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This ‘sunset lamp’ also has a built-in incense burner that creates a foggy winter sunset in your room

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Imagine looking out of your window to see layers of wispy fog kissing the mountains in front of you. Trees emerging from the smoke, with only their coniferous tips visible. The sun touching the horizon in the distance, a cup of coffee in your hand. Quite a change from your current view, with buildings blocking your view of the sky, pigeons, honking cars, cacophony, no? Well, regardless of your urban setup, the Brume hopes to transport you to the tranquility of the foggy mountains with a simple flip of a switch. Part sunset lamp (or rather, spotlight), and part incense burner, Brume casts a glow of light against your wall, while the smoke from the incense sticks help create fog-like wispy patterns against the light, and simultaneously fills your room with a pleasant aroma to make you forget the world around you.

Designers: Jeseok Poong, Designer Dot, workplace 42

The beauty of the Brume is its multisensory nature. It’s a lamp but more than just one. Designed to fill your room with ambient light while also helping you escape reality, the Brume does a wonderful job of being greater than the sum of its parts. The light and smoke come together to remind you of the mountains, and the clouds at eye level.

Brume can be split into its two parts – the sunset lamp, which casts a focused circular shape on any wall that you point it at, and an electric incense burner that sits right in front of it, emitting the fragrant smoke right in front of the light source. The incense burner uses a set of ‘tablets’ as opposed to conventional incense sticks or cones. Place the tablet into its slot on the Brume’s tray, and you’re ready to be transported to the wintry mountains. Switch the Brume on and the device simultaneously activates the incense burner as well as the lamp, with a knob on the side to control the lamp’s brightness. The device runs on a battery, giving it a couple of hours’ worth of use on a full charge, and a USB-C port at the back lets you charge your Brume every couple of days.

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This inclusive computer mouse redefines the gadget’s design by working using the wrist, no fingers needed!

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Allin is an inclusive, barrier-free mouse that was designed to be ergonomic specifically catering to the needs of amputees and those who struggle to use computer mouses.

Most of us are working on our laptops or desktops for the entire workday, but not without consequence. From our eyes to our wrists, from our posture to our bums, we go through physical strain every day just by sitting at our desks and staring at our computer screens while endlessly typing.

Providing their own solution to one part of this daily struggle, Designer Dot conceptualized Allin, an ergonomic mouse designed specifically for amputees and others who have trouble operating desktop and laptop mouses.

Constructed with a curved design, Allin features a soft impression where users can place their wrists to access the mouse’s control functions. Replacing the right and left click buttons with right and left tilt buttons, users simply lean their wrists to one side or the other to click links on their computer screens.

The mouse tilt buttons are positioned at different angles to ensure that the intended button is clicked. The left tilt button clicks at approximately 45 degrees while the right tilt button can be clicked at 20 degrees. Wireless by design, Allin comes with an accompanying magnetic charger that provides the mouse with enough charge to last through the workday.

Primarily designed for amputees and for those who struggle to use computer desktop and laptop mouses, Allin is ergonomically designed to fit every human’s natural wrist movement. Allin is a supplemental computer accessory that can be partnered with any laptop or desktop computer to ease the physical strain that comes with working at a keyboard all day.

Designer: Designer Dot

The magnetic charger provides Allin with the battery necessary for its wireless function.

Embedded technology reconceptualizes the inner workings of traditional computer mouses.

With a minimal outer surface, Allin can adapt to any brand of computer or laptop.

Allin is envisioned in matte black, off-white, blush pink, and lemon yellow.

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This at-home plant cultivator keeps a minimalist design and grows any plant indoor, in your kitchen!

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Balance is an at-home plant cultivator that keeps a small enough size and minimalist design to fit into any modern kitchen.

The pandemic proved that having access to your source of produce should be as commonplace as having access to clean drinking water. Still, the majority of us rely on grocery stores and delivery apps to get our produce and fresh greenery. While keeping our eyes peeled for buzz words like organic and local harvest is a personal choice, there’s no way of knowing exactly under what conditions and where our produce is harvested.

