Design A Day 6: The Scollar

I'm sure there is something exactly like this somewhere. Ive only seen knit ones that are a solid collar, but I can imagine there are ones out there with buttons. But hey, nothing new under the sun-and this is my design with my materials. So, I figure this takes the best part of the scarf and amplifies it, because you dont have to make an effort to wrap the scarf tight enough to really warm your neck and it stay put. I made it tall enough to reach up to your ears to help keep you really warm, or you could just fold it over if you want it shorter. Personally, I like it because it hides that unsightly double chin. Scarf+Collar=Scollar. Yup, reeeaaal creative.........sigh.

Design a Day 5: LED Mood Rings

Most everyone remembers mood rings, but for those who don't:
"A mood ring is a ring which contains a thermochromic element, such as liquid crystal. The ring changes color in response to the body temperature of its wearer. The color is said, by some proponents, to indicate the emotional state of the wearer"-Wikipedia
I thought we should bring these back with today's technology-an LED. This time, it could actually work. If the user had a way to control it, not just it telling the user what mood it thought he/she was in. That way, you could start communicating with people in a more subtle way.
"Don't talk to so and so when his ring is purple" or "ask the boss for a raise when his ring is red only". It would be fun to figure out what everyones colors meant.

Design a Day 4: Pre-Cell Phone Stressed Jeans

Some time ago, maybe in the 80's, we started to wear jeans that were distressed to make them have an appearance of being worn before we bought them (while writing that I realized how funny and ridiculous it seems). Well, with today's society, I thought my design should add to that. I figure people like to show off their cell phones in one way or another. Maybe these jeans could be for aspirational owners. Can't afford an Iphone? Buy jeans that make you look like you have had one since you had to wait in long lines to buy one. I figure you could buy them based on the model you wanted to own or do own, and if you did already own the phone, it would slip right into that groove right out of the box.
Now I would just have to avoid the temptation to charge 200 dollars for the jeans, with a 60 dollar monthly ownership fee.......

Design a Day 3:Light Wall

Im not sure how I would want to implement this idea. I just noticed I always loved keeping track of the light casting inside whatever room Im in during the day, and thought it would be a neat design element or graphic for telling time. This could be made into a watch face graphic even, or maybe a light installation in a room with no windows to help people feel more comfortable....maybe an office.

Design A Day 2: Sunny Side Up Candle

This was a silly Idea I had a while back. I remember thinking this could possibly be designed 2 ways; either the entire candle be made so that when it melted it looked like a sunny side up egg, or the base would be a sculpted piece to look like an egg white that held a candle which would melt into the yolk of the egg. I just had a funny image in my mind of walking into someone's house and there be a lot of sunny side up eggs lying around, maybe even all the yolks being different colors. Id make sure that these are not egg scented candles though....blech.

Design A Day 1: "You Can Quote Me On That" Chair

This idea came about when i was speaking to a friend on the phone, and I could visualize him making those quotation mark hand gestures with his fingers while he was talking. I thought it would be funny if we could make those invisible things visible somehow and bring what we use to convey on paper into life, to convey them for us when we are actually talking. It also got me thinking about the importance of the subjects we speak about. Maybe this chair is reserved for an occasion when we have something very important to say? Maybe it could also be a slightly uncomfortable chair-so that you aren't tempted to overstay your welcome making grandiose proclamations.....

Design A Day

So, I've been pretty bad about keeping up with this blog. I have no excuse for it either...and as a result Im sure no one who even knows about this blog bothers to check it at all, which is expected. So, in an attempt to do something fun, and as an experiment to see how long I can keep it going, I am going to start doing something Im calling "Design A Day".
Im going to make an effort everyday to sit down and give an idea for a design. Mind you, they won't be beautiful I would expect, but hopefully they will be spawned from good old observation, imagination or creativity that was inspired from some kind of stimulous...good bad or ugly.
Also, this will be a good way I hope to keep track of what I deem good or funny ideas, that way its down for posterity, and I can come back later to have a good laugh at myself for my vanity.
So, Here it goes!