Archive for category New Design
No Scratch Watch
Posted by admin in Cool Watches, New Design on July 19th, 2010
This cool concept watch by designer Allan George is basically aimed at the youth who like to wear trendy fashion, but maybe rough with it. Although latest scratch-proof glass materials are used in Omega, Rolex and ilk, but not all brands use this for their entire collection. And a watch with scratches on its glass looks so lame! Allan’s concept simple does away with the glass face and replaces it with a plastic-rubber finish. The colored hands peep out, behind a transparent rim, giving the watch a trendy and easy look!
Dee & Ricky x Casio G-Shock GA-110
Posted by admin in New Design on June 18th, 2010
Didn’t quite get enough of Casio G-Shock collaboration action from G-Shock and IN4MATION’s latest venture, and would like something a little more playful added to the G-Shock’s tough side? G-Shock and LEGO accessories making twins Dee & Ricky have partnered up to bring a little childhood nostalgia into the rather grown-up mix of all-resistance. The duo’s collaboration is based on G-Shock’s analog/digital mode, the GA-110 and this is also the first time the GA-110 has been used in a joint partnership.
While one might have expected something a little more flamboyant and wild from Dee & Ricky, who are known for their tendency for ostentatious play and boundless imagination, the watch is surprisingly, just the right balance of color, fun and cool subtlety. Instead of going from outrageous shapes, the duo decided to draw inspiration from the building blocks of their eponymous label, and rework components of the watch in LEGO shades and shapes. Primary colors that we are used to from LEGO? Check. The dotty LEGO grooves? Check. Dee & Ricky logo on strap and engraved on back? Double check.
The Dee & Ricky x Casio G-Shock GA-110 has just been unveiled at jewelry and watch trade show, JCK, in Las Vegas today, and will be hitting stores very soon, priced at $130 per piece. Take a first look and stay tuned for more news to come!
Billionaire Boys Club x Turnbull & Asser
Posted by admin in New Design on June 10th, 2010
Made in England with a stamp of approval from the British royal family, Turnbull & Asser has been in the bespoke tailoring business since 1885, and its quality and experience is incomparable. Aside from being the official appointed shirt maker for the Prince of Wales, the heritage clothiers have outfitted some of history’s most important figures such as Sir Winston Churchill, and of course, Prince of Wales himself. Unlike other shirt makers, Turnbull & Asser is one of the few clothiers with significant presence in the fictional world as well, having been a favorite of James Bond (yes, Britain’s most lethal weapon) and Jay Gatsby (from The Great Gatsby). Billionaire Boys Club have tapped into the expertise and heritage of Turnbull & Asser this season by engaging the clothiers to tailor and co-produce a shirt. The regular fit button down features Turnbull & Asser’s fine craftsmanship and tailoring and is updated with BBC’s whimsical sense of urban humor. On the blue-striped button down, a small embroidered jet logo sails across the stripes and a graphic watch is printed over the left sleeve above the cuffs.
With a dose of BBC’s youthful energy, this shirt will have you blend into a pub, a slightly pretentious hotel lounge or even a dive bar while feeling like a king everywhere you go.
Calling Dick Tracy: 2 Watch Phones Hit the European Market
Posted by admin in Hot watches, New Design on February 27th, 2010
We thought we’d never see the day, but the watch phone has actually arrived. We’ll not beat around the bush: we think it’s a dumb idea. It may sound cool to be able to call someone from your wristwatch, but they’re big and bulky, while the touchscreen seems tiny enough to necessitate button-mashing. And who uses their phone just for talking these days? Never known for heeding our warnings, though, LG and Samsung both went ahead and unveiled watch phones over the summer.
LG’s GD910 is pretty much just what you’d expect from a watch phone: it’s big, it’s thick, it’s kind of uncomfortable. According to Engadget’s review, it functions just fine, other than having somewhat difficult-to-navigate menus. The big drawback for any watch phone is, of course, having to buy and use a Bluetooth headset because you don’t want the whole world listening to both sides of your conversation. And then there’s the issue of the price: over $800 US. That’s a lot of cash for what amounts to a flashy toy.
