In the age of intelligence, the functions of products are becoming more and more complex with the support of various powerful technologies, enriching people’s lives but also increasing the cost of learning products, and the role of design seems to be increasingly marginalized. So today I would like to share some simple and interesting design, experience the charm of design under the condition of no intelligence ~

01

Hilo Interative Speaker

We can control most of the things around us through our phones, but design should make our lives better, not make us lazier. With this speaker, the designer hopes to let us control the product by using our hands to touch the product itself. Stylist amplifies the place of the switch of acoustics design, through “press” and “pull” will realize acoustics open and close.

02

DINA Lamp

The lamp is made of plastic, wood and copper, and the designers said: ‘We are used to light at night to dissipate darkness, but we forgot that light is powered by energy, so we came up with a lamp that can be bought with a coin.

“We are more and more accustomed to the companionship of light, and without it we spend long nights alone. It’s a resource we often waste. The designers hope the lamp will help us realize the value of light, resources and money.

03

zens collection-picto

The latest Zens collection comes from popular Japanese design studio Nendo. This series incorporates geometric elements, points and lines, with their structural and stable beauty. Based on the basic units of pictographs, the designer added traditional Chinese characters into the daily small furniture to echo the Oriental life theme of Zhe Pin.

The desktop of small tea table used a kind of extremely smooth material to pledge, triangular base adds the desktop of a glyph, formed a sense of visual balance that is like balance. And the little cabinet of 3, base or continued the concise triangle in series, no matter be beautiful degree or practical, impeccable. The arrangement of these four furniture functions, all using the same triangular base, is another expression of polysemy of Chinese characters.

04

cuckoo-collection

This series is based on cuckoo as the creation prototype, with cuckoo voice special characteristics, made into the alarm clock. A cuckoo alarm clock, which doubles as an alarm clock and bookend, is a great bookshelf ornament, both practical and beautiful. You can display different shapes through the number of books placed on the desktop, cute and eye-catching ~

The cuckoo and the unusual Angle of the dial design allow the clock to be placed upside down. Arrange the internal components properly so that the alarm clock stays stable on the desktop. Different from the traditional cuckoo probe alarm clock, this product will cuckoo probe on the side, can be lovely side face, let a person shine ~

05

not just a cup

This is a children’s picture book with ordinary “cups” as the main characters. The story is about a cup, one day found the lack of spoon to stir coffee, so he wanted to try to solve the problem by changing himself.

The book’s storyline shows the essence of design, which is not only to create beautiful objects, but also to pay attention to the details of our daily lives, what details are missing that cause inconvenience, and find new ways to solve them.

The message of the book is: “Even the smallest, seemingly boring things in daily life can enrich our lives and stimulate our interest when given more attention.”

06

magisso

This is a cake clip that won the German Red Dot Award. You can use it to cut a perfect fan and “clip” the cake. Streamlined lines are like a leaf, one tool, two functions. And cut out the cake size is equal, very convenient ~

07

lekue

Now no matter eat what dish all like to squeeze lemon juice, add fresh taste. And this lemon squeezer will do the trick. Insert the threaded tip into the lemon until the silicone ring covers the fruit, then gently squeeze the lemon to squeeze the juice into the sprayer, and spray as much as you like. It’s all natural lemon juice

08

AVOCADORE

Joseph Joseph’s peeled shearer slits an avocado with one side of the tool, removes the core with the stainless steel core in the middle, and then scoves the flesh out neatly. It’s easy and convenient to use one tool to do the usual three steps.

09

Chirp

This is also Nendo’s design. The designer chose a scene we often see in daily life — a group of birds standing on a telephone pole. By depicting vases and small containers as “birds” and placing them on the pattern of “wires” or “trees”, the scene of birds of various sizes is expressed.

Nendo also considered practicality. The number of vases can be increased at will to accommodate more plants. There are also accessories such as necklaces and keys that can be hung from the stands. Also, use vases and containers on your desk to hold small items — pens, clips, etc.

10

Volé Lamp

The lamp is lit by blowing small leaves at the top. “Wind is the driving force of nature,” the designers explained. “It can provide us with efficient energy and can sometimes cause great damage. It must be harnessed wisely.”

The wind is a force, the engine of nature. Sometimes it is a destructive hurricane and sometimes it is a cool breeze. It is in our life in various states. The designer wants to make use of wind to make us connect with the things around us. The lights are turned on and off by blowing the air, and the control switches are fun and “warm” rather than pointed at a cold electronic screen.