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Portable Lap Desk Installation No.1

This Portable Lap Desk Installation No.1 is designed to provide users a work space that is flexible, versatile, focused and tidy. The desk consists an extremely space saving wall-mounting solution, and could be stored flat against the wall. The bamboo-made desk is removable from the wall bracket which allows the user to use it as a lap desk in different places at home. The desk also consists a groove across the top, which can be used as a phone or tablet stand to improve the product's user experience.

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Exchange

Exchange is a dining table designed by Tanner Svoboda to promote interaction between the users so that they can gain the benefits associated with having communal meals. He designed the table with carefully placed cutouts to give the users a subtle sense of being brought together, which also increases eye contact as well as promotes sharing to create interaction.

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SH 12

SH12 is a wall clock, which plays on the relation of an object and its shadow to create concealment and exposure. It represents the subconscious nature of time, and reveals hours only by its shade / shadow. Shadow, is a living thing which only follows something that is alive. Time cannot be seen. Reality is controlled by time, and unreality emerges in shadow. The true essence of the passing hours is masked beneath an elastic fabric. A functional design, combining both hard and soft materials, mysteriously veils part of itself beneath a silky surface to bring forth the shadow.

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Infinitum

Infinitum is an arduino-powered table that turns on when items are placed on it, and which turns off when they are removed. This infinity mirror table is designed for people who never tidy up, but leave their belongings everywhere. Lou decided to design a table that would light up when objects were placed on it, giving people a beautiful backdrop for their objects and the illusion of an infinitely deep hole in the floor. The table is a set of plexiglass mirrors, set up so that the LEDs between them reflect an image back onto the fully reflective mirror.

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DSSH Bridge

Dynamic ShapeShifting Helix Bridge Sustainable Pedestrian Bridge to cross between 2 existing buildings with Structural Flexibility. Being a flexible tensile structure, by applying more tension to different points, a technological dynamic deformation can be achieved in response to the people crossing the bridge. It becomes a living element that responds to its use. The project features a Modular Design, Structural Flexibility, Dynamic Reaction, Photovoltaic Energy, Air-Cleaning Plants and LED RGB Technology.

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Lumen - Kindle Living

The Kindle Lumen is, in simplest terms, a lamp. To pigeonhole it, however, would be to limit its range. At over 2 meters / 7 feet tall, it makes a radiant and sometimes colorful impression. A true - Alice in Wonderland - moment! Casual or black-tie, indoors or out, you won't need an excuse to leave this light on. The Lumen is available with white or multi-color programmable lights, as a corded plug-in model or with rechargeable batteries for seamless entertainment indoors or out.

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Legendary designers and their award-winning works.

Design Legends are extremely famous designers who make our World a better place with their good designs. Discover legendary designers and their innovative product designs, original art works, creative architecture, outstanding fashion designs and design strategies. Enjoy and explore original design works of award-winning designers, artists, architects, innovators and brands worldwide. Get inspired by creative designs.

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