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Moses bridge - challenging earthly logic

This unique Moses bridge is designed by architecture agency RO & AD for the West Brabant waterline. This Dutch waterline was build during the 17th century in order to provide protection from invasion by France and Spain. 

The bridge looks like God took an eraser and dragged it through the dirt and water to create a slot for challenging earthly logic. The minimalistic rigorous cut trough line and the way in usage of material as Accoya wood, remind to the art movement De Stijl.

Source Inhabitat

Bio Digester Island - The Microbial Home by Philips Design

Philips Design is launching the latest Probes project Microbial Home at Dutch Design Week (DDW) 2011, which runs from Saturday 22 October – Sunday 30 October.
The Microbial Home Probe is a domestic ecosystem that challenges conventional design solutions to energy, cleaning, food preservation, lighting and human waste. It is being displayed at the Piet Hein Eek gallery, Eindhoven – see the DDW website for more details.

This is the central hub in the Microbial Home system. Consists of a methane digester, which converts bathroom waste solids and vegetable trimmings into methane gas that is used to power a series of functions in the home.

 The hub is designed as a repositionable kitchen island, including a chopping surface with vegetable waste grinder, a gas cooking range, a glass tank that shows energy reserves and glass elements showing pressure, volume and readiness of compost sludge.

The larder is a system designed to keep ‘living food’ fresh, by using natural processes (as opposed to dead food in the refrigerator). The larder consists of an evaporative cooler and vegetable storage system built into a dining table.

The urban beehive is a concept for keeping bees at home. The beehive is designed to allow us a glimpse into the world of these industrious creatures and to harvest the honey that they produce.

It consists of two parts: entry passage and flower pot outside, and glass vessel containing an array of honeycomb frames, inside.

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These are just the highlights of the Microbial Home, for more information please check out the Philips website or visit them at the Dutch Design Week.

source Yanko Design & Philips

Oreo crumb case - No leftovers

Don’t you just hate it when good food goes to waste? The Oreo crumb case by the Miami Ad School takes care of tiny bits deliciousness with this Oreo ‘teabag’. Just gather your crumbs, put them in the ziplock netting sack and dip it in milk.

Source Superpunch

Nissan Leaf Ad Campaign

Photo & Text ©EverydayCharlie

This is the new Brazilian ad-campaign for the 2011 Nissan Leaf creates power outlet art in the shape of the Leaf. The car is called the Leaf because it’s green and Nissan thinks it is as gentle and cute as a fresh Leaf.

How can you make loud and clear to people that your product (in this case a car) is simple to use? That electric cars are not spooky strange things?  Make use of the image of a straightforward everyday household item and the product is ready for the mass. 

Source Motor Authorithy