Tag: industrial design
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Clairtone Canada Stereo Equipment Was Art-like
The Art of Clairtone: The Making of a Design Icon, 1958-1971 is a fully illustrated stylish look back at the stereo story behind a Canadian design icon. This handsome hardcover is by Nina Munk and Rachel Gotlieb and is available on Amazon. “At its peak in the 1960s, Clairtone Sound Corporation was one of the most admired companies in the…
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Thrilling Test Drive Of Rolls Royce Wraith
A Silo look back article 🙂 It’s Fall 2013 and the “now brand new” Wraith from the Rolls-Royce car company is not something I get exposed to often. Let’s face it, I’m a mid size car guy. Not high-end luxury. I rationalize my affordability factor by saying that high end’s are too ‘heavy’ and shee-shee…
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Nanotechnology Gloves For Phone Use In Cold Weather
Do you have trouble using your smart device in the cold? Here’s some good news for you- we’ve improved our knitted touchscreen gloves, raising the bar again with the introduction of the Single Layered and Double Layered Touchscreen Gloves. Featuring an updated nanotechnology design that includes a leather wrist strap, leather cuff boards, upgraded material…
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Groove Life Silicon Rings Are For Modern Living
Traditional metal rings are uncomfortable, costly to replace or repair and can lead to serious injury of caught on rocks, wires or other objects – turning a fun day into a medical emergency in minutes. Instead of worrying about losing or damaging expensive, meaningful jewelry, let Groove Life provide a peace of mind with the…
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Warhol, Lichtenstein Art Auction look back
Almost one decade ago: Andy Warhol’s “Endangered Species and Ads” prints bring a combined $677,000 USD alone at this notable Modern and Contemporary Art event. Two complete portfolios by Andy Warhol, Endangered Species, 1983 and Ads, 1985, sold for $338,500 USD each to far exceed their estimates among a field of fresh-to-market iconic works during…
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Digital Habits Is Innovation Platform Founded In Milan Italy
Digital Habits is an extension of the international design studio Habits. Founded in Milan in 2012, it specializes in connected objects. For example, a few years ago during the 2017 edition of the Superdesign Show by Superstudio, Digital Habits examined in depth the relationship between the user, the context and controls of electronic products.Since then,…
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Wunder C1 May Be The Ultimate 360 Degree Compact Camera
Advances in technology and miniaturization continue to disrupt marketplaces with the latest 360 degree camera release from Wunder. With a zingy and boastful advertising claim: “be a professional director with one tap” you know there’s going to be amazing design and features inside. For starters, this compact camera that looks great, works surprisingly well as…
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Years Of I-phone Innovations Meant Big Expectations For Newest Models
Have things changed in the past 5 years? Take a look at this article from 2014 and let us know via the comments section below. In the summer of 2007, Mike Lazardis, co-founder of BlackBerry, got an iPhone to check what’s inside. He pried it open and was shocked on what he saw: BlackBerry wasn’t…
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ELEKTRO MOSKVA- Intriguing Documentary About Soviet Music Synthesizers
I spent most of yesterday afternoon watching and taking notes from the 86 minute documentary ELEKTRO MOSKVA. This film is so rich and interesting that I found myself sitting in reflection every time I jotted down another intriguing story element…..and believe me there were lots. The film’s official website describes itself like this: “ELEKTRO MOSKVA…
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PUSH TURN MOVE Book Focuses On Interface Design In Electronic Music
A must have book for electronic musicians and fans of synthesizers and electronic instruments.
