Metal Poles and Screws Animals

Written by topgear. Posted in Creative World

An artist has created a menagerie of enormous animals – made entirely of scaffolding. Ben Long, 33, spent months in Lancaster building a larger-than-life dog, stag and horse out of metal poles and screws. The sculptures, which measure an incredible 30ft high, each took three weeks to build using a scaffolding spanner and a further six months to perfect. Really incredible, huh~

[ via dailymail.co.uk ]

Chop and Pour

Written by topgear. Posted in Ideal Life

Experience is a good teacher they say and designer Junjie Piao learnt a good lesson with it. A stint in chopping celery sticks left him frustrated, especially when it was time to scoop and transfer them to a bowl. He decided to “design something to make this process easier without disturbing slicing.” Thus was born Pour-Smart, an L-shaped plastic piece and a bar of strong magnet. The contraption allows you to chop and easily transfer food from the cutting board to a bowl. Simple and very useful is my verdict!

Designer: Junjie Piao

[ via yankodesign.com ]

World’s Largest Coffee Cup

Written by topgear. Posted in Ideal Life

Sometimes it takes one cup of coffee to start our engines in the morning. Some days are two cuppers. And then there are days like today when it feels like only straight up electricity could perk us up. Today is a 20 cup day. But we’re too tired to get up and down and get 20 cups throughout the morning. Good thing we have the World’s Largest Coffee Cup. It’s 20 regular cups of coffee in one giant, massive, awe-inspiring cup! Enjoy it~

[ via thinkgeek.com ]

Kaomoji Emoticons by Twikao

Written by topgear. Posted in Ideal Life

Twikao can make emoticons from your face expression. All you have to do is to take a picture of your face! Happy, sad, angry, surprised… Whatever the feeling you have, Twikao can transform it into an emoticon with the exact same expression on your face! With it, you can transform your feeling into Japanese-unique emoticons “Kaomoji” and express yourself on Twitter better than ever~

[ via twikao.jp ]

Wood-burning Stove Car

Written by topgear. Posted in Ideal Life

Why yes, officer, that is a wood-burning stove in my glove box~

It’s hard to imagine what led Pascal Prokop to install a wood-burning stove in his 1990 Volvo 240 station wagon. Though we’re safe to say that the trend won’t catch like wildfire. Prokob built and installed the wood-fired stove himself and got an operating permit from the Swiss technical inspection authority. And you thought old Volvo station wagons weren’t hot…

[ via msn.com ]

Press-to-Open Keyring

Written by topgear. Posted in Gadget

Do you still remember the structure of normal key ring? Simple structure but hard to put in the key. But with this Press-to-Open Keyring, you can easy press to put in the key and it can help organize your keys in groups. Why not take a try now~

[ via freekey.se ]

‘On The Rocks’ Carpet Collection

Written by topgear. Posted in Other

Paris-based design duo rafaële david and géraldine hetzel of az & mut have created ‘on the rocks’ carpet collection. Consisting of three different shapes, the rugs can be placed in any configuration. The floor coverings are hand-tufted in belgium from linen, the material allows for thermo-regulation, absorbing 20% of its weight in moisture before feeling damp. ’on the rocks’ is on show at maison et objet 2012.

[ via designboom.com ]