Design Concept: Disappearing Wall Stairs Should Be In Every Millionaire's Home

Aaron Tang's wall stairs are meant for living areas that are short on space, but they're so awesome that I'd want them even if I had 1,000,000 sq. ft. house.

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Welcome to the Rat Race: Steelcase's Desk/Treadmill Mashup

Anyone who reads the fine site Book of Joe knows that the man behind the blogging empire is religiously devoted to working out while writing, and prides himself on having integrated a treadmill into his workspace. Well manufacturer Steelcase thinks that this trend has grown beyond one individual multitasking in his underwear, and is poised to introduce a nicely-designed product called the Walkstation which seems more at home in a CEO's office than your messy living room.

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The T-Phone: Interesting Idea, Poor Excecution

The T-Phone concept from designer Jeong-Kyun Nam, with its nifty design and eminently losable doodads, is an example of a creative, if slightly ill-conceived, solution to an interesting problem.

the device uses RFID equipped badges as an object-based dialling system. Each badge is programed with someone's number, and can be labeled with a picture, icon or writing for easy identification. It is intended for seniors, confused by, and resistant to, new-fangled phones with their multiple menus and call lists.

While the badge interface, in solving one problem, appears to create others, it is a great example of a novel approach to user interfaces and, in particular, the use of transparent technology and product design to create a comfortable experience for the non-technologically inclined.

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Why do people become attached to their products?

How can a designer increase the degree to which people bond with a product? This is the question researcher Ruth Mugge tackled, who has recently received her PhD degree on this topic at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.

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