Snowball Blaster

The Snowball Blaster, also called the Snowball Launcher, looks like a gun, but it operates more like a sling shot. Just place the snow in the top portion and close the lid, and the molds form three well-packed snowballs the size of softballs!
When the snowball is ready, you have to pull the elastoband like a slingshot. I thinks its a different experience than throwing it like a regular snowballs fight with your arms.

The Snowball Blaster is made for kids 8 years old and up. "Up," I take to mean big old kids like us.The size is good enough and not too heavy (17.5 x 5.5 x 12 inches, and it weighs 2.5 pounds). Sold by Hammacher Schlemmer, so you know it's a sturdy toy, because Hammacher has a lifetime guarantee on all of its products, how cool is that? It also comes with target practice posters.

I wonder if using a Snowball Blaster would still make me feel like a kid again, or maybe just make it easier for me to compete with the kids....

Refrigreator Design Lab Competition

Out of nine tremendously creative and functional household designs produced by the finalists in the 2008 Electrolux Design Lab competition , one design really stood out in the judges minds: The "Flatshare" Refrigerator, by Austrian design student, Stefan Buchberger, whose inspiration came from sharing a flat, of course.

The mess he described in his flat's refrigerator is familiar to most of us who have had roommates, so he came up with a way that everyone could keep their mess a secret from each other, by designing a "to each his own" modular refrigerator that is portable, so when you move, your fridge mess moves with you!

A fridge is a tricky thing to reinvent,” said Henrik Otto, head of Global Design for Electrolux and chair for the jury. “Flatshare, however, manages to be new in a fun and expressive way. A shared refrigerator is also very relevant from a consumer-insight perspective, managing to resolve the needs and wants of the target group.”

As winner of the Electrolux Design Lab competition, Mr. Buchberger receives €5,000 plus a six month scholarship to an Electrolux Group design center!

Omvivo Le Cob Bath

One great tempting to see it from side view...

Designed by Omvivo CEO & Chief Designer Joseph Licciarsi, the elegantly minimalist Le Cob bath pays hommage to Le Corbusier’s famous chaise longue. This bath tub is not something you see everyday, I can say that this bath tub can create a unique bathing experience. The soothing cascade overflow is naturally therapeutic, reminiscent of a river, as the water falls onto the pebbles below.

Tiki Tissue Box

This funny and seemingly strong tissue box really catches our attention. Such a strong rock can also catch a flu. Cost $19.99. Hm...gonna get one or maybe just use your regular tissue box? =)

Tiki Tissue Box

360 Paper Bottle

The 360 Paper Bottle is a container that is versatile in its range of consumer applications. It is made from food-safe and fully recyclable materials. It strategically decreases energy consumed throughout the product life cycle without sacrificing functionality, and enhances everyday consumer usage by offering an environmentally friendly experience.

The crazy idea of selling billions of gallons of water in everlasting plastic bottles to people who already have access to clean water sources is turning our planet into a gigantic garbage heap. Finally, somebody is doing something about that. Brandimage created the 360 Bottle made of paper, which is 100% renewable.

Nice. It's apparently an impossible task to convince a sizable portion of our population that there's no need to clutch a bottle of water like a baby with a pacifier all day long. So, might as well limit the amount of harm done. These paper bottles are good for just about any liquid, too — not just water.

If this idea can even make a dent in the 60 million plastic bottles tossed each day in the U.S., Brandimage deserves an award. Wait. The company received an IDEA (International Design Excellence Award) for this design. Bravo. Now if they could just get those silver-tongued water hucksters and bottle-sucking sheep to buy into it.

Source:

http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_details.asp?ID=35918167

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/11/paper_water_bot.php