Sunday, May 24, 2009
Cool Vending Machines
japanese vending machines
smart car
while it may look like this vending machine is selling smart cars, it actually dispenses brochures about
the car. the machine was the idea of a smart car dealer in shibuya, japan. the machine gives customers the
option of a coupe or cabrio smart car and states the car’s actual value, but it doesn’t accept money.
perhaps in the future these machines will actually sell cars, but for know it remains a marketing concept.
fresh pizza
this vending machine is a pizzeria in a box. ‘the wonder pizza’ cooks 9 inch pizzas in a mere 2 minutes
each. users can select their desired crispness and pick from 3 different flavours. the machine isn’t as simple
as you might think. it is reported to have taken over 5 years to develop at a cost of over 6 million USD.
each machine can hold around 100 pizza and uses real ovens not microwaves to cook the pizza.
lobster and eggs
freshness is key for vending machines selling food goods. however these machines take this a little too far, offering live lobsters and fresh eggs respectively. both spotted in japan, these machines are not something you will find in your office break room. the lobster machine is also an arcade game because it requires users to pick their lobster up using a joystick-controlled claw.
Feelin these slippers......
'where the green grass grows', early student project by hyock kwon
seoul born, london based designer hyock kwon has exhibited during new york design week 09
in the british sector in the ICFF show floor.
Cool Design for Tea Bags
What you drink is their bathing water. At first, they guys all sitting in the public bathtub, and what you need to do is inviting one into a private bathtub – your cup.
Mind Control Game coming this fall!!!!!
Mattel's much anticipated Mindflex game is allegedly dropping this October for $100. For those of you who think like I do, that's 3 lapdances at a reasonable strip club, or almost 12 at the ones I go to.
It's not often that a Mattel toy targets the 18 - 128 demographic, but we'll be frank -- the Mindflex has us all sorts of intrigued. Originally introduced at this year's CES, said game is a brain-powered fun-fest that relies on intense mental activity to control the height of a ball suspended in a column of air.
It sounds similar to that Star Wars toy coming out, but way more involved. I want one. And not just because I've been honing by ball controlling mind skills for years but *concentrating* did you see that? Look again. Now the left one's lower!
RVCA Skate Promo
RVCA Skate Promo Montage from RVCA on Vimeo.
RVCA’s been generous enough to flow us a montage of their team killing it as well as a full part from the nothing short of heroic Leo Romero, who is owning shit right now. Featuring Kevin “Spanky” Long, Josh Harmony, Cairo Foster, Austin Stephens, Ed Templeton, Keegan Sauder, David Reyes, Nestor Judkins & Julian Davidson, this is ten minutes of weekend bliss peoples.
HOUSE POZUELO MADRID
The house is located in a 1-hectare site of fairly rectangular shape. Developed along the Eastern margin of the site, which runs adjacent to the road, it is structured around two axes cutting in an oblique angle.
The first axis, following the North-South direction, organizes the rooms in the house around a series of intersecting volumes that give rise to the different inside and outside spaces.
The second axis, materialized in a pergola or beam running in East-West direction, determines the relation between the building and the spaces surrounding the house.
The neatness of the design is enhanced with the clean choice of finishes.
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