Clear glass, showing off the oil’s golden-green color.

FIVE Unique Extra Virgin Olive Oil has a lot to live up to. The marketing campaign of this Greek gourmet olive oil focuses on the five senses, hence the name, and invites everyone to indulge their senses with it. It also sets itself apart for its packaging, since its bottle is decorated with SWAROVSKI elements. You would think, then, that that’s a tough act to follow, packaging-wise.

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Cyclades Logo

The Cyclades, a group of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, boasts a lot of local products that are worthy of note. To promote these products, there is a need for a logo that will represent them in a bigger market. The following shows a school project hoping to come up with a logo and packaging that will unite all these unique products that the Cyclades are known for. Designs are by Lina Aggelopoulou.  (more…)

Creative (and fun!) bookends

Bookends need not be the most boring piece of fixture in your living room or study. In the previous post, we featured unique and creative bookends with designs that are inspired by the hands. This time around, let us take a look at other creative bookends with quirky and fun designs. These are bookends that you would not want to wait to get your hands on!

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Here is another great way to enjoy your coffee break. Why not savor a cup of your favorite coffee blend in… a coffeecup chair?

Saitama-born Japanese architect Daisuke Motogi, under his own company Daisuke Motogi Architecture started a series of furniture collection he called the “Flip Series”. The latest in the series is yet another innovative and fun design which is perfect for caffeine lovers and even those who do not like the stuff but do appreciate great furniture and great style. He called it the Coffeecup chair.

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Lytro – the world’s first camera that records the light field. It is unique in that it lacks focus, it is simply not needed. Filming takes place immediately without any training. These frames can be considered and treated after. In this focus area can be any image, even if it came out blurry.

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At the Geneva Motor Show, the Swiss manufacturer Saab has been submitted to the general public a new, from some words very radical concept car Saab Phoenix. Jason Castriota, famous Italian-American designer styling, had the honor to design a concept car Saab Phoenix.

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5 from Apple.

The lightest and thinnest iPhone yet (so far) has finally been revealed to the world by Apple who, according to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Philip Schiller, is the most beautiful consumer device they have ever created. Now operating on the iOS 6, the iPhone 5 has a 4-inch Retina display, ultrafast wireless technology and speedy performance thanks to the proprietary A6 chip, all backed up by a longer battery life. (more…)

BMW C Evolution - Motorrad E-scooter

BMW C Evolution – BMW Motorrad has read the signs of the times and is expanding its business activities to include the facet of urban mobility. Electromobility has a key role to play in this new segment. The first stage of development was the e-scooter concept vehicle presented at the BMW Motorrad Innovation Day 2011. Shortly after this, the corresponding design study of an e-scooter saw its premiere – the BMW Concept e. The latter embodies the aesthetic vision of an electrically powered scooter. (more…)

The Protohaus: Comfort in a Trailer Home

Living in comfort is one thing we all seek; living in comfort in a trailer sounds a bit far-fetched. At least, that used to be the case.

Presenting the “Protohaus”, the trailer home that pretty much buries all the “comfort trailer home” concepts over the years. With its timber frame and a trailer bed that claims to be able to bear up to 14,000 pounds (around 6,350 kgs) of solid weight, this “stick-built” house is tastefully elegant and structurally sound.
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Art by Miriam Escofet

Miriam Escofet’s degree in 3D design, focusing on ceramics, has made her branch out to another realm entirely: realism. And realism is definitely what one would see in every piece she churns out.

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