Balance, a plant cultivator designed by Designer Dot, is designed for those of us who’d like access to a personal supply of fresh produce at home without the hassle of tending to a garden day-in, day-out.

Designer Dot is known for its extensive catalog of household appliances. Designer Dot is all about merging minimalist aesthetics with convenient design from wireless portable chargers to self-contained coffee brewers.

When creating Balance, the team at Designer Dot sought to conceptualize an at-home plant cultivator that’s compact enough to fit into any modern kitchen and inconspicuous in its minimalist design to adapt to any interior design scheme.

Stocked similarly to most plant cultivators, Balance comes with pull-out drawers that contain pods and sprout cavities for produce and crops to germinate from and grow. The drawers themselves can be removed to allow ceiling height for taller plants to grow, which users can swap in and out for different plants accordingly.

Once the seeds are planted, Balance takes care of the rest. Inside Balance, LEDs pour nonstop grow light over the seedlings to ensure healthy crops come time to harvest. To prevent the LEDs from busying the kitchen too much, Designer Dot built-in scroll blinds to shield the cultivator’s light from view.

Keeping a rather minimal exterior, Balance originally comes in a blush pink shade, which users can customize to fit their tastes.

Metallic ribbing with integrated haptic sensor technology runs down the length of Balance’s front facade, functioning as the appliance’s control panel. There, users will find the on/off button, temperature dials, as well as other control switches that work to optimize growing conditions for the plants inside. Additionally, like most modern home appliances, Balance comes with an accompanying app that suggests the best care for each user’s specific plants.

Designer: Designer Dot

Balance’s integrated smartphone app alerts users when plants require special care. 

Intuitive app reminders signal to users the overall conditions of their plants. 

When placed in the kitchen, Balance’s scroll blinds provide a stylish way of covering the appliance’s bright LEDs. 

Along Balance’s front facade, metallic ribbing encases haptic control panels.

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This iPhone Magsafe charger comes with a wireless attachment that doubles as your backup power bank!

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Chau is a new modular charger that comes with a charging dock station and wireless charger the size of a pop socket so you can charge on the go without the bulk of portable charging packs.

Leaving the house at 25% always feels like a gamble. When our phones aren’t fully charged, we know we’ll have to compromise our precious screen time if we plan on Ubering home at the end of the night. Wireless chargers come in handy, but their bulkiness makes it feel like lugging around another iPhone altogether. Designer Seo Youngeun collaborated with Designer Dot to conceptualize a wireless iPhone charger called Chau that adds as much bulk to your smartphone as a pop socket.

Chau is a wireless charger that can be either mobile or stationary. Much like wireless chargers already on the market, Chau comes in two parts: a wireless charger and its charging dock. The charging dock can be plugged into any outlet and features two charging stations for Apple products. The raised charging station holds the auxiliary charger in place so users can either leave their phone to charge on the dock or dislodge the auxiliary charger from its magnetic port and charge on the go. Working from home, we don’t have all of the supplemental charging accessories that fill up the office and our appliances with juice. Chau is designed especially for new WFH circumstances, where we move from one room to the next with our iPhones in tow and our chargers left behind. With Chau, our iPhones can always have access to some extra battery juice.

Besides the wireless charging port, Chau features a flat charging surface similar to Apple’s MagSafe Charger that can charge any EDC Apple product from your Apple Watch to your AirPods. Made from silicone and coated in varying shades of matte plastic, Chau has a similar texture to that of other Apple charging products. Having Chau in your home office will help streamline our workdays and keep our iPhones running as long as we are.

Designer: Seo Youngeun x Designer Dot

Before settling on Chau’s final form, Seo Youngeun went through multiple ideations.

Chau is compact by design so it can fit on any desk or in any workspace.

Chau allows for landscape positioning so you can stream or watch movies while charging. 

Chau’s flat charging surface lets users charge their EDC Apple items like AirPods and Apple Watches. 

