Eclectic Color Roundup: Color Powered Radio, 150 years of Ligne Roset, Darwin Chair & Locals vs Tourists

Green Products

Hélio DAB Radio

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Designed by Lea Longis, the Helio DAB radio concept uses solar panels to provide it with energy. It incorporates Gratzel solar panels that capture sunlight and provide the radio with the energy required to run it. Not only do the panels give power, but also a fascinating appearance.

Helio DAB radio concept displays cells with complementing color and directions to capture most of the spectrum of light and hence produce more energy. Longis eco-friendly design is expected to bring the long lost status of radio back again.

Interior

Ligne Roset 150 Years

Ligne Roset | via Design Milk

Ligne Roset is celebrating their 150th anniversary with a trio of limited edition products, in a run of 150 only each, numbered with a special anniversary logo.

First are two editions of of the Pumpkin chair by Pierre Paulin, one in red shades and one in blue shades. The original was designed in 1971 for the drawing rooms of the Elysee Palace and only made available to the general public in 2008.

The other piece is a limited run of the Lines sideboard designed by Peter Maly. The unit contains two drawers and one flap door, in new colors of lacquer.

Darwin Chair by Stefan Sagmeiser

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New York-based designer Stefan Sagmeister's 'Darwin Chair' for dutch design company droog is constructed from a free swinging structure that is comprised of more than 200 sheets of attached prints.

Visualization

Locals and Tourists by Eric Fischer

flickr Set | via Middle Mind Project

Some people interpreted the Geotaggers' World Atlas maps to be maps of tourism. This set is an attempt to figure out if that is really true. Some cities (for example Las Vegas and Venice) do seem to be photographed almost entirely by tourists. Others seem to have many pictures taken in places that tourists don't visit.

Blue points on the map are pictures taken by locals (people who have taken pictures in this city dated over a range of a month or more).

Red points are pictures taken by tourists (people who seem to be a local of a different city and who took pictures in this city for less than a month).

Yellow points are pictures where it can't be determined whether or not the photographer was a tourist (because they haven't taken pictures anywhere for over a month). They are probably tourists but might just not post many pictures at all.

The maps are ordered by the number of pictures taken by locals.