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Unlike most chandeliers, the Thorn derives its beauty from raw, aggressive forms

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Rather than taking on the traditional approach of symmetry, refraction, reflection, and classical design details, the Thorn is a chandelier that’s designed to have an aggressive, unburnished appeal. The chandelier comprises two different parts that interlock in a combination of ways letting you customize the shape of it. It also comes with a set of sockets for low-intensity bulbs.

The Thorn takes inspiration from the hostile beauty of cacti or barbed wire. The form works exceptionally well in minimalist surroundings, becoming the very showpiece of the room, immediately drawing eyes to its ‘look-but-don’t-touch’ form!

The Thorn is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.

Designer: Yilmaz Dogan

The Foldable Dehumidifier has a bellow-shaped water tank that expands as it fills up

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A characteristic part of every dehumidifier is its water-tank, which pulls water vapor from the air to reduce its humidity. This water vapor condenses to turn into droplets of water that get collected within the dehumidifier, needing periodic emptying out. The bigger the tank, the more its capacity, and as a result, the bigger the dehumidifier. The Foldable Dehumidifier circumvents the problem of having massive dehumidifiers sitting in corners of our households. By essentially mounting the tank on the top of the device and turning it into an expandable bellow-shaped container, the appliance holds the ability to remain small but expand as water collects within it, like a balloon. When filled, the bellow-tank detaches off the appliance, and can be carried around, either being used to water plants, wash your car, or be used elsewhere in the house. Once emptied, the appliance resumes its compact shape, and can easily be stored in closets or tucked away somewhere you wouldn’t normally be able to stash a large appliance.

The Foldable Dehumidifier is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.

Designer: GREE Electric Appliances Inc.

The Dandelion is an all-terrain tire concept that has 72 legs instead of an air-filled tube

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If you think of it, your legs are the perfect transportation medium. Aside from the fact that they run on your energy, your legs can actually conquer any terrain. They can go up and down inclined surfaces just fine, can walk with relatively the same speed on pebbles, gravel, concrete, sand, and mud. Take that logic and bring it to the wheel and you’ve got the Dandelion, a low-maintenance tire concept that uses 72 independent legs/pins attached to a rotating hub to work efficiently on any sort of terrain. The pins compress inwards when pressure is applied, allowing the tire to flex and bend in a variety of ways depending on how rough the surface beneath it is. “By enabling increased ground contact, the tyre performs well even on rough roads and in off-road environments and requires almost no maintenance, maximising a vehicle’s operating capability”, say the designers behind the wheel’s unusual form.

The individual pins move up and down independently, allowing for more surface area to be in contact with the ground, multiplying the car’s efficiency. This makes the car relatively safer too, escaping the chances of a punctured or blown-out tire. The individual pins/legs are detachable and can be replaced when broken, making it lower maintenance than current tires that need to be painstakingly patched when punctured, or thrown away when worn out.

The Dandelion is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.

Designer: NEXEN Tire

This stool folds up and turns into a painting with a frame!

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Solving the problem of having to deal with functionally designed collapsible stools that look pretty displeasing when folded, Wenjiao’s Painting Stool transforms… well, into a painting! The printed artwork comes with a wooden frame that opens out into an X, turning the canvas into a comfortable seat. While I wouldn’t want people resting their bums against my artwork, it’s a neat way to take any nice graphic and transform it into a stool you can sit on when you’re running low on furniture, and hang on the wall when you’re done!

The Painting Stool is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.

Designer: Shen Wenjiao

The Barrier-Free Braille Board refreshes the age-old braille-slate design.

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Designed as an upgrade to traditional braille boards or braille slates, the Barrier-Free Braille Board helps you compose text in braille and easily write/punch it down on a piece of paper that’s sandwiched between a base-plate, and an upper plate that contains a sliding guide for punching the alphabets out. Like most braille boards, text on this board is written in reverse, but the Barrier-Free Braille Board has an extra plastic frame to hold the paper in place, so you can flip the paper over periodically to read what you’ve written. The overall design is made to be more ergonomic than off-the-shelf boards, while the sliding punch-plate acts almost like a cursor, letting you know where you’re at in the typing process, if you decide to stop midway.

The Barrier-Free Braille Board is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.

Designers: Yang Decai, Chen Dayu, Hao Taotao, Li Peijie, Tanzou Xinran, Yang Defa, Yang Xi, Yang An, Yang Changyuan & Zhu Zhifang

What if a specialized medical gadget could guide you through CPR?

