Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Vitamin - A Life Less Ordinary

VTAMIN LIVING - A Life Less Ordinary
If there was one design shop in the whole world that truly amazes with every single product, it's got to be Vitamin. Their designs seem to border obscure reasoning, balancing between whacky design and thinking design. This is one of their old range and particularly one of my favourites. "Tab B" combines an ashtray with a plant pot. The pot sits on top of the ashtray, concealing it both visually and aromatically.
This self-watering plant pot's main feature is a medical drip feed. This unique characteristic allows the plant to be nourished with water and food as it is required.This is from their new range for 2006. This is i-pal, Web browsing watch. I bet the price on this baby would make most people browse right by.
A stacking set of glasses, cups, and saucers. Looks better in real life than the picture above.
The already infamous Urban Gnome now has a new role as a pair of bone china stereo speakers.
E-Light - Lights that subtly interact to movement sound and the arrival of emails. Might I say I am mighty impressed with this one. I love interactive furniture!
This is from their newest range, not launched in the market yet. The Game Shell is designed to hide unsightly controllers and envelop them with a slick, pebble-like form, the containers come in black and white high gloss cast acrylic with chrome details and a flocked interior.
This dartboard is designed to be both played and admired. The screen-printed felt dartboards are double-sided giving you an option of 2 attractive designs to display. The product comes with a set of three darts, with matching flights, in a felt pouch.
A chat with the designers reveals a shockingly high cost for this product. *shall not reveal it here* They are in the process of cutting costs for mere mortal like us.

Powder Seat allows you to use your snowboard as the seat of the bench. The board attaches to the legs of the seat via suckers to keep the board protected. It can also be flat-packed for easy storage.