‘liquidglide’ non-stick bottle by david smith and MIT
david smith and a team of engineers at MIT may have solved the final puzzle piece to the perfect barbeque. ‘liquiglide’ is a design for a bottle that is coated in an FDA-approved substance, so that ketchup (and other condiments for that matter) just slides right out when you tilt the bottle -
no smacking required. the team would like to introduce the ‘super slippery’ substance to numerous other bottles, as it works with many types
of packaging such as glass, plastic and can also be applied in any number of ways, including spraying the coating onto the inside of vessel.
the project is a contender in the design museum’s ‘product’ category for the sixth annual designs of the year alongside:
bang & olufsen ‘beolit 12’ - cecile manz; colalife - simon berry; faceture vases - phil cuttance; light field camera - lytro; little printer - berg; oigen kitchenware - jasper morrison and japan creative; olympic cauldron - heatherwick studio; plug lamp - form us with love; surface tension lamp - front; switch collection - inga sempe and legend; tekio - anthony dickens;
child vision glasses - josh silver; color porcelain - scholten and baijings; e-source - hal watts; kiosk 2.0 - unfold studio; papa foxtrot toys - postlerferguson; pier hardy travel sprays - frederic malle; replicator 2 - makerbot; and the w127 lamp - dirk winkle.
Wonderful Umbrella concept from those kooky Koreans…
Clever 4-faces-in-one watch or a bit redundant? And you have to charge it up? As we read recently about the direction design is going (from a design website or blog) - Design is becoming, and needs to be, more useful than engaging. We think it needs to be both.
Watch Face Changes Design When Touched
via PSFK
Perfect for writing down address directions to find your way in an unfamiliar area… or shopping lists…
via PSFK
Kettles and more kettles: Paris-based designer Jean-Baptiste Fastrez explores the balance between efficient mass production and handmade customisation in ‘variations upon an electric kettle’.
via designboom
By Japaneseby designer Tokujin Yoshioka, in collaboration with Seiko Instruments: ’O’ (French for water) is a Issey Miyake watch that commemorates the 10th anniversary of the brand’s watch project initiative,
via designboom
Chris Bangle speaks to Bradley Derry (at Fuel Your Product Design) about Design Leadership.
