Headphones Inspired by Favorite Songs
Music inspires design. Design inspires music. It's a never ending cycle of sometimes oddball muses that keeps things in both industries fresh and innovative. But is this taking it a little too far int...
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Look! Combining Technology with the Old
For some time, Jocke Jokkmokk didn't know what to do with his corner chimney that seemed to eat up a quarter of his living room space, distracting from his movie theater experience he was looking to c...
Design Flaws that Ruined Great Gadgets
Popular Mechanics published an article featuring five smart gadgets that were ruined—ruined!—by stupid design flaws. Clearly, this was a link we had to post and share. We went inside expec...
5 Tips For A Well Designed Office
We enjoyed the fine tips from AT:LA last week on 5 ways to make a well-designed home, but we here at Unplggd know that offices are a whole different animal when it comes to what takes priority and wha...
LG Makes a Transparent Cell Phone
Watch out, LG is making some cool and slick design decisions. That being said, it's been a long time coming that manufacturers would come out with transparent parts for your cell phone. Thankfully, th...
The Radar: One Stop Vintage Design Shopping
I am always on the lookout for unique furniture. So much so that there have been multiple occasions where I find myself cutting out of work in the middle of the day and racing to the house of a craigs...
Concav Printer Teaches an Old Dog New Tricks
Laptops, TVs, MP3 players and certainly cell phones have seen many different design incarnations that appeal to both the practical use of the device and the need for something that looks totally rad i...
MIMOBOT USB Flash Drives: Technology Meets The Toy Kingdom
By now, most of us have probably accumulated at least a few USB flash drives either on our key chains or desk drawers, so why not give them a little more longevity by adding some fun-factor to it? MIM...
On-Time Headset And Sound Eggs Speakers
Speaker design and function is something that is quite important. Most of the peripherals that we use need some form of speakers or headphones in order for us to hear them adequately. Not all speakers...
Tech-Inspired Posters from a Brillant Young UK Designer
Olly Moss, a 21-year old UK artist, is probably best known for his popular t-shirt designs which have virally spread all across the interwebs (We posted his awesomely accurate AV T-Shirt a few months ...
Solar Paper Lantern Makes Green Look Good
Covering something in solar panels, whether it's a house or some sunglasses, doesn't particularly make it look very attractive. I mean, we're talking about silicon and glass here, not leather and lace...
Probably a First: A Lamp for Fans of ABC's Lost
Any Lost fans out there? Is there anybody counting down to January 21st with me? I just bought season four on DVD and I intend to have a little marathon this weekend. But I have to say, the only "deco...
Braille Polaroid Camera: Feel the Picture
The blind and visually impaired may not be able to see things clearly, but they definitely can “feel” them. This camera concept has a shape and functions like a conventional camera, but the only d...
Psychodesign: When Gadget Design Fights Back
The mark of great design is in adapting a product to be more beautiful and at the same time to make it easier for its user to complete the task the it was born for. An article on Adbusters Magazine's ...
Three Great New Cell Phones: From Cute to Sleek
New cell phones are always nice. New cell phone concepts give us ideas on where the technology will go next. Someone actually has been wondering how to help visually impaired people use an iPhone. Oth...
The Virtual Home Decor of Second Life Homeowners
We've been reading a lot of news lately about how people get really into online alternate reality games like Second Life. There was the angry virtual wife who got pissed her virtual hubby was virtuall...
Hanger Skype Phone: Great Design Helps Tech Stick
We have a friend living in London temporarily, but long enough that she got a new London cell and a new London phone number. Both of those things make it a pain (an expensive pain) to call her up in t...
Icono The Finger Phone: How To Use Your Fingers To Phone
This sounds like something nasty, but actually it's just another phone concept. This time around, it's not a cell phone but a home phone. This phone is designer by Zinc Chan from London in the UK. The...
Roundup: Five Great Examples of Crosses in Home Technology
Crosses represent religion to a large part of our population. That doesn't mean that they are taboo from design. A cross is one of the most ancient symbols of humanity and is used by many major religi...
Pixelnotes Wallpaper Makes Office Fashion Meet Function
Pixel-inspired looks have been popping up everywhere. Pixel-patterned Wallpaper showed up, followed by a Colorful Pixelated Couch and Pixel Drink Coasters. We love all of those for their creative use...
Carry a Little Lightbulb in Your Wallet with the Pocket Light
We're not really sure how this works, and since it's a concept, I guess it really doesn't have to. But for now, we'll just look at the pictures and say, "Whoa, Cool!" The Pocket Light is designed to b...
Nova Slider X600: The Mouse That Does Gaming and Design
One thing that we have realized, is that a good gaming mouse makes a great design mouse. Gaming mice are usually more precise, have less lag, and perform faster than regular mice. Also, the best are u...
Look! The Black Apartment
The Apt designed this incredible apartment for Cindy Gallop, the chairwoman of advertising giant BBH. They had to convert the locker rooms of the first YMCA in the US for this and she didn't have time...
Oficio: The Mullet of Workstations
The Oficio Worktable by Quentin Vaulot and Luiza Barroso attempts to "visualize the creative process as it progresses from chaos to order." We think it does an accurate job of capturing the spirit of ...
Scrap Lights and Sketch Lights by Graypants
Funny names aside, here are two new lamp designs from the guys that brought you scrapchairs. First, on the same kick of recycled cardboard light fixtures from earlier today, we bring you Scrap Lights....
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