Because of the bulk size and high price of the DJ equipments, the only way you can enjoy a DJ night is to visit a club or a friend’s house that has such a huge arrangement. Pioneer PRO 1400 – FLT is a mobile DJ set that has been specially designed to become a one stop solution for portable DJ enjoyment. This concept comprises two configurations, the classic and sober mode makes it neutral when transporting, and the event mode focuses more on performance through latest LED devices. The DJ console includes all the necessary equipments that are required for a professional level output, enabling the users to groove with the rhythm of music just like they do in a DJ club.
Designer : Vivier Raphael
The Sentori 50L has been imagined and created by “Motion Code Blue” Design Studio. The yacht is part of the brand Sentori Yachts. This brand is highly automotive inspired, they combine emotion with functionality and smart living spaces. It breaks up with conventional solutions and defines every yacht as one intelligent concept, made to surprise its owner every single time and serves as a platform to support creativity and individuality.
The Sentori 50L has strongly automotive inspired main lines of the hull and the greenhouse connects the yacht optically and let it appear very elegant. The simple and clear lines enable SENTORI 50L Yacht to achieve a dynamic and sophisticated tension which characterizes this yacht. The design impresses with the large window surfaces that provide the yacht with sunlight from all sides and enhances the concept of melting exterior and interior living spaces together. A large owners’ window in the hull guarantees a unique view slightly above the water line, the whole cabin is light flooded. An expandable sun protection enhances the comfort in the rear part of the main deck and a u-shaped stern sofa offer space for dinners or sun bathing. The silver and black varnish of the yacht in combination with the red sun beds and sofas is unique and enhances the recognition value of the vessel. At the end of the fly bridge, the equipment carrier is designed very integrated, low and dark colored, which supports the coupe-character of the yacht. The bathing platform at the end of the yacht, offers a small pool for children and if the pool is not in use, it can serve as a large storage space.
Designer: Motion Code Blue
The fly bridge features an innovative layout, comprising of a wetbar, a dinning area and the drivers seat. The wetbar provides a sink, storage space a refrigerator and is covered by a semi-transparent glass surface for a very slick and homogeneous appearance. The dinning table is placed in the rear of the fly bridge and it has been designed for 8 persons. The hot plate inserted in the table enhances the comfort. The innovative feature is a 37” LED-TV, which is positioned behind the driver’s seat. The TV’s ability to retract, protects it from bad weather conditions. The integration of the TV generates a wide range of new activities, from playing game consoles to watching movies, or presentations and picture slide shows. The DVD-player and game console storage space is given underneath the driver’s seat. The innovative steering console is equipped with a very reduced but sophisticated keyboard-like design supporting the over all design language of the yacht. The driver feels like interacting with an high-tech-instrument, steering SENTORI 50 L combines excitement with high-end luxury. The keyboard slides into the console if its not in use, protecting all instruments in a very elegant way.
This amazing piece of engineering will be available at the end of 2010. The yacht is equipped with 2 x 900 PS YANMAR engines giving the Sentori a maximum speed of 40 knots. It has a displacement of 18 t, and an overall length of 15.3 m.
Universal remotes obviously have reduced the user’s pain of arranging different remotes for different brand or different types of consumer electronic products. MagicBoard concept features similar functionalities to control PCs, laptops, netbooks and other devices through an interactive touch screen surface. This innovative concept gives user freedom of using traditional keyboard or mouse by providing a gesture control surface where touching and moving fingers will do it all. This sleek and thin control board can be carried and used anywhere without any inconvenience.
Designer : Eliel Cabrera
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Core2sia is the name of this unique futuristic concept imagined by Hossein Ghahramani. The word “Core2sia” refers to the Italian word “cortesia” which translated means politeness, courteousness, courtliness. The number 2 inserted in the name reminds us that we are talking about a vehicle that has the ability to split in two, telling us that is something with 2 cores. Inspired by sea creatures and Zaha Hadid’s architecture lines, Hossein, developed his main idea of the concept. The main idea was to design a family car which consists of two vehicles in the same time inside a cover. The cover can be used as a cabin for camping when the cars are separated. The supple long shape of the two mini cars allows them to move easily in heavy traffic just as a motorcycle would find its way between other cars stuck in traffic. This interesting concept comes with more new features, one of these is the drive train.
Designer: Hossein Ghahramani
The familiar spinning wheels have been replaced with thousands of small wheels underneath the vehicle. This new wheel system makes the ride smoother than ever, no more tremors when hitting the wholes in the pavement, it feels like the car is flying. Inside the Core2sia the driver doesn’t feel a thing as he speeds through the heavy traffic. By opening the door, the seats turn up to provide a better entrance in the car. After the doors have been closed, two handles stuck to the doors align in front of the driver. The passengers lay down on the seats instead of sitting upright, this enables them to experience the real feel of sliding like a luge. Inside, the driver can interact with the on-board computer and tell it the destination, thus the car will drive itself. But for those of you who don’t want their lives to be driven by computers, the two handles that appear in front of the driver are not for decorations nor for the driver to hold on tight, these handles are used for the driver to operate and drive the car.
