Awesome Concepts

Giha Woo’s Front & Back concept makes batteries even more crucial in making a clock work by using them as the hour and minute hands as well. Any more minimalistic and we’ll have a sundial.

Inspired by F1 cars, ID Dan Baretich created the Formula-Foil 1 concept for the water, with small forced induction engine, ailerons on the front hydrofoil wing and joystick/foot pedal controls.

Pink Tentacle posted a gallery of Japanese concept cars from 1957 to 2009. Despite the weird doors, we like the 50s to 80s cars the most. The 90s on the other hand were the dark ages of concept cars.

The successor to the 1962 pickup of the same name, this 4×4 is at home outdoors, with amenities like an open-air canvas roof, removable doors, fold-down windshield and weatherproof seats.

Yiting Cheng modified everyday objects and turned them into secret stashes, hiding in plain sight. Some of them are near pointless, but the furniture is elegant and very functional.

It has 780bhp under the hood. It goes from 0-62mph in 3.4s, with a top speed of 200mph. It’s an electric car, albeit driven by a gas-turbine. Most of all, as Clarkson would say, it’s a Jaaaag.

Despite the Mozilla brand, Seabird is actually the work of one man – product designer Billy May. May designed the Seabird with emphasis on improving the means of inputting data on a mobile device.

Mini’s Scooter E Concept is powered by an integrated electric motor in the rear wheel and features a smartphone adapter which operates as vehicle key, display and central control element.

Shortlisted in Designboom’s Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010, Eungi Kim’s concept bicycle add-on doesn’t add functionality; it adds a unicorn’s body. We think we have a winner here.

The French automaker teases our eyeballs with their Blade Runner-esque 100% electric sports car of the future, powered by a pair of 125kW motors capable of pushing the equivalent of 340-hp.

Scheduled for the 2010 Paris Auto Show and 2014 availability for USD $180K, the sleek Lotus Elite will offer a 5.0L V-8 with a front engine-rear drive platform boasting 612 hp and 530 lb/ft of torque.

ID Wes Rhoad’s zero emissions concept 4 wheel electric motorcycle isn’t brand new, but still remains too cool for school, with its slick steering handles, funky headlight and badass wheels.

Designer Yaser Alhamyari has a few gadgets to dock, so he came up with The Docking and Storage Base, which not only holds your iMac, but docks, syncs and charges up to 3 additional devices.

Charles Pyott’s Linos is a portable digital vinyl record player. Instead of the turntable setup, the controls and the pickup arm are in a sleek case. Make a real one for Blu-rays, won’t you Charles?

LG’s prototype OLED TV is the world’s slimmest television at only 2.9mm thick. The 31-in wonder delivers 1080p, can display 3D video and has an “infinite contrast ratio”, whatever that means.

User interface specialists TAT give us their take on the UI, screens and technology of computing devices four years from now. Practical? Maybe. Realistic? We’re not sure. Awesome? Indeed.

What would make a man buy a Hello Kitty figure? Joseph Senior’s concept sketches would. Senior turned popular fictional characters into Sanrio’s iconic cat. These are just begging to be made.

Mazda’s Shinari concept is a 4 door coupe style sports sedan that represents future design direction for the brand. They’re also planning vehicle fit and finish upgrades to match that of BMW and Audi.

Industrial designer Daniel Yorba’s concept prototype for a electric motorcycle features an open, cantilevered seat, and a flat, minimal carbon-fiber body. (Photo via Vaughan Ling)

We want Wouter Scheublin’s Walking Table concept so bad. Not only does it take the hassle out of rearranging furniture – a gentle push or pull and it springs to life – it also looks really awesome.

The Proxima concept is actually two devices – the rectangular phone and the wrist strap, which has a proximity sensor. The latter will beep if the two get separated by a certain distance.

Designed by Cornelius Comanns, the Bufalino is conceptual vehicle which lets you live, work, sleep and drive in a single location. There’s even a sink and a stove. Bathroom not included.

Choi+Shine‘s entry in the Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition turns pylons into statues. Frankly, we’re more surprised that there’s a pylon design competition.