On January 5, 2011, I wrote the following: “Designer” is a dangerous term, because it usually means some crazy person with ridiculous ideas who then makes CAD drawings or actual mock-ups of his crazy ideas and yet, for some goddamn reason, I appear to be the only person to notice that said idea is crazy.... Continue Reading →
The idea of solar roadways has been around for a while, and I haven't said anything about it because I thought it was self-evident how stupid it was. I was wrong. The Indiegogo page raised $2.2 million and recently, prototypes have been built, to much applause from the environmentally-minded. So now, instead of just being a... Continue Reading →
UPDATE: I came back in this morning and elaborated. I was being pretty lazy with explaining the math when I wrote this, but I've expanded it a bit. This is where I find a thing on Kickstarter that someone is raising money for, then I point out that it won't work, then hundreds and thousands... Continue Reading →
A little over 18 months ago, this baffling object popped up on Memebase, well known for contributing nothing of value to the Internet ever. The caption that they gave for this is "How is this not on shelves?! Toast-making would be epic." Let's ignore the crushing sadness that fills my heart at the idea that... Continue Reading →
Hey there! You know how, each morning, you have a cup of hot coffee and then mess around on your phone, reading Facebook updates or whatever?And you know how, every time you do that, you wish that your phone was simultaneously being charged and that your coffee was getting cold faster?No? What's that? You're saying... Continue Reading →
Last week, we talked about the first five finalists (I don't think they're ranked in any way) of the Electrolux Design Lab Competition. All of them, as you may recall, were the product of the drug-fueled raves/Photoshop parties that I have no choice but to believe are the chief activity of all design students. In... Continue Reading →
Think back to what you were doing on Wednesday, September first, 2010… Don't remember? It's ok, I do. You were eagerly reading through that morning's blog post from your favorite internet writer (me) because I assume you're all loyal and dedicated readers who have been with me from the start. The headline in question was... Continue Reading →
Every once in a while, I think about how many of my posts come from Inhabitat. Sometimes I feel like this blog is just becoming a response blog to everything they post, and I wonder if I should change the name of the blog to some clever pun like Incompitat or Inhabijustshutthefuckupalready. Sometimes I think... Continue Reading →
If you're like me, you've always hated that our transportation systems like bikes and buses and cars all operate on an existing infrastructure, rather than one that would require a huge amount of money and disruptive construction projects to reinvent. Right? I mean, riding your bike on roads that are already there? What's up with... Continue Reading →
It's the year 2011, and you know what's really starting to take off in the world of music? CDs. Yes, CDs, the newest and shiniest addition to the music consumption market, are capable of holding up to 20 songs at once. Now granted, you can't erase the songs, or add new ones, or change the... Continue Reading →
I have written about concept cars twice before. First up was GM, whose car concepts sucked in a kind of general way, but weren't really inherently impossible. Then there was the list of concept cars on Walyou, which were picked solely (as far as I can tell) because the person who wrote the article is eleven... Continue Reading →
Dominic Wilcox is a designer. "Designer" is a dangerous term, because it usually means some crazy person with ridiculous ideas who then makes CAD drawings or actual mock-ups of his crazy ideas and yet, for some goddamn reason, I appear to be the only person to notice that said idea is crazy. Wilcox actually has... Continue Reading →
Here's the thing about concept cars. They're specifically designed to be way crazier than the end result. They're about showing off design ideas and engineering feats, and since they're not restricted by…you know, reality, they can be as outlandish and unreasonable as their designers want. And their designers are all on drugs. It's a way... Continue Reading →
