Design posts

As gamers you are aware that although a new system comes in and excitement in trying it and buying it builds, we still hold a special spot for our old gaming consoles. …

We all loved Star Wars; we most certainly did and often travel back to a place far…far away when we make it a movie night that is. With all the collectibles and figurines, have you ever thought of getting your friends together and making a Millennium Falcon ship? Perhaps you have, but it is being done by a group of friends who want to craft the ship Hans Solo piloted to make it life size, and this is no boxes put together with duct tape kind of project, they are going full steam ahead and taking you along for the ride via their website, fullscalefalcon. Building has already begun and you can see the interior…

Tablets are still making our wish lists as we enjoy having something with a bigger screen than a smartphone, yet is lighter than a laptop. However, the mash-up of having them as one has begun and simplifying our lives and travel bags while connecting work and play into one ultimate tablet/attachable computer in one beautifully designed surface, known as Windows Surface (You don’t say) …

Okay… so it totally sucks that you do not have a Batmobile right? Nor do you have a right-hand man like Robin or a Butler…. Okay we get it… We can however, help you jazz up your vehicle with some batman flare and use your break lights to project the bat symbol… sound good? …

Moving Stations is a concept idea in transforming the way we transport via trains. This idea has been inspired by the infrastructure of the Internet by interconnecting rail systems where local trams connect to a network in which allows people to travel to their chosen destination. …

Our desks are becoming more and more cluttered every day and it is hard enough trying to keep it organized that we don’t necessarily need a bigger desk as we will only make a bigger mess. We need a way to keep the clutter out of sight. …

We all love to listen to music while in the shower so we can practice our perhaps not so glorious singing voices. Smartphones can be great for music but we can’t take them in the shower with us and their volume is usually drowned out by the sound of water washing over us. iShower can combine the two for us to get our sing on. …

Your concepts are invaluable and need to not only go from idea but to prototype to make them realistic, however it can be a difficult process to test early concept ideas without knowing which tools can help you to not only validate but gain user feedback. There is a new app that allows you to test changes to your websites interface with simplified prototypes without having to invest in any further developments for it to be tested. The new app that allows you to also validate interactions is known as Solidify and is available today. …

There are some days you truly do not want to get out of bed, whether it is due to illness, a bad mood or simply because you love the comforts of your bed and since you work from home one of the perks are that you can choose where you want to work from any given day, yes that even includes your bed. …

At first the idea of washing your clothes with the same water you are showering with sounds gross right? Using water to wash the dirt off of you to then use the dirty water to wash your clothes clean sounds absurd, but here’s the thing; we are running out of water. Currently we use 150 liters of water for a 15 minute shower and 38 liters of water for each pile of clothes we sort and wash that totals to      188 liters of water that goes down the drain and depending on how often you wash your clothes or shower these numbers will fluctuate. …