MetaFilter posts tagged with Travel and design

Brilliant folding power plug

five fresh fish — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:45:09 -0800

A brilliant industrial design (IMO) for a slimline UK power plug. The UK plug is an exceptionally chunky and large lump; a real pain in the computer satchel. This video shows what appears to be a manufacturable design that turns it into an elegant device. SLYT. The UK uses a "ring" wiring system (a habit developed during the post-war copper shortages). This means that for outlets in series, the single line carries all the amperage for the loop: there is no individual return circuit for each plug. Essentially, every damn plug in the house is like your kitchen stove 240V monster gonna-kill-you plug, so the plug is designed to help you not get killed. Built-in fuse. Monster blades. Safety plastic. Maybe a switch? Anyhoo, here's a SLYT where the designer demonstrates CAD and 3D-Printed prototypes. At first glance, I see no reason why this can not be a successful design. Pretty slick solution, at any rate. previously

World's Biggest and Most Expensive Ship

kliuless — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:03:19 -0800

Project Genesis - "It's destined to be the world's largest cruise ship—when launched next year, Royal Caribbean's US$1.24 billion Project Genesis will be 1,180 feet long, and carry 5400 passengers (6,400 at a pinch). It's the most expensive ship in history, and it's longer, wider and taller than the largest ocean liner ever built, (Cunard's QE II), 43 per cent larger in size than the world's largest cruise ship, (Freedom of the Seas [previously]) and remarkably, bigger than any military ship ever built, aircraft carriers included. In a world where choice of amenities count, Project Genesis has yet another trump card—in the the center of the ship is a lush, tropical park which opens to the sky." cf. The Lilypad

Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.

bijou — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:46:58 -0800

COLOURlovers blog - science, design, art, culture, travel - you name it, they can relate it back to color. And yes, they spell it with a 'u.'

Theme Magazine

The Deej — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:42:38 -0800

Theme Magazine I'm not even going to try and flesh this out with my favorite sub-links. Just dive in.

Vintage Travel Labels

jonson — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:29:09 -0800

761 Vintage Travel Labels fans of art deco & european pre-war design, look no further.

Arty hotel rooms

Slithy_Tove — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:59:36 -0800

Arty hotel rooms. Some art slightly NSFW. Previously.

Get me a ticket for an aeroplane...

Vidiot — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 06:44:52 -0800

Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s in Travel Ephemera . Amazing collection of posters, road maps, steamship and airline timetables, (more timetables here), post cards, luggage labels (more labels here and here), brochures and more. Seeing this stuff makes me wish I had been born seventy-five years earlier (and with an obscene amount of money.) (Warning: the site is seriously painful to look at, but the content's good. Link via Coudal.)

Spoon — Mon, 04 Mar 2002 02:06:55 -0800

More design through the ages....

tranquileye — Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:20:33 -0800

A usability nightmare... and so slow. Oh, what I would give for a good Canadian travel site.