Hossein Ghahramani took the best from sea creatures and stunning architecture to come up with such an impressive car concept. The creativity and need of designing something new drove the designer to invent a new wheel system that allows the car to ride smoothly on any tarmac, either smooth or filled with wholes and to provide the user with a stunning feature, the fact that the car has the ability to split itself into 2 mini cars that can choose different destinations.
The mysterious shape, the interesting features and the ability to carry it around make the Serendip the ultimate gadget for adolescents. The combination of an intriguing negative space with a play of reflections and shadows evokes curios behaviour. The designer, Thomas Troch, created and designed the concept and realized it with rapid prototyping technology. The prototypes are not only characterized by a static form, but also by a dynamic form. The prototype has been created for research in the teenagers everyday life. The Serendip, in a static form, makes the user curious about what it is, what it does and the purpose why it was created. It has a simple shape ans loads of features. One of the interesting features is that it has a LED display on it’s exterior shell which you can program to show colorful lights to enhance the user’s self respect.
The density of the LED – pattern represents memory usage and the changing color codes stand for the used media, evoking creative employment of the integrated features. The multimedia features integrated in the Serendip are: a 1.5 inch PM-OLED display, a 2 MP CMOS camera, a MEMS microphone, a speaker and also a vibration motor. The Serendip is also able to take photos and video clips. The process of taking photos is amazing, you have to hold it in your hands and pull the largest part backwards. The Serendip really brings out the child in you. The integrated media allow the user to collect data, rendering a unique view of his world. Interaction with this object influences the behavior of the user, hence motivating adolescents to participate in qualitative research.
Designer : Thomas Troch
Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container. Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquerware. Although bento are readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops, train stations, and department stores, it is still common for Japanese homemakers to spend time and energy for their spouse, child, or themselves producing a carefully prepared lunch box.
Bento can be very elaborately arranged in a style called kyaraben or “character bento”. Kyaraben is typically decorated to look like popular Japanese cartoon characters (anime), characters from comic books (manga), or video game characters. Another popular bento style is “oekakiben” or “picture bento”, which is decorated to look like people, animals, buildings and monuments, or items such as flowers and plants. Contests are often held where bento arrangers compete for the most aesthetically pleasing arrangements. There are similar forms of boxed lunches in the Philippines (Baon), Korea (Dosirak), Taiwan (Biandang), and India (Tiffin).
[ By Marc in Guerilla Marketing & Ads, History & Factoids. ]
Society and advertising have not always been kind to women; they still aren’t. From the subtle to the outrageous, vintage ads are a great window into the past that entertain, shock, and surprise. Here are nearly 40 advertising examples culled from the golden age of magazine and newspaper advertising:
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Some ads have crossed the line beyond what society considers acceptable, and depending on your outlook, these examples are entertaining or disgusting. I for one tend to laugh at how ridiculous these conceptions are in light of today’s political correctness. I definitely think we’re heading in a better direction as a society, but we still have a ways to go.
(Images via foundinmomsbasement, blogsofrecord, theblogofrecord)
A quick glance at any magazine rack will identify one huge difference between the conception of female beauty; skinny is currently considered the ultimate body type (according to magazines), whereas curves once held a much higher appeal. One thing we still have in common with the past is quack techniques to achieve whatever body type is in the norm at the time.
(Images via flickriver, feministing, pzrservices, cosmeticservices, momgrind, womansday)
If there’s one thing your wife wants on Christmas morning, it’s a vacuum! Everyone loves a new appliance, or an upgraded look for the kitchen, but these magazine ads show a link between a woman and her appliances that is quite a bit exaggerated.
(Images via vintage123, vintageadbrowser, pzrservices, momgrind, christianmontone)
It’s interesting how some car advertisements clearly depict women as a major purchasing force in the household, while others appeal to men with deprecating messages. Some of the worse ads are more recent, oddly enough.
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Early fashion ads used illustration to depict larger than life beauties, much as we currently use photoshop and airbrushing. It’s interesting to see the different views of glamour and fashion over time, and how a bullet bra can be the height of seductive lingerie in one decade, and a ridiculous affectation in another.
(Images via straightdope, hilarysheperd, graphicsdesignforum, momgrind)
Women love chores! At least, they used to, clearly, if magazine ads are any indication. There’s no denying that women used to be the main caretakers of the household, but some of these ads are ridiculous in their depiction of rapturous delight at receiving a new vacuum, or purchasing a fresh box of detergent. The misogynist message in some of these ads is just the obvious tip of a much larger iceberg.
(Images via pzrservices, lulusvintage, katiescanlan, foundinmomsbasement)
Makeup ads used to be quite classy in the day. Even the text seemed hand drawn, and it was clear a lot of time was spent designing and formatting. Illustrating every ad must have been a huge enterprise, and I imagine advertising agencies contained giant art departments well beyond what we have today.
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Sexual education and hygiene is not a topic I would expect was broached often, but it was actually sprinkled liberally through magazines in the past. The text was subtle, except for the case of war time venereal disease public service warnings, which had to be clear in order to get their message across.
