Dash-Dash - Art & Design weblog

UK-based designer Peter D’Alessandro has come up with a clever solution to chopping board woes, mainly the grievance caused by unwanted mixing of waste scraps and edible parts to be kept. Two magnetic trays sit at either side of the wooden board–one to collect waste and one to collect chopped pieces. Waste and Want’s removable trays contain both what you want and what you don’t for easy transport to the plate, pot, or wastebasket.

from Core77

This mug is up to no good, a great idea by putting a trigger on the ear of the mug! available in black with platinum plated trigger, white with gold plated trigger. Designed by chillichilly, Hong Kong-based design studio

Get one here

Snowtone aka Stephen Hauser is an industrial designer based in Tokyo. This is one of his designs by mixing up the conventional waste basket into a magazine holder.

From MoCo Loco

VEST takes a look at the ideas of contraband and the value of goods in relation to their limited availability, as well as broader terms of luxury, boundaries and rules. Pictured above is the Goods modified plate by Jonathan Sabine.The VEST collection will be shown at MADE in Toronto, from September 6 through October 20.

Vest Collective. Read more here from MoCo Loco

These are a set of really cool packaged wines by Click Wine Group.

The packaging of Bootleg wines provides an ultra-clever update on the image of Italy as a boot-shaped peninsula. Each bottle is sleekly shrink-wrapped to look as though it’s clad in thigh-high leather, while a sexy zipper that running the length of the bottle further suggests that the wine is utterly well-heeled.

from eternallycool

“Place Mark Project, a series of “irregular tables [that] frame occurrences that are hidden from the eye and quote topographies of extinct life.”. The project was part of a group show called ‘In Front Of Your Nose – Seven survival spaces’ where “Amar presented ‘impaired’ tables that constitute situations which relate to ‘putting the problem on the table’.”

check it out here as seen from Moco Loco

Here is Pumas new Urban Mobility line, features some sleek and modern products that are accented with wood panels.

Link here, from NotCot

Levi’s recently announced that they will be releasing a Levi’s Mobile Phone.

“The Levi’s® phone embraces mobile technology and enables young people to connect, enjoy music, exchange images and videos whilst on the go.

The functional essence of the Levi’s® brand’s design philosophy is perfectly captured by the phone’s compact design and sturdy riveted steel casing. A unique detachable chain provides a clever design solution that allows users to fasten their phone to their jeans or bags.

The Levi’s® phone is offered in metallic silver, black and brown copper. Stylish feminine “shiny silver” and “shiny sand” editions, featuring a ‘mirror’ screen have also been created for the fashion forward.”

After the Levi’s iPod pants, this shouldn’t come as a big surprise.

Japanese store Plusminuszero has released their new collection featuring a coffee & tea maker, toaster, heater and many more! All beautifully designed and crafted with a minimalistic touch. View the collection here

Check out this awesome new folding table designed by Jakob Gebert for Moorman. Unlike those cheap and unappealing plastic folding tables, when apart, the legs of the Tschmich lay flat in slots under the table and when inserted into the grooves on top, the table is as stable as ever.