Designed by Michael Weaker, the Cozy Shelf is a die-cut plastic sheet product for embellishing existing shelving systems that won the 1st prize of the 2009 Pratt/Umbra Design Competition. With a beautiful decorative pattern, the Cozy Shelf makes the hard straight lines of our shelves and bookcases visually-softer and more inviting. The competition, was open to undergraduates and graduate students in Pratt’s Industrial Design program, focused on the theme Need vs Want, challenging designers to create meaningful and compelling products that would be sustainable in today’s economic climate. The design is really cool and innovative isn’t it ?

At the beginning of this month, Forbes has released their list of “10 Trendsetters in Industrial Design”, so if you are looking for an industrial design model to follow, and who knows maybe copy their success, you should start with this list. So who made the cut? Go to Forbes list  to read (and see). – Via – Designcrave

Today after I’ve made some changes to Freshome I’ve also decided to create a Facebook Group, because a Facebook group allows you to interact with other Freshome.com followers on the Facebook Wall and follow the most recent posts. It’ll supplement what we do on this blog and our Twitter feed, and hopefully become a lively place for discussion (you’ll be able to post your own links and comments there too). If you’re a facebook user,  please join our Facebook group and connect with other people who have the same interests as you. Let us see how far this group can evolve …join now. If you are also on Twitter you can find us here.

Today you’ve gonna see something really innovative, an easy way to decorate your living room without messing up the decor. As we all know most computers don’t really fit into stylish living rooms, but taiwanese manufacturer ECS came out with this great looking computer at E3. At a first look you might think that this was a DIY project made by a DIY enthusiast, but but it’s actually something made by a company that will be for sale pretty soon. ECS put a fully functioning nettop computer into a vase.

This is all possible thanks to the low-power components used in these types of computers. The PC-in –a-vase is embedded with a pretty good system configuration: with an Intel Atom 230 processor, including NVIDA ION graphics, a 2.5-inch HDD, 1GB of RAM and a Blu-Ray drive that opens up. You’ll find a couple of plugs and USB ports at the bottom of the computer vase, meaning that you won’t have pesky wires hanging around. There won’t be a clue that the body is actually a computer. – Via – Engadget & Techabob