Chau’s modular auxiliary charger comes with its own charging ports so users can charge it while away from home. 

Seo Youngeun adapted Apple’s silicone and matte plastic design language for Chau.

Chau’s charging dock can standalone and remain fully charged in place on your desk. 

Coming in an array of different colors, Chau adds some color to your home office. 

This electric coffee pot comes with a removable inside to resolve your kettle deep-cleaning struggles

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Unfortunately, bacteria love coffee too. The high temperatures that fill up coffee pots and the acidity of caffeine are grounds for bacteria to thrive. These invisible microorganisms are already swimming in the remnants of yesterday’s pot before we have our first cup in the morning. While we can’t see them, the thought of them is enough for our acid reflux to start up again. Developed by Juyeon Kim for Designer dot, Florecer is a coffee pot created for a line of hotel appliances that were designed to stay clean and bacteria-free.

Cleaning out the hard-to-reach chambers of traditional coffee pots is a losing game. Translated from Spanish, Florecer means ‘to bloom,’ which underlines the coffee pot’s two-part and easy-to-clean build. Striking a balance between a minimal and modular design, Florecer is a coffee pot separated into two parts, resembling the bloom of a flower at its lid. The larger canister contains Florecer’s interior water chamber, which can be extracted and washed out before and after coffee brews. Dividing the canisters into removable parts gives each of them a fuller body, streamlining the cleaning process and avoiding the prospect of bacterial accumulation. Similar to electric tea kettles, Florecer features an embedded heating coil beneath its outermost canister that heats the interior water chamber. Equipped with a stable grip and LED power status button, Florecer is easy to hold and intuitive by design. Topping the appliance off, a rubber lid keeps the heat transfer contained inside the coffee pot.

With more and more research coming out to prove the likelihood of bacterial growth inside coffee pots, coffee and cleanliness go hand in hand. While we’re on vacation, the thought of bacteria growing in coffee couldn’t feel further from our days spent sunbathing and swimming in the ocean. Juyeon Kim, in collaboration with the design studio Designer dot, created Florecer to maintain the hygienic standards we’ve come to expect from hotels and to keep our eyes on the beach.

Designer: Juyeon Kim x Designer dot

With an extractable interior chamber, Florecer can be cleaned from the inside out.

Possibly part of a larger collection of home products, Florecer takes on a modular and minimal design that could be applied to future hotel appliances.

Meaning ‘to bloom,’ in Spanish, Florecer’s two canisters appear as a single flower blooming from its top.

The rubber lid and interior chamber can both be removed for deep cleaning.

Inspired by the build of water filters and electric tea kettles, Florecer has familiar shape and clean design.

An LED power button indicates when a brew is complete.

An embedded heating coil is stationed beneath Florecer’s outermost chamber to transfer heat to the coffee canister.

When plugged in and turned on, heat fills Florecer up to finish the brew.

A rubber lid tops it all off to keep the heat contained inside the chambers.

Florecer breaks down into three parts: the coffee chamber, exterior canister, and a rubber lid.

This easily swiveling projector is set to redefine our presentations. Watch the video!

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I remember the days in grade school when the big, clunky projector would come rolling down the center of the room for a math or history lesson. Even in work settings, the projector comes in handy to put documents and visual presentations up on the wall so everyone can follow along. Technologically, we’ve moved past the need for projectors, but recent setbacks brought on by the pandemic have inspired one designer to bring them back to life. In collaboration with Designer Dot, designer Dongeon Kim created the Visual Presenter, a projector for the modern world.

Since most of our work now is taking place over Zoom or, more generally, on the computer, the convenience of handing out physical documents for the whole team to follow along has been lost. Noticing a potential need for the projector to come back to life, Kim designed his Visual Presenter. Ditching the clunk of old-school projectors for an extremely minimal and slim design, the Visual Presenter is a foldable and extendable projector that forms the same shape as a modern desk lamp.

