prdct dsgn | led zeppelin - Arthur Analts: "up to the corner".

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dezeen says

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This step ladder by Latvian designer Arthur Analts can rest flat against the wall, fit into a corner at 45 degrees or rest securely in a corner at 25 degrees, thanks to the shape of its top and bottom rungs.

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The treads are extended either side of the uprights to form hooks and loops, so users can hang items on the side rather than make several trips with one arm laden.

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The steps are made of aluminium and named after rock band Led Zeppelin in reference to their 1971 track Stairway to Heaven.

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Analts is currently studying at Central Saint Martins in London and was awarded Best New Designer 2011 for the Led Zeppelin steps at Latvian Design Awards of the Year in Riga this month.

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The details below are from Arthur Analts:

Project name ‘Led Zeppelin’ is due to the hard rock bands one of the most recognised tracks ‘Stairway to heaven’.

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Using usual ladder, there are difficulties to put them in the room corners, because there is a great possibility to fall down, but sometimes you need to place ladder in corners, because a shelf or a window can interfere you to lean them against the wall, however, Led Zeppelin ladder can be placed in 3 different positions in the room.

It can be leaned straight against the wall or placed 45° against the room corner or 25° against the corner – not allowing to fall down while climbing.

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So you can choose which one of three positions best suits you in the incurred situation and just feel safe while using them.

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Special cuts are made at the end of the ladder steps. Those are made to hang cloth or put instruments, so it solves ceaseless up-and-down climbing for some instrument. And when Led Zeppelin ladder is not in use – it can be used as a hanger.

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Led Zeppelin ladder is easy and fast to manufacture, and there is almost no material loss. It is designed to be good for manufacturing.

Specially designed details are cut from 8mm aluminium sheet, they are put together and they are meld for extra safety. Some details are engraved with logotypes.

There are rubber slices added at the both ends of the ladder to add extra safety and to prevent ladder from slipping.

Led Zeppelin looks good in the interior even when no one is using it, so it shouldn’t be hidden in the storage room.

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Latvian designer Arthur Analts graduated Riga School of Design and Arts in 2011 in Latvia.

Now Arthur Analts has accepted an offer and in September 2011 will move to London, UK to study at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, BA Product Design course.

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Meanwhile, Arthur Analts is working on freelance projects and he stands for aesthetically pleasing and smart designs.

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dsgn | water=life: product poetry by Arik Levy

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dezeen says

Designer Arik Levy presents a pebble-shaped device for opening water bottles at Maison&Objet in Paris this week.

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Called Water=Life, the object fits over the top of a water bottle, gripping the cap’s ridges with its teeth to create a larger handle with more leverage.

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The natural pebble shape means it sits discretely on the table when not in use.

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Levy created the device for inclusive products company Omabia.

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Here’s some text for Arik Levy:

Water=Life is a techno-poetic project where design meets everyday needs.

For his cooperation with Omabia, an organization whose objectives are to improve our everyday life, Arik Levy has come up with a simple, poetic and functional concept to facilitate and improve access to water and other drinks.  

We all experience situations such as hearing a child say : ‘Papa can you open the bottle for me’, or witnessing an aged person having the same problem. It is sad to see that a very simple task such as opening a bottle of water or soft drinks can be difficult and unsolved. Sometimes I also have to make a big effort myself.

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I wanted to create an enigmatic object that does not give itself away too fast and of which one can appreciate the appearance as well as the functionality.

A river-stone was the inspiration.

Water comes from the rocks and in this case it’s a river-stone that gives us access to water.  By simply placing the river-stone on the screw-cup lead of the bottle, the cone with its multiple radial pressure lines serves as a hooking device.

Applying a very minor pressure and turning the river-stone form allows you to benefit from a greater leverage and extra force so as to snap the lead security band open with no effort.

Once the river-stone is put back on the table, it goes back to being an object of nature and becomes part of a metaphor.

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dsgn | data clip - nendo

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designboom says

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‘data clip’ by nendo for elecom
image courtesy of elecom

Japanese studio nendo has designed the ‘data clip’ a USB key in the shape of a paperclip for elecom.

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image courtesy of elecom

The small data storage device can clip to a stack of documents, business cards or just keep all your important files together.
The design aims to present a new relationship between daily life and digital data.

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the device functions as a USB as well as a clip to hold important documents together
image courtesy of elecom

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demonstration of use
photo by hiroshi iwasaki
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the various colors of ‘data clips’
photo by hiroshi iwasaki
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geek | lens my (i)phone

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Josh Spear says

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My friends at Photojojo have done it again. This iPhone SLR Mount is sure to be a massive hit worldwide.

Ever since the iPhone camera was invented, it’s aspired to be what it simply never quite could be: a DSLR. Sure, apps have helped your camera phone inch forward with simulated focusing and faux filters. Faux no more. The iPhone SLR Mount gives you the real thing.

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This case-adapter combo lets you mount your Canon EOS or Nikon SLR lenses to your iPhone 4 giving your phone powerful depth of field and manual focus– for $249.

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dsgn | FB conference connection table - AWH

Collective always with honor has customized latest Facebook f8 TableTable-top graphic created for f8, Facebook’s annual developer’s conference. A global map comprised of interconnected icons- items and ideas found throughout the developer’s building process.

CLIENT: Facebook / DSGNR: always with honor collective

dsgn | juuri - sarah böttger

Designer Sarah Böttger of Germany has created a series of containers made of glass components joined with plastic rings and disks.

Called Juuri, the project involved making three different blown-glass shapes, cutting them in eight places and joining them together different combinations.

By means of a big lid, a small lid and a connecting ring, the forms can be used to combine functions.

Open or closed, big or small, grey or green, the vessels are diversified not only by their shapes but also by their colors.

They offer a variety of applications within different contexts left to the single user.