Gergely Boganyi's Concert Piano Redesign
Professional pianist Gergely Bogányi decided, to get the sound he wanted, he'd have to custom design a piano, both inside and out. Using a team of designers, engineers, craftsmen and music technicians, ten years and 8,000 team-hours later, they produced the Bogányi Piano.
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Weirdest Design Yet for Project Ara
Russian design firm Lapka thinks everyone behind Project Ara may be missing the point; stating everything about Project Ara is five years ahead of the curve...well, except their design. Sleek and subtle? Not at all. This thing has vents. Instead, Lapka’s founder Vadik Marmeladov says his firm was inspired by the brash fashions of high-end sneakers—a collection of various fabrics and foams that assemble into a design forward accessory. They think the design should be a visual and cultural milestone.
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The Museum of the Future Is Here
Very soon, every visitor to the Cooper Hewitt, the Smithsonian’s recently reopened design museum, will receive a giant pen. This pen is not really a pen. On the table, it looks like a gray plastic crayon the size of a turkey baster. In the hand, it feels pleasing, chunky, hefty like a toddler’s rubber ball. And at the museum, it does something magical.
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Primeval Symbiosis
Based on an eco friendly concept, the residential project has a reduced environmental footprint, seeking harmony between man and nature. The concept offers an alternative to the more and more crowded and pollutant cities by proposing to create communities located in nature without disturbing the natural balance or clear the forest.