Say there’s a page in a book that’s relevant to a work project that you’d like to show your team – instead of scanning and printing out tens of copies of the same page, the Visual Presenter would allow users to project that page on a Zoom call for the rest of the team to follow along, just like old history lessons in grade school. The camera itself boasts a simple form, coming together only as a small rotating ball positioned at the end of its foldable metal rod. The Visual Presenter’s camera can capture documents and images laid out on your desk or even behind your desk using its folding mechanism. It’s like a webcam, only much better and with a lot of control from our end.

When not in use, the Visual Presenter folds down into a slim, discreet desk accessory that can rest just behind your keyboard. Then, when needed, the Visual Presenter can be unfolded to reveal its cross-axis extension that can be adjusted to capture images from anywhere in the room. Additionally, a small control panel located on the side of the Visual Presenter’s base allows users to fine-tune the focus and adjust the brightness of any given projection.

Designer: Dongeon Kim with Designer Dot

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A Front load washing machine with a sliding drum is the ergonomic home appliance we need!

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I hate doing laundry and I am literally waiting for a day they invent the washing machine that can spit out my clothes washed, dried, ironed, and folded. If I can continue dreaming, it would be amazing if the clothes are also stored in my closet without me interacting with them at all. Leaving my Jetson’s inspired dream aside, Kyeongsu Kim has designed VISDUM to take one step in the direction of making this home appliance more ergonomic.

Front-load washing machines are often touted as the better/more expensive version of the washing machine family. The reason for that is the part gravity plays in washing the clothes when they rotate vertically. Ergonomically speaking, the front load washing machines focus on saving the user’s waist and knees. But what about the constant bending for more than 30 degrees to deal with our clothes every time? Not talking to you bachelors who do laundry once a week, but look at the normal family or older people who use the machine at least once a day. Kyeongsu’s design merges the best of both worlds – it allows the effectiveness of a front load washing machine work with a top opening to access your laundry. VISDUM uses a sliding drum that comes forward or is exposed and can be accessed by a handle. To sal the machine, a cap can be installed inside the drum. Kyeongsu has also worked on creating an improved interface – using minimal icons to provide improved controls for the user.

VISDUM is one of those designs that are so simple yet effective in their problem solving, we wonder, why did no one think of that earlier? In an era where we have designed every aspect of these appliances we are using since decades, VISDUM takes product deign to the core of what it is – problem solving. Making an appliance SMART is not the upgrade everyone needs, but making it more ergonomic? We are all on board with that!

Designer: Kyeongsu Kim and Designer Dot

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This folding electric mosquito swatter expanding like a fan is the ultimate 2021 summer accessory!

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Despite what it may feel like, the warmer months are getting closer, which means so are the mosquitoes. Fortunately, there are plenty of designs out there to protect us from summertime bugs, like mosquito-killing lamps, DEET bug sprays, and citronella candles. However, when it comes to portable bug repellants for camping trips or long hikes, lamps can feel too bulky to pack, and sprays smell too much like chemicals. Ditching bulkiness for compactness and swapping chemicals for electric current, Sang Kun Park designed FOLD, a foldable electric mosquito net inspired by the traditional Korean fan.

A lot of us are going camping or spending more time outdoors these days, and when the bugs come out hunting, we need to be prepared. Sang Kun Park designed FOLD with Designer Dot so that when nature calls out our names, no amount of mosquitoes can get in the way of enjoying it. FOLD’s compact size is its primary appeal, fitting into even the most tightly packed knapsacks. Resembling the traditional Korean fan’s shape and folding apparatus, FOLD is a handheld, portable alternative to the heavy mosquito lamp that measures only two times the size of an average-sized smartphone when folded.

When fully extended, FOLD’s power buttons are revealed on the side of its handle, which charges up the swatter’s electrical current. In order to child-proof the electric mosquito net, whenever something touches the net’s electric current, a 0.5-second gap is applied before FOLD’s current revs back up again. In addition, when FOLD is not powered on but unfolded, the electric current will remain inactive in order to protect younger family members. When FOLD is expanded to its full length and width, 32 individual nets can be counted from left to right, and with additional LED lighting, not even one mosquito can get past this net.

