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30 Beautiful And Original Product Designs

smashingmagazine.com — An overview of some beautiful and original product designs which will hopefully make the cut and will be available in the next years. Some of them are already available today.

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  • greytfriend, on 05/26/2008, -5/+13The rocking chair is gorgeous. Wild stuff.
    • Hoogs, on 05/26/2008, -0/+3I thought it looked ugly.
    • hiro, on 05/26/2008, -0/+3The light is too far forward to be used comfortably for reading
      • ryanhayn, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1That's the first thing I thought. Smart enough to design a cool chair, but not enough to figure out the correct light angle.
    • devila2208, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1I want that chair. Where can you buy it??

      Edit: Nevermind, apparently it is just a concept chair.
    • ikillpeoplexx, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2Does anyone else find the idea of a "concept rocking chair" to be hilarious and kind of pathetic?
  • qbify, on 05/26/2008, -5/+21Apple should implement that Shaking feature with the iPhone to share files.
    It would be pretty bad-ass sharing pictures with your friends by shaking your phone on top of theirs.

    http://gizmodo.com/343527/bello-concept-pmp-transf ...
    • pedepy, on 05/26/2008, -5/+9Apple fanboys shaking their iphone tips on one another ?......

      you didnt mean it like that i'm sure..
  • BlueSkyfish, on 05/26/2008, -8/+3I love the watch bracelet and aquarium sink ideas.

    There is a device similar to the Bello Concept PMP called Chumby that uses accelerometers and a touchscreen.
    http://www.chumby.com/
  • tomsentest, on 05/26/2008, -5/+30SmashingMagazine rocks!
  • Myrix, on 05/26/2008, -5/+12"Way Out magnet is an original imitation of the standard exit sign illustrating a run to the fridge for a midnight snack. We, however, are not sure why this sign should actually be placed on the fridge."

    The author clearly doesn't realize that this is a new warning label: In case of imminent nuclear explosion, hide inside this refrigerator.
  • pedepy, on 05/26/2008, -5/+3am i the only sick of vectorial flowers ?.......
    • ToadLeg, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2In the future everything will be cell shaded vector graphics.
  • idc5, on 05/26/2008, -1/+4looks like stuff out of popular science!
  • CptGreencoat, on 05/26/2008, -0/+87The double sided peanut butter jar would completely change the game.
    • JonTheGoose, on 05/26/2008, -7/+3Instead of being all peanut butter, they should put peanut butter in one side and jelly in the other.
    • isaactwito, on 05/26/2008, -7/+1Instead of being all peanut butter, they should put peanut butter in one side and cannabutter in the other.
    • juliajean, on 05/26/2008, -1/+5I saw the double lid peanut butter jar when some little kid invented it and then showed it off on Nickelodeon's Figure it Out! like 10 years ago >_>
      • postalblowfish7, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2mmmm summer sanders

        i'd like to double lid her peanut butter jar...
    • MonkeyNews, on 05/27/2008, -1/+2Until a peanut butter manufacturer actually starts selling the peanut butter in this kind of jar it remains a completely pointless design unless you make your own.
    • Stonekeeper, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1This invention was also in MAD magazine in the 80s! I've tried desperately to find it online in vain.
  • peabody624, on 05/26/2008, -7/+2Images don't work already.
  • motogoat, on 05/26/2008, -4/+2
    • B3N3, on 05/26/2008, -1/+1But the text just by itself is both beautiful and original...
  • Tyr7BE, on 05/26/2008, -10/+4Here we have digg.com linking to a site with "beautiful and original" designs. Why do I have the feeling I'm going to be looking at 30 glam shots of the iPhone with wonderstruck fanboys in the background?
    • jellyfishes, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2Let me get this straight... you saw this headline on digg, visited this page but did NOT click on the link, and then made a stupid, unfounded comment.

