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Drains and manhole covers are a sore point with me. Slippy, oily, ugly metal motorcycle catchers that often reach out and insist unsuspecting bikers pay a visit to the concrete below. But smart invention has begun to deliver perhaps a chink of hope…possibly consigning these dangers to history if UK proposals are accepted by Europe.New non-slip manhole covers offer equivalent grip to a good quality road surface, according to the BMF.

Yipee I hear all motorcyclists roar (well perhaps not quite) but then look at them…

Really there is no excuse for unimaginative design even for the most mundane of objects. You only have to look at Honfay Lui who has created a concept for  drainage systems ‘Matrix’ to realise the ordinary can be extra ordinary.

www.yankodesign.com and www.motorcyclenews.com

 Its amazing when you sit and figure out where you have been in the world.

• Create your own travel map or travel blog
• Visit TripAdvisor.com

Launching this week as part of Milan’s furniture festivities, the latest collaboration with leading designers and the second with Karim Rashid and Veuve Clicquot is this reinvention of a chandelier in the form of a glowing pink champagne holder that doubles as a cooling tote. The design, an asymmetrical sensual ellipse, was the result of Rashid’s initial scribble after asked to meld the immaterial and the material like he’d done with his first project for Veuve, the loveseat. Realizing his doodle was “the idea in itself,” the Globalight literally circles the champagne and adds ambient illumination that plays off the pink hue of Ros champagne, for which it was designed.

Bringing lighting experts Zumtobel into the project, the lamp-cum-basket uses technology to light up without heating and in fact keeps bottles at the ideal temperature for up to two hours.

Limited to a run of 500 (only 50 of those will be available for the U.S. market), the Globalight will be available on Eclicquot in May for $4,000.

via coolhunting

Designer Karim Rashid has designed a collection of five spirit bottles for Bombay Sapphire in conjunction with jewellers Garrard and crystal brand Baccarat. Called Revelation, the bottles are made of hand-cut crystal and decorated with sapphires and diamonds, costing $200,000 each.

Nice advertisement for the olympics…

Simply beautiful photography…

www.grunertimaging.com

A new entry in the bottled water market, Y Water, comes fresh out of Venice Beach - has a playful bottle designed by Yves Behar - and can be built into crazy structures. Targeted at kids these are organic, low calorie drinks chock full of vitamins and minerals! “Y Water’s attention-getting names—Muscle Water, Bone Water, Immune Water, and Brain Water—communicate the idea that the ingredients are the building blocks of healthier bodies.” And there’s the green angle too: bottles are 100% recyclable and 100% reusable as a creative developmental aid… And perhaps just as fun, are the crazy illustrations all over the Y Water site.

Not Cot.com