Almost 30 years passed before nurse Jeanne Hahne acted on her idea for a transparent face mask for medical professionals. The mask was designed to help put patience at ease in surgery but it appears now that the mask has the added benefit of increasing communication. As Jeanne points out “There are a lot of studies about what this portion of the face conveys. “A lot is said in facial expressions,” Hahne said. “We like to see the smile and reassurance. Anxiety is decreased when you can feel connected to somebody.” We think its a great idea and I hope she finds a producer for Clearvision soon. Via the San FranciscoChronicle
A behind the scenes look at the Playhouse Liberty Hall project, which is part of this year’s Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.Features exlusive footage of the building being tested for the first time on Wednesday 19th August.More information about Playhouse can be found here.This piece was made by John Callaghan and Julien Clancy. The music used in this piece is by Solen.more about “TheBubble: A weekly arts and culture …“, posted with vodpod
Just spotted this great homemade rotational molding machine over on designboom. Completely ingenious. We need more inventors doing this sort of experimenting. We might even give it a go ourselves…. right after we finish our 5 axis CNC machine! More pictures after the jump and via designboom
design students andrew duffy, craig tyler and edward harrison from the university of rochester constructed a minature rotational moulding machine. the D.I.Y rotation moulding machine was built to replicate the industrial process to help further understand its possibilities. it was built at no cost from scrap materials and simply powered by a cordless drill. with the use of cold setting bio resins, hollow
plastic products are created.
Staying with the anthropomorphic face thing, I was recently pointed to this blog by my good friend Google. Some brilliant images in there, and some of my early favorites can be seen below. Head over to Facesinplaces for all the rest.
Everybody who knows me and my work will know that I have a fascination with anthropomorphic objects. Well I just spotted this video over on SwissMiss and its fantastic…I love those little guys!. In the video urban anthropologists Andy & Carolyn London interview some of New York City’s more overlooked citizens.
Fantastic plug concept by Royal College of Art graduate Min-Kyu Choi. The plug was designed out of the frustration of having to carry the current bulky three pin plugs around, especially as electronic products are getting smaller and smaller. I would love to see the idea making it into production, my only concern would be the cost of production and the robustness of the final product with all those moving parts, but judging by the quality of the design, and execution of the presentation I’m sure these issues will be addressed. Anyway I don’t think people would really mind paying a little extra for so something so beautiful and functional. Make sure you watch to the end of the video to see the even more impressive multi-plug adapter…Awesome. Anyway check out the video and images below.
Just spotted a nice little interview with Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec over at spotd. Some great images and some good, away form the usual questions. Read the interview here.
More images after the jump.
A great photo comic blog about baby teeth, not much to say only its great! Check it out here.
“When I was young, I placed my baby teeth under my pillow and when i woke up I’d find a shiny new quarter. But whatever happened to those little teeth? Where did they go? Would I ever see them again? Many years later, a little tooth was standing at my door. It looked familiar. It’s name was ickle. Welcome home, my milk toof!”
Paul Smith created a rabbit rubbish bin for the city of London. The ‘New London Rubbish Bin’ will be popping up in Covent Garden and Holland Park for a four-month trial period from 28th May. The giant rabbit bins, with ears that light up when anyone puts rubbish in them, are Paul Smith’s contribution to Super Contemporary – an exhibition which opens on 3rd June 2009 at the Design Museum.
