Italian street furniture design company metalco has developed an interactive, outdoor public transit station for paris entitled ‘Osmose’. the ‘smart stop’ at Gare de Lyon station has been fashioned by french architect Marc Aurel of MA studio, and is the first of what will be several interactive transport stations placed through out the city. ‘Osmose’ is Metalco’s solution …

The ‘pantone 5 107SH’ android phone by sharp electronics for Japanese carrier softbank not only features an array of eight colours but it is also the first phone to include a built-in radiation detector. The waterproof and dust-proof smartphone has a 3.7-inch screen, 4-megapixel rear and 0.3-megapixel front cameras, as well as a digital TV tuner, NFC payment ability, and an …

How would you like to wear a visualization of all the places you have traveled? Or maybe just a necklace designed from destinations that hold a sentimental value to you? Meshu, a new jewelry start up, gives offers the ability to do just that. The initiative, started by data visualizer Sha Hwang and interaction designer Rachel …

New york-based matt cusick has made a name for himself as a fine artist due to his elaborate depictions of humans and other animals,water and landforms crafted entirely from recycled maps. To develop these collage pieces, he meticulously slices segments of antiquated cartographic works including those of old encyclopedias, textbooks, roadmaps, and atlases in order to layer small …

Taiwanese airline company EVA air has delved into a collaborative project with japanese toy manufacturer sanrio to decorate the exteriors of three of their planes with the image of cartoon cat character Hello Kitty. The three distinct feline motifs decorate the fleet of A330-300 airbusaircrafts flying highly-trafficked routes in asia. Beginning in taipei’s taoyuan international airport and ending in either …

Swedish still life photographer, Fabian Öhrn partnered with art director Joakim Hedblad to produce this awesome fixed gear made entirely out of food! There is not one element that is not a comestible ingredient. Here is the magic receipt:Leek, kolbaz sausages, regular spaghetti, Swedish rhubarbs, ginger, organic carrots, syrup, lime, lemon, black spaghetti, grapefruit, cowberrys, pear, cheese, whole meat …

Nokia has filed for a patent of the world’s first vibrating tattoo. Taking haptic feedback — the technology behind vibrations when you touch your phone — to a new level, the company is embedding haptics into temporary and permanent tattoos.  The tattoos, consisting of ferromagnetic inks, can vibrate depending on the signal your phone sends. …

Bringing the company’s powerful online presence into the physical world, ‘paypal here‘ has just been released by paypal as a global mobile payment solutions, permitting clients to use their credit cards, checks, or paypal accounts to pay for services even at establishments without credit card readers. The system requires only the insertion of a small card-reader, designed …

I kind of feel like I could be one of those lazy persons these posters are referring to! But I love them anyway! They are designed by one of the contributors of the college humor blog who calls himself Caldwell. I don’t know his real name but if you like his work you can follow …