Evoking a Tron aesthetic, this expensive LapTop table design from Zyane Tan will actually see the light of production.  What could possibly be a blogger’s delight, the Fusion Coffee Table is priced at $3,000 which is certainly not, a blogger’s delight.

Incorporating a Sony Vaio Laptop, the table will actually be available in a variety of different colors  No word on whether the cost is dependent on the laptop you jam in there or not.  Constructed using matte black aluminum with a sleek chrome lining, this thing has loft written all over it.

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This will probably be a great product if it ever sees the light of market.  Designed by Danilo Cvjetkovic to effectively relieve your hand from some of the traditional mouse and trackball trappings, the Ball Scroll Handheld Mouse says goodbye to carpel tunnel syndrome.

As you can see from the picture, your thumb and pointer finger do all the controlling of the ball.  No doubt taking some design cues from Wii controllers, it’s about time we see a mouse design like this.  My back starts hurting 30 minutes into computing sessions and the ability to sit back and click away is a huge deal for me.  Hopefully this post will fall upon the right eyes and we’ll soon see a product like this in our homes.

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Tight on space?  The Boxetti units are what trundle beds are to small ass apartments.  Each unit slides open to reveal more than meets the eye.  Take for instance the above pictured wall unit.  It rocks a lounge chair nook work space or alternatively a slide out table as well as a few other compartments. 

Surprisingly, they’re not concept only and are actually available for purchase for an excessive amount of money.

[via Dornob]

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So hilarious really.  The picture says it all but I find it hard to imagine anyone who would devote that much wall space for something like this.  Plus you’d have to keep the whole thing on the low side so you can actually get at the hangers without using one of those garment hooks. Designed in tribute to the closing of the Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, this product is not for sale.

[via Technabob]

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Encompassing form and function, this Inflatable Sleeping Coat Design from Lin Tsui-Wei should be handed out at homeless shelters and missions worldwide.  Constructed using a lightweight waterproof fabric, the detachable bottom portion of the coat fully inflates to form a mini-camping style air mattress.

Only a design concept at the moment, I’d like to see some better color mash-ups and some utilitarian inner pockets designed for camping, street sleeping, and other outdoor scenarios.

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In what must be the most portable full size tripod available, the ZipShot Tripod is also an undeniable design achievement.  Weighing only 11 ounces and capable of downsizing to just 15 inches, the ZipShot Tripod aluminum legs unfold to form a 44-inch tall camera mount platform for the metal ball head.

Capable of handling any camera under 3 pounds, the ZipShot Tripod is on sale at the link below for $50.

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In what might soon become a reality, Solar Ivy is an innovative design to help get solar collecting devices into more homes.  Designed by SMIT (Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology), the Solar Ivy is in the running to receive the Pepsi Refresh grant of $50,000 which will help give the technology a much needed boost.

SMIT is currently finalizing a consumer grade version and are also looking for investors.  Solar Ivy will be completely modular and capable of adapting to trees, chimneys, and whatever else moss and ivy are prone to clinging to.

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A finalist at the Greener Gadgets Design Competition, this battery tower looks to be pretty convenient.  The main problem with conventional battery chargers is that they often take up valuable outlet space.  This design incorporates a much smaller downward plug that will free up much need outlets for other appliances.

Also acting like a straw dispenser, the charging tower stacks batteries from the top to bottom and charges them accordingly.  Let’s hope this design has some auto shut off features as well.

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My roommate absolutely loathes clutter with an undying eternal passion.  To help him with that constant anxiety is the Bahem (sounds like a clear your throat noise, probably intended) Clutter Free Storage Table from HotSnow.

Looking an sounding like an IKEA product, the Bahem effectively “pseudo”  hides everything but the end of the wire and the connected gadget.  Only in the design process as of now, I’m sure this is just the first of many furniture designs to incorporate the never ending cell phone and gadget charging debacle.

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This nifty gadget design will keep all your organs in transplant as cold as they need to be as long as it’s charged.  The cooler uses wall and cigarette adapter charging in addition to solar charging to keep your beers or whatever else chilled and ready for refreshing consumption.  The solar charging blocks can be reversed and used as lights which is a great design concept. Designed by Ruben Iglesias, I hope this Eco-Cooler soon finds production.

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The H by ‘Harris H=Jacket looks pretty epic.  I’m sure we’ll soon see this featured in some highly stylized action movie.  With a sleek aesthetic and questionable design this jacket hybrid will only really be comfortable in limited scenarios.

