Couples these days spend more time on the phone than together, thanks to the ultra portability of mobile devices. But wouldn’t it be nice if we cut out the middle man, and placed two cellphones together? We’d probably see a lot more of each other. The Duofone concept design places two seperate cellphones on the same device, each sharing the ...

Some of you out there would be out at the beach hitting the waves right now if it wasn’t for one thing. You are scared shitless of drowning! While this surfboard with a special built-in radio and GPS tide warning system can’t perform CPR on you (yet), the board could still save you a few brain cells and high medical ...

Some people still prefer carrying cash around. We have sort of phased paper money out of our lives, keeping a spare $20 around in case of emergencies. The one dangerous thing about only using a bank card is that you can lose track of your spending really quick. A futuristic design concept might change how we budget ourselves. Using RFID ...

Hey, it’s a miracle. For once a phone design that isn’t a cellphone! The Quartz Tele concept uses large quartz crystals instead of the traditional button pad. Each quartz stands as its own number key with embedded LEDs, and illuminates when pressed. All of the quartz stand on a base with a central screen displaying all of the caller ID ...

If you own a home, you most likely own some sort of lawn that needs to be maintained. And since everyone can’t afford landscapers to give their lawn the beauty treatment year round, the design concept could help many people save money in the long run. The 3-in-1 Lawn tool by Gustav Landberg is a lawnmower, leaf collector, and snow ...

If you have child slaves, and they give you a hard time when you tell them to vacuum or get beaten, your ears might perk over this design concept. The Rideable Vacuum Cleaner design by Kristina Andersson makes cleaning somewhat interesting again. It’s kind of like buying your kid a toy vacuum that actually cleans. The child can sit in ...

  The M60M doesn’t work with both hands tied behind its back. It works with no hands at all. This concept design from Roger Kellenberger operates with one rotating disc showing the time instead of the hands. The M60M uses spring tension to strap to your wrist, so all you need to do to remove it is press the open ...

Remember in shop class how they would have that one button that shut off every tool in the workshop if there were an emergency? We were always so tempted to press that button, just for the hell of it. The House-off Switch is a similar gizmo for your home. When pressed, the switch shuts off all non-essential electricity in your ...

The phonograph might be more familiar looking for your Grandparents and Great-Grandparents, but designer Yong Jieyu looks pretty determined to show the phonograph a fine comeback. By dissembling an old CD player and rearranging certain components, Jieyu tries to recreate the magic of listening to 1900’s broadcasts. The speakers are placed below the trumpet loudspeaker for amplification. The wooden box ...

The game is called Go, but you might know it better as Chinese Chess. This design concept creates a foldable Go board which rolls up like a scroll, and is played through a OLED display. The Go board uses the traditional Chinese calligraphy along with a painted open-book system of playing. Go and impress your friends (no pun intended) at ...