concept designs

Imaginary Doors

Imaginary Doors

The doors most of us use every day work just fine, by and large, and we tend not to think about them too much. And I’m not sure that this flip-flop single doorknob concept submitted by Australian reader Emily T. to Dave Delisle’s website Geek Ideas would really count as much of an improvement over […]

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Penrose Tile Architecture

Penrose Tile Architecture

Architect Akio Hizune recently published these variations on an earlier work imagining a “six dimensional monument” based on Penrose tilings.

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QR Code Island Concept

QR Code Island Concept

QR Code Island is a delightfully hare-brained concept design from Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake, which will continue to delight me until news appears that someone is actually trying to build such a thing.

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Recycling Paperbacks as Partitions

Recycling Paperbacks as Partitions

Diane spotted this interesting idea from London designer Lucy Norman, who writes: “There is currently no infrastructure set up to recycle the paper from books because the paper is low grade and the glue on the spine must be removed. The Paperback Partition is made from this waste, creating an aesthetically pleasing and interesting divide in a room. It provides both good heat insulation, and acoustic insulation…”

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LED / Paper Clip Hybrid

LED / Paper Clip Hybrid

I’m slightly confused by my own reaction to this concept from Korean designer Sungho Lee: Intuitively, I love it! Super cool! How clever! I want to make a bunch of my own—as I imagine Mr. Lee did—by cutting up some paper clips, clipping the leads on a bunch of LEDs, and soldering the one to the other.

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Brainiac Bulb

Brainiac Bulb

Brainiac CFL Light Bulb: Sadly, only a concept design at this point. From Belarusian firm solovyovdesign. [via NOTCOT]

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