EOS integrates form, function and technology to adapt to user needs and enhance the mobile communication experience of the future. It functions like a tri-fold wallet. It maintains a compact shape (wallet-sized) for simple phone calls and unfolds to reveal a large widescreen touch display. Best of all, it doesn’t require batteries; it is solely powered by the user’s interaction with it.

Contact: Susan McKinney: susan.mckinney@gmail.com

Credit: Susan McKinney, John Salisbury and Glen Oross, IDSA of Kyocera Wireless Corp.

ASTRO’s SCOUT backpack was built for the pro gamer on the tournament circuit or for playing at a friend’s house. It’s a complete system gear bag that allows for secure transport of your game console /gaming laptop, power supply and gaming controllers with lots of extra room for other items.

Contact: Brett Lovelady: info@astrostudios.com

Credit: Adam Barry and Michel Alvarez of ASTRO Studios, Inc.

The OOMA Telo is a two-part phone system that allows users to use their current broadband connection to experience high-quality home phone service for free. Its superior voice quality surpasses many landline experiences. The Telo Handset communicates wirelessly to the Hub, the brains of the system, bringing functionality to anywhere in the home.

Contact: Brett Lovelady: info@astrostudios.com

Credit: Nate Cervantes and Michel Alvarez of ASTRO Studios, Inc.; Greg Cerny of Cerny Design; and Philip Bryan of City Electric for OOMA

Planna is a storage-based desk system that incorporates floating work surfaces to produce long, low intersecting lines that evoke the sleek horizontal architectural styling of Tadao Ando. It can be configured to meet a range of budget and aesthetic requirements and can be integrated into existing furniture configurations with minimal investment.

Contact: Ching-Sha Lim: clim@inscapesolutions.com

Credit: Design Team of Inscape (Canada)

The Quick socket is a ratcheting tool that has multiple sockets in the handle, making it harder to those them. It keeps the sockets available when needed. Plus, it is narrower then most so it can reach into narrow openings.

Contact: William Durham: durhawr@auburn.edu

Credit: William Durham of Auburn University

Design for a Living World is a traveling exhibit initiated and supported by the Nature Conservancy and first installed at Cooper-Hewitt. It commissioned 10 celebrated fashion, product and industrial designers to work with a sustainably grown and harvested material from an endangered ecosystem, documenting their creative processes and explorations.

Contact: Eva Green: green@pentagram.com

Credit: Abbott Miller, Jeremy Hoffman, Kristen Spilman and Brian Raby of Pentagram Design for Cooper-Hewitt, The Nature Conservancy

This eight-inch multi-function rain shower showerhead offers a flow rate of 2.0 gallons per minute, 20 percent less than the industry standard. But unlike some low-flow showerheads that simply restrict the water flow, Envi preserves the powerful stream that consumers are accustomed to with full-flow rainshowers.

Contact: Jamie Dalton: jdalton@fallscommunications.com

Credit: Jennifer Sedwick, IDSA of Moen Incorporated

The Airborne Experience is a multimedia installation in which the Battle of Arnhem is brought to life. Audiovisual projections, animated photographs, light, sound, scenery and original objects create a vivid experience. The public undergo the experience in a state of shock as though they have been fighting for five days.

Contact: Vivian Lust: vivian@tinker.nl

This LED tea warmer keeps tea warm using only wasted heat. Eighty percent of the energy generated by LEDs is generally lost. This tea warmer puts this energy to work to keep tea warm.

Contact: Jung Young Kong: jay@designlabj.com

Credit: Jung Young Kong and Chan Hyeong Jun of DesignLab J (South Korea)

Cimzia’s packaging makes the lives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis easier. Cimzia is a new medication for rheumatoid arthritis developed to be self-injected by patients at home; previously, treatment was administered in a hospital or clinic. Because proper administration of the medication is important, this friendly packaging provides a guiding, caring user experience.

Contact: Mercedes Coats: mercedes.coats@smartdesignworldwide.com