Mark Holmes: Product Designer

wonderful minimalist designs and craftsmanship to back it up. m.

“London Design Festival 2010: Mark Holmes of Minimalux has launched a new collection of products including a stainless steel knife and spork, a silver and cork pill container (above) and an aluminum mobile.”//

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Solu — A New Breed of Computing by Solu Machines

i want one! — another gifted kickstarter concept design. m.

solu is a re-imagination of desktop computers, in a world filled with touch screen possibilities. the slim square box is cloud linked to offer worry-free computing, with unlimited hard drive potential while working offline. the entire ecosystem, including the software, was built around the way people work and play today, with a user interface that mimics the functionality of a brain.

solu’s operating system challenges the status quo by trading local files to a large gigabyte cache in the ‘cloud’. it removes the hassle of maintenance, backups, and installations while enabling offline use alongside native access to hardware. all the data is encrypted and kept in protected locations to maintain a high level of privacy. the zoomable display allows users to organize their projects and applications using simple, natural gestures. the pocket-sized computer is carved out of wood and can be used as a stand-alone portable device, or as full desktop experience with a connect monitor and keyboard. the company is looking for fabrication funding on their on kickstarter campaign, with a promise to deliver the solu computer in may 2016.

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Underwood makes Wine in a can the perfect option

as a wine drinker living on miami beach i’m definitely going to give this a spin. sharp typographics + branding too! m.

There’s a lot fuss in the realm of food and drinks, particularly around the idea of the “proper way” of doing thins. The “proper way” to make a Manhattan. The “proper way” to make sushi. I think we’re living in a fantastic time where we can throw the “proper way” out the window and embrace new ideas. A perfect example of this is Underwood, a canned wine produced by Union Wine Co. out of Oregon. Should wine be served in a can? Is canned wine better? I believe those questions are irrelevant. After having a can of the rosé over the weekend I can tell you the following: drinking wine from a can is awesome.

First, there’s the advantages in form, like how the can helps the wine stay cold longer, something I hadn’t thought of. It’s also really easy to drink in public as most people think you’re drinking a Diet Coke. It’s also worth remembering that an aluminum can holds 375ml so you’re drinking half a bottle of wine per can. That’s no joke.

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RW Concrete Church by Nameless Architecture

sharp design! love the massing. m.

RW Concrete Church, designed by Nameless Architecture, is located in Byeollae, a newly developed district near northeast Seoul, Korea. It evokes a feeling, not of a city already completed, but a building on a new landscape somewhere between nature and artificiality, or between creation and extinction. The church, which will be a part of the new urban fabric, is concretized through a flow of consecutive spaces based on simple shape, single physical properties and programs.

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