(trendfunnel, smashingmagazine, retrorenovation, atticpaper)
UKn culture has always imagined the future faster than we could produce it, so we celebrate technology as if we expect a utopian future to pop up just around the corner. This optimism makes viewing advances from the past that much more enjoyable to study.
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[ By Steph in Architecture & Design, Graffiti & Drawing. ]
A logo is a company’s most visible piece of visual branding, stamped on everything from billboards to promotional pens. But sometimes, you can stare at a familiar design again and again before noticing small but delightful hidden symbols, meaning and even messages. From binary code to the clever combination of interlocking shapes, these 12 logos pack in a little something extra.
London Symphony Orchestra
(image via: crossed cow)
The London Symphony Orchestra escaped its staid reputation a bit with this redesigned logo, featuring the letters ‘LSO’ in a modern script that forms a single wavy line. But what you may not see immediately is the abstract image of a conductor waving with one arm and conducting with the other.
Toblerone
(image via: noquedanblogs)
You’ve probably seen the Toblerone logo dozens of times – it’s just a mountain, right? Look closer. There’s a bear shape hidden in the negative space within that mountain, symbolizing the city of Bern, Switzerland where the Matterhorn mountain that inspired the logo is located.
Eighty20
(image via: 38one)
Do you ever see a logo and think to yourself, what was the designer thinking? How does this random image contribute to or identify this brand’s identity? In this case, at least, you’re simply not in on the joke – unless you’re a math nerd. If you view the dark squares as ‘1′ and the light squares as ‘0′, the two rows read 1010000 and 0010100, which read 80 and 20 in binary.
Cluenatic
(image via: 38one)
Perhaps it’s not the most readable logo ever, but it works flawlessly as a visual representation of the puzzle game ‘Cluenatic’, which involves unraveling four clues. Each of the four letters in the world ‘Clue’ are nested inside each other like a puzzle or a maze.
Sony Vaio
(image via: vector logo)
VAIO was originally just an acronym for Video Audio Integrated Operation – since changed to Visual Audio Intelligence Organizer. But the strange, seemingly abstract logo derives from another lucky coincidence: ‘VA’ represents an analog wave and ‘IO’ represents digital binary code, perfectly illustrating the integration of analog and digital technology.
Northwest Airlines
(image via: seek logo)
Before they changed it to something far less interesting – and then faded into oblivion by merging with Delta – Northwest Airlines had one of those logos that contain a bit of symbolism entirely unnoticed by the vast majority of the public. Sure, it’s got the ‘N’ and ‘W’, seemingly placed inside a circle for no good reason – but check out the location of that little triangle making up the upper corner of the ‘W’. It’s the arrow of a compass, pointing northwest.
Milwaukee Brewers
(image via: sportslogos.net)
Sure, it was just a bit of luck that gave the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team a name with the initials ‘M’ and ‘B’, but it took a great logo designer to see how those letters – combined with the negative space in a lowercase ‘b’ – could form a mitt with a baseball in it.
Bison
(image via: logo pond)
Designed for a rock band from Vancouver, this logo is like one of those left brain/right brain quiz images: what do you see first, the picture or the word?
Museum of London
(image via: lyndsey cole)
Well now, isn’t that a pretty… blob. But there’s more to the Museum of London logo than an artsy splash of watercolor; the various colored circles actually represent the changing shape of London throughout history.
Hope for African Children Initiative
(image via: hopeforafricanchildren.org)
In this trick of the eye, you’re actually drawn to look at the negative space first – the continent of Africa in white, albeit a rather unfaithful rendering. A closer look reveals the shapes of a child and a woman on either side in shades of orange.
Presbyterian Church
(image via: trinity presbyterian church)
How many symbols can you fit into one relatively uncluttered, uncomplicated logo? The Presbyterian Church logo is a pretty good example of making this work: you’ve got a cross, a bible on a pulpit, a pastor’s robes, a dove, a fish and fire all within the same basic shape.
Elefont
(image via: logo pond)
Designed by Mike Erickson (otherwise known as Logomotive) for a fictitious company, this logo has three different elements combined into one simple and visually striking symbol. That curving lowercase ‘e’, which stands for ‘elefont’ and highlights an elegant font, also has an elephant trunk shape hidden inside it.
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Brent Stirton, 39, is the senior staff photographer for the assignment division of Getty Images, New York. Getty Images is the largest photographic agency in the world. He specializes in documentary work and is known for his alternative approaches. He travels an average of nine months of the year on assignment.
Brent’s work is published by: National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, The New York Times Magazine, The London Sunday Times Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, The Discovery Channel, Newsweek, Le Express, Le Monde 2, Figaro, Paris Match, GQ, Geo, Stern, CNN, and many other respected international titles and news organizations.
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Recent renovation at Notting Hill Station has uncovered an old tunnel that was sealed in 1950 in order to modernise the station. What has been left is a time capsule of vintage poster ads that have amazingly withstood the elements and retained their vibrant colours!
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