The BMW 328 Homage Concept was created on the occasion of 75th anniversary by representing the first 328. One model that has played a key role in the development of the Bavarian brand. While the BMW avoid making the connection, 328 Homage Concept is also based on the experimental model, Vision ConnectedDrive roadster, which premiered at this year’s in Geneva Motor Show.

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The brand identity design.

If you’re looking for a place where you can get spices, legumes and dried fruits from all over the world, right in the middle of Athens, then there is no other place to go to by Τo kalataki tis fotinis, or Fotini’s Basket. As such, to immediately identify it, there is a need for a brand identity that everyone could easily recognize.
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Daisuke Iguchi’s 2046 Parsonal Commuter in Paris

All roads lead to Paris, and why wouldn’t it? Daisuke Iguchi’s vision of the future’s electric car would be more than enough reason to start looking in that direction.

The 2046 Parsonal Commuter in Paris Concept is the Saitama-born Japanese designer’s take on the electric car. It is compact, and it is sleek and sexy. Designed to have one or two uber-comfortable seats, these shared cars give the phrase “automatic driving” a lot more edge.
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The Dog House Sofa – For Man’s Best Friend… and its other Best Friend

We open our hearts – and our homes – to our four-legged furry friends, why not make our home theirs, too? After all, they are supposed to be Man’s Best Friends, so why not treat them with the love and care that they deserve… and a space in our sofa, too?

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The Optimus Popularis Keyboard

What would make you spend more on a keyboard than you normally would? Simple: a superior one. Even simpler: one designed and created by Art. Lebedev. The Optimus Popularis keyboard, to be more precise.

Ever since word got out about the Russian design company coming out with “a million keyboards in one”, there were a lot of mixed reactions, especially when it seemed that the product would be worth more than $1000. Why, that is even more that what one would normally pay for a computer! However, there are a lot of reasons why the Optimus Popularis is going to be worth every cent of its $1000+ price tag.

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“The Subway” – LCD Watch Concept

Take a look at the following interesting watch concept called “Subway – The route for reading the time”. It was submitted to TokyoFlash by designer from UK Peter. Peter says: “This is “Subway”. I had an idea of a always on LCD display that showed continuously changing apparently random numbers. Some of the numbers tell the time but without knowing the order are completely meaningless. (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…)

Small size Peepster can place it anywhere. The camera has a built-in timer for 8, 4, 2, 1 minute or 30 or 10 seconds. 4 GB, matrix resolution of 3 megapixels.

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The Design Studio of Mercedes-Benz in Como of Italy, was opened in February 1998 and is specialized in developing new interior design concepts. The current Design Studio Manager is Michele Jauch Paganetti, who succeded Mr. Norber Weber in October 2006. The  Design Studio of Mercedes-Benz in Como, is the third Design Studio, after the studio in Yokohama of  Japan and Irvine in USA. All three  studios have the same objective in design.

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Cultural spaces are not mere venues where various art forms or media are displayed. They are, in and of themselves, a backdrop that will highlight the subjects instead of swallowing them whole. Getting that balance is important when it comes to designing the logo or corporate identity for such a cultural space, and that was achieved by designer Sophia Georgopoulou for “Based in Athens”.  (more…)