Daily Poetics

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

Product Tight Lights. Description Suspended glass lights with intricate lace patterns. Thelermont Hupton
Title Quote: Poincare

Inspiration is to throw oneself into being, yes, but also and above all it is to remember and to be again. To return to Being.

Link: Three Potato Four - A mom and pop shop with an inspiring and curated collection of unique vintage and modern treasures for your home..

1930's Restored Royal Typewriter - Glossy Black       $495.00

" classic typewriter. The click clacking keys, the unmistakable return bell, the satisfaction of a fresh new sheet of paper. We immediately fell in love with these truly beautiful restored works of art. This fully-functioning typewriter brought us back to the age of aspiring writers, busy newsrooms full of journalists, and to many romantic love letters written. They carry with them a richness of history and are a beautiful display of classic nostalgia.

Each vintage typewriter is restored to its original working condition by a professional typewriter repair technician. Each machine is cleaned, oiled and mechanically adjusted or repaired so that it is fully-functioning. The original paint, decals, and pinstripes are retained to preserve their authenticity and vintage appeal and thus sometimes do reflect moderate wear and average usage which may include minor dings and flaws, but still in above average condition."

Title Quote: Octavio Paz

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

Link: Peg Pencil.

"The project was to explore the perception of intuitive feeling between people and objects.  These pencils were explored from different points of view including memory, behavior, humor and product language." -Peg Pencil

Title Quote: Joyce A. Myers

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you.

Link: Rolleiflex MiniDigi.

"If somewhere deep down you have always hankered after a Rollei, you are not alone. First developed in Germany in the 1920's, the Rollei 6x6cm Twin Lens Reflex Camera has always been a preferred tool for serious photography, especially portraits. There cannot be, for example, a single Hollywood celebrity who has not been photographed with a Rollei."

Title Quote: Epicetus

The sound stops short, but the sense flows on.

Link: Science & Sons - Products.

Why-fi? Patent pending

"Through passive amplification alone, These unique pieces instantly transform any personal music player + earbuds into a sculptural audio console.

Without the use of external power or batteries, the Phonofone inventively exploits the virtues of horn acoustics to boost the audio output of standard earphones to up to 55 decibels* (or roughly the maximum volume of laptop speakers)

Upon connecting active earphones to the Phonofone their treble buzzing is instantly and profoundly transformed into a warm, rich and resonant sound."

Quote: Chinese Saying

The bud of the apple is desire ...

Eva Solo Apple Corer

The bud of the apple is desire, the down-falling gold, / The catbird’s gobble in the morning half-awake / These are real only if I make them so. Whistle / For me, grow green for me and, as you whistle and grow green, / Intangible arrows quiver and stick in the skin / And I taste at the root of the tongue the unreal of what is real. — Wallace Stevens

Talk happiness.

Link: Duncan Wilson - Cup Communciator.

Tug the cord to activate, squeeze to talk and hold to the mouth and ear. The design of the Cup Communicator is focused around a series of physical actions and gestures that create a etiquette of use and a tactile partnership between user and object. By designing a communication device focused on the gesture of use, the relationship between the users and between the user and object I aim to explore the potential of the product as a medium for interaction and reassess the way we use technology. The form and function of the Cup Communicator refer to the ‘two-cans and string' children's toy and the physical factors involved with that device. This typology and its associations remind us of the magic and playful intrigue of our first communication devices that has been lost by the desire for more efficient forms of telecommunication. June 2006

voice to text

Link: Springwise newsletter | 18 April 2007.

"Turning any cell phone into an eager personal scribe, Jott transforms spoken messages into text. "

Link: magnart - About Magnart®.

"Magnart® is a strong, good-looking, non-invasive reusable magnetic display system that doesn't damage the work or the surface on which it is attached. Don't hang, pin, or stick it. Magnart® it."

 

The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious origins and our numinous destinies, and dissolve them both into one. -ben okri

Link: :: Blanc&Reed ::.  

"our design philosophy at Blanc&Reed is to navigate the relationship between the past and present through the unique interpretation of the objects in our lives.  In each of our objects we strive to create a sense of connection with the user.  We are inspired by stories from the past, which in turn help us create objects with a narrative in the present moment..." -b&r

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from me to you...

Link: MoCo Loco - Modern contemporary design & architecture.

"From Me To You (Character Traits) is the name for this installation by Matt, Susan and Rob Gorbet of Gorbet Design. Turn the knobs beneath the four blank Nixie Tubes and spell all the variations to "I **** YOU". Spell a recognized four-letter word and new words would appear. The piece underscores how sometimes innocuous changes can make a big difference."

Custom reconciles us to everything. -Edmund Burke

Link: The Tune N Radio | Dexigner.

The Tune 'N Radio The Tune 'N Radio aims the stimulation of individual creativity and responsibility towards our everyday material environment.

The Tune 'N radio is a basic fm-radio which people have to finish themselves, in order to make the product functional within their own personal perception.

An antenna has to be "chosen" and attached, holes for the sound have to be drilled, sound- and tuning-button have to be made functional.

