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(Via Bloesem.)

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Wristwatch phones: “

It’s been about 18 months since we started seeing heavy Chinese blog buzz on wristwatch cell phones, and about 75 years since Dick Tracy first had one. So…where the heck are they? Do Chinese consumers get to bandy these things about while we Westerners are stuck with mere iPhones?

Anyways, for those of you who missed ‘em the first time around, let’s have a look at some of the form factors.

Hyundai’s Personal Mobile Gateway takes SD cards, plays MP3s and videos, and runs GSM.

This is the Van Der Led MW2, purportedly from the Netherlands. We say ‘purportedly’ because the Dutch have an excellent grasp of English, yet the product copy for this dual-antenna, MP3-playing phone says it’s ‘little bit waterproof.’

The CECT Yami W100 ain’t winning any beauty contests, but it does come in a crapload of different colors.

The follow-up CECT Yami II won China’s Consumer Electronics Appliances — Best Industrial Design Innovation Award, despite what looks like a complete failure to hire a professional photographer.

The Australian M300 only has five buttons and is supposed to be the world’s smallest wristphone; the screen appears to be about the size of a postage stamp.

The Chinese M810 boasts a camera and the disturbing disclaimer that the camera’s beauty shot ‘may vary slightly from the actual product.’

Lastly, we’ve always wondered: Do you think Dick Tracy went for the 5,000 unlimited, or the 450 with evenings and weekends free?

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(Via core77.com’s design blog.)

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S1NGLETOWN at the Venice Architectural Biennale: “

Droog & Dutch communication agency KesselsKramer have collaborated to produce S1NGLETOWN, an exhibition exploring a new kind of urban space for the single citizen.

S1NGLETOWN focuses on the world of contemporary singles. Its relevance is broad, as all of us are likely to belong to this group at some stage in our lives — and likely more than once. In fact, some sources predict that a third of people in developed countries will be living alone by 2026.

Welcome at S1NGLETOWN
Venice Architectural Biennale
Sept. 14 - Nov. 23, 2008

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(Via core77.com’s design blog.)

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Tap’d Bottled Water: “

Many have felt that New York City’s drinking water is some of the most delicious (uh, those New Yorkers feel that way about everything!), but one company has decided to marry that sentiment with the greenest of intentions by bottling tap water and selling it as a product. (At least you know what you’re getting.)

Tap’dNY is a New York City bottled water company with a local twist and knack for honesty. We don’t travel the world from Fiji to France seeking water or offer the usual bottled water gimmicks. We work with NYC’s public water system to source the world’s best tasting tap water, purify it through reverse osmosis and bottle it locally, leaving out ludicrous transportation miles. We offer an honest and local alternative to thirsty New Yorkers, giving them a smarter choice: to drink their own (award winning) water.

Learn more here.
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(Via core77.com’s design blog.)

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Modular Refrigerator for Student Houses: “

Stefan Buchberger, a design student at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna created a modular fridge unit for the Electrolux Design Lab competition 2008. Designed for people sharing a flat, his concept allows you to keep your part of the fridge clean without having deal with others who may have lesser standards when it comes to hygiene. The real question is can you lock it to keep thieving housemates from raiding your fresh milk supply.

The fridge consists of a base station and up to four stackable modules. The modules allow each individual user to have his or her own refrigerator space and can be customized with various colorful skins as well as with add-ons like a bottle opener or a whiteboard.

Handles on the sides of the modules make them easy to transport. ‘If you move to new flat, you can just transport your module like a suitcase and hook it up to the base station in your new flat,’ Buchberger explains.

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(Via core77.com’s design blog.)

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HP announces the TouchSmart IQ800 series: “

The second-gen TouchSmart IQ500s just arrived in July, but HP isn’t sitting still — say hello to the new TouchSmart IQ800 series. Both the new TouchSmart IQ804 and IQ816 feature a 25.5-inch 1920 x 1200 touchscreen with various TouchSmart-specific apps, a TV tuner with remote, integrated webcam, Bluetooth, HP Pocket Media drive bay, and an ambient light to illuminate your keyboard, but the IQ804 confusingly has a higher-clocked 2.16GHz T5850 Core 2 Duo on a 667MHz bus with 2MB of cache while the IQ816 has a 2.10GHz T8100 Core 2 Duo on a 800MHz bus with a 3MB cache — we’d bet the IQ8016 benchmarks faster, regardless of the slightly slower chip. On top of that, the IQ816 also bundles in a Blu-ray drive / dual-layer burner and upgrades the IQ804’s GeForce 9300M GS graphics to a GeForce 9600M GS chip. Expect to see the IQ804 on September 21 for $1,899, while you’ll have to fork over $2,099 for the IQ816 when it hits on October 12 — check out a few more shots in the gallery to hold you over till then.

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(Via Engadget.)

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Mini: Rocket: “

Advertising Agency: King James, Johannesburg, South Africa
Executive Creative Director: Alistair King
Creative Director: Adam Livesey, Matthew Brink
Art Director: Adam Livesey
Photographer: Des Ellis

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(Via I Believe in Advertising | Advertising Blog & Community.)

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Eve Duhamel: “illustrator”

(Via swissmiss.)

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UPTIGHT: “

Jordan Crane’s hand/eye coordination is A-OK as evidenced by the evolutionary progression on display at his site. There’s plenty to peruse and much of it super reasonably priced. Go get lost for a while, and be sure to bring some goodness home.

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(Via Computerlove | Connecting Creative Talents.)

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Thomas Klementsson: “
I love this beautiful series by Swedish photographer Thomas Klementsson… I stumbled across him a little while ago through the very lovely (and now bookmarked) calikartel blog.

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(Via The Design Files.)

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