In DESIGN

It Doesn't Get Any Better. A Triple Shot Espresso Gun.

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An espresso maker.. that’s a gun… that’s an espresso maker. It doesn’t get any better than that. Actually it could be better, but you’d need to adapt the gun to use a needle big enough for your neck vein. Even still, this is a design of caffeine creating beauty. Stefan Riegebauer, Christina Carli, Florian Kainz & Niko Schwarz are the team of students from Vienna University of Applied Arts, CreativeDNAaustria, who created such a product for their 3rd Term Design Project. It’s called il Tiro. We caught up with Stefan and found out just what inspired the idea and what challenge they faced through the process.

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In FAB

Relive Your Childhood… Give Your Mom a 3D Printed Ashtray

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Running out of things to give your mother for her birthday/Christmas/Mother’s Day? (hint: you’re late on that last one.) Shapeways, an online 3D printing company which already has one of the largest materials offerings on the net, has introduced Glazed Ceramics 3D printing. One of their trumpeted examples is a coffee mug, so it will surely be good enough to print out an ashtray for your non-smoking mother, giving her two gifts in one: an ashtray she doesn’t really need or want and the memories of when, as a child fresh out of art class, you gave her a clay ashtray that she didn’t really need or want.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Wave Kiln

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The crushing rush of wind pushed the ship forward. By this time, most of the shifters had already replicated their phase units, save for one. He stood at the bow, looking down at the massive vortex. Turning his gaze to the sky, he gave one last shout and summoned these links. Blaine Fontana – The…

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In DESIGN

These DIY Flat-Pack Shoes… You'll Wear Them In Space.

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I’ll tell you right now, I’ve always wanted to construct a pair of my own flat-packed space shoes, but these… these bring a pain to my mind that has made everyone around me start convulsing in a violent shoe-kicking rage. This stylish little ditty is the brain child of United Nude (He said NUDE!) with inspiration from artist Alicia Framis and the moon life project. They’re designed around the idea of future living IN SPACE – walking around the Lunar environment, taking in the sites, turning heads of other space citizens… if you’re able to put them together. Kick it!

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