GNR8 new/s

moi

Designer: pixelpeppy

Moi is a wearable light accessory. A super bright LED connected by optic fiber to a 3V coin battery. But turn it on, and Moi becomes a piece of magic - a sparkle around your wrist, your neck, your ankle...your hair...Treat it right, and it'll last forever. Overuse it, and you can find another 3V battery anywhere.

"I went out to dinner with my Moi around my neck, i got more stares than ever!"  - Meg

"I gave Moi to a girl I liked. She opened the package in the car. When she pulled the tab and the light turned on, her face was awash with light. She was so excited!"  - Theo

$27 Available now at GNR8.

loveJackets

Concept & Design: Despina Papadopoulos

As part of an ongoing series of proposed products, from Studio 5050, that function at the interface of emotion, technology & design, the love jackets takes the concept of "finding each other" to a whole new level.

From the website:

"A  pair of jackets emits, and polls for a particular signal. Once the pair finds each other, in at least 10 feet distance, facing each other, the two beep – emitting a sound akin to crickets mating, and a pattern of LEDs blinks (light emitting diodes; small, bright, energy efficient lights). Each jacket responds only to its unique pair.

The technology used is basic: an infra-red receiver and transmitter, a PIC chip (programmable interrupt controller) that controls the LEDs and speaker output and sends out the “bits” of code that allows the pairs to find each other. The components are all surface mount which means that the technology is as transparent as possible. Instead of wires, the components are attached to the circuit board via conductive fabric “conduits.”

While the project aims to explore social interactional patterns and institute new ones, it also elaborates ways in which technology can seamlessly be integrated in garments. The aim of the project is not to create “cyber” garments, but use technology in surprising and innovative ways and place emphasis not on the technology but on its uses."

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LoFi

Since we last featured them (for the lightbrix), experimental light/sound design collective hehe have been very busy, with installations such as bruitRose (where street noise is converted into images), and artifi-ciel, (where remote sun and rain sensors generate artificial online weather), among others.

Our favorite, though, is LoFi, which turns the facade of a building into a graphic equalizer, publicly displaying the frequencies of the live music playing inside.

Leaves you wondering if the better show is on the inside or the outside of the building...

Table Top Fireplace

For those of us without a fireplace, this table top oil burning lamp will give us the warmth we need on those winter nights. With its stainless steel logs, and slate base, this lamp is sleek, contemporary, and, best of all, portable.

$US329 Available now at GNR8

Double Bubble

Designer: Eero Aarnio

The latest design from Eero Aarnio, perhaps the most celebrated Finnish designer of the twentieth century. You probably know him best for the Bubble chair, but he produced some other very memorable pieces, including the Ball, Pastilli, Pony and Tomato chairs

The Double Bubble series includes two table lamps and one sculptural standing lamp. Initially created from blown glass, the lamps were ultimately cast in plastic to ensure durability and uniform light emission.

The Europeans are definitely into organic plastic extruded shapes these days. Maybe they're on to something.

Didjlight

Designer: Bernhard Bauer

From the website:

Lightwaves become luminous vibrations - luminous space becomes a dreamtime - When removing the tube from its base you have a glass didgeridoo in your hand. The didgeridoo is a traditional....

Not to mention soft, dimmable light in a frosted glass column, with four interchangeable colored prisms (red, yellow, blue and green)...

Soon come...