In fact, all that is there is merely a doorknob, meant only for opening the door.

However, despite having no lock, this door is not without security features.

How can this be? It is just that stereotypes have driven design such that we associate “security” with having a lock.Perhaps it was just our childhood selves that think doors can open easily.

Rather than the stereotypical door, we have designed a door where a physical lock is unnecessary by changing the stereotypical image of the door.

The only way to forcibly enter is to destroy the door.

That is our “lock.” And with this new “lock,” a new door is designed.

Diamond Reflective Pendant by Rezon is 2-way pendant accessory that uses reflector for material and is designed to look like a  shiny  diamond. As a pendant, spangle yourself with it and grab everyone’s attention. It can be attached to clothing, bag, bicycle, etc. with a safety-pin & clip. It informs around where you are by shiny reflective light at evening & night. It also is valuable as a safety item for accident prevention. White and Red are available for color choice.

Rezon is a Tokyo based graphic & product design studio established in 1997 focusing on advertising, editorial, logo, book, package, etc. The product design label was established in 2005 and they are producing and providing various products from Tokyo to the world.

The scented candle collection Calming Park is welcoming a new fragrance, « Amber - Pepper » a stunning mix exclusively put together by bruno Pieters.

A black wrapping, suggestive of the finest of nappa leather, lacquered black glass with a glossy shine and black wax finish off the look of the first perfumed candle by designer bruno Pieters. Whose creations are worn by a-listers such as Lady Gaga, Roisin Murphy, Jake Sheers and Diane Kruger

For his first scent, bruno Pieters has given the amber-pepper fragrance a spicy boost through the distinguished notes of black pepper and cumin, whereas the most refreshing notes come from bergamot, pepper leaves and Madagascar pepper. The amber-pepper mix owes its most-defining bouquet to the gentle woody/leathery scent of patchouli, cedarwood, leather, and the amber note of tonka bean and white musk.

« Amber - Pepper » is available from November 2009 as limited edition at selected  bruno Pieters point of sales and by selected Calming Park stockists. Calming Park scented candles are made in Grasse, France, the world capital of perfume. They are made of organic palm wax and paraffin with a 12% perfume concentration. The founder of Calming Park, Olivier Rohrbach, is also a contributor every now and then here at David Report.

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KiBiSi is a Copenhagen based idea-driven industrial design firm founded by Kilo Design / Lars Holme Larsen, BIG / Bjarke Ingels and Skibsted Ideation / Jens Martin Skibsted. Each partner contributes with intelligence and experience from within his specific field, providing KiBiSi with cutting-edge knowledge and knowhow within the fields of architecture, design, furniture, electronics, transportation, contemporary culture and lifestyle. Having collaborated on multiple projects for years Lars, Bjarke and Jens Martin decided to turn their intuitive inclination to work together into a full time collaboration.

EXPO Chair - Molded plywood chair designed by KiBiSi for the Danish EXPO Pavilion, Shanghai 2010. Produced by HAY.

Puma Bike Series - Bike series for urban use, based on different bike typologies. Unique carrier solutions, merging basket, carrier and handlebar in one.

TMA Headphone - TMA Headphone is an iconic, stripped to basics, headphone designed to be a DJ tool.
TMA is developed in collaboration with leading DJs, produced by Aiaiai.

Tube Chair - Tube Chair is designed by KiBiSi and developed for the 36 000 m2 mixed-use project in CPH, 8 HOUSE. A Stackable chair manufactured of wood and aluminium. Produced by HAY.

KiBiSi merges the faculties of its founders into a symbiotic hybrid of design, architecture and ideation: The production knowhow and design sensibility of Kilo Design – the big ideas and large scale perspective of BIG architects - and the idea driven innovation and brand awareness of Skibsted Ideation. Ideas and products are intrinsically tied. KiBiSi believe the product should be the carrier of its brand idea rather than some designer’s form and formula. In the fertile overlap between Design, Architecture and Ideation KiBiSi seeks to spawn a new breed of idea driven design.

The White Briefs is a brand new range of compelling everyday items with vital generosity and a honest sensitivity. After trying to find a well-balanced product in the landscape of aestheticism, function and understated commercialism the founders of The White Briefs found nothing. “The White Briefs vision is clear, to meet the customers with a new range of compelling everyday items,” says Peter Simonsson, one of the founders and Creative Director of The White Briefs. “The hybridism of underwear and casual wear makes sense in our own way. We aim to invigorate the perception of the business.”

The White Briefs takes social and environmental responsibility and delivers a high quality product in all aspects. Organic farming is a production method that not only respects human health and the environment, but is also a model of sustainable development, that improves the quality of the resources of local communities, helping them face global competition.

“For me it all started with the wish to create the ultimate pair of briefs, pure, white and in a high quality organic cotton.” says Peter Simonsson. “It’s also the reason why we developed “other briefs” such as: T-shirts, baggy jersey pants, kimonos, long singlet and panties.” And more is to be expected.

The White Briefs’ HQ is located in the surroundings of the breathtaking landscape of Österlen, an area from which the founder and creative director Peter Simonsson also origins. For The White Briefs, humanity, quality and 360 degrees of new thinking solutions are the key ingredients. The White Briefs uses ICEA certificated fabrics.

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Click is a downloadable immaterial lamp created by the New York based product design company Blank Bubble. This mood lamp uses the computer screen as a light source to diffuse color sequences at various speed. Easy to use and intuitive, it presents itself as an incandescent light bulb suspended by its cord. Among other things, the various commands allow you to drag the light bulb over the screen, make it disappear in order to display the colored halo only, to select up to 36 colors and decide the order and speed of each colored sequence. On the website, Blank Bubble proposes this original trade and offers for you to download the lamp in exchange of a donation whose amount is up to you. As playful as it is delicate, this unusual lamp, by its subtle presence, creates a warm and soothing atmosphere.