From the looks of the picture, another person could for whatever reason, strap themselves into the backpack and be adjoined with the wearer of the jacket. Check out the link below for some killer bag designs from H by ‘Harris.  No word on price or availability.

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There’s something kind of creepy about a seat or chair that is all warm from the previous occupant.  Now you can know before you sit, that is of course assuming they’ve got the Nunoerin’s love handles chair in their waiting room. 

Much like the t-shirts of the 90s this chair has a thermosensitive finish that changes color in accordance with body temperature.  So if you bumped uglies on this thing it would be all kinds of colors…and dirty.

[via Designboom]

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OK, so while this bike looks interesting enough, it also looks really for lack of a better adjective, stupid.  With the last decade seeing rise to the fixed gear bike (much to my disdain), this bike seems to absolutely epitomize that design mindset with a little impracticality thrown in for bad measure.

Looking at the picture of the dude sitting on this I can’t possibly fathom how you could want to ride this for more than a few blocks.  He looks pretty poised to take a dive off the front of the thing as soon as he hits a bump.  The only thing inner city about this bike is how ghetto it is.  What do we think?

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While it may look a little frumpy, it also looks pretty cool, especially for $12.  Featuring three rotary 2.0 compatible USB inputs, it also sports a multi-card reader(MS/M2/SD/SDHC/MicroSD), and a fahrenheit thermometer.

What temperature does it measure though?  The room it’s in or the heat of the actual hub?  Useful?  Who knows.  While sort of on par with the Griffin Simplifi, it’s nice to see USB hubs take on more responsibility.  This USB hub is available in three colors and is 0n sale now.

[via GeekAlerts]

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This may well qualify as the strangest radio I’ve ever seen.  Not only doesn’t it have any outward controls or indicators, it also rolls around freely on a tabletop.

That’s because the very things that make it roll also change the channel and the volume.  The volume and channel knobs are built into the underside of the radio.

While it definitely gets some serious points for being compact enough for anybody, I can’t see people readily using this thing.  The biggest problem I can see is that there’s no way to tell what channel you’re on short of hearing it on the radio.  There’s no indicator to tell you what channel you’ve tuned in.  That and let’s face it, radio isn’t as big as it once was unless a clock or a car is involved.  That’s not the case all the time, but in all honesty, that’s the case most of the time.

So this is a very interesting idea, but sadly, an interesting idea alone can’t make a good product.

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Some days I just wanna fly away on a jet plane, or how ever the song goes.  Now my fantasy, well, ah, can be a more vivid fantasy.  From design Gianni Pedone comes the Orfojet armchair.  Unfortunately, its bark is bigger than its bite, as the jet engine design appears to be aesthetics only.  But the Orfojet armchair isn’t completely void of entertainment.  Integrated into the arms are speakers as well as a CD/MP3 player.  The chair will be on display as part of the Morfonauta collection at this year’s Milan Design Week.

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Chocolate and peanut butter, oil and vinegar, cream and coffee – these are things that go well together.  A sink built into a toilet, however, seems to contradict hygienic logic.  Unless of course you’ve got a killer case of food poisoning causing you to excrete fluids from all ends or provided your apartment bathroom is ultra small.

The W+W is from Roca and if you didn’t guess it stands for Water Closet and Washbasin.

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Running a bit tight on desk space?  No prob.  Just install, or should I say ‘clip on’ the DrinkClip.  Just be sure you don’t nudge it the wrong way, because one wrong move and you might end up with scolding hot java all up in your face.

[Moma via Bookofjoe]

Let there be rain!  Yup, that’s something you don’t hear most people saying unless of course they live in a drought infested part of the world.  London design company, Squid London, produced just 100 of these umbrellas that transform when they get wet.  Reminds me of the t-shirts that changed color when you ‘heated’ up.

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As if designer furniture wasn’t expensive enough.  Now you can seriously break the bank with the purchase of the Athena Sofa.  Looking more conceptual than actual, the Athena Sofa stuffs in touchscreen (maybe) monitors in both armrests and includes a wide array of connectivity options and includes WiFi, 8-inch subwoofer, loudspeakers and 100-watt digital amplifier.  Spillage a concern?  No big thing, apparently this thing is weather proof, so I’d assume it can stand up to the every day Jello pudding or late night self seduction.  Price is somewhere in the $15,000 range.

[Artanova via Ubergizmo]