
Two from Reuben Miller:
You've all seen that wooden LED clock; now check out the Maple cell phone designed Hyun Jin Yoon and Eun Hak Lee. It took Silver at this year's IDEA awards and we're dying for it to go into production.
Those of you that watched Monday's video of Japan's Good Design Expo might have been wondering about the Segway-esque machine people are seen zipping around on. It's the Winglet, Toyota's answer to (or rip-off of?) Dean Kamen. Video:

Berlin Museum of Letters
TOKYO DESIGN WEEK 2008
EUROMOLD 2008
Designers' Open 2008
DESIGN PHILADELPHIA 2008
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008
ManufRactured EXHIBITION
Greener Gadgets Design Competition
The 4 Fields of Industrial Design:
The 5D's of BoP Marketing:
Berlin Museum Of Letters
Comments
Regarding the Toyota Segway's purpose - it is not trying to be a rip-off. The segway is neither street legal or sidewalk legal in Japan, this is Toyota addressing a local market. Also, it is easier to store in a congested urban environment. So basically it is looking a more congested urban approach.