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TZOA wearable environment tracker measures UV and air pollution
Impossible Technology’s electric bicycle folds away into a backpack
Proper Coffee’s Imperial Drip machine brews drinks slowly to improve flavour
Seatylock is a bicycle seat that is also a removable bike lock
Scribble’s colour-matching pen can write in millions of tones
Cut&Paste announces online product design showcase
Cut&Paste and HP launch contest for pre-crowdfunded product campaigns
Kawamura Ganjavian designs Kangaroo Light for the bottom of your bag
“Smart” bicycle by Vanhawks gives directions with flashing lights and vibrating safety alerts
Luke Jerram transforms Bristol’s Park Street into 90 metre water slide
Pocket-sized printer creates documents by rolling across pages
Chineasy illustrated characters designed to make learning Chinese easy
Origami-influenced umbrella “bounces back into shape” after blowing inside out
Ostrich Pillow Mini by Studio Banana Things enables napping on the go
New magazines: “A lasting record of the world of design at a point in time”
Randy Slavin paints with light to create Cobra Starship’s Never Been In Love music video
“Making something big happen at an urban scale is more than a popularity contest”
BCXSY’s Mixed Animals magnetic soft toys launch on Kickstarter
MoMA Design Store presents Kickstarter-funded products at New York Design Week
Hanna Yoon’s Experience Journal helps you record your favourite places
3D drawing will “give the world a new way to communicate”
Kickstarter means that “big brands are at a disadvantage”
Paul Cocksedge’s Double O bike lights slot securely around a D-lock