Designer Philip Hermes offers his futuristic design for connected city, albeit in a slightly more tangible way. Hermes envisions an underground delivery network that could transport packages as big as a shoe box across a city in as little as ten minutes. Think subway system meets pneumatic tube pipeline.
The conceptual project, named Urban Mole, calls for upgrading the preexisting infrastructure that runs beneath the streets – aka sewer tubes – with electrical rails that could power the Mole’s motors as it moves throughout the pipeline. Local hub stations would be created within a city to serve as pick-up and drop-off [...]
August 3, 2009
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July 16, 2009
Aïssa Logerot’s Multi-Purpose Furniture
For the space-starved, well-designed objects that can serve more than one function are truly a blessing. Aïssa Logerot has created two such multi-function furniture pieces that easily transform from one function to another. The first is an ironing board that converts into a mirror. The second, a chair that also serves as a coffee table.
For more examples of multifunctional product designs check out the designer’s portfolio site: here.
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