Design trends show artistic approaches to different forms of functions and constructions. Here's a taste of March 2021.
Here are five mini ideas that make us get a taste of the future.
VR games for vacuum cleaners
A user of Reddit created a 1:1 virtual representation of its living room to develop an application that brings gamification to the cleaning routine. Vacuuming becomes a sort of Pac-Man, a game in which, "armed" with an Oculus headset, you suck up "bonuses". With the bonuses collected you can beautify the virtual version of the environment you are cleaning. A taste of: home cleaning with virtual or augmented reality applications.
Dynamic desks with trampoline
Bellicon, a maker of mini-trampolines, wants to rid homes and offices of desk chairs, called “the most dangerous device in the workplace,” and replace them with trampolines. As people adapt to smartworking, support solutions for home working increase. The mini trampoline, in particular, gently "forces" the body to make many micro movements, keeping circulation and muscles toned. The tasting of: workstations that fight the health problems of sedentary work. A future of work more standing than sitting.
Privacy capsules with UV
Still on the subject of work, cubical is introducing privacy booth-based solutions that offer hassle-free automated UV disinfection. Thanks to this technology, those who work indoors can from time to time isolate themselves for their videocalls without fear: pathogens and viruses are inactivated after each use of the cabin. The taste of: collected, soundproofed and sanitized environments for work video calls.
Solid beauty creams
This sort of “gel soap” of Dew Mighty is a solid beauty serum. It is packaged in FSC-certified paper which can be composited or recycled. It can also be stored in a plastic-free box that lasts for months. It replaces virtually everything: oil, moisturizer, exfoliants. The tasting of: multipurpose products, almost zero packaging, plastic-free and totally sustainable even in the beauty sector.
“Friendly distancing” pavilions
The pavilion between on the volcanic island of São Miguel in the Azores it was created to guarantee distancing in times of Covid restrictions, while encouraging sociality. It is a place of social interaction which, like other developments analyzed this month, redefines the concept of external space. People are invited to play, perform and practice yoga, among other things. Inside the pavilion, 25 volcanic rocks positioned exactly at two meter intervals. The tasting of: new spaces for social interaction
The final tasting
The trends, in themselves heterogeneous, have one constant: optimization. The key word is that. Optimize time, optimize space, optimize resources: to travel through the pandemic and towards the "new normality" you need light luggage.
