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The Scientific Breakthrough that is the Titanium Squeezy Bottle

Posted: 23 Apr 2018 10:58 AM PDT

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Titanium is truly a wonderful thing. It’s virtually indestructible, having the highest strength to weight ratio of any metal. It’s unreactive, allowing it to be used inside the body too (I’ve got titanium clips inside me). It’s also a really nice song by David Guetta, but let’s not get into that. What’s more interesting is a recent bit of innovation that’s allowed titanium to behave it’s made of titanium.elastic. The Keego is a squeeze bottle… but it isn’t made out of HDPE or PET, it’s made of titanium.

The creator of Keego being a sportsperson and sports enthusiast himself, Lukas Angst, realized how much athletes depended on staying hydrated, and how none of the bottles delivered an experience that matched up to the quality standards set by the industry for sports equipment. You wear the finest breathable apparel, the best shoes, use the gear that gives you the best performance, but the bottle you drink from is made from cheap polymers having a bad taste and potential health risk. The need to reinvent the product struck him when he saw his favorite tennis player, Federer, take a break from destroying his opponent to sit at his bench beside his bag of specialist gear, and then drink from a lowly PET bottle.

A plastic bottle, Lukas says, seems to be the natural choice for a few reasons. Even though water tastes better coming from metal or glass bottles, they’re usually cumbersome and breakable, you have to stop and break up the flow to unscrew them. Plastic bottles are lightweight and can be passed or even thrown around. Their squeeze nature makes them a better choice on the field, because it’s quick and it promotes contact-less drinking, allowing teammates to pass around and drink from a single bottle. The price of that convenience? Bad-tasting water in a bottle that becomes a cesspool of germs and dirt, needing thorough cleaning every week.

It seems natural to say, in this situation, I wish we could make a squeeze bottle out of metal, and that’s what Lukas set out to do. Partnering with a team that produces accelerator components for CERN, Lukas developed Keego, the world’s only squeezable drinking bottle that uses metal. Its innovative design and material layering process (that allows to add an elastic core to a titanium bottle) lets the metal bottle be squeezed just the way a plastic bottle would. The titanium construction keeps the water clean and fresh while making the bottle nearly indestructible, scratchproof, and corrosion resistant. Keego retains all the positives of the plastic bottle, without any of the negatives.

Designed to be as high-end, functional, and cutting-edge as the rest of your sports gear (because no one likes settling for mediocrity) the Keego looks and behaves like your regular squeeze bottle (even fitting seamlessly into most bottle holders), but comes made not in polymer, but one of the strongest metals known to mankind. Me, I’m no sportsperson myself, but I’d definitely fancy owning the world’s first and only bottle to be made of squeezable metal!

Designers: Lukas Angst, Robert Vierlinger & René Bang Madsen

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You’ve got high-tech shoes, shirt and a high-tech bike. Why not a high-tech bottle?

Up until Keego all squeezable bottles were made of plastic. Which comes with a lot of disadvantages: Potential health risks, a throw-away mentality and most of all BAD TASTE.

Keego’s Technology

How can titanium be elastic? The secret behind KEEGO’s functionality lies within the ground-breaking production process, which allows us to add an elastic core to a titanium bottle. The key is to accurately control the fusion process in order to modulate the elasticity according to the amount of stress in different parts of the squeeze bottle. By the way: The Danish company mastering this process is renowned for producing accelerator parts for CERN and other accelerators around the world.

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A TV you can See Straight Through

Posted: 23 Apr 2018 10:51 AM PDT

The blank screen of a conventional television that isn’t in use can become a bit of an eye-sore in the room. But with the help of transparent display panels, this might not be a problem for too much longer.

Designed by Jang Junyoung to effectively communicate transparent display panels, this television is capable of blending almost perfectly into its surroundings when it isn’t in use. This intuitive technology is accompanied by a carefully considered and minimalistic design; the control board is housed and hidden within the television’s stand to ensure that is doesn’t compromise the simplistic design. The front and rear of this perfectly symmetrical stand rises at a shallow angle until it connects seamlessly to the thin bezel that surrounds the television screen.

This revolutionary technology has the potential to completely transform your room and cause you to view your television in a whole new way!

Designer: Jang Junyoung

Move Over, Leather. Silicone Storage is Here to Stay.

Posted: 23 Apr 2018 07:36 AM PDT

Viavia’s Transit creates a new wave of storage and carry that looks and feels more utilitarian than leather, serves its purpose, and does so while being eco-friendly, durable, water-resistant, stain resistant, and extremely handy. The Transit comes in three sizes and four colors, and is made from silicone, rather than the traditional leather. Its silicone construction is responsible for making it so functional, and giving it its avant-garde look.

