the most advanced and iPad styled devices will be used for communication. Cooking or cleaning is done at the touch of a button.

This independent Future Kitchen report made by The Future Laboratory. Ikea commissioned the London-based consultancy for trend forecasting, consumer insight and brand strategy to visualize the kitchen of 2040. 

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KIA's electric POP concept

Its Electric Pop concept looks like it's just an ambitious rendering, but apparently the automaker will be pulling the wraps off of a physical version of the car in less than two months at the Paris Motor Show.

Its goal, says Kia, is to bring "innovative design chic and dramatic styling to the city car segment." ...The front bench seat holds a driver and one passenger, with space for a third rider in a single central seat behind that. The Pop's single-piece windshield and panoramic glass roof shows an interior of purple and chrome.

Via Core77 

China Developing Traffic-Straddling Bus That Drives Over Cars

The system, unveiled at the Beijing International High-tech Expo in May, consists of a 4 to 4.5 meter-high subway car with passenger boarding on the upper level and a hollow shell on the lower level for vehicles to pass through.
Shenzhen Hashi spouts off some impressive statistics for the system: capacity for 1200 to 1400 passengers, reduction in traffic jams by 20% to 30%. Would you really feel comfortable driving under a bus?
Beijing’s Mentougou District is already planning a pilot project for the system.

Via Inhabitat 

Renault unveils Green Supercar

Renault just unveiled a striking green supercar, DeZir, that embodies the company’s new slogan — “Drive the Change” — and its new commitment to the future. Sensual curves and an all-electric motor.

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AutoVelo

This AutoVelo is an “Excellence Award Winner” from the 14th annual international Bicycle Design Competition at the 2010 Taipei Cycle Show.

This bike mimics the height at which you sit when you’re in a mid-sized car. The seat is also the same back angle and puts you in a place that allows your hands and feet to be in the same position as they’d be in your car as well. Why? So you’re at eye-level with the rest of the traffic that’s flying around you. And it’s electric, if you want.

Designer: Eric Stoddard of SpeedStudio Design

Via Yankodesign 

Lexus Concept Car by Artur Szymczak

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Mercedes-Benz looks into the future

2050 is the new 2010 and that’s exactly when designer Felipe Palermo places his “Mercedes-Benz Arrow” concept. One of the big ideas here is that in the future, during the week, suspended rail systems will be used by the majority of the citizens of the major cities. Thus, this car must be a recreational vehicle made for use for fun on the weekends. The layout of this “Arrow” vehicle is done by TANDEM, the designer aiming to draw comparisons to other leisure vehicles such as motorcycles, jet skis, and personalized aircraft. This car works with a system of opposing magnets, MAGLEV, which allows the vehicle to take on some amazing curves. 

Design inspired by old Silver Arrows, Slr Mclaren, and the 1954 Gull-wing.

Full article on : Yankodesign 

Experimental rolling house

The University of Karlsruhe's Institute of Industrial Design and Construction Output collaborated with the same school's Institute of Supporting Structure on the Roll It, a modular experimental housing prototype that can, yes, roll. there are a lot of problems to be overcome here, but as they say it is an 'experiment'.
Via Arch daily and Core77  

VW Mimio concept

Jacky Wu has envisioned a scenario where all private cars would be prohibited in metropolitan areas by 2032 and major areas in the cities could be accessible only by bicycles. The Volkswagon Mimio car is the only car designed to overcome such scenarios.

Designed by Jacky Wu, the Volkswagon Mimio is a two-seater that contains space for folding bicycles. It contains two engines which ensures maximum performance by distributing power only when needed. The car also contains a rear dynamo to generate power through rear wheels which can prolong the battery life.

Via Trendhunter 

Hofman Dujardin architects: Oyes chair

'Oyes' by dutch firm Hofman Dujardin architects has been created for the charity project in Cape Town organized by chair manufacturer Dietiker and AIT magazine. One hundred architecture and interior design offices across europe were selected to redesign the ‘ono’ chair produced by the company. 

For their proposal the chair is a model of a building with a height of 760m, an urban icon for Cape Town. While the 'ono' chair can be used by a maximum of two people, the 'Oyes' chair with a surface of 800.000m2 can host about 50.000 people. Four slim feet of 25x30m. Each foot will intervene in the existing urban fabric, connecting people from different areas. 

The charity auction to sell the ideas/chairs will take place in spring 2010.

Via designboom 

Square Coke bottle

CCS student Andrew Kim redesigned the iconic Coke bottle and in the name of eco-friendliness turned it into a square shape. The new bottle shape would take up far less space in shipping pallets per bottle, and a push-up in the bottom large enough to accommodate the cap of the bottle beneath it would enable stacking. The offset cap makes it easier to drink.

Via Core77 

GM's EN-V all electric vehicle

General Motors, in partnership with Chinese company SAIC, have developed 3 versions of an All Electric Vehicle that could drop you off and drive home by itself. There are some interesting features that make the car even greener and more convenient for city situations. 

There are currently three versions of the EN-V, the Xiao, the Jiao and the Miao. All based on the same platform and measures around 1m80 tall, 1m20 wide and 1m20 long.

Via Inhabitat 

Tile Modular Lighting System

TILE, designed by Gary Yu Chuan Chang  is a clean, unique, playful, contemporary, and multifunctional LED lighting device. Because of its modular nature with the unique joins that allow the lighting units to rotate in both X axis and Z axis, it functions as a work lamp, a floor lamp, and a wall lamp. It can also reconfigure into a decorative lighting device provoking the mood of the environments.

Students develop new ways of passenger rail service

It looks like the future of high-speed rail lies in China. In the massive track-laying project China is currently undertaking, they'll have 8,000 miles of high-speed track ready by 2012--three years ahead of schedule.

Virgini Tech IT students presented some concepts to the US Transportation Service in the hope these high-speed trains will be reality in the US one day.
Full article .

Source: Core77 

Yuji Fujimara's electric bike concept

Yuji Fujimara designed this battery supported electric bike concept.

It has a docking section for your laptop which will be powered by the battery.

It also has the ability to connect your laptop to a built-in screen at steering area, so the driver will have access to all the information they need at any moment.

Via : Core77