The latest iPod Nano and Shuffle. I must admit that the Shuffle is really nice and I may have to reconsider the direction of my current Mp3 project. The New "Matchbox sized" Shuffle The New Thinner Nano The Entire Family So the legend of the Cult of Mac...
In my recient trip to Hong Kong, I saw and fell in love with this beautiful pen! LAMY meets Richard Sapper. Is the result of Lamy's collaboration with Richard Sapper, one of the world´ s leading designers. He designed for example the desk lamp Tizio, Alessi's singing...
Hayashi Yoshihide. That's me. The wonderful people from Nissan have given me this cool Japanese name based on the Chinese Characters or my name. That's right people I shall now embrace that name and will answer to it if called! Thanks...
Check out this great little product! In the same tradition of my product development ideas for Mini-Entreprenaurship the Chumby is what i would consider a great "post-pc era" product that leverages on "customer designed" and "long tailed" type services. Phew what...
Alright here we are in the final installment of this series. It was such a beast to write but I hope the write up is really useful for all of you who are interested to get into digital concept development. Before we go...
What you may ask is this? Wood strip; five large razor blades glued into one side; six small razor blades glued into other and wrapped with boxing tape, rubylith and clear tape; handle wrapped with boxing tape. This is make shift weapon is called a Shiv. ...
This morning I was watching the News show on TV when they had a little chat session with some artists visiting to promote The Asian International Art Exhibition. One thing that hit me was: Each piece is an artistic expression that embodies the culture and...
Welcome to the fourth installation of the Concept Equipment Shoot-out between the Sketchbook, Drawing Table and Tablet PC! I do apologise as it's been almost 1.5 months since Part 3, but I needed some time to really get into all the equipment to give...
I finally decided to give up my dinky silver Nintendo DS and buy a brand new white DS Lite! Without risking of being called a "fan boy", the Nintendo DS franchise is fast becomming one of the most amazing gaming coups out there. Why? ...
It must be fate knocking at me or something like that. In 3 seperate instances the Power of 10 short film has come to my attention. It started when I was chatting with the lads from Design Singapore Council. I then read...
Make the so called world's best paper airplane? Detailed instructions here. I'm always amazed what people can fold up from a sheet of paper. Its creativity and design within the tightests of constraints as you only have a sheet of paper of...
Yes ladies and gents, free pitching is alive and well and endorsed at Business Week. Bruce Nussbaum thought it innovative to do design by inviting 3 design greats (IDEO, Stone Yamashita, and Modernista) to submit magazine concepts for his new Inside Innovation Magazine....
This is incredible. I am totally amazed at the natural beauty of this architecture. It's organic yet random. Nature at her finest, reproduced by man. Can any one tell if there are signs of a Fibonacci series or sequence? ...
I must say The Singapore Entrepreneurs Blog is fast becomming one of my favourite blogs to read. Their recent post on patents has encouraged me to post my alternative take on patents. This is something that is actually practiced at my company, a SME (Small...
Wow they have done it! MIT Media Lab has launched their first prototype of the $100 Laptop for children that hopefully silence all the critics including Bill Gates. What is the $100 Laptop, really? The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, with a dual-mode display—both...
Check out my wonderful surprise birthday gift from my lovely wife. This cool laptop bag from Acme Made. Its pretty slim and perfect for that designer look, or wanting to look like a designer! The key takeaway in the design is the...
Sigh, been up to my eyeballs in work and developing content for this forum, www.IDAsia.org come visit all you design junkies! ...
Check out my latest purchase. I must say its one of the most amazing products I own. And I only own 2. The other one is my Wacom Intous3 9x12 Tablet. I'm a product designer by profession, and so it's pretty hard for...
Check out my latest purchase. I must say its one of the most amazing products I own. And I only own 2. The other one is my Wacom Intous3 9x12 Tablet. I'm a product designer by profession, and so it's pretty hard for...
Wow, i absolutly love this product! Being a recient golf convert myself, i was quiet amazed to see that this little fellow could drive, putt, chip, slice, and even do bunker shots! Check it out here What is even more interesting is in the movies section, there...