
Design competitions are fun… and also not fun. People try really hard when they have to compete for something, so the designs you see are really special. Sadly, you usually can’t purchase any of them, since they’re not in production. Not yet anyway.
Nevertheless, here you have number two Macef Design Award of 2004. It goes to one Dietmar Sebel. See, it’s just a carafe, otherwise known as a water jug. It has a nice lid that keeps dust and stuff from getting in while it’s just standing around. Then, when you want to pour… you just pour. The lid magically, through the help of Mother Gravity, gets out of the way.
Ingenious I say.
Here.





I gave up reporting on cellphones a while back. For a couple of reasons. There’s a gazillion and a half of them, and everyone and the mailman are talking about them. What could I possibly add? However, I feel it would be a mistake not to say something (or two) about this beauty. Nokia’s back, baby!

It’s late and I should be elsewhere. But this is irresistible.
So we have us a sleek little universal remote here. It ain’t no everyday universal remote either. It’s a high maintenance, 800$, “I’ll have it my way or the highway, and don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya” kind of remote. That’s right, and she deserves it too.
So you want to have a little nap in your backyard. What’s more, you want a nice pillow. And uh, while you’re at it, some music to drown out those pesky birds, right? Well, you’re in luck. The Whispering Pillow’s got you covered.