Industrial Design

Aspid GT-21 Invictus.

VIA Like Cool Spanish company Aspid just revealed their GT-21 Invictus, powered by the latest generation BMW V8 engine that delivers 450 horsepower. From 0-60 in under 3 seconds and a top speed at 189 miles per hour. Its weight is only 2,182 pounds thanks to composite

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The One and Only FLIP Turns 50 in 2012!

VIA io9.com This is FLIP, an ocean vessel that can actually flip on its side and keep on a-floatin’. FLIP even has two sets of interior furnishings for long term floating in either position. The Floating Instrument Platform is celebrating

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The Chair/Chair chair.

The Chair/Chair chair by designer Eric Ku. [LINK]

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Pantone Barbie.

Mattel and Pantone have just released the new doll, PINK IN PANTONE® BARBIE® Doll: PMS 219, her signature color -which, believe it or not, is actually owned by Mattel . [LINK]

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1954 XFV-1 Lockheed “Salmon”.

From LikeCool.com A tailsitter is a type of VTOL aircraft that launches and lands on its tail. They are truly remarkable pieces of aviation history: mainly designed in the late 1940s and early 1950s, they were essentially an early attempt

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Ford Levacar.

From the Fantastic Plastic webpage for the Ford Levacar: “Ford Motor Co.’s Levacar Mach I appeared in the Ford Rotunda in spring 1959. A full-sized prototype, this was an one-man “flying car” that was “levitated” several inches off the ground

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