Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Best New Modern Seating of 2011


It gives your legs a nice rest after a tired day of standing and it looks great when it balances out your other furniture. Seating, whatever would we do without you? Let's just be upfront; 2Modern has some truly outstanding modern seating options of all shapes, colors, styles and designs. How does one come up with some sort of "best of" list when it's all awesome? Well, it's tough, but we enlisted the help of 2Modern founder Jennifer Sitko to grab her favorite new to 2Modern in 2011 furniture options. She did a stand-up job. Today's round-up task: awesome new-to-2Modern (and many newly-designed this year) seating of 2011:

  1. Fatboy – Metahlowski The same great Fatboy design, this time in rockin' metallics
  2. Mater – Recycled Aluminum Stool Good design and feel-good elements to the company? Bonus!
  3. Kartell – Masters Chair (Set of 2) This design is just so cool. Perfect for lots of different places in the home.
  4. Heller – Frank Gehry Collection Color Cube Versatile. Flexible. And you could own something by one of the top architects!
  5. Knoll – Bertoia Side Chair Unupholstered A classic finally came to 2Modern and we're like proud new parents.
What were your favorite new seating options in 2011? Did one particular chair or couch really catch your eye this last year? Did one company really stand out from the rest in terms of designing new seating options? What are you looking forward to seeing in 2012? Let us know in the comments!!

Best New Modern Tables of 2011!


It's pretty incredible, when you think about it, that designers are still able to think up new designs for something as commonplace and old as a table. A table! They've had tables for such a long time; you'd think we'd have exhausted all the different options there are for them! Well, our favorite designers this year really outdid themselves when it comes to tables; the proof is in all the new modern tables 2Modern debuted this year! We enlisted the help of 2Modern founder Jennifer Sitko to grab her favorite new to 2Modern in 2011 furniture options. She did a stand-up job. Today's round-up task: awesome new-to-2Modern (and many newly-designed this year) tables of 2011:
  1. Arktura – Ricami Stool / Side Table Who said modern can't be patterned and textural?
  2. Gus* – Prairie Tables (Set of 3) So quaint, cute and functional.
  3. Gus* – Stump Coffee Table When you want that monotone, natural feel.
  4. Blu Dot – Lily Pad Coffee Table Like three tables in one!
  5. BDI – Eras Tables Simple, MCM-inspired and warm. 
  6. Boom – Metro End Table Love those thin, no-nonsense legs. 
What were your favorite new modern tables in 2011? Did one particular coffee table or side table really catch your eye this last year? Did one company really stand out from the rest in terms of designing new tables? What are you looking forward to seeing in 2012? Let us know in the comments!!

50 Ways to Waste a Life


50 Ways to Waste a Life

50 Ways to Waste a Life

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never get it.  If you don’t ask the right questions, you’ll always get the wrong answers.  If you don’t take a step forward, you’re always going to be in the same place.  Life is a journey full of choices.  Here are 50 wasteful choices to avoid.
  1. Spend time regretting the past and feeling sorry for yourself.
  2. Complain about problems and do nothing to solve them.
  3. Follow the path of least resistance and quit when the going gets tough.
  4. Ignore your passion and follow the money.
  5. Setup your lifestyle so it’s dependant on your next paycheck.
  6. Spend more than you earn and rack up lots of financial debt.
  7. Try to control everything and then worry about the things you can’t control.
  8. Focus on what you don’t want to happen.
  9. Fear the things you don’t fully understand.
  10. Let everyone else make decisions for you.  Don’t decide on anything, ever.
  11. Let small issues snowball into big problems.
  12. Be jealous of everyone else.
  13. Hold onto anger.  Never forgive anyone.
  14. Always be right.  Never let anyone be more right than you.
  15. Seek external validation before you consider yourself good enough.
  16. Make sure everything you do impresses someone else.
  17. Lie to yourself and those around you and put up with others who lie to you.
  18. Keep doing the same thing over and over again until the day you die.
  19. Never finish what you start.
  20. Stay in the same place forever.  Never travel.
  21. Compare yourself unfavorably to those who you feel are more successful.
  22. Belittle yourself and hang out with other people who belittle you.
  23. Never learn anything new.
  24. Never take responsibility for your own actions.  Blame everyone around you.
  25. Don’t let anyone help you.
  26. Be suspicious.  Trust no one.
  27. Multitask, multitask, multitask!  Do everything at once.
  28. Fill every waking moment of your life with commitments.
  29. Don’t help others unless you have to.  Do only the things that benefit you directly.
  30. Think about all the things you don’t have and frown.
  31. Never exercise.  Only eat junk food and fried food.  Let your health rot.
  32. Don’t say what you mean.  Don’t mean what you say.
  33. Never tell anyone how you feel or what you’re thinking.
  34. Never say, “I’m sorry.”  Never say, “I love you.”
  35. Get involved in other people’s problems and make them your own.
  36. Always put your own needs on the back burner.
  37. Make others feel bad about themselves.
  38. Watch TV for several hours every day.
  39. Do lots of drugs.  Drink lots of alcohol.
  40. Don’t play, just work.
  41. Let your hobbies go.
  42. Let your close relationships go.
  43. Take everyone seriously and everything personally.
  44. Remember the insults, forget the compliments.
  45. Fail to plan.  Always wait until the last minute.
  46. Let it all bottle up inside.
  47. Always disregard other people’s opinions and suggestions.
  48. Dream about your future goals and never take action to achieve them.
  49. Fear change and resist it.
  50. Work hard, do your best, and then condemn yourself for not achieving perfection.
source : http://www.marcandangel.com

Hubless Wonder

Miroslav Hundak's FB R2000S concept is loosely based on the BMW R1200S, a Boxer model renowned for sporting performance and dynamic riding characteristics. The athletic look of the FB R2000S is contrasted with a particular touch of lightness in the form of not 2, but 3 hubless wheels with independent suspension and minimal fairings that in combination simply exude power and dynamism. Engineers will have their rightful criticisms, but there's no denying that it looks fun to ride! Hit the jump for a sweet vid!

