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Forty-two times larger than the toy set currently available in stores, this Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter is made of over five million LEGO bricks weighing a whopping 45,000 pounds. Assembled in the LEGO model shop in Kladno, Czech Republic, the model is 43 feet long and 11 feet high with a wing span of 44 feet. It was unveiled in New York City’s Times Square on May 23rd, and will be on display for Memorial Day weekend before reaching its final destination at Legoland in California.
The model had to be carefully engineered with a steel framework system in order to withstand all of the travel, breakdown and re-assembly required to transport it across the Atlantic Ocean and from one side of UK to the next.
It took an international team of designers, builders, engineers, mechanics and logistics experts over a year to devise the plan that brought the massive model from concept sketches to reality. The time it took to construct the model, which is made using the same LEGO bricks sold at retail, was 17,336 hours, or about four months.
The model can seat multiple fans in the cockpit for photo opportunities, and its four rear engines light up to a glowing neon red. “We thought it would be a great idea to say ‘What if you took this, scaled it up to the size of what a real X-wing looks like, and here’s the end result,’” LEGO Master Builder Erik Varszegi told MTV Geek.
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BMW AirFlow 2 Helmet has won Red Dot design award 2012 and this time, BMW has released its new designs for 2013. It’s a premium helmet that makes sure everything stays quiet when you are on the road under different conditions with different speed ranges. The shell of this helmet is constructed of glass-fiber reinforced plastic with carbon reinforcing layers, it has impact-absorbing EPS inner shell to protect your head while the multiple ventilation channels help you feel comfortable. The company claims this helmet offers the best aeroacoustics and comfort in its class.
There are 2 large ventilation areas which can be closed with sliders when needed, don’t worry, it’s waterproof. It has built-in short visor which is scratchproof coating inside and out, the chin strap is adjustable, nice neckbands will prevent the helmet from twisting.
Designer : BMW
BMW Airflow 2 Helmet Offers Great Aeroacoustics and Comfort is originally posted on Tuvie
The principle of evaporative cooling has been used to increase the humidity in dry climatic regions, and this cooler concept is based on the same technology. Air coolers are environmentally-friendly compared to air conditioners which release CFC gas; air coolers do not emit hazardous greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. Cool-I air cooler concept is a compact, trendy and sleek design, it has rust proof thermoplastic body, high cooling, both manual and digital water level indicator, multiple speed control to keep you cool in the summer.
Designer : Bhagvanji.M.Sonagra
Tuvie has received “COOL-I Air Cooler Design Concept” project from our ‘Submit A Design‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their design/concept for publication.
Cool-I Air Cooler Concept by Bhagvanji.M.Sonagra is originally posted on Tuvie
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Graphics & Branding. ]
The bigger the idea, the harder to understand, let alone distill. That is the idea and challenge behind this growing set of graphic designs that seek to capture big ideas in simple shapes and single-sentence explanations.
Dubbed Philographics by their creator, Genís Carreras, the original set contained just 24 designs, but has grown into a series of 95 (so far). Idealism, Dualism, Existentialism – if you can think of an ‘ism’ from philosophy, you can almost certainly find it represented here.
And consider the alternative, hundreds, thousands, maybe tens of thousands of words in the dictionary definitions of such terms – a great way to flesh out your knowledge, but hardly the place to get started.
In fact, philosophy schools often force students to better understand philosophers and philosophies by condensing and summarizing – having to articulate long thoughts in short form helps the brain process and codify that information.
As for the forms these are taking: the Kickstarter project (funded at nearly four times the initial goal) has been such a success that what started as posters has branched into postcards and, in pre-production, softcover, hardcover and electronic book editions as well.
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In a sleepy suburb of Sydney, Australia, long since taken over by mainly-one-story houses, sat a disused metal-sided shed. An ad hod affair, it was a rare leftover of what was once an industrial neighborhood, destined for demolition but instead converted into a strange new home.
The newly-reconstituted building dubbed ‘Tinshed’ by Raffaello Rosselli (images by Mark Syke) is made from the metal of the old abandonment. It is still pockmarked, with a haphazard surface that slips between gray, green, white and red – its panels overlapping in odd and seemingly chaotic patchwork patterns. Now, however, it these frame a few more oddities, like windows for the first time in the site’s life.
Inside, the building has immaculate flat white walls and crisp curved surfaces, reflecting its fresh purpose as a studio (on the first floor) dwelling and office space (on the second level). The juxtaposition of interior and exterior is fitting, as the entire structure is itself a strange addition to its surroundings.
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This project is called Mobility Hybrid Concept Car, a 2-seater compact hybrid vehicle with spacious cabin where you can keep 2 collapsible pedelecs or pedal electric bikes under the boot. The batteries of these bikes can be charged in the car or a socket outlet, the bike and the car feature common design lines that reflect they are hybrids.
The main goal by integrating pedelecs in the car is to provide higher individual mobility allowing you to easily adapt to traffic in the city or countryside. Commuters can easily park their cars somewhere outskirts of the city and then continue their journey with pedelecs, avoiding rush hour traffic and parking space problem at the city center. Instead of using public transport, you would enjoy riding your bike while exploring the city.
Designer : Emin Ayaz
Powered by a hybrid engine, this car offers small yet spacious cabin. The ability to store 2 collapsible pedelecs doesn’t sacrifice the storage space for your luggage. When you driving the car at high speed, the electric engine turns off and the combustion engine turns on. The car’s front and headlights change color based on the power mode: electric or fuel mode.
2-Seater Mobility Hybrid Concept Car with Spacious Cabin is originally posted on Tuvie
This project is called Mobility Hybrid Concept Car, a 2-seater compact hybrid vehicle with spacious cabin where you can keep 2 collapsible pedelecs or pedal electric bikes under the boot. The batteries of these bikes can be charged in the car or a socket outlet, the bike and the car feature common design lines that reflect they are hybrids.
The main goal by integrating pedelecs in the car is to provide higher individual mobility allowing you to easily adapt to traffic in the city or countryside. Commuters can easily park their cars somewhere outskirts of the city and then continue their journey with pedelecs, avoiding rush hour traffic and parking space problem at the city center. Instead of using public transport, you would enjoy riding your bike while exploring the city.
Designer : Emin Ayaz
Powered by a hybrid engine, this car offers small yet spacious cabin. The ability to store 2 collapsible pedelecs doesn’t sacrifice the storage space for your luggage. When you driving the car at high speed, the electric engine turns off and the combustion engine turns on. The car’s front and headlights change color based on the power mode: electric or fuel mode.
2-Seater Mobility Hybrid Concept Car with Spacious Cabin is originally posted on Tuvie
Soul Cell project is a solar power lamp that allows you to enjoy the light even when there’s no power supply. It combines photovoltaics and lighting to create portable illumination solutions. You can charge the light during the day, its solar power will keep the energy to light up the lamp when you need it. Simply unfold the shade via twisting action, in this way, this lamp is very compact when not in use, making it highly portable to carry anywhere with you. There’s a strap with magnets which allows you to hang the lamp in different way, both at opened or closed mode.
Soul Cell is the perfect light to carry when you plan to have outdoor activities such as camping, it makes a great mood lighting as well. You can hang it on the balcony, tree in your garden or a bike handlebar.
Designer : Jesper Jonsson
Soul Cell : Solar Power Lamp by Jesper Jonsson is originally posted on Tuvie
