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• Concept: Status Update

  Do you have trouble making a significant (or insignificant) move without tweeting or updating your status first? A new calendar concept — the Status Calendar — plays into this: Read More... Posted May 06 2009, 10:05 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: calendar, concept, twitter, facebook, status

• I've Got This Grinding Feeling

  This meat grinder gun should probably be filed under "Things That Shouldn't Exist." Sure, it's clever and sort of off-the-cuff funny, albeit in a pretty gross, violent way. But the back story on this bizarre kitchen gadget is really why it shouldn't exist: Read More... Posted Apr 14 2009, 11:38 AM by Laureen Mahler with | with no comments Filed under: kitchen, guns, concept, meat grinder

• The Switch Blade Comb Gets Updated for 2009

  [$2, True Swords] With the pompadour and extreme sidepart coming back in vogue courtesy of Don Draper ("Mad Men") and the like, it's about time the switch blade comb get updated for the return of the pomp:   Read More... Posted Apr 03 2009, 11:25 AM by Shaun Seneviratne with | with no comments Filed under: concept, comb

• When Weighing Yourself is Like Walking on Needles

  Just when you thought that weighing yourself couldn't get any worse, someone has to go and invent a scale made of needles: Read More... Posted Mar 11 2009, 01:03 PM by Laureen Mahler with | with no comments Filed under: scales, concept, pin scale

• Concept: Radiator Heats Feet w/o Burning Them Off

  Check out this idyllic little scene German designers Eric Falaise and Christine Berkhoven envisioned in conceiving of their Fedora radiator concept. But that's not all. If you place the green felt basket in this picture into the depression in the radiator... Read More... Posted Feb 20 2009, 09:01 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: design, concept, design concept, radiator, concept design

• Bed, Bath, and Way Beyond

  If I could spend my entire life in my bathtub, I think I might -- though I probably wouldn't be quite so goth about it. The only problems I foresee are lack of clothing (awkward for social encounters) and the inability to blog (electronics + bath = bad).  But now? Problems solved: Read More... Posted Feb 13 2009, 01:07 PM by Laureen Mahler with | with no comments Filed under: chairs, concept, bathtub chair

• Concept: Soundshelf Does Double Duty

  Why am I loving this shelf design from Polish designers Witek Stefaniak and Anielka Zdanowic? What makes it any different from the ones I picked up at Target just last year? (You can just see one of mine hovering in the upper left-hand corner here.) Read More... Posted Feb 12 2009, 04:19 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: gadgets, tech, concept, design concept, multitasking, speakers, concept design, shelving

• A Beverage With (Even More) Bite

  When I posted about this shark fin ice tray last week, it was impossible to be afraid. After all, the tray itself was a cool, crisp blue, and the product photo showed the ice "cubes" themselves floating in drinks of undeniably cheery hues. This tea infuser is something else... Read More... Posted Feb 04 2009, 12:25 PM by Steph Auteri with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: design, concept, tea, design concept, concept design, sharks, shark, fins, tea infuser, fin

• Never Wash Another Pan

  Don't get me wrong, I love to cook. I'd even wager that I make the best lasagna this side of the Rockies (the west side, that is). But between dirty pans and takeout, I'll generally choose the latter. Which is why I was thrilled to stumble across a snazzy hot plate that cooks and serves: Read More... Posted Jan 27 2009, 11:57 AM by Laureen Mahler with | with no comments Filed under: kitchen, concept, hot plate

• This Light's a Real Lemon

  Really, it is! After the jump, DIY instructions for your own lemon light + more goodies from Yuri Suzuki's incredible collection of usable art: Read More... Posted Jan 26 2009, 04:36 PM by Laureen Mahler with | with no comments Filed under: home goods, concept, yuri suzuki

• Give the Angel on Your Shoulder a Night Off

  [Photo via]  It's just so hard to be good sometimes, what with the vices and sins and all manner of trouble out there. I mean come on, we can't all be expected to act like saints 24-7. And now we don't have to: Read More... Posted Jan 23 2009, 03:39 PM by Laureen Mahler with | with no comments Filed under: furniture, chair, concept, saint

• Concept: Save My Spot, Please?

  This concept design sheds some much-needed light on the losing-your-place issue: Read More... Posted Jan 08 2009, 04:19 PM by Steph Auteri with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: concepts, concept, design concept, lamp, bookmark, concept design

• Concept: Dropping Five Pounds Instantly

  Want to drop five pounds instantly? Read More... Posted Jan 07 2009, 04:09 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: concepts, scales, toilet, concept, scale

• Concept: Nag Your SO From Afar

  This is how I look when my husband asks me to write him a check for the mortgage, or make the bed, or do the laundry because, for the love of god, he has no underwear left.   This is also how he looks when I ask him to hem my pants or clean the dishes in the sink or update my website. Can you imagine how much worse things would be if this concept came to be!?: Read More... Posted Nov 11 2008, 03:37 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: gadgets, design, Accessories, concept, design concept, bracelet, nag

• Concept: Holeder Earphone by Yoonsang Kim

  We just reviewed a ton of headphones, but you still may not be convinced that any of those was the perfect pair for you. Luckily, new concepts are constantly on the table, such as these Holeder ear phones by Yoonsang Kim. Read More... Posted Aug 25 2008, 04:24 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: gadgets, tech, concept