Designers: Designer Dot x Sang Kun Park

With more people spending time outdoors, Sang Kun Park designed FOLD as a portable means of protection against mosquitoes.

When folded, FOLD measures at 250 x 70 x 36cm, and when fully expanded, FOLD doubles in size, reaching lengths of 420 x 235 x 36cm.

The fan itself is constructed from durable leather in order to remain an essential staple when packing for outdoor trips.

With 32 nets, no mosquito will get past FOLD.

LED lighting lets users spot mosquitoes even in the darkness of night.

With a rotational structure, FOLD expands seamlessly.

Both ends of FOLD’s fan meet and connect with a magnet to ensure constant operability.

Constructed forms stainless steel, FOLD’s power and LED switches securely click and lock into place.

This electric fly swatter takes a neat cue from the portable Folding Fan!

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Inspiration can come from unusual places, and when it does, it can help reinvent a product in a new kind of way. Take for instance the FOLD, an electric fly-swatter that instead of being a rigid racquet, models itself on the folding fan. The FOLD’s unique design allows it to fold down into the size of a baton that you can carry around with you (or even slip right into your duffle bag when you go camping or on an outdoor trip). When the cretins come a-knockin’, the FOLD is ready for swattin’! The two-part handle opens up and the swatter’s individual electric mesh surfaces align to turn into a racquet-shaped device that instantly zaps all sorts of bugs. Just switch the FOLD on and channel your inner Serena Williams!

The Fold’s battery pack lies inside its slim, two-part handle. A neat USB-C slot on the bottom lets you charge your swatter (in open or closed condition), so that you can keep the bugs away at any time of the day!

Designer: Park Sang-Gun for DesignerDot Academy

A kid-friendly refrigerator to keep all the members of the house happy with great food!

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‘Assorti’ translates to ‘harmony,’ in French, and a new line of refrigerators, designed specifically and equally for both children and parents, from Designer dot embraces exactly that. When it comes to household appliances, it sometimes seems that the usability or user-friendliness is tailored for young adults or older adults – children typically are left with the appliances that they’ll soon grow out of, but Assorti changes that.

Assorti aims to decrease the overall distance between children and adults – Assorti is a refrigerator designed with both parents and children in mind as users. The designers behind Assorti have designed and constructed a refrigerator that provides separate compartments for children that are easily reachable even from low heights. The refrigerator is comprised of two main sides, the child and the parent. The child’s side is found on the left of Assorti and is made up of two sliding cupboard-like compartments. This is the ‘ready-to-eat’ side so that children can easily grab a juice pack, cool pack of fruit snacks, or a yogurt cup whenever they choose and parents won’t have to worry about any mess popping up before dinner from children climbing shelves to reach their favorite flavor. The child’s side is equipped with a three-tier, refrigerated sliding shelf that comes out to full extension so the children of the house can peruse the snack shelves at their leisure. Assorti grants your kids limited access to the refrigerator’s goodies in order to instill both a sense of know-how in the kitchen for young people and a sense of respect for thoughtful boundaries set by parents.

Right above the child’s cupboard, parents will find an additional sliding shelf, this time only two-tier, where they can store their ‘more adult’ items like liquor or skincare products. Moving over to the right side, the parent’s side, a classic refrigerator model takes shape. Inside, you’ll find plenty of shelf room, pull-out drawers, and a freezer section, so that you can store all of your ingredients for cooking, like meats, fish, poultry, fruits, and vegetables. Assorti also comes with a display screen, located on the right side, which informs users of the temperatures for each section of the refrigerator, including the storage cupboards, the refrigerator, and the freezer. Assorti also comes in three different colors, rose pink, taupe gray, and slate black, so that no matter your kitchen space, Assorti can easily slide into the harmony of your home.

Designer: Designer dot