Design Stories

Design Stories

Design Stories featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Glow

Nescafe Decaf's "Why Not?" campaign paved the way for the first glow-in-the-dark print material ever to be produced. A cup of great tasting coffee during the evenings can be very enjoyable as with the experience of our readers once they land on our print ad. In a lit room, the material shows a Nescafe Decaf pack with the headline: “Sarap ng Kape” ("Great Tasting Coffee") When lights are turned off, the moon and stars glow along the new copy that reads: “Sarap ng Kape…Lalo Na Sa Gabi!” ("Great Tasting Coffee...especially at night!")

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Magnetic menu

A few plastic transparent foils linked with magnets that serve as the perfect cover for different types of printed material. Easy to use. Easy to manufacture and maintain. Long-lasting product that saves time, money, raw materials. Environmentally friendly. Easily adaptable for different purposes. Ideal use in restaurants as a cover for menus. When waiter brings you just one page with fruit cocktails, and just one page with cakes for your friend, for example, it’s almost like personalized menus made just for you.

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Paperclip Armrest

The Paperclip Armrest is a dual-level armrest that allows neighboring occupants to use the same armrest at the same time- useful in eliminating the frustration that occupants in tight seating arrangements face, such as in the theatre or in the economy class cabin. The Paperclip Armrest is a simple and elegant solution to an age-old problem. It is a design concept that can appear in many different shapes and forms.

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Ergo-table for bed

The table is able to rotate in a certain angle to fit under the bed/compartment for maximize space and open in a usable manner. Able to have few swivel feature which is on 2 planes to have easy swing for the user. It can help solve potential problem on placing the laptop or similar devices directly on to the bed which traps air flow. In ergonomic aspect, the Swing table lets the user have a proper mounting surface to avoid pressing on user's lap. While the body is on preferred posture, the table swings towards him/her easily maintaining comfort. The use of table is disabled friendly too.

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Good Design Trophy

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Steganography

A new approach for billboard advertising. Advertising which has the engaging and attractive feature to be invisible, except for the intended viewing target audience. There are many commercial applications from landmarks, shop advertising facades, signs for the visually impaired to name but a few. The world's fourth-largest metropolis and Brazil's most important city, São Paulo, became the first city outside of the communist world to put into effect a radical, near-complete ban on outdoor advertising, there is no better time to look for new and exciting solutions to this problem.

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Amazing design. Good design. Best design.

Good designs create value for society. Everyday we feature a special design project that demonstrates excellence in design. Today, we are pleased to showcase an award-winning design that makes a positive difference. We will be featuring more great and inspiring designs daily. Make sure to visit us everyday to enjoy new good design products and projects from greatest designers worldwide.

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