Chocolate Mail

I'm constantly horrified at the idea of having to lick stamps or envelopes. They taste terrible. There is no need for this (as this week I discovered you can buy mint flavored fake blood - if they can make fake blood taste good, surely they can make stamps taste good). Enter the brilliant design mind of Toby Ng. Toby has created Chocolate Mail. It is a conceptual project about redesigning stamps to taste like chocolate. The chocolate stamps would come in 3 different flavors, dark, milk or white, and would be sold in sets of 24 resembling a chocolate bar.

Design makes me happy.

Eggs Printed with Cooking Instructions

Martijn Boskamp has an interesting idea about what to print on eggs: a cracking guideline, some inspiration, and cooking instructions. Each egg could be printed with a different possible use, such as omelet, a fried egg, a poached egg. Great potential advertisement for the versatility of eggs. (Found through Eat Me Daily).

Hello Haptic

Hello Haptic is a set of tactile flash cards. The cards are designed to teach blind children about the diversity of nature. One side of the card has a braille description of the environment, and the other side is a 3D, tactile representation. The cards are arranged by subject; Forest, Beach, and Zoo. Hello Haptic was designed by Hongik University, Industrial Design student Rhea Jeong. The project won her a Silver award in this year's IDEA competition.

The Future of Travel

I have seen the future of transportation... as predicted by children. GOOD asked children at Los Angeles 826 school to draw and narrate their vision of future modes of transportation. Their visions do not disappoint.

My favorite is the Traveling Legs (show above). The description states "These legs help you travel to countries. You just put them on, think of the country you want to go to, and jump there". The future looks bright.

Traces of an Imaginary Affair

Traces of an Imaginary Affair is a conceptual design by Bjorn Franke and Jonas Unger. It is a project that I find really intriguing, but I'm sure others would find it absurd, if not offensive.  The design is a set of tools to aid in faking an affair.  The tools can replicate bite marks, fingernail scratches, carpet burns, smells of perfume and more.  As described by the designer:

"The project broaches the issue of intentionally instigated jealousy in relationships, which often serves to bolster self-esteem or to test the strength of partnerships. It was inspired by stories of people who used fake evidence of victimization or illnesses to receive attention from others."

The Breathing Pot

The Breathing Pot uses your emotional connection to living things to help remind you to water your plants.  We all know that plants are living organisms, but sometimes we forget to treat them that way (guilty).  Designer Jae-Han Song visualized life in a plant by creating a pot that appears to breath.  The small subtle motion of breathing reminds you that the plant is alive.  When the breathing stops, it's time to water!