In case you did not spend the new year’s eve in London UK…

Source BBC

Chicky ad with chicks…Axe did it again!

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Give a Shit is a non-profit organization with a totally new way of approaching and awakening public opinion to the world problems.

A special and entertaining video featuring Nikki Reed from Twilight has been produced:

“Give-a-Shit.org is not like all those other charities. We’re not asking you to give us money. We’re asking you to Give a Shit. Now, don’t be packaging it up and mailing it to us or anything, just pick a cause, and show us what you Give a Shit about”

Check its Facebook page as well!

Designers have always tried to find inspirations from natural elements and organic shapes.The birds nest is one of those things in nature which have provided ideas for many design concepts whether they were products, interiors or art installations.

Here below are some examples researched on the web to show you how the structure apply to these design perceptions of modern art.

Keep this case away from the birds or they may be tempted to nest in it.Incase creates products to protect the technology that is essential to our lives and this case comes in both a black and steel color and snaps on to your iPhone 4 like a breeze. The Incase Bird’s Nest Snap Case retails for $34.95.

While the purple colour gives a very feminine feel the Bird’s Nest Stereo Speakers are portable and they are powered by a USB cable.

Beijing National Stadium, also known officially as the National Stadium is worldwide known for hosting some of the 2008 Summer Olympics events.

Glass treads and balustrade on stair supported by a ‘birds nest’ of steel and timber.It has been commissioned by East-Hong Kong for the interiors of its hotels.

The “Nest Chair” designed by Charles Brill won the 2006 Wilsonart Laminate Chip Chair Competition.

Finished in chocolate, this modern Abaca pebble table lamp is contemporary styled and feature a beautifully crafted birds nest inspired abstract shaped base.Available at Debenhams.

Nest inspired design to hold the stairs of the beautiful Roche Residence

Design by Gabriella Gustafson and Mattias Ståhlbom in 2007 this coat rack is based on the principle of organised chaos.The branches of this nest inspired product serve as hooks and pegs for hanging up just about everything you like.

Vanhulsteijn has started as an interior design studio 7 years ago but when Herman van Hulsteijn built 2 years ago a prototype of this bike for personal use people started to ask obsessively where it came from.Only then he decided to start to manufacture a line of bikes pushing his design firm to focus on a different industry.

The cyclone model is a handmade stainless steel frame fitted with high quality parts and it is sold directly via Vanhulsteijn.

It comes in 2 standard options

-2 Speed sturmey archer kick shift with coaster back(you shift by pedaling slightly back, so no cables and a clean look)starting at 1495 Euros

-3speed shimano nexus with coasterbrake,is fitted with custom stainless steel Vanhulsteijn shifter 1575 Euros

-3 seat colour:black,brown and white.

-3 rim colour:polished,white and black

-5 standard colours

Fore more custom choices please refer to their website by clicking here

via DOPE

I am sure at this stage most of you are aware of the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami devastating Japan epically. The whole world is raising money to support this terrible disaster. Even the design community has risen to do their part.The profits of the products below ,when sold ,are totally or partially donated to the charity/associations which are involved in helping over Japan.

Scout Books

three-pack of blank books, fea­tur­ing a sim­ple red heart on the cover. 100% of the pro­ceeds will go directly to Mercy Corps and their relief efforts.

Rising Sun

The 18″ x 24″ screen print fea­tures a high-gloss white ink and is printed on an envi­ron­men­tally cer­ti­fied paper. $25 from each print will be donated to the Red Cross’s relief efforts.

Botto Arts

The strik­ing cherry blos­som sym­bol, is avail­able in print and but­ton form .A free but­ton will be sent to the first 50 peo­ple who con­tact him that have donated at least $10 to the relief efforts.

Help Japan

All profits made by the sale of this poster will be donated to help relief efforts in Japan.

Army for Japan

100% of the proceeds of the sales of this shirt will go toward The Salvation Army’s relief efforts in Japan

PJ Tierney

Aoiro Studio

12” x 18” high quality digital print on white tone silk cardboard poster stock. And also hand-signed by François Hoang
All 100% of sales will go to Canadian Red Cross to support the Japan Disaster Relief

Rob Dobi

All profits from poster to benefit disaster recovery in Japan.Several sizes offered.

W+K Studio

They are asking a donation of at least $25 for a print, with 100% of the profits going to The Red Cross.Designed by Max Erdenberger.40″ x 26″ 1-color screenprint on Neenah Environment Ultra Bright White 80# Cover.

Ars Thanea

Leukocyt

All profits from sales will be donated to help relief efforts in Japan.

TypCut

Profits will be donated to Red Cross.

Steve Schiavello

Jelle Pingen

Zac Neulieb

Renan Valadares

Hannes Beer

Print 070/365 from The All Day Everyday Project.
Inspiration: It concerns us all – it’s our planet. All money raised with this print will be donated to the Red Cross to help the victims.Every print is signed & numbered.

K-Dot

Pussies on Parade

JAPAN

100% of profits from this tee will go support the Red Cross’s disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific.

Subedobar

Linda Yuki Nakanishi

Ajdimarucot

href="http://www.society6.com/studio/mossmoonstudio/Civilization__Nature_by_Kaori_Hamura&curator=flavorpill">Kaori Hamura

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Cali Rezo

Ideo

Béji – Namazu

To Donate

To donate for the Japan Disaster Relief, please do at your choice for those following relief organizations:

Red Cross

Doctors Without Borders

The Salvation Army

Link Abduzeedo

I remember when I was a kid and got very impressed with LEGO models first, and then with all the fantastic models released by LEGO technics. These really were my gateway for technology, mechanics and design. Well, today just had the chance to see something that made me come back to be a child.

The design of the entire model is absolutely astonishing, with a lot of details (in perfect LEGo style) of both the exteriors, interiors and the mechanic parts (including gas and brake pedals, hand brake bar etc.)

For the Mondial de l’Automobile 2010 in Paris, France, Smart, a subsidiary of the Daimler AG, decided to show two alternatives of electric mobility: an all electric scooter and an electric bicyle.

The design and developement process started in June 2010 (tough schedule!) and went on till mid September.

Here are some impressions from the show in Paris, some press images and some sketches and renderings from the design process.

Thanks a lot to Behance for the inspiration

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PLUMA means feather in Portuguese .
PLUMA, is part of recent concepts regarding high performance track bicycles.
PLUMA TRACK BIKE is made of carbon/Kevlar body panels, this way the surfaces are lighter,and more impact resistant. The overall shape will help the air flow along the bike body, and increases the athletes security by reducing the number of moving parts and tubes were they can be seriously injured – unfortunately, serious falls are usual during a velodrome track cycling race.
PLUMA is a fixed-gear bike, and like all professional track bikes, don´t have brakes.

Via Behance

Located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands this temporary-looking office is the design for BrandBase, a creative advertising agency,

designed by MOST Architecture. Through the use of pallets, they were able to create an open, informal design that is also eco-friendly.

Best Buy has already started selling some electric scooters and motorcycles in its stores, and it’s now about to expand even further into the EV business. The retailer has just announced a partnership with ECOtality, which will be providing Best Buy with some of its Blink EV charging stations that will be installed at twelve stores in Tucson, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle by March of next year. That’s being done as part of the government-funded EV Project that ECOtality is overseeing, and Best Buy says that it may install chargers at additional stores if the initial test phase proves to be successful.

Via Engadget

We have posted a couple of weeks ago an article about Yum Yum (Beth Algieri and Jonny Plummer) toys design, animation and much more.

Well those guys have created a very nice animation out of their toys.

It is entitled Parallel Parking

Check it out