Designer Kazutoyo Yamamoto has made a nice flower pot called Strata, made from biomass plastic and sand.

One seed grows up powerful like father and the geniality like mother in this pot.The people becomes a foster parent of tree and it raises it from the seed to the sapling. Then a tree returns to the earth when it is planted in the ground.

How it works:

The seed of the tree such as acorns is first gathered from the park or the coppice.

The seed is planted in Strata and it raises it.

The sapling and strata are planted in the soil.

The strata made from biomass plastic and sand is resolved by the power of bacteria. And return to the soil.

The seed become a good nursery tree and return to Mother Earth.

The food and drinks served at a party are as important as the party itself. For opening parties, say to launch an exhibition, even more so. It’s integral. But few event producers think in this integrated way. The food and drinks on offer should be a reflection of the essence of the exhibition. What guests put in their mouth is an equally valid creative expression of art – only temporary!

So to celebrate the recent lighting of the Parco Christmas tree and corresponding Motion + Design + Magic exhibition by renowned visual artist Masaru Ozaki, everything was themed to a T (well, a cube actually!).

To celebrate its 40th anniversary Parco, a Japanese department store, commissioned Ozaki to create a magical graphic wonderland. The high-tech display uses advanced technology to project 3D images onto 3 metre tall tree installations in the entrance court of Shibuya Parco Part 1. These giant cubes stacked into a Christmas tree shape with projections beamed on every surface create a wonderful visual feast.

For Food Creation, the company who created the food art for the event, not only is the appearance and taste of food crucial, so is the situation in which it’s eaten. What’s important is making the food come alive – delivering the concept to the stomach.

To express the conceptual catering, the Bread, Espresso & bakery invented three new cubed food products for the launch: chocolate bread with black pepper, tomato bread with squid ink and pink bread with curry. These creations were about ‘expecting the unexpected’ and for guests to be surprised and astounded by bread, a much maligned, taken for granted, daily staple of life.

The shoeless waiters dressed head to toe in black leotards with bow ties – their faces covered in masks – moved around the floor in slow, highly choreographed steps. As the lid was pulled off the serving tray, vapours evaporated around the cubed bread, which was delicately placed around lighted cubes. The waiters were as much motion, design and magic as Oazki’s visual creations.

Oazki’s most famous works involve projecting real-time visuals onto buildings, furniture and objects using the original quarter Cube visioning system. The technology involves the precise scanning of 3D objects and projecting these visuals onto 3D surfaces using optical illusions to give various effects. The artist has projected his work onto the Olympic stadium in Harajuku, temples in Kyoto and opening launches of international retail brand flagships. His use of projection technology truly amazes and stimulates.

To experience the Motion + Design + Magic exhibition yourself, visit Parco Factory, Shibuya Parco Part 1, 6F before 23 November 2009.

This is a new post by David Report contributor Kristina Dryza.

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Exclusive online shop 20ltd has recently released a new book called Einstein’s watch.

Newspapers and magazines are never short of glossy images urging us what to aspire to. But what things really do represent the world’s most desirable possessions? Are they necessarily expensive or can they cost nothing at all? Are they always the subject of global fame or are they frequently obscured from the public’s gaze and imagination? In this charming departure from the usual yawnful, consumerist commentary, Jolyon Fenwick and Marcus Husselby conduct a judicious review of the year’s available treasures. Their (almost) serious-minded selection takes the reader on a sublimely itinerant journey: from icons of high and popular culture to turning-points in history; from the apex of Hollywood glamour to the most closely-guarded of government secrets; from 104km above the earth to 100ft below the London streets; from the loftiest prices of the world’s great salerooms to the gloriously free-of-charge.

Items featured include: King Kong’s Head, a collection of the Braille edition of Playboy, secret MI6 tunnels, Gandhi’s glasses, Steve McQueen’s motorbike licence, the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Michaelangelo’s first ever painting and the last picture of Marilyn Monroe.

It’s dark, it’s cold, it’s höst, it snows. Shorter, dark days that magically turn out to be eternal within the office walls. Awake, you dream. And dreaming, you wonder when did you start yawning, when did you stop fighting, when did you wake up from your illusions, when responsibility did kill the game. Some might argue that designer toys are demodé, while they are hotter than ever for others. My personal view is simple: playing never hurts. Imagination and hope are still alive in that kid, hidden deep beneath our skin. Isn’t a little figurine a tiny fee to pay, as long as it brings back what we lost, somewhere in the past?

Hidden under a black hat is a believer who never stopped playing, who toured around the world, who fought to make his dream real. A dream that started, 5 years ago, as “the somewhat strange idea of merging keys with robots“. A dream,  to launch very soon as Keybotz™, where art melts with a dash of industrial design to crystallize into a Keybot™.

A Keybot™ is a 2.5-inch small figurine that, besides looking splendid in your book shelf can be used as a container for your keys and can be carried around in your bag, your pocket, around your neck, etc. – Just place one key in each of its arms and it will be your faithful key servant forever!

Their diary tells the whole story about the attempt to put Sweden into the designer toy universe, unknown artists into the public domain and your imagination to work - by letting you create your own designs in the DIY version.

Destroy monotony, turn consumption into proactive creation. Sounds good, huh? Cheers for them and, best of luck for this tiny Scandinavian venture. Starting small is a giant first step to spread the spirit.

This is a post by the David Report contributor Claudia Muñiz García.