designboom daily - 2010.10.19

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October 2010, 19

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world record breaking solar generator by zenithsolar
published 10.19.10


at 72% solar efficiency in the field, the 3rd generation combined heat and power system is capable of producing enough electricity to sell back to the national grid after providing for a kibbutz in central israel.
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alain berteau at brussels design september 2010
published 10.19.10


showing at the galeries royals saint-hubert in brussels, the collection of lamps and office products are all manufactured in dupont corian, a highly versatile material that has a wide variety of applications.
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karim rashid: fun factory berlin
published 10.19.10


'fun factory_s sexy toy forms are sculptural, sensual, organic, smart and tasteful.(...) design is now shaping every aspect of living so the final frontier is to shape a better sex life .' - globalove and globalust, karim
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pedal powered washing machine
published 10.19.10


'les outils des l'autonomie' (the tools of autonomy) is an open resource project based out of france, that provides instructions on how to build one's own pedal powered washing machine.
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santiago calatrava's chicago spire will not be built
published 10.19.10


the tower which was to spiral up to 2000 feet, included 1,200 apartments and was to be situated on the shore of the city's lake michigan.
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ishac bertran: linyl
published 10.18.10


linyl is an interactive music project designed by ishac bertran with shruti ramiah, benoit espinola and natalia echevarr_a.
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julien berthier: left handed rietveld chair
published 10.18.10


_left handed rietveld chair_ is a series of chairs designed by julien berthier based on left-handed drawings he made of gerrit rietveld_s 1918 _red and blue chair_.
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opel trixx
published 10.18.10


when it was first unveiled in 2004, the open trixx concept seemed a little too futuristic to go into production, but the company recently announced the car will actually hit the streets in 2013.
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tokujin yoshioka: x-ray for KDDI iida
published 10.18.10


the design proposal is a mobile phone which features a transparent form and body, making the aesthetic of the product entirely legible and true to its function.
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tom fruin: kolonihavehus
published 10.18.10


located in a riverfront plaza in copenhagen, denmark, the installation features hand-cut and welded steel picture frames which have been arranged to hold a thousand pieces of found plexiglass squares.
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