Sometimes you don’t realize your behavior is actually compensating for a design flaw. That is, un

-til you see the solution. When borrowing a car and carrying anything heavy or delicate—a full to

-olbox, a few bottles of booze, a birthday cake—I always place it in the rear seat footwell. It wou

-ld be much more convenient to load into the hatch, but I don’t want those things sliding around

because I took the corner too hard after watching Fast & Furious 6. That’s where the Stayhold co

-mes in. The Velcro strip on the bottom adheres it firmly to the carpeting inside your car, allowing

you to wall things off against the edges or build your own little fort.

[ via core77.com ]

Design of a bottle for a new mineral water brand called Waater. The mineral water is extracted

from the same source as the water used for the production of Bavaria beer~

Designer：Tjep

[ via tjep.com ]

The Glider™ is a rain tarp/weather relief shelter featuring patent-pending integrated rainwater

retention & heat reflective technology~

Designer：The KAMMOK Team

[ via kickstarter.com ]

Thomas Heatherwick has released images of a proposal for a garden to span the River Thames on a

new pedestrian bridge (+ slideshow). The design was developed by Heatherwick Studio after Tran

-sport for London awarded it a tender to develop ideas for improving pedestrian links across the river~

Designer：Thomas Heatherwick

[ via dezeen.com ]

“POPTOP Stopper” is a handy wine stopper to keep wine fresh and tasty.
The shape of POPTOP gives you a feeling of freshness~

The materials needed for this project include a 3/8″ Lucite rod, several key-chain LED flashlights,

a red LED, a green LED, 2 X 10 Ohm resistor, heat shrink tubing,120 sand paper, a Scotch-Brite

pad, and a 10 Ohm resistor. It can’t be a terribly difficult project, as Random Canadian said ano

-ther smaller set of needles were also made.

“The cyano glue makes the cut ends optically pure when the plastic bits are joined, as long as

there are not big tool marks… I found this out on a previous project. saves quite a bit of time by

not having to polish the ends.”

So the next time you find yourself battling the dark side of the yarn, or you just want to knit in

the dark, whip up a set of these babies for all your nerd knitting needs!

[ via geekcrafts.com ]

There are two things noteworthy regarding the Flex Tab, one is that it features a gliding rail kinda system

that allows you to move the plug sockets on the tab. And the other is that it accommodates any configura

tion of plugs together. Shape and size of the plug is really not an issue! Very clever! 

Designer: Yuljae Lee

[ via yankodesign.com ]

Re-conceiving ecodesign beyond statistics, material or sacrifices

Designer：KK Wong

[ via behance.net ]

Fabrica Features is the brand communicating the ideals and creative output of the Fabrica  design studio.

It is defined by the attitudes and creations of the young international people who work there, refreshed

by the coming and going of studio members. Their process is informed by enquiry into rituals and mate

-rials, defining a language that is thoughtful, eclectic and alternative. The focus is on conceptual objects,

limited collections and prototypes, produced under the brand which is the meeting point between the

studio and the outside world. Such encounters happen in galleries, museums, online and designated Fabrica

Features spaces found throughout Europe~

[via fabricafeatures.com ]

MUTATOR (EARLY BACKER) — Early bird gets the worm! You will receive MUTATOR in Black

or White (default is Black), at a sweet early-backer price! 

[via kickstarter.com ]