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Biotime: An elegant alarm clock
Posted by admin in Cool Clock, New Design on February 4th, 2010
BeoTime is an elegant and unusual alarm clock and sleep timer designed by Bang & Olufsen with system integration possibilities and as simple to use as pleasing to the eye. It is the substantial manifestation of an effortless message uniting humanization, utility and beauty in an amazingly discreet form.
BeoTime can make every morning an enjoyable one with its discreet own chime or customizable wake up sounds from your favorite radio station, TV program or a piece of music and can be switched off at a preset time when you are leaving the house. It also includes a built-in sleep timer which is able to switch all the Bang & Olufsen apparatuses in the room to standby mode after a chosen time interval of up to 120 minutes. This feature is very much convenient for those who want to stay up late to watch TV, or fall asleep with a preferred music without worrying about turning off the music. Aside from the alarm and sleep timer features, you can use this gadget for basic functions of the bedroom loudspeaker, television or light control.
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Wearable X torsion cell phone concept
Posted by admin in Cool Watches, Hot watches, New Design on February 3rd, 2010
The X Torsion cell phone concept has been especially designed for extreme sport athletes that is very much purposeful and at the same time, stylish as well. This concept phone contains two parts, A TPE elastomer cover, available in different colors and can be washed after use, that stretches to fit almost any size of forearm, and another one is the keyboard and display, that is also joined with TPE, allowing free flexion of the cell. The innovation of this design allows flexibility to the athletes to get the readings of their consumed calories through sensors and contains stopwatch and altimeter aside from the functions of a standard cell phone.
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Locus clock a new way to read the time
Posted by admin in Cool Clock, New Design on February 2nd, 2010
Breaking the conservative loop, Locus swings its inimitable orbit by synchronizing the idea of time tell, wall lamp and art decor. This Locus clock is using a simple hyperbola as the hour and minute orbit, two motion wheels are attached to the hyperbolic case and controlled by magnetic mechanism, as they swing along its locus, the instant time, is thus showed by the corresponding coordinate markedly.
The automatic lighting feature of the hyperbolic locus as well as the indexes in dark environment provides both decorative light effect and continuous time telling feature in any circumstance.
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Seven, a clock mp3 player
Posted by admin in Cool Clock, New Design on February 1st, 2010
Seven is the first winner of Design Contest Volvo for Life Awards. Using seven, you’ll wake up in the morning listening to your favorite song or radio program. The special thing about Seven, it has motion sensor which can detect weather you have raised or not. Seven will increase its volume to make you really wake up. This clock mp3 player also can tell you the climate on the same day, as well as ambient temperature and humidity.
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2Oct2031 Futuristic watch concept designed for luxury
Posted by admin in Cool Watches, Hot watches, New Design on January 31st, 2010
The 2Oct2031 watch concept has been designed for future to provide the future users ultimate luxury with great functionality. The integrated diamond like face of the watch contains two dial plates, one in center and another at the bottom left angle, which is supposed to be used and customized by the users. While the black diamond aspects symbolize luxury, the superbly designed durable belt provides comprehensive safety for the watch as well as comfort for the users.
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La Clef du temps limited edition watch
Posted by admin in Cool Watches, Hot watches, New Design on January 30th, 2010
The La Clef du Temps watch actually allows the user to control the pace of time by modulating the speed of every passing hour through the crown at 9 o’clock. Aside from featuring technical triumph, it returns luxury timekeeping more importantly to all range of users. These 24 watches of different time zones of the world surely stand a chance to be a great collector’s choice. The weird symbols of the watches can be revealed by close examination and no matter how long you misrepresent time on your watch, you can return to the standard time anytime by simply moving the crown at 9 o’clock. These watches would be quite expensive, only a prototype of such a watch fetched the 2nd highest price in a recent watch auction at $410,000.
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