      I think you need a new hobby.
    • Rikkochet, on 05/26/2008, -2/+1It was actually some original designs, several of which incorporated things the iPhone is already capable of.
  • bigsimpsin, on 05/26/2008, -2/+7I want that nokia phone
    • BrendanSheehan, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1You better hope you live a long time then.
  • shoveitfatty, on 05/26/2008, -0/+21Concrete floors are a great idea, but the chosen design isnt timeless. When they decide to remodel I'm sure they'll enjoy having to break out the 2 inches of concrete...and then building up the floor when they decide to do carpet, wood or stone...

    (I just got done tearing out a stamped concrete floor for a kitchen remodel...I'm a little bitter.)
  • Tyr7BE, on 05/26/2008, -3/+2Mirror, seems decent.

    http://www.smashingmagazine.com.nyud.net/2008/05/2 ...
  • ModernChem, on 05/26/2008, -1/+1http://duggmirror.com/design/30_Beautiful_And_Orig ...
  • antonio97b, on 05/26/2008, -2/+13I'm sure the aquarium fish would love the constant tap of a tooth brush against the side.
  • markbao, on 05/26/2008, -0/+0Ah, Smashing Magazine, always crashing when it gets frontpaged.
  • iiviip3, on 05/26/2008, -0/+7Other than the peanut butter jar and General Grievous rocking chair, a lot of them were nice to look at but pretty terrible to implement.
    • secrity, on 05/26/2008, -0/+3These drawings are from designers, not engineers. Most of them probably won't work, and a few are just stupid.
    • swanny89, on 05/26/2008, -0/+12Wtf are they thinking with that Slice idea.
      "Hey I've got those files for you...somewhere her at the desk. Ah jeez all these damn slices look the same."
  • garths, on 05/26/2008, -2/+6That one doesn't make sense:

    "No CPU, no hard drive, no graphics card"

    WTF, so it's an inert piece of silicon?
    • secrity, on 05/26/2008, -0/+3It is a dinner plate.
    • eyefork2, on 05/26/2008, -0/+7It's saying you would pay a service provider to use their computer, but the computer is at their facility, and you control it remotely. Sounds like a horrible idea to me.
    • Virgule, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1its a electricity consumption device designed to help you raise you power bill to stunning levels of inefficiency, of course.
  • philwalsh, on 05/26/2008, -0/+5I'm such a whore for good product design. I'll often find myself buying (what turns out to be pretty *****) wine just because the label or bottle design looked awesome.
  • hiro, on 05/26/2008, -1/+3The peanut butter jar is genius. The best ideas are always the simplest
    • secrity, on 05/26/2008, -1/+1The cost of adding the 2nd lid would exceed the value of the hard-to-get-to peanut butter.
    • 32bytes, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1Peanut butter jelly time?
  • bunnyblues, on 05/26/2008, -0/+4Hey, a notepad! But seriously, the Swatch was excellent. Guys, that's a great gift idea for your girls.
  • secrity, on 05/26/2008, -0/+4I like the shadow clock, although it probably wouldn't actually work.
    • Narrwald, on 05/26/2008, -1/+2As long as you don't have it placed somewhere lots of light will interfere with the shadows being cast, it would work...
    • Gullop, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1Except for you know, the other hands light that is shining on the shadow of the other light.
  • diemunkiesdie, on 05/26/2008, -1/+1I wonder how you would feed the fish if the Aquarium Sink is water tight?
    • Narrwald, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2See the plugs on the left and right? Ta da.
  • PabloIV, on 05/26/2008, -4/+53Single page, no iPhone, Dugg Up
    • plax3, on 05/26/2008, -6/+3there were 2 things that looked like iphones.
  • samscomputer2, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1some of these are basic and should be already common but they aren't. i.e cement art, the rocking chair, and those sofas.

    i still want the nokia.
  • cheapotheclown, on 05/26/2008, -7/+1If "Original product designs" means taking pages from all of Apple's, then, yes.
  • JNudda, on 05/26/2008, -1/+2http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:http://www.sm ...
  • xero69, on 05/26/2008, -0/+5Those "made in china" computers seem like an ideal method for the Chinese government to give everyone a computer and yet have complete control so they can censor anything they want >:-(

    "Thus, subscribing to a plan of the Service Provider will allow the use of these components."

