Vapur...The New WATER BOTTLE

Vapur was founded in 2009 by Jason Carignan, Brent, Reinke, and David Czerwinski who are passionate about designing innovative products that make a difference. Their "ant-bottle" called vapur is designed to act as a portable water bottle, except it is completely collapsiable. This way it can fit in smaller places like your purse, bag or pocket. Vapur brings a whole new meaning to portable water. It is reuseable, it has a clip so it can be attached, you can freeze it, it is dishwaher safe and foldable. It you freeze it, the pack can be used as an ice-pack. You can buy your vapur for $8.95 from their website in a varity of different colors. It can hold up to 16oz of water and can with stand everyday ware and tear. A porttion of all Vapur sales will go to "For The Planet Program" which is an organization that works to help water related environmental causes. They are also in the process of working with local communities to make clean tap water more availble.I am definatly buying one today!

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Cooking Tips from Photoshop?

If anyone knows how to use Photoshop they will definitely enjoy the video. I thought it was very creative idea from Maya Rota Klein and Diego Lorenzo Zanitti. This video is a must see for all photoshop lovers out there. This video was submitted to the Adobe YouGC competion on the adobe website. Many other designers have submitted there posts and have gotten various ratings.

Dorm Room rennovation?

Yoshikawakuni Plastics designed a new kind of storage. They are Slim Storage Tall Stockers. I think they idea is pretty neat because they are small width wise but long in length and depth which is important when you need that extra space (especially in dorm rooms). They are made out of polpropylene and they come in various sizes and types for storage of different items. I think the product is pretty cool and when it is manufactured, I might consider purchasing one or two.

I want my GelaSkin

A company called GelaSkin created thin, laminated vinyl decals designed to cover and protect your laptop, ipod, iphone/itouch, select phones, select gaming consoles and others against normal everyday wear and tear. What's different with this cover that most other adhesive covers don't have are removable 3M adhesive. This adhesive won't leave that ugly residue that is normally left when covers are removed. With this 3M adhesive, it also will not leave those annoying bubbles. What's cool about these covers are they can be custom made or you can choose a design from an artist that is posted on the site. If a buyer does purchase a design from an artist on the site, they receive a quarterly commission of 10% for sales of GelaSkins with their artwork and 40% for the Giclee prints. I have to say that is pretty amazing. In pricing they rang from $14.95 to $29.95 depending on the device. I think i might consider getting one!

The Swirl

When browsing through Core77.com I came across a new design called the "Swirl." Its designed to help third world countries wash their clothes. The design is pretty cool and the inspiration to help third world countries is very nice. It was designed by a company called designed affairs. It is round shaped and comes with a cap and handles with are detachable.

How it works: You put the clothes in the swirl, roll it to the water supply and put the water in. then to wash, you can roll it or bounce it. Then take out the clothes to dry and transport the water back to the river. According to designed affairs, this process created a more efficient way of washing and scrubbing the clothes. This design is very cool, but some big issues do arrive if it were manufatured. Such as:

1. After you return to your village, you take out the clothes and they are a soapy mess so you would have to rinse them in the river or hang them to dry without rinsing them.

2. How much will the swirls cost? People in developing counties will not buy this if they cost a whole day's pay.

3. What is the strudyness of the swirl? How long will it last?

A Similar product already manufactured and works well

http://www.hipporoller.org/index.php?Itemid=28

"Local River" at home?

Want to have a nice ecosystem in your living room? Mathieu Lehanneur designed something called a local river. The local river consists of blown glass, a water pump, plants and fish. The concept of the local river is to help the "lacavores" in San Fransisco. The concept is to have your own vegetable garden in your home. The plants on top of the enclosed glass case will extract nutrients from the fish. And in turn the plants will act as a natural filter for the fish and purify the water. This maintains a healthy balance for the fish to live in. This process is similar to fish farming and the same technique is used just on a larger scale. Ideal fish used in the Local River are typical fish-farm fish such as eel, tilapia, trout, perch, carp etc.

The lacavores define themselves as "a group of culinary adventurers who ear foods produced in a radius of 100 miles around their city.

This is a really cool idea. It would look great in your home and you can snake on home made vegetables as well.

Want To Lower That Electric Bill??

Gilles Belley designed a new way to save energy with this new energy saver power strip. Most electrical appliances, when on "standby" use about 10% of electricity in the house. This device shows how much energy is being wasted from devices that are not in use. If a device is on standby a layer of light glows on the surface adapter, indicating that there is energy being wasted and signaling the user to turn it off. If the user does not respond within 3 mins the energy using device will be turned off automatically.

The energy saving adapter separated into modules and each one corresponds with a device, which monitors its power supply separately.

Dry-Erase Bamboo Panels

Great for your house. A design team from Three by Three , based in Seattle, created bamboo dry erase wall panels. It is made with real bamboo and a dry erase surface. They also come with two slits that allow you to slide accessory holders into them. It can be hung vertically or horizontally. It is also on sale here.

