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Dirtbags - A Fierce and Funny Way To Keep All Your Tech Screens Dirt and Dust Free.

iLoveHandles introduces the Dirtbag, a machine washable microfiber pillow that can be used on all types of computer screens to keep them dust, dirt and smudge-free. Machine washable, the 4" square illustrated pillows can be used over and over again.

The six available designs include Outlaw, Pimp, Embezzler, Thief, Swindler and Hoodlum:

Designers: Avik Maitra, Richard Moore
Brand: iLoveHandles
Material: Microfiber
Color: Black, White
Measurements H 4” W 4” D 1”
Care: machine-washable

buy them here OR if you belong to Fab, you can purchase them for a discounted price for the next few days only.

Here's an invite link, if you are not a member: http://fab.com/y06r4g

Fabric Covered Padded Pixel Portraits Made With The Help Of Prison Inmates.

As part of textile brand Kvadrat's Hallingdal 65, a project in which 32 talented designers were asked to to create entirely new works using the textile originally designed by Nanna Ditzel, Dutch designer Hjortefar designed two giant portraits (BUM and NANNA) made up of fabric covered padded pixels in 29 colors. In total each piece contains 7200 pixels and measures 3 x 6 meters.

Each portrait is created using 60 × 60 pixels, each pixel being a 5 × 5 cm small padded foam piece on a base of MDF. The pieces have been padded by inmates of Denmark's Vridsløselille State Prison.

BUM:

The project asked the designers to explore new applications for the fabric. In his own words, Hjortfar describes the thinking behind his portraits:

‘When I told my dad about my participation in this project he just replied “BUM!”’, remembers Mads Hjort aka Hjortefar. ‘First I was puzzled but later he told me about a book published by Kvadrat 25 years ago. It was a story about an unusual man, answering to the name Bum (Boom), because he was born the same year World  War I began’.

Hjortefar had to know more.‘I found the book on my grandmother´s bookshelf and got hold of a short documentary about Bum from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s archives. This proved to be a thrilling encounter with an exuberant, vivacious and tireless entrepreneur who among other things collaborated with Nanna Ditzel when creating Hallingdal.’ After getting to know Bum and Nanna better, it became obvious to Hjortefar that he wanted to create portraits of these two masterminds.

NANNA:

Exhibit images:

Hjortefar.com
See the other designs for Kvadrat's Hallingdal 65 project here.

Smart Baby Monitor Works with iPhone or iPad. The Only Thing It Doesn't Do Is Change Diapers.

The Smart Baby Monitor from Withings is truly a game changing device for new moms and dads. Sleek in design and compact in size, it's packed with the latest technological features that will put any nervous parent at ease.

It's design looks very "apple" with its touch screen interface and it can be used to monitor your baby wirelessly with your iPhone, iPad or iPad Touch via Wi-Fi, Ethernet or Bluetooth.

The Smart Baby Monitor has a high resolution screen (zoom, pan tilt and night vision), crystal clear sound, detects movement and noise, has sensors to monitor the temperature and humidity in the room, can send you four different types of alerts, a built in loudspeaker to play lullabies (you control the volume), controllable LED color changing light acts as a soothing night light and it's rechargeable with an included USB cable.

Works on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch:

Night Vision and History:

Alerts you to noise, temperature and activity:

Monitors room temperature and humidity ( Farenheit or Celsius):

Plays your choice of lullaby (you control the volume, too):

Color Changing LED nightlight:

The Monitor comes with a free iOS application available from the App Store: compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and 3 accounts can access the Smart Baby Monitor simultaneously, so both parents and a nanny can all be watching baby, if need be.

Languages available: EN, FR, DE, ES & IT