    Service provider = subject to government control
    • filmbandit, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1agreed -- gave me the heebee-jeebees as well -- a little surprised no mention of this possibility from the writer
    • Virgule, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1"Service provider = subject to government control"
  • ikillpeoplexx, on 05/26/2008, -2/+19Am i the only one who thinks most of these are pretty much useless, less efficient ways of doing things we can already do? I'm happy with my keyboard and mouse. And my pocket sized cell phone has a clock on it. Also, i don't need a fish tank in my sink. Dumb. Peanut butter jar was nice though!
  • aserer511, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1"Way Out magnet is an original imitation of the standard exit sign illustrating a run to the fridge for a midnight snack. We, however, are not sure why this sign should actually be placed on the fridge."
    for those of us NOT mentally deficient, this is because we trust inhabitants of a house can find their way to the kitchen jn the dark by sheer intuition, we just know the fridge itself (especially our black Whirpool) is not very visible in the dark. an indicator for the fridge itself is far better than an obscured arrow along the way
  • TheNatMan, on 05/26/2008, -1/+41IT'S A TRAP!
    http://i27.tinypic.com/3537crm.jpg
    • isaactwito, on 05/26/2008, -0/+3I almost buried you before I clicked the link, I couldn't think of any justification for it being a trap. Well played.
    • Turop, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1That Robot doesnt Rock
  • meharu, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1Circle Sofa, looks nice. I have one in my living room (custom made), its similar but not quite. However, Slice Computing System, is something that really caught my eye. Very creative and stylish. :)
  • bj1989, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1I don't know about the Nokia. It looks like it isn't remotely possible with todays technology. We can only just make some experimental bendable displays.
  • TheRabbid, on 05/26/2008, -1/+0Man, the rocking chair and the Fish Tank Sink are so cool! I want one!
  • Luigison, on 05/26/2008, -1/+10Dugg for Peanut Butter Jar. The rest are crap.
  • redballoon, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1Finally, an aquarium sink to go along with my fish tank table and platform boots. Is anything really well-designed if it isn't also made to house fish?

    Mmm, classy.
  • Tyr7BE, on 05/26/2008, -0/+5Some of these are sort of neat, but some of them are ridiculous.

    Isn't one of them a note pad?

    And one of them is a blackboard shaped like a little spiky guy?
    • RandomGorilla, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1I think this article was more about aesthetics than technical innovation.
  • frisk415, on 05/26/2008, -1/+3The peanut butter jar is genious
  • ClevelandBrown, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2doubled-lided Peanut Butter jar is best invention since sliced bread.
  • guv920, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Wow, that's a bunch of BS stuff, especially the phone where you can take out a pen, then write the number onto the screen. Takes about five times as long as punching in the numbers.
  • geniusNOTatWORK, on 05/27/2008, -1/+2why the hell didn't I think of the double sided jar idea?! :(
  • Linake, on 05/27/2008, -0/+6Why would people in China want to use chop sticks to navigate their computer? It's the equivalent of me using a fork to jab at folders to open them, and when I want to right click I'd gouge at it with a spoon. . . That seems much more difficult that a simple mouse or touch screen.
  • HiJason, on 05/27/2008, -1/+1absolutely stunning design, thanks for sharing :)
  • juliend2, on 05/31/2008, -0/+1Peanut Butter Jar is the best idea I've seen so far. Fantastic.
  • vickyuan, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0i want that Aquarium Sink badly....
  • anasuya, on 06/25/2008, -0/+0Cool. Amazing. Stunning.

    They can make the chair better.
  • jimb12345, on 11/13/2008, -0/+0Free information on beauty tips at
    http://www.niatp.org
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