When you're obsessed with finding the most awesome gadgets and devices, there's nothing more heartbreaking than the word "concept." Not only does it mean you're not going to find a given device in stores—it usually means you're never going to find it anywhere. Read More >>

Supported by a small army of 90 elastic rods, the seat on this 1001 chair feels like it's magically floating in place while it contorts and conforms to your body. The seat was designed and built by Thomas Hiemann and Markus Dilger, and the pair unfortunately seem to have no plans to build and sell more of them. So the creation is kind of a tease, and A Whole New World of disappointment. Read More >>

At over 240,000 square feet Ski Dubai is currently the largest indoor skiing facility in the world. But a Danish architectural firm believes that record should belong to Denmark, and so has designed and proposed an indoor ski facility for the city of Randers that will safely snatch the title of world's biggest from Dubai. Read More >>

You use buttons to turn things off and on all the time, and it gets boring. Surely there are cleverer ways to go about such a toggle. That's what the designers at Skrekkøgle thought when they came up with this neat little radio that shuts up when you cram a cork in it. Read More >>

If you're not a morning person, or are dealing with a nasty hangover, the clinking sound of a spoon stirring a mug of coffee could drive you insane. And the fact that you can't buy this clever Pegtop ridged mug that automatically stirs its contents when spun on a plate might annoy you even more. Read More >>

Falling asleep while studying is a rite of passage for students of higher learning, so why shouldn't university libraries install desks that made the occasional nap a bit more comfortable? Everyone from Edinburgh to Southampton should be calling up Russian designer Yaroslav Misonzhnikov and asking to buy his wonderful work desk with a secret spot for snoozing. Read More >>

Now there's nothing really wrong with the practice of making cocktails as it stands right now. Buying bottles of ingredients and mixing them together is pretty straightforward. This modular cocktail system would be awesome for the lazy, and the drunk, and lazy drunks. Read More >>

Realising that lots of people pretend they're holding a deadly weapon when wielding a flashlight, the makers of the Dogstar designed it to look like a handheld cannon straight out of a sci-fi epic. The beam is even turned on using a trigger instead of a button, so you can pretend those harmless photons it emits are a deadly spray of ammunition. Read More >>

If you've got a big move coming up, you might want to take some inspiration from this Red Dot Design Award-winning update to the lowly cardboard box. The Corner Box adds a small indent to one of the bottom corners giving you a spot to easily lift or drop a box without squashing your fingers. Read More >>

Designed by Fanny Adam, an arts student who was clearly living in a cramped dorm, the multi-functional Story sofa is an even more accomplished transformer than Optimus Prime. It changes from a sofa, to a bed, to a dining table—all the while providing ample storage with drawers and cubby holes. Read More >>

If dining in the great outdoors is your cup of tea, you'll love designer Jeriël Bobbe's Springtime picnic basket. Not only does it make it easy to use your bike to transport everything you'll need for a feast in the park—from plates, to cups, to food—the basket also transforms into a picnic table for two. Read More >>

The Dutch design firms Studio Roosegaarde and Hejimans Infrastructure just came up with a brilliant prototype for a "Smart Highway" that uses interactive lighting that adapts to driving conditions to make the roads safer. Enough with crap infotainment systems inside cars that distract us from driving with Twitter and dinner reservations—let's light up the roads like a night club until no one crashes again. Read More >>

Designer Danny Taylor created this smiley/frowny dimmer switch concept to help teach kids about responsible energy use. When the lights are off, the dimmer switch expresses its approval with a big smile across its face. But when the lights are on, a disapproving frown will be staring at you until you stop your wasteful ways. Read More >>

You might live in a small flat now, and really only need a single wireless speaker to handle your music needs. But then you move into a bigger flat, with a big, beautiful TV and need more audio power. Instead of relegating your trusty AirPlay speaker to second-class status and starting ove on the audio front, you could take a speaker like UnMonday's 4.3L and repurpose it into a single satellite as part of a 5.1 dolby digital surround sound system. Read More >>

The Wii Introduced the masses to motion-based gaming. The Kinect took things one step further and all but eliminated controllers. Microsoft's latest innovation, an infrared tracker which is worn on the wrist, could make gaming and UI controls even more immersive than before. Read More >>