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- December 25th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
iPhone App Icon Design
I was lucky to have a chance to design some of the icons (not all of them) for an iPhone application called “Family Care”. Family Care is a complete preventive health care application for…
- December 8th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Infographic Coins
The round shaped coins must have a lot of benefits that other figures such as a triangle or a square don’t. Also, non-rounded coins may have many demerits. Aside from those, travelers and other peop…
- December 3rd, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: December 2009
1280×800px 1920×1200px | 1680×1050px | 1440×900px | 1024×768px “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a…
- November 20th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Cobalto & Zafiro
This is something a little different from my usual posts. This time I tried to design gadgets that I want to see in a Sci-Fi movie like “Minority Report”. I love the futuristic computer an…
- November 14th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
iPetals
I like Fandi Meng’s great “Sunny Flower” concept very much and was inspired a lot by the design. It’s a solar charger for an iPhone. Based on Fandi’s design, I made it w…
- November 6th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: November 2009
So sorry about the slow update… This is one of my favorite quotes by Thomas Edison. “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” 1280×800px 1920×1200px | 1680×1050…
- October 19th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Quackie
This is a very weird looking CD player. It looks like a head of a duck when a CD is set. (Why a CD player now you ask? I’ll write a post in Johnnyholland.) There’s a round body that rol…
- September 30th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: October 2009
Just in time. 1280×800px 1920×1200px | 1680×1050px | 1280×1024px | 1024×768px | iPhone&iPod Touch (without calendar) “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a…
- September 28th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Post-It on Desktop Icons
This is simple and it might have been used already, but I really want to paste a post-it on a desktop icon so that I won’t forget what I should do with it. So if anybody knows a plugin like this…
- September 18th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
FFFFOUND! Invite, Please?
Whenever I think of a new design, I refer to great works I find on the internet and from the images I have collected so far (about 10,000 pics). And I’ve got many requests from my readers who wa…
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
iPhone Dock Sketches
iHammock I use my iPhone at work and at home. When I’m at work in the office, I can’t make it ring loud when there’s an incoming phone call or an email, so I change the setting to th…
- September 10th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Mobile Hanger
I have several cloth hangers unused in my closet. I always wanted to use them like a mobile sculpture. Just for fun again. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unp…
- September 4th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
red dot design concept award 2009
I can’t believe I won the red dot design concept award for the Looking Glass concept!! First of all, let me thank Radhika Seth (for everything), Mika Ueno and *momoc (for beautiful photos), Taka…
- September 3rd, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: September 2009
1280×800px iPhone&iPod Touch | 1920×1200px | 1680×1050px Sorry it took so much. This is one of my favorite quotes that my teacher taught me when I was in 5th grade of ele…
- August 21st, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Pitch♪er
A xylophone meets a pitcher. Listen to the pitch of the sound made when the pitcher is hit. Compare it with the pitch of the handle (working as a tuning bar) to know if the pitcher is empty or not. Th…
- August 19th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
3D Desktop Concept
I’m back! Thank you so much for all the get-well messages and comments. As I wrote on Twitter, the operation went OK and I’m 90% back to normal. I drew some sketches in my Moleskine while…
- July 31st, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: August 2009
Finally I was in time for the calendar wallpaper entry for Smashing Magazine. 1280×800px 2560×1600px | 1920×1200px | 1680×1050px | iPhone & iPod Touch And this…
- July 24th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Safe Wheel
Is this possible? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. One announcement. Next week I’ll have to have an operation and stay in the hospital for ab…
- July 9th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Black or White or Mixed
I use black and white pepper mixed almost every time I want pepper on my food, but sometimes I want only either of them. So how about a pepper mill like this? You can use it with one hand and choose b…
- July 4th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: July 2009
I love this LUNA so much. I tried to make fireworks with it. 1280×800px 1680×1050px | 1920×1200px
- July 3rd, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
“I’m-Working!” Screensaver
Is there a screensaver that makes you look busy working on the computer (but you’re not). Then you can take a nap at a desk without being noticed if you are holding a mouse in your hand. I want…
- June 29th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
World Clock
This is pretty simple and may have been already used somewhere. Put the colored magnet on the map and use the corresponding colored short hand. There’s no am/pm indicator and it will look cr…
- June 15th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: June&July 2009
Sorry for the slow update. In June we have a rainy season in Japan, so the theme is water this time. 1280×800px 1680×1050px | 1920×1200px Those who see my Twitter might have alrea…
- June 10th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Trou – Hologram Projecting Flexible Mobile Phone Concept
This is the second idea I submitted for a future mobile design competition held last month. The theme was “Design the mobile phone of 2020″. The technology of holography is progressing day by da…
- June 4th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
PHYDI – Physical and Digital Message
This is one of two ideas I submitted for a future mobile design competition held last month. The theme was “Design the mobile phone of 2020″. We all know how great a touch screen is and th…
- May 29th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
ILLUMIO
The LED-Emotionalize your light! Design Contest is about the creation of new and innovative ideas and designs for LED light solutions with a “Wellness/Wellbeing” focus. I was invited to th…
- May 25th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Shacklie
I just don’t wanna get my umbrella stolen again. By the way, “shacklie” sounds very much like “Shakkuri”, which means “hiccup” in Japanese, but there…
- May 1st, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: May 2009
1280×800px 1680×1050px | 1920×1200px One of my favorite quotes.
- April 24th, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
Pendurella
umbrella stand + pendulum toy It swings your umbrella to drain off the water. Wring the towel and dry it in the sun after using it. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3…
- April 21st, 2009
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macfun has posted a new entry on: petitinvention: better designs for a better life
User Interface Concept: Desktop Lamp
The longest blank since I started this blog! I have some better ideas (than the one below) drawn in my Moleskine, but there’s no time to draw 3D to show here. So here’s one that could be r…