The basic radio becomes a canvas which people can decorate and by doing so bond with their product. A hundred different people create a hundred different radios.

Tune 'N Radio is part of the Little things, Raging thoughts Collection by wouter Geense Design Studio, a Dutch Design Studio based in Rotterdam focussing on consumer behaviour, ways people value their material surrounding and fill in their contemporary needs

PCs for Poets

Link: PCs for Poets.

"London-based interaction designer Crispin Jones has designed a PC for Poets -- technically, it's a UMPC (Ultra Mobie Personal Computer) and he did it for the Japanese tablet PC company PBJ.

Yesterday, I got a chance to attend 100% Design Tokyo, talk with Mr. Jones, hold the artifact in my hands, and also experience how it feels to use the special stylus -- that was the most emotional part of my first interactive experience with this fully working device. (For those who are interested in 100% Design Tokyo, Pingmag has a series of articles on this and other relevant events.)

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PCs for poets go beyond the purely utilitarian, much like suzuribako, the traditional Japanese writing boxes -- Indeed, the design was partly inspired by suzuribako. So, that seems to explain why the stylus felt rather soft, giving me the impression of using a slightly hardened, elastic calligraphy brush.

Currently, the device's operating system is Windows XP-based and many existing office type application tools seem ill-fitted for the device's elaborate physical, functional, and aesthetic design. I hope to see integrated software tools that allow us to "write and paint like poets" in the future.

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What appeared to my eyes quite interesting (and perhaps very novel) was the visually appealing tactile patterns on the underside. When you use the device in a public space, its underside tends to be the device's "face" (i.e., people around you see the underside, not the front side) and becomes part of how you present yourself to friends and strangers. So, the design cares about what's often overlooked -- these physical surfaces that can influence people's social spaces."

Frame

Link: Frame - The Great Indoors - Products.

"Plastic sheets made from gutted and recycled mobile phones have mainly decorative applications, but the material can be used to make everything from tabletops to torches to TV sets. The 6-to-8-mm thick sheets contain no additives or resins that were not part of the existing phones. Dimensions: 120 x 80 cm."

For me, there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking, breathlessly. -Don Juan

Link: Welcome to jorg&olif: Dutch City Bikes.

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"Everyday we make choices that influence and shape the way we live.  And it's often the little things we do that make the biggest difference (and bring us the greatest joy) jorg&olif is inspired by individuality, imagination, good living, and style. It's a way of being, a reminder of living in the now and being aware of the beauty around us.

Making a choice each day about how we live can be greatly influenced by how we choose to get around. Riding a jorg&olif city bike is a simple pleasure that isn't easily explained, it's something you just have to try (try not to smile).  It's not only a great looking "carry-all," it's a smart form of urban mobility that becomes a way of life."

I do not paint things, I paint only the differences between things. -Henri Matisse

Link: IMPRESSIONEN.

nokia phone

 

An object makes infinity private. -Joseph Brodsky

Link: MoMAstore - Apple Slicer.

Apple Slicer Jessica Battram, 2004

Position this ingenious disc-shaped slicer on any apple and rotate to release perfect slices for snacking or cooking. Don't need a whole apple at once? Just leave the disc pressed against the fruit, and it will not dry out or turn brown. Made of stainless steel. Dishwasher safe.

There’s not a string attuned to mirth but has its chord in melancholy. -Thomas Hood

Link: Sarut - COLORED STRING BOX.

"Romance in with string? Our decorative box of 4 colored twine balls makes a perfect gift for........well, whoever is looking for something soft, pretty and useful. Designed in Italy."

I love a ballad in print o’ life, for then we are sure they are true. -Shakespeare

Portable Printer

The printer has the length of a normal ballpoint pen while its width and height are more or less equivalent to the width of a modern mobile phone...This first version of PrintBrush(tm) was designed to roughly fit into a shirt pocket while it still remains a clear potential for size and weight reduction in coming versions that will allow an even more comfortable fit.. 

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The living moment is everything. -D.H. Lawrence

Blab Italia - METAL.Living Surfaces

Modular Liquid Floor Tiles - Walking on them creates play and movement of light stimulating sensations of nature and atmosphere. The Mono-chromatic tiles leaves a diminishing ray of colors tones the memory trace of a footprint behind. The Bi-chromatic tile stimulates play with colors and forms in continuous evolution. Walking on a LIVING FLOOR is stimulates memories of nature like walking a sandy beach or across a green pasture.

This tile series contains floating metal elements. The METAL series' surfaces react to pressure with slow subtle movements slightly altering the colors tones. The touch of a hand or the sole of a shoe can temporarily leave a written text or drawings on the tile which slowly fade away.

Vivid colours on a white base, like painting with water colours. Multiple shades of the underlying colours appear and disappear on the white background while you interact with the tile surface.

via Strange New Products

Table and counter tops ideal for play and entertainment. The flexible surface allows with pressure from the touch of your hand or simply placing an object to play with the bubbles on the underlying colors. The imposed pressure alters the intensity of the colors and provokes the continuous transformation of the imagery of the combined forms in continuous evolution. The surfaces are produced in two typologies mono-chromatic and bi-chromatic.

