Design A Day: Spring Lamp

This design works best with CFL bulbs. Once those are phased out by LEDs, or some as yet undiscovered technology, I'll have to revisit the concept. It should be possible to power this with magnetic induction by dropping a magnet down the center of the coil.

Design A Day: Flavor Dice

Can't decide what to have for a drink, or dinner, or a late night snack? Try out the flavor dice. Roll the dice to find out what random combination you should try. From the top, a pear martini, avocado popcorn, and habanero oreo. Originally created as a personal project for Scoops Ice Cream, where the owner asks customers to suggest flavor combinations for ice cream.

Design A Day: Hand Cuff Watch

The actual watch would not be connected with handcuff links. The idea originally came from thinking about time as a restriction, then making a device that mimicked the way ones arms are held together while in handcuffs. The hours would read out on one arm, while the minutes would read out on another. This also gives the user the option of seeing the time very specifically, by looking at the minutes, or generally, by looking at the hour.

Design A Day: Empty/Full Measuring Cup

If you look at the measuring cup from one side, its half empty, and from the other, its half full. Its been done before, I needed to get this out of my system though. Done, and move on to the next one.

Design A Day: Pie Cup

After almost twenty four hours of Twin Peaks, this is the design I have for today.

Art Center Testifies Before Congress

Art Center testifies before Congress. Geoff Wardle, Director of Advanced Mobility Research testifies before Congress on the bailout and exploring energy independence implications. This is amazing, what other design college gets to testify about the future of transportation? I particularly enjoy during the first video when Chairman Edward J. Markey calls Wardle an idealist.

Link to the government archive:
Auto Bailout Hearing to Explore Energy Independence Implications

Design A Day: Sponge Utensils

Now you can literally clean your plate, or so the advert for this might read.