Joel Allen, a 31-year-old unemployed software developer, started building the egg-shaped structure, dubbed the HemLoft.
The patent-pending design was created after a survey of 200 young women revealed that 95 per cent of them had trouble finding a place to put their belongings when going out, and 73 per cent of them had lost items due to insufficient pockets.
Milan-based product designers Ivan Colominas and Marco Fossati created a very attractive fan made from plastic and polyurethane that can be used either on the floor or even tabletop. Creatively-named FFFFFF!!!
3XN was founded as Nielsen, Nielsen and Nielsen in Aarhus in 1986 by the architects Kim Herforth Nielsen, Lars Frank Nielsen (partner until 2002) and Hans Peter Svendler Nielsen (partner until 1992). The studio quickly became known for two things: their preference for social and humane architecture, and projects demanding a high level of detail and employing workmanship of the highest quality.
Ben Glass, CEO of Altaeros Energies, and Adam Rein, co-founder of Altaeros Energies, are developing wind turbines that float up high with the rainbows, hundreds of feet above the ground.
Nucleo is a collective of artists directed by Piergiorgio Robino, active in contemporary art, design and architectural fields, based in Torino, Italy. The work of Nucleo creates a contact point between art and design, and is exhibited all over the world, at MoMa in New York, the Beaubourg in Paris and at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan.
‘Rollin’ is a shortdistance bicycle for innercity-rides up to 3km. Its lock, which is integrated into the frame, makes the bike unridable when locked and thus unattractive to bicycle-thiefs.