That blessed mood, In which the burden of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened. -Wordsworth

Kotohana Flowers Sense Your Mood

This LED flowers can truly, really could sense your emotions. And this is no dream. The future mood ring is here. And with albeit twirl. It changes colors (well, we also do that but this one actually understands you, now that’s something amazing) to indicate your mood swings.

 

Say something! And it says, “I burn.” -Robert Frost

Papier d'Arm�nie : Unique.

It is still the only interior air-freshener that works by burning paper, and the only one that uses Benzoin, a substance normally

Renowned since Antiquity for its antiseptic, healing and expectorant properties, benzoin balm was formerly applied externally to treat asthma, coughs and hoarseness. It became popular with those suffering from stress, because of its positive effect on the psyche and the emotions. It is believed to have purifying powers, and be able to eliminate all impure and coarse emotions and thoughts.

Papier d’Arménie is
still developing today, seeking enhancements, improvements and new designs.
Thus the last few years have seen new burners, new stencils and new forms of presentation

Link: Packaging and Point of Sale - 056-05-06: Sellotape Donut.

Much more of a tape dispenser than just a sticky tape holder the Sellotape Donut makes traditional snail type tape dispensers seem obsolete. The smooth easy to hold form allows multiple ways of using the dispenser. Optimised for point of sale impact the Sellotape Donut looks great and works great.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. -Charles Reade

Link: GO! OHSO.

 

OHSO is the ultimate travel toothbrush combining style and functionality:

Self-Dispensing. Toothpaste is stored in the handle for safekeeping. The window shows you how much paste is in the chamber.

Easily Refillable. Fill it up when it is empty. OHSO uses suction to pull the paste into the handle for no mess refilling.

Use Your Favorite Toothpaste. Fill OHSO with any type of toothpaste from most tubes.

No Mess. OHSO will not leak and is easy to refill without making a mess.

Replaceable Bristles. Replace the bristle heads when they wear out.

Rinsing Cup. The OHSO Travel Brush cap doubles as a rinsing cup.

What do batteries run on? Steve Wright

Mephisto Range from Saitek.

# Ideal for alkaline and zinc carbon “non-rechargeable” batteries # Will also charge NiCd and NiMH batteries # Extends battery life up to 10 times # LCD displays charging information # Recharges all popular battery sizes # Battery analyzer tells you how much strength is left in batteries # Maintains battery performance by preventing memory effect. # Recharges up to 4 batteries

The purpose of good design is to ornament existence, not to substitute for it. -George Nelson

Link: 2JANE.

2JANE Co. hopes to introduce consumers, buyers, and industry professionals to some exceptional examples of inspired design. 2JANE's artful but practical imported interior accessories, from the hands of independent creative talents, will surely enrich any space you wish to fill.

Whether you purchase, order, commission or simply view the progressive wares 2JANE offers, I hope you allow your imagination to get the best of you during your visit... and always.

Take a turn with a lemon or lime on the heads of this delightful duo and watch the juice flow. With the help of the culinary world's favorite new couple you'll never have to cook alone.

A vivid thought brings the power to paint it; and in proportion to the depth of its source is the force of its projection. -Emerson

 
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"The SMS Guerilla Projector is a home made, fully functioning device that enables the user to project text based SMS messages in public spaces, in streets, onto people, inside cinemas, shops, houses…

Small, portable, and battery operated, the SMS Guerilla Projector contains a mobile phone which enables the device to receive and project messages from other people.

The SMS Guerilla Projector is made by recombining available technologies. As an open object, the projector generates "a wide range of applications, allowing the user to display messages and share his reflections.

Its unpredictability creates a very special and disturbing experience for the people who watch the projection, and invites them to reflect on the content or the implications of the message.The images below show actual examples of projected messages."

www.troika.uk.com

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Uber Orbs

Link: Emulate :: Designer Emulation Kit :: MMckenna.

The Designer Emulation Kits (DEK’s for short) are meant as the sincerest homage to some of the greatest modern designers of our time. The lamps and designers being “emulated” have a particular importance. They are represented in countless design tomes extolling the various movements, and they are held up as prime examples of “good design.”

We revere these objects, but they are also a bane and a challenge. How can we ever measure up to the genius of Castiglioni, or the sheer concentrated emotion of Maurer? The truth is we can’t. We have to find our own voices, our own vision.

Our DEK’s might not help us decide which way to go, but at least they let us laugh at ourselves along the way.

Hold tenderly that which you cherish, for it is precious and a tight grip may crush it. Do not let the fear of dropping it cause you to hold it too tightly: the chances are, it's holding you, too. -Bob Alberti

Hettich International - At home in all good furniture - 4th Prize: Info Handle.

Info Handle is a new type of handle for cupboards and cabinets. The handle is made of a aluminium and its detachable clip-on tag is made of plastic. The easy interchangeability of the tags makes this an ideal handle for hotels, offi ces, schools or hospitals. Tags can also be personalized or matched to the cabinet surface.