Off Beat

Here’s something to make you start your day playfully and cheerfully. Moving away from the ugliness of the box toaster, Vyasateja Rao has designed this cute little portable bagel toaster and named it Pea.

What’s different? Symbolizing the…

Pictured above is the super-quiet air purifier dubbed Rabbit Air BioGS. Featuring breakthrough technology, engineered and developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, this techie air purifier removes a wide variety of allergens and contaminants from the.

In response to the changing needs of the modern food fanatic, designers around the globe are coming up with their minimalist designs. Marco Gorini and architect Simone Micheli here present their modern Italian kitchen design dubbed Flex…

So you love cooking but the end product is not turning out to be so great. Ever thought that it could be because you go wrong on the correct measure of the ingredients? Well, measuring scales can help you to measure your ingredients. But here’s a…

There is no dearth of hi-tech electronics and yet we are always in the lookout for something better! Pictured here is a super saver refrigerator. How is it different from the rest? Well, it can be turned on and off by the electricity supplier without.

‘One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel’. When one piece of fruit goes bad, it accelerates the deterioration process of others. Surely, you all have heard this line many times but do you know the reason behind it? The bad fruit emits Ethylene…

Awards work as confidence-boosters for all of us. IF Design Award 2008 is the competition in which companies from all over the globe have sent in their products to make our homes a better place to live in. Over 2,800 entries from 39 countries…

For all those who wish to listen to the sound of nature, this one’s gonna be the best bet. Designer Minho Choi has come up with a really innovative way to be with nature. Growing sound, is a sound system that looks like creepers growing on the…

I really wonder at the inspiration behind all the awesome stuff that designers across the world come up with. Splash digital radio by Ric Bullen is yet another designer product that can be a perfect addition to your trendy living room. A uniquely…

Weekend dinners with friends is relaxing. However, the chore of carrying the dishes to and fro from the kitchen to the dining table is anything but! No one likes doing it but only Sachin Mistry thought of doing something about it. So he designed the..