The Transit pouch’s description helps you understand why it’s different from most EDC. Touted as the ultimate pouch for all your essentials, the Transit’s aim is to be useful first, and not concerned with making an overtly grand style statement. Available in 3 sizes, the Transit comes along with an organizer that slips right in, holding your things in place. Use it to hold your essentials while going to the gym (making it an ideal pairing with your functional gym clothing), or use it for day to day travel, or even outdoors (where the water-resistant aspect could really help), the Transit can hold your phone, EDC, cards, cash, cables, or even things like your passport. A circular cut in its rectangular design allows it to be suspended by your finger, or even carabiner clipped to your luggage, while a water-resistant zipper keeps water away from your belongings. Its soft silicone construction helps it cater to a different market, where durability and functionality are paramount. Leather lasts long as long as you take care of it… silicone lasts long even if you don’t. The Transit is stain and odor-resistant and can even be washed/cleaned under a running tap, or placed in a dishwasher.

The Transit Pouch is ideal for a lifestyle, rather than a personality type. Made for everyday and everywhere use, the transit is perfect for transiting between work and workout, home and office, or even on long outdoor journeys.

Designers: Gary Moore, Heidi Moore & Jason Brewer

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With it’s unique silicone construction paired with a water-resistant zipper and internal organizer, it’s destined to be the last pouch you ever need.

The Transit pouch is the perfect everyday pouch for protecting your goods, whether you’re traveling, exploring the outdoors, exercising, or simply on the go. Constructed with durable, BPA-free silicone, a water resistant zipper, and featuring an internal organizer as well as a handy loop that’s perfect for clipping, holding or swinging, these pouches are the perfect solution for organizing and protecting your daily necessities.

Available in 3 sizes and 4 colors, we’re pretty sure you can find one that’s perfect for you.

Every pouch comes with an internal wallet to keep all of your small items organized. It’s perfect for your phone, credit cards, loose change, lip balm–just about anything.

The Transit is constructed of high-quality, food-grade silicone that is durable and long-lasting, yet soft to the touch.

A water-resistant zipper keeps your belongings safe from the elements. Perfect for the beach, outdoors, or rainy days. (Note: Our zippers are highly water resistant, but not completely waterproof.)

The handy silicone loop, which is built right into the pouch through an innovative molding process, is perfect for clipping, hanging, and attaching to just about anything. (It’s also super fun to swing around on your finger!)

Every pouch also comes with a removable wrist strap for even more carrying and attachment options.

Since the Transit pouch is constructed of silicone, it does not absorb stains or odors, and can easily be washed by wiping or rinsing it off.

It is even dishwasher safe–we left one in our dishwasher for over 50 cycles and it is still in perfect condition!

Three sizes for a variety uses

The small is perfect for small accessories like makeup, cards, coins–things you carry with you everyday. It makes for a great wallet, small clutch, or gear pouch. This size will fit standard-sized smartphones.

The medium is great for everything from organizing small accessories within a backpack, to packing travel supplies, to keeping some emergency supplies in your car. It works great as a makeup case or small clutch. This size will fit all sizes of smartphones, including Plus-sized phones.

The large has quickly become our personal favorite–it is spacious enough to fit a full toiletries kit, lots of electronic supplies, and is great for travel. It also works well as a small purse. This size will fit all sizes of smartphones and iPad minis.

Available in four modern colors. Black, Blue Mist, Soft Gray & Pale Pink

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Take your Performance to the Streets

Posted: 23 Apr 2018 02:15 AM PDT

Each time a busker performs, it’s like a small scale and intermate concert in the street. They rely solely on their talent to capture an audience and engage passers-by, so what if there was a product to assist in this?

This is exactly what this compact device aims to do, ‘Busker’ is a portable projector that creates an event right on the side of the street! By projecting images or videos of the Street Musicians previous, larger scale, performances onto the floor it adds another element of interest to the activity and draws passers-by in.

Due to the nature of the environment it’s in it needed to be portable and hardwearing, but the designers didn’t want to compromise on the aesthetic of it. This led to a practical product with a carefully considered, intuitive and minimal design.

Designer: Minho Lee

Minimalistic Audi Attire

Posted: 23 Apr 2018 12:55 AM PDT

I’m not quite sure how I feel about this polarizing Audi fashion that’s more of a wearable accessory than a backpack. On one hand, I totally get the application of the Audi design language. It’s sleek, modern, minimalistic and stylish. In other words, all things Audi. One thing it’s not, however, is utilitarian. I mean, what could you possibly fit inside other than a stack of papers? Well, I guess you could carry a pancake… a book… polaroid photography… cash money… tortillas. Wait, those are all my favorite things! Maybe it’s more useful than it looks!

Designers: Seungbin Kim, MJ Kim, Yeon Kim & Yunjung Kim