Energy Powered Dog Leash

Goddard Technologies (GTI) is a product design and development firm for medical, consumer, industrial and military products. GTI worked with Fido Fashions to develop a self-power generating dog leash. Dog walkers everywhere will not need those flashlights anymore. The dog leash is designed for multiple sized dogs. The leash also comes with a quick locking break to stop the recoil of the leash. The leash comes with doggie bags, three high intensity LED lights and a safety button in case there is any trouble. It's power and energy is developed when the dog pulls the leash out and also by the recoil when the dog comes to a stop.The energy that is developed is stored in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. So that there would be no overcharging, there are internal protections built in to the leash. The LED lights could run for six hours or more from a fully charged battery. Right now there is no price or exact date on its release but it should be on the market this year.
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The new and improved Lamp

Noon Studio is a London and Avignon based design office, created by two designers, Gautier Pelegrin and Vincent Taïani. They campaign "honest materials, simplicity of execution, forward thinking and spatial awareness." Part of their newest designs is of lamp called Jar Lamp. This lamp is made out of wood and small enough to fit on your desk. It has a rotating lid which acts as a switch to control light intensity. It comes in an oak color and black. I think it is pretty cool beacuse it sets a tone in any room.

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As her business grew she hired a spokes person, who worked very closely with her. They traveled the United States talking to department store buyers, and trying to create a bigger name for her products.
By the 1950s, Josephine added fragrances to her collection. By 1973 Estee Lauter was known for elegance and femininity. Over the next decade the once home-based company boomed and created new products such as Clinque in 1968. Clinque is a line of skin care products and makeup. It was created to target women who are interested and knowledgeable about their skin. In 1990 Estee Lauter Inc. introduced a line called Origins. Origins is a line of botanically based products for skin care, makeup, and sensory therapy.
In the mid-1990s Estee Lauter Inc. distributed products to over 100 countries, including Germany, Hong Kong, Russia, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Mexico, the Ukraine, Malaysia, and Venezuela. In the late 1990s, it was known as one the largest cosmetics companies in the world, with over 15,000 employees and annual sales of almost 4$ billion. It was ranked 727 on Business Week’s Global 1000 world’s most valuable companies. Josephine became one the wealthiest self-made women of the twentieth-century

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When Josephine was twenty she was interested in the beauty business but also was considering a career in acting. During her twenties she met Joseph Lauter and after a three-year courtship they were married in a formal Jewish ceremony. For the next several years Josephine started a family but did not lose her love for cosmetics. She would create her own products in her house and eventually put her home-based business in the New York telephone directory as Lauter Chemists.

In 1933 Josephine marketed goods in her apartment. Some of her sales come through the mail but the bulk of her income came from local Manhattan beauty Parlors. For the next several years most of her product were sold in beauty parlors. When Josephine sold her first products in New York beauty Parlors she changed the look and the name to Estee Lauter for a more feminine look to her products.
By the end of World War II, Josephine wanted to expand her business so her and her husband, Joe, went into business together. They opened an office in Manhattan, relying on savings and some finical help from her father. By 1946, the company, Estee Lauter Cosmetics was founded.
Josephine was very particular on where her products were being distributed. She only wanted them to be sold to women who may not have had an extensive experience with makeup so she focused on only premium department stores.

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Josephine Ester Mentzer better known as Estee Lauder was born July 1st, 1908 in Corona, Queens New York. Josephine’s parents where Hungarian Jewish emigrants, who came to America in search for a better life. Her parents had two daughters, Grace and Josephine Ester. As a child Josephine loved playing with her mother’s beauty products. She loved applying, what she called, “treatments” on her family and friends.
At times she would help her father in his store, which was below their apartment. Here she learned how to keep track of merchandise, learned communication skills, and how to handle tools in the windows. She also worked in another family business.
At sixteen she spent most of her free time in her uncle’s small store in Manhattan called New Way Laboratories. Her uncle’s store distributed beauty products. Josephine was very interested in how creams can improve a women’s face, and soften and smooth the skin. From her uncle she learned very quickly how to mix oils, wax, borax, lanolin, and other ingredients. On her own she would experiment with different ingredients to create new products. After school she would makeover some of her schoolmates and use what she learned in her uncles store.

Friday, January 22nd a women who was part an adult tour in the Met fell on to Picasso's "The Actor." There has been many questions over repairing the canvas because it is over 105 years old and it was most likely painted over another painting. It is hard to make an accurate decision on whether repairing the the canvas is the right decision. Officials say that there is a 6in tear on the bottom right of the canvas. Canvases during this time were very delicate so repairing it will not be an easy task.

Gear Ring

Core 77 posted a new form of jewelry today called Gear Ring. The ring was designed by Ben Hopson and Glen Liberman of Kinekt Design. They were inspired by small mechanisms and their complementary movements. He said he wanted to create something that was complex enough to play with but small enough to wear. The ring is made from highest quality of surgical stainless steel which makes the ring resistant to scratching, rusting, tarnishing and fading. It is also hypoallergenic for those who are allergic to metal. It is available for purchase online here for $165 with limited sizes. I think the whole design of the ring is really cool. I like how the ring spins so you could play with it if you get board. It is a bit bulky so it looks more like a man's ring so i would never buy it for myself but possibly for my brother or boyfriend.