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Lots Of Choices And Options When Choosing The Right Faucet
TORONTO – With hundreds of choices available, selecting the perfect faucet for your kitchen may seem slightly daunting, but with a clear idea of your current, or future kitchen style in mind, it’s easy to find the right one that will go with the flow. “Installing the right kitchen faucet that fits your kitchen’s style…
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First Affordable True 4K UHD HDR Home Cinema Projector Debuts
CineHome HT2550 Makes Stunning 4K Picture Quality Available to Any Home With Exclusive CinematicColor™ Technology COSTA MESA, Calif. — November, 2017 — BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions, today announced the launch of the CineHome HT2550 DLP® projector, offering movie aficionados 4K UHD HDR cinematic quality right at home and at an…
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Visionect And Heckler Design Collab On JOAN Digital Office Displays
November 2017—Phoenix, Arizona | Visionect, the maker of the award-winning JOAN meeting room scheduling solutions, has joined forces with Heckler Design, the creator of commercial-grade products for design-conscious consumers and businesses, to create a custom wall mount for JOAN. The powder-coated steel VESA bracket fixes the 6-inch JOAN digital office devices securely into place without…
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Travel Friendly Solutions That Will Enhance Your Experience
As one who is exposed to new product innovations as a regular course of business, I’ve seen my fair share cool gear and smart solutions that’ll make the rigors of travel, well, that much less rigorous. From leading-edge technology to killer fashion and keepsakes to helpful health and wellness resources to things that just make jaunting more fun, here’s…
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How To Stay Awake For All 24 Hours Of Le Mans Racing Rally
With the 24 Hours of Le Mans rally upon us, we thought we’d delve into the event and check out the cars in detail and see how they’re made in order to deal with this grueling race. We also find out how Giedo Van Der Garde prepares for Le Mans 24 Hours and the difference…
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Auto Clean Your Grill With Advanced Bluetooth BBQ Robot Available Now
Keep grime at bay with the perfect, must-have holiday gift for every busy person who loves gadgets and useful technology. Grillbot is the world’s first automatic grill cleaning robot. Grillbot makes life much easier for BBQ chefs. It saves them time and lots of dirty work cleaning grills and letting them get back to spending…
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Italian Design Studio HABITS & Japanese Innovator QUANTUM Form Partnership
Starting last month Habits Studio and QUANTUM formalized a new partnership that signaled an exciting collaboration between the Italian design studio and the Japanese innovation studio/accelerator. With shared aspirations and values, the two companies plan to work closely to develop Internet of Things (IoT) products that breathe new life into everyday experiences. The first product created by…
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Portable LED Bluetooth Projector Is Game Changer- Has Short Throw Lens
BenQ America Corp., the No.1 DLP® projector brand worldwide, today introduced the Colorific™ i500, a completely new way to enjoy immersive entertainment in small spaces. A compact device that combines wireless streaming, short-throw LED projection and rich integrated audio, BenQ’s i500 instantly delivers big-screen entertainment designed for today’s modern, tech-friendly lifestyles. With access to the…
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Better Bungee™ Is Stronger Environmentally Safe For All Uses
The Better Bungee is excited to officially launch into the US and CANADIAN market, available at GRAINGER and AMAZON, The Better Bungee, made in the USA of a new high tech material; that will not crack, break or become brittle and is virtually weightless, allowing The Better Bungee to safely stretch twice its original length…
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Multi Aroma Diffuser from the Future…available Today
Digital Habits presents Bouquet at Fuorisalone 2016, revolutionary IoT multi-aroma diffuser that blends physiology and olfactory scenarios. A new humanism of industrial projects: technological products become essential and sensitive, able to transform the perception of the environment in which they are placed. Fuorisalone 2016, April 12th – 17th, Milano, SuperStudioPiù, Selected Objects At Fuorisalone 2016…
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Celebrate Blade Runner 2049 Release With First Film’s Sketchbook
We’ve seen a lot of sequels and reboots over the years and the buildup to some of those (for example, a certain Sci-Fi movie series set in a galaxy far, far away) have been justifiably a social phenomena even if they disappointed fans of the original movies. But what to make of Blade Runner? Originally released in 1982 this…
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Canadian Technology Turning Wrists Into Playgrounds With Smartwatch
Canada are at the forefront of the technology scene – investing in areas such as quantum computing, space travel, environmental issues, medicine and natural sciences – and they are certainly not letting themselves get left behind when it comes to everyday applications either. One of the biggest changes to technology over the past half decade…
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Device Lets Mountain Bikers Check Sealant Without Removing Tires
Swiss invention milKit makes mountain biking with tubeless tires easier than ever. With milKit, riders and racers can quickly measure and check their remaining tire sealant with a simple, portable kit, adding sealant as needed while leaving their tires on the rim, maintaining air pressure, keeping their hands clean and saving time. The inventors are…
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World’s First Hybrid Gaming Monitor
BenQ America, an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions and a gaming monitor pioneer, today announced the availability of its revolutionary XL2420G monitor. Featuring NVIDIA’s G-SYNC technology, the newest force in gaming allows players to entirely eliminate performance issues related to image tearing, stuttering, and latency — providing gamers with the ultimate in smooth,…
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Is this what Bruce Wayne is driving? Rolls-Royce Wraith arrives in Canada
Rolls-Royce know how to throw a party and turn an unveiling into the perfect analog unwrapping for the Wraith: the most powerful, technologically advanced and arguably the most beautiful Rolls to date. On the evening of Wednesday, 28 August 2013, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars “got ‘er done” by celebrating the Vancouver arrival of its newest and most…
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BenQ’s newest LED monitor- designed so reading is like ‘looking at paper’
IRVINE, California. BenQ America Corp. today announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Award Honoree for its all-white VW30 Series of vertical alignment (VA) LED monitors in the “Computer Peripherals” product category. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers,…