Alexander Kotlyarevsky's concept bike.Ukrainian inventor and industrial designer Alexander Kotlyarevsky‘s concept bikes are fiercely futuristic, confidently minimalistic and super-sexy at the same time.

The ‘Swordfish‘ is a adventurous hubless concept motorcycle. Kotlyarevsky designed it with rebellious and even somewhat aggressive but still sleek curves. It features a lean and minimalistic yet tough metal structure.

 
  
'Stalker' concept bike Alexander Kotlyarevsky.The ‘Stalker‘ concept bike on the right is outfitted with wicked pink metallic body pieces, while its assertive curves reveal an equally defiant character with a slightly more female look and feel than the ‘Swordfish’.

 

Alexander Kotlyarevsky was born in 1978. He studied Automotive Industrial Design in England, completed his Master of Arts in Design in Milano, Italy in 2004 and then his Master of Transportation Design in 2006.

Kotlyarevsky has worked for Canon, Audi, Bonetto Design, Fiat Advanced Design, Cibic & Partners, Vannini Cesaretti Architetti and many others.

He exhibited in England at the 2003 ‘New Designers Exhibition’ in London, at the 2004 ‘International Exhibition Photoforum’ in Moscow and at the ‘International Exhibition Cersaie’ in Bologna, Italy. In 2006 he was awarded at the ‘North American International Auto Show’ in Detroit, USA with an
Outstanding Design Award from Michelin Challenge Design with the project Eclair.

Kotlyarevsky is also involved in athletics and has won competitions in sports such as a long distance running, boxing, kick-boxing and swimming.

More of Alexander Kotlyarevsky’s design concepts:
Coroflot.com – alexander kotlyarevsky
  
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    Solar Table by Afroditi Krassa



    Sunday, 28. June 2009
    Solar table by Afroditi Krassa. Afroditi Krassa’s innovating solar table has a sleek design and generates free energy.

    Solar powered objects don’t have to look ‘high tech’, ugly and gadgety!

    This new kind of furniture is a product that can revolutionize the way we produce and store energy. The surface of the table is covered with photovoltaic cells that collect solar energy. No need for complicated installations – Krassa’s table can be fitted in any garden or outdoor space.

    The overall design is inspired by classic timeless Greek architecture. The base is made out of a solid, carved, black Terrazo piece. The top is covered in elegant Polycrystaline PV cells that create a pattern that resembles a crossword puzzle.

    This table is the first of its kind, but Krassa plans to create a bench, light, and flag pole as well.
    Afroditi Krassa was born in London in 1974. She studied Product Design at Central Saint Martins College, London from 1993 to 1996. Two of the leading London design consultancies, Priestman Goode and Seymour Powell Ltd. employed her. In 1999, she was accepted at the Royal College of Art, where she studied Product Design. Then she founded her own design consultancy Afroditikrassa Ltd. in 2002.

    In a short period of time, she has built an impressive international client list, which includes Fired Earth Interiors, The Big Issue, Pret a Manger, Topshop, John Lewis, sketch, Athenaeum Hotel and the Obsidian Group in London, E&Y and Cassina in Japan, WMF, Vapiano and Vogt + Weizenegger, Paola C. + Aldo Cibic and British American Tobacco amongst others.

    Currently she is  Creative Director of Itsu Ltd, London and Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins College, London.

    More on Krassa’s designs: Afroditi Krassa

    		 Afroditi Krassa's Solar Table.

     

    The World Wide Web is only 5’000 days old –
    and what the next 5’000 days will bring us.

    The keypoints from Kevin Kelly’s talk at the 2007 EG conference:

    "The internet is less than 5’000 days old."

    "We thought the internet was going to be TV – but better. And it turns out that’s not what it was."

    "Something like Wikipedia is something that was simply impossible. It’s impossible in theory, but possible in practice."

    "The first lesson of the web: We have to get better in believing the impossible."

    "The internet is basically a single global machine."

    "The internet uses 5% of global electricity."

    "The web works similar as our brains work – however our brains are not doubling in power every 2 years…"

    "First computers were linked. Then in the 2nd stage, pages were linked. In the 3rd stage, data will be linked, from one idea on a page to another idea."

    "If you wanna have total personalisation, you have to be totally tranparent."

