Traends!

Iconglobe has interesting test results about the understanding of symbols for public spaces.

Time Magazine looks at people, ideas and products all around todays design. Besides furniture and architecture the article takes a close look at blogs and eco-design. The humourous bags from Anya Hindmarch and Swarovskis step to high-tech crystals (by Hussein Chalayan) make the site worth a visit.

The Design 100

Apple patents a way to make laptops even thinner. Their idea: Instead of using screws to hold the parts together, the design-team suggest to glue the components directly onto the casing. While it may be possible to achieve thinner designs, I wonder how it will be possible to replace broken parts…

(via AppleInsider)

Stumbled upon this showerhead by Chris Dimino. I’m loving it! In spite of the associations that come with it…

The winner of the Design Blogfest 2007 has been elected:

Judy Hoysak wins the competition with her vegetable growing coffee table. Judy uses existing space in the living room and fills it with the beauty of vegetables, which grow independently through automatic light and watering systems.