Imagine a desk which shared the same DNA as the recent convertible form factor Windows 8 laptops like the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13, capable of switching from a compact flat form to an opened up tablet or laptop friendly setup. That's basically the idea behind designer Michael Hilger's The HIDEsk, a concept just unveiled at furniture fair, IMM Cologne...
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Pegboards, usually resigned to the garage or workshop, are an excellent solution for the home office organization woes. Don't believe me? Check out these home offices with pegboard walls. Organized and fun displays, right? What if you took this idea and moved from the vertical to the horizontal? That's the idea behind B&A's Modo (Modular Desktop Organizer)... More

Half the fun for tech-heads like myself is observing and tracking technologies looming on the horizon. Sometimes these future solutions are just a CES trade show from appearing on store shelves or on Amazon, while independent designers these days often turn to crowd-funding to help bring their ideas to fruition and into your hands...

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Disappointing news: Apple won't be releasing an official dock for the iPhone 5. But don't give up hope, a team of designers with an amusing moniker in the spirit of our site, Obsessively Clean Desk, is looking to fill in the niche with the modern minimalist OCDock... More

On a scale of interest I probably fall within the category of a "coffee geek", trying just about every assortment of coffee preparation implementations I can get my hands onto, whether it be an automated $1,400 espresso machine or the simple Aeropress. But I've yet to try a coffee maker with 802.11 b/g/n wi-fi connectivity, its own front facing camera, and its own analytics system... More

The "plugg" DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) radio simplifies turning on or off the sound with a user interface even a toddler could understand: remove the cork to turn on the radio, plug it back up to turn it off. Video of the concept from Norwegian tandem, Skrekkøgle, below the jump.... More

Call me lazy, I don't care...I LOVE the automatic QMotion window shade I installed onto our apartment bedroom window a couple years ago. The one-button setup is an admitted luxury, but I use the remote controlled shade upon waking every morning, then again every night before bed. But the one thing I wish the battery operated device included: smartphone integration. More

Joining the likes of Joey Roth and Ben Warhlich, the ClockOS Team merges the steampunk appeal of a hand-built vacuum tube amplifier (they glow!) with Bluetooth enabled wireless audio, all encased inside a handsome walnut and cherry wood case ready to impress whether on or off...
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Italian designer Antonio Lanzillo's Pantone Appliances Concept is not only an extension of a designer's affinity (and slavish connection) to the Pantone swatch book, but also a showcase of kitchen hi-technology: OLED touch control pad screens embedded across ovens, ranges, and the refrigerator, alongside smartphone enabled control. Video below showing the concept color-coded kitchen... More

A flat panel HDTV partnered with a bicycle fork and wheel results in a highly portable and re-positionable, as devised by Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy. More