Designer: Miroslav Hundak

50 Best Product designs of 2011

As a tribute to the great visionaries of 2011, who dared to think different and follow their inner guidance, Here is the Best of 2011, Top 50 Designs that were most read and appreciated from the world over.

50) Complete Me, Please! by Hsiang Wang | Permalink Hits: 70521

49) Samsung Galaxy Skin Concept Phone by Haeyon You | Permalink Hits: 76004

48) Racer Bike by Allen Chester G. Zhang | Permalink Hits: 76149

47) The Magic Spoon by Ivan Erkic | Permalink Hits: 76823

46) Biz Café by Youri Hong, Moonhwan Park & Hyoshin Kim | Permalink Hits: 77940

45) Switch Plug by Gonglue Jiang | Permalink Hits: 83241

44) Charge Battery by Yeon Kyeong Hwang & Mieong Ho Kang | Permalink Hits: 84896

43) Double U USB Port by Ma Yi Xuan | Permalink Hits: 86359

42) Secondary Growth by Omer Deutsch | Permalink Hits: 90324

41) Rapunzel Escape Device by Sin Sun Ho | Permalink Hits: 94658

40) Plug Cup by Dong Hun Seo, Geun Hyuk Yoo, Ki Sang Yoon & Yune Jae Bang | Permalink Hits: 96231

39) Ferrari Millenio by Marko Petrovic | Permalink Hits: 100393

38) Bottle Cap Sharpner by Yuchen Liu | Permalink Hits: 101115

37) Bell Tweeter by Samohvalov Sergey | Permalink Hits: 105604

36) Flexbook by Hao-Chun Huang | Permalink Hits: 108121

35) Finder by Chu Wang, Qiujin Kou, Qian Yin & Yonghua Zhang | Permalink Hits: 110755

34) Bairim Luxury-yacht by designer Timon Sager | Permalink Hits: 111562

33) The USB Watch by Yoon-jin Gon, Yoon-tae Myoung & Kim Sung Hun | Permalink Hits: 111787

32) Flip Phone by Kristian Ulrich Larsen | Permalink Hits: 111941

31) The BMW Ghost by Marko Petrovic | Permalink Hits: 124753

30) T&T Pen-ink Chamber by Han Chi-hoon, Kim Yeon-soo, Park Byong-gon & Kim Sung-geun | Permalink Hits: 139706

29) Villa Amanzi by Adrian McCarroll, Waiman Cheung & Jamie Jamieson | Permalink Hits: 149514

28) Gaming Pod Concept by Alan Li | Permalink Hits: 155531

27) Ashcraft Aria Headphones by Britt Ashcraft | Permalink: 156711

26) Twin One Knife & Fork Chopstick by DesignWright | Permalink Hits: 159565

25) Headphone or Speaker by Lu Chieh Hua | Permalink Hits: 161934

24) The Wool Ball Charger by Yuchen Liu | Permalink Hits: 163455

23) Collector USB Flash Drive by Fang-Chun Tsai | Permalink Hits: 165089

22) Paraplegic Scuba System by Emil Orman | Permalink Hits: 165856

21) Apple Universal Dock Tray by Hekseskudd | Permalink Hits: 176389

20) Floor Plan Switch by Taewon Hwang | Permalink: 176932

19) Engrain Tactile Keyboard by Michael Roopenian | Permalink Hits: 178895

18) Chalkeeper by Yonggu Do and Eunha Seo | Permalink Hits: 208347

17) Hyper Touch Guitar by Max Battaglia | Permalink Hits: 213075

16) Network Tube by Son Kijo, Joon Hyoung Seo, Uhm Hyung Woo, Choi JinYoung & Kim Junpyo | Permalink Hits: 237465

15) Writable by Tianyu Xiao | Permalink Hits: 239402

14) Digimo Camera Concept by Sangik Lee | Permalink Hits: 241186

13) Log Chop Bench by David Long & Antoine Morris | Permalink Hits: 248682

12) Tea-time by Pengtao Yu | Permalink Hits: 253020

11) The Cradle by Richard Clarkson, Grace Emmanual, Kalivia Russel, Eamon Moore, Brodie Cambell, Jeremy Brooker and Joya Boerrigter | Permalink Hits: 258234

10) Easy Drink by Hsu Hsiang-Min, Liu Nai-Wen & Chen Yu-Hsin | Permalink Hits: 279608

9) Lamborghini Yacht by Mauro Lecchi | Permalink Hits: 294807

8 ) Voronoi – Yacht by Hyun-Seok Kim | Permalink Hits: 303805

7) iQ Alarm Clock by Oliver Sha | Permalink Hits: 305305

6) Smile Alarm Clock by Kim Jungwoo, Ju Yongjun, Lee Jongmoo & Kim Taehwan | Permalink Hits: 320198

5) 1ℓimit Faucet by Yonggu Do, Dohyung Kim & Sewon Oh | Permalink Hits: 406690

4) Bento by René Woo-Ram Lee | Permalink Hits: 778658

3) Hug Chair by Ilian Milinov | Permalink Hits: 857165

2) Continuance by Haimo Bao, Hailong Piao, Yuancheng Liu & Xiameng Hu | Permalink Hits: 949425

1) TetraBox Lamp by Ed Chew | Permalink Hits: 973797