Promising Designs

Promising Designs

Promising Designs featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Casper Pillow

Casper's pillow is designed for every sleeper. After undergoing extensive research, Casper's in-house engineering team found that the average person sleeps with a combination of soft and firm pillows for ultimate comfort. Casper’s unique dual layer design eliminates the need for confusing combinations of pillows. The Casper pillow features an inner core with shorter fibers to provide springiness in any position, and an outer layer with longer fibers for a cushy, luxurious feeling that is forgiving at any angle.

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LELO HEX

The advances and innovations of the HEX condom are rooted in its unique reengineered hexagonal structure. This design, comprising a network of individual hexagonal cells, assigns a number of game-changing benefits to the condom. Taking cues from architecture and from nature, the material is incredibly thin overall, but without compromising on strength and protection. The raised structure is on the inside surface, for an increase in grip and a more comfortable fit.

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Happaratus

Happaratus is a power tool that is worn as a glove and enables a user to shape and sculpt hard materials such as wood or stone using the hand. The tool has great potential for disrupting traditional crafts, as it opens up the possibility of creating very complex shapes with a very intuitive workflow. A prototype has been tested by artisans from various disciplines including stone-carving and furniture restoration. David Neat, a London based sculptor used a Happaratus prototype to create Grinlings, a series of beautiful wooden objects.

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Universal Robot Arms

Universal robots offer a user-friendly, affordable product with benefits such as, fast set-up, easy programming, flexible deployment, collaborative and safe, fastest payback, ur3, ur5 and ur10 can work right alongside people due to built-in force-sensing, universal robots have lowered the automation barrier tremendously, enabling automation in areas previously considered too complex or costly, employees with no prior programming experience are now promoted from operators to robot programmers as the robot takes over the dull, dangerous and dirty tasks, the result is an improved work environment

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T94 Series

The T94 Series is available in various work sites as well as being used for welding or grinding operation. Provision of additional functions such as operational cumulation, alarm and timer necessary for the user’s operational situation and application of a Protective Cover of a curved surface to improve a Diffuse Reflection problem occurred on a conventional Protective Cover of a flat surface.

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Stewart II

A haptic interface designed for a self-driving car. Stewart II enables a haptic dialogue between car and driver, providing the driver with high-level control over the autonomous vehicle. The prototype is fully interactive and is being used for user research and testing in a simulator study. The final objective is to design a haptic language that enables intuitive communication between man and machine for a satisfying driving experience.

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Read the latest interviews and conversations on design, creativity and innovation between design journalist and world-famous designers, artists and architects. See latest design projects and award-winning designs by famous designers, artists, architects and innovators. Discover new insights on creativity, innovation, arts, design and architecture. Learn about design processes of great designers.

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