T90 laser

following a previous post on ‘classic football boot design’, i’ve opted for neither. hypocritical maybe, but i just really needed some new boots. at least they’re made from leather…
i’m not sure how much of the product description is true, but anyway, they sound quite technologically advanced:
‘Nike AZT90 Laser FG Leather Black/RedFootball Boots
The Nike Total 90 [...]

drum table

(from boingboing gadgets): ‘Tor Clausen makes these fantastic Musical Rumba Series tables in his Olympia, Washington studio, each one topped with interchangeable percussion instruments that lock into a flat grid.’
prices range from $800 to $2900. i’m slightly sceptical that it might get annoying after a while, but then again if i knew someone else that [...]

signity watch design competition

be quick, this ones nearly over!
link

more rings

one of my first posts was about these concrete rings i really like, and now on designboom they have some images of how they are made. i just wish they were a little bit cheaper. maybe one day…
link

also today, from core77, i saw these rings based on the periodic table and the elements they’re made [...]

jewel(le)ry

there’s an article on designboom called ‘poor jewelry’, which is quite interesting. i was first grabbed by the images, which are nice enough to look at if you don’t want to read the article.
but, if you’ve got 5 minutes, and can forget that it’s actually spelt jewellery, the click here!

swarovski crystal vision competition

i thought i’d better start writing these down…
from designboom:
‘you should explore the properties of this unique material and challenge
people’s perception of how crystal can be used in the near future.
come up with new products and ideas to fill the new SWAROVSKI concept store:
· what role could crystal play in an urban lifestyle and make [...]

lego factory

i’ve written more than a few posts about LEGO recently, but it’s only because it is so good.
not only does LEGO digital designer let you build models from scratch, using any brick shape size and colour, but it then lets you check how much it would cost to buy, and you can submit it to [...]

extreme stilts

7 leagues professional jumping stilts (as they are officially known) are something i’ve been hearing about for a while now. i saw a kid in bromley wearing them last year, but not using them to their full potential (in my opinion).
they are made of an aluminium frame and fibreglass springs, and some pictures i’ve seen [...]

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