YELLOW BIRD PROJECT

Yellow Bird Project is a Montreal-based nonprofit that works with indie rock musicians to create unique t-shirt designs. T-shirt sales profit an array of charities each chosen by the artists. Included on the roster are local favorites Wolf Parade and Stars.

REDUCE REUSE REDESIGN

Shown above is the Hangelier 1.2 By Organelle Design. Organelle is an independent design studio based in Vancouver, BC that re-purpose off-the-shelf, and found objects in innovative ways. Who knew plastic hangers could looks so classy?















Ramon Coronado Mercado Negro, a cross-media visual designer based out of Los Angeles, creates recycled furniture from shopping carts as part of his Reclaiming & Furniture Design series.


















Designers at Reestore re-purpose old bathtubs into modern love seats using contemporary colors, fabrics and finishes.


















Designer Andrew Gregg from Bike Furniture Design in Michigan specializes in creating modern furniture made primarily from recycled steel and aluminum bicycle rims, handlebars and frames. His work is stunning and can be ordered online. Sweet!

CHAINABLE USB PLUGS

Designer Gonglue Jiang from Tongji University in Beijing, China has created this clever new USB concept. Linkable USB device plugs would increase the amount of ports available for users. An external AC adapter would supply the additional charge needed to run multiple plugs. No word on production yet.

ACCESSORIES FOR THE BALLSY TRAVELER

[Photograph by Marino Thorlacius]

For frequent travelers who are not worried about looking a little, um, out-of-the-box, meet Israeli-born designer Sruli Recht's latest "non product" Masked In Flight.

Recht constructed a series of four masks from folded laser-cut parchment, incorporating a respirator and replaceable N95 filters into each. Other features include light filtering sleep masks and sound reduction ear covers.

This product is perfect for a germ-a-phobe like myself, but if I did ever get the courage to whip it out on a trip, how do you get through customs?

To pre-order you own mask, email contact@srulirecht.com

LET IT RAIN

MISTERWILSON, an Amsterdam-based advertising and design firm, has developed innovative street advertising. RainCampaign messages appear on pavement when it rains and become invisible once again when the pavement dries.

RGB LIGHT

German and Swiss product designers Fabian Nehne and Martin Meier created this lamp inspired by the additive color model RGB. Fabian Nehne is working as a senior designer at Deutsche Telekom and Martin Meier is the senior designer lead at IDEA Munich. I haven't been able to find out if it's being sold anywhere yet or if it's still in the prototype stage.

FRESH BRANDING BY UK FRANCHISE

Puccino's, a UK-based coffee shop franchise, uses clever packaging to draw attention to their brand.