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Slightly more than half of the American population claims to know how to perform CPR. That means there’s roughly a 50% chance that a bystander would know how to resuscitate you. CPR First Aider aims at being able to increase those chances. Not only does it help people who don’t know CPR, it helps people who do know CPR to perform it efficiently. The CPR First Aider is an extensive kit that includes a breathing mask that automatically delivers oxygen while assisting the patient to breathe along with a CPR module that has 4 legs and chest straps to ensure stable, sustained and effective pressure to the patient. An LCD screen on the top guides you through the procedure, while also displaying the patient’s stats blood oxygen concentration and electrocardiogram in real time. Designed to fold into a compact device, the CPR First Aider could easily be stored anywhere a fire extinguisher could be placed. If used correctly and on time, the CPR method could help save lives and prevent trauma from hypoxia. The award-winning CPR First Aider concept helps pave a way to that future.

The CPR First Aider is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.

Designers: Fang Di, Li Pengcheng & Yu Yuanyi

Cosmetic bottles that stack into each other for functionality as well as beauty

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Place the Cubessence bottles on top of each other and they stack almost seamlessly. The trick is in the design of the bottle, that comes with an angular base, but a regular skirt around it. The bottle’s bases are placed at an angle to avoid the neck of the bottle below, but that doesn’t mean they sit at an angle when you place them on their own, because the side walls still extend downwards in a regular fashion. This allows each bottle to individually look slightly unique, but look beautiful together, as they vertically align, forming a totem-pole of sorts. This makes the Cubessence bottles both efficient to pack, as well as interesting to look at! A third benefit lies within this design too. The angled base reduces wastage. By making sure that one corner of the base is lower than the others, Cubessence makes sure the pipe within the bottle sits at this lowest corner, pumping out every ounce of the liquid to make sure the bottle is completely empty before you decide to dispose of it!

The Cubessence is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.

Designer: Luo Haozhen

In the future, better cars will be decided by how good their interiors are, rather than horsepower

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According to Daniel Martini and the guys at Changan, we’re going to see a pretty solid shift in the automobile world, where a better consumer car isn’t better because it has a better engine, but because it’s a better cabin on wheels. Meet Individual Autonomy by Changan, a private self-driving automobile that explores how people occupy themselves while driven by an autonomous car, as well as the relationship between user and private vehicle.

Individual Autonomy is literally a self-transporting bubble on wheels. With an organic blinds-system that allows you to turn the glass cabin into a transparent bubble when you want, and an enclosed space from the sides when you need, Individual Autonomy focuses on how you interact with the car, now that there is no steering wheel to control it. The interiors transform into a beautiful lounge that you can relax or work in while the car travels around completely on its own. Blinds on the side allow you to shut out the sides of the car when you’re trying to concentrate, but I’d much rather prefer they were open, because then you’re treated to a stunning panoramic view of the road you’re driving through. Now that would be something I’d enjoy!

Individual Autonomy is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.

Designer: Daniel Martini (Changan Automobile European Designing Center S.R.L.)

The remarkable simplicity of a fishbowl that lets you change the water without evicting the fish

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You know one of those ‘kick myself for not having thought of it first’ ideas? This is a prime example. The function of the Harbour fishbowl is explained in one simple image above. The fishbowl comes with a smaller volume attached to its side. When you want to change the water, tip the bowl over so that the water gently spills out. The water level should gradually recede and the fish should find itself inside the smaller volume in the fishbowl. Now simply pour fresh water in and you’re done. That’s it! The fish doesn’t need to be trapped, baited, and pulled out of its bowl and put into a glass or plastic bag while you change the water in its fishbowl. It simply has its own safe space to reside in while you change the water in the bowl every week or so. So simple, so sensible.

The Harbour Fishbowl is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2019.

Designers: Ma Xiaoqi & Ma Zhe

This skateboard uses less than half the material but provides more than double the strength

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This porous skateboard may seem outwardly fragile, but it’s designed and engineered to be as strong as any other regular skateboard, if not stronger. Designed to be more sturdy and ecologically conscious than wood, the Lightweight Skateboard is die-casted using a magnesium alloy that’s finished using CNC Machining. The high-strength, low-weight skateboard comes with an adjustable wheel-base too, giving it even more of an edge over your regular wooden skateboard!

Designer: Wang He of Hanma Creative

Appearance inspired by the weight, flexibility and strength of leaf veins.

The skateboard can be used on roads and pavements alike. It has four main characteristics: non-slip, shock absorption, adjustable wheelbase and smooth turning. The adjustable wheelbase caters to beginners, who are better suited for longer wheelbases, and experienced skaters who prefer short wheelbases.