    "When 6 billion people are googleing, who’s searching whom?"

    "We are the web."

    "The next 5’000 days is not gonna be the web and only better – it’s gonna be something different."

    "It’s gonna be more like a large organism that we are going to be interacting with. There’s a unity that’s starting to emerge. It’s a ONE."

    Kevin Kelly Born in 1952, Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and a former publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He has also been a photographer, writer and conservationist. Kelly is an expert in digital culture.

    Explore more of his fascinating concepts on his site:
    Kk.org

     

    Chair by QED Design: 'Headstand' Michael Neubauer and Alexander J. Rybol from qed Design created this cool dynamic skipjack stool.

    The stool headstand is based upon the principal of a skipjack and offers dynamic seating. Headstand turns the common ludo-pawn upside down in a surprising manner due to a unusual balance point.

    Michael Neubauer mapped out the design philosophy ‘qed’ in 2006, which is the guideline for the creative process and the output. This was the basis for the foundation of the q.e.d. Design GmbH in 2008. Since then qed Design established itself in the scene with own products and projects.

    The quite interesting philosophy of qed is hidden in the firm’s name which is a shortcut for:

    Quite Easily Done
    Simple things are usually easier to explain and understand than complicated ones. Simplicity is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

    Question Every Detail
    Scratching the surface only leads to slight changes. Basic changes are made by taking a closer look under the surface.

    Quod Erat Demonstrandum
    The translation of the Latin phrase means, "that which was to be demonstrated". To make things possible you always have to try the impossible.

    More of their furniture can be found on:
    Qed-design.de


     

    Michel Bussien's growing tree chair. Swiss Designer Michel Bussien created this innovative growing tree chair.

    The ‘Growing Chair’ consists basically of trees and plants which grow in a chair-shaped miniature greenhouse.

    Sit on your favorite tree and think about how ‘eco’ you are… You can see it growing like it’s an ant-farm! Potted and on rollers here, but if you plant it with the right elements in nature, remove the box and the plant is treeish!

    Bussien wants us literally to get back to our roots.  In his manifesto below, he explores the greener side of future design.

    Michel Bussien has this to say about nature and the necessary change in creating modern design:

    Nature Manifesto

    Having evolved from nature, we have gradually differentiated ourselves from it. Modern society has come to build itself on the perception that nature and man are separated. This differentiation has come to inhibit us and our way of creating. We have now reached the point when the way forward is going back.

    We have to accept that we and everything we create are part of nature. This mindset is essential for evolution as a whole. When applying this to our way of thinking we will liberate ourselves from stagnated conventions.

    To move further we need to incorporate the living matter that surrounds us. Let us use the complexity of living nature and include it in our creations. These creations will then redefine the way we reconstruct nature. Only then will we truly move forward.

    It is time for man and nature to reunite.

    (Michel Bussien)

     

    Growing tree chair by designer Michel Bussien.

    Yankodesign.com – natural tree chair michel bussien


     

    iPhone vs. Stone... The iPhone 3G has serious limitations if you compare it to a simple stone…

    Neither the iPhone nor the stone can handle MMS messages. No video for both. You can’t expand memory, neither on the stone nor on the phone.

    Conclusion of the Brasil newspaper: The iPhone 3G is only hardly better than a stone, as it has a touchscreen – the stone not…

    (Pic: Diario do Nordeste)

     

    ORB bracelet watch concept by Djordje Zivanovic.

    The ORB is a classic plastic bracelet, which shows the current time by incorporating lines inside that show the current time.

    These lines are rotating around the watch and show the time, while the seconds line is going around all the time. The 1st line for hours, the 2nd for minutes and 3rd for seconds. Three different colors for every lines are being used.

    A simple but cool and eye catching concept!

    ORB bracelet watch concept by Djordje Zivanovic

    ORB bracelet watch concept by Djordje Zivanovic

    The ORB could be made in two colors, black and white, with different colors for the time lines. The clock can be adjusted via the touchscreen: Touch the line, click the adjust icon and slide the current time line to set time.

    ORB bracelet watch concept by Djordje Zivanovic

    Djordje Zivanovic lives in Torino, Italy and works in industrial design, product and furniture design. The ORB bracelet watch was a project for Signity International Watch Design Competition.

    Behance.net – ORB bracelet watch concept