Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Kaleidoscope creates solar tent concept for Orange
The design team recently wrapped up a fun project for UK wireless giant Orange in conjunction with their sponsorship of the Glastonbury music festival. From their press release:
Thanks to Dave Roberts at MC Saatchi and the rest of the team at Orange!Orange today revealed their vision for the tent of the future. Utilising cutting edge eco-energy technology, the Orange Solar Concept Tent will allow campers to keep in touch and power their essential camping gadgets.
The Concept Tent has been designed in association with American product design consultancy Kaleidoscope and builds on learnings from the original Orange Solar Tent that was trialled at Glastonbury in 2003, as well as 2004’s Orange Text Me Home Dome. Having worked closely with Glastonbury for the last eleven years, Orange know the importance of keeping in contact with friends while onsite and undertook this concept project to look at how the festival goers communication and power supply needs might be met in the future.
Read Orange's press release here
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Febreze Sport is live on the web!
We are excited to see that Febreze Sport, the latest addition to Procter & Gamble's mega-brand, is now live on the web. Aside from a full lineup of odor elimination products, they've created partnerships with key players in the athletic world (such as Map My Run) that will make Sport a part of any athlete's gear. Kaleidoscope was fortunate enough to play a large role in the design and strategy development, and we'll have a full case study up soon. In the meantime, take a look at the products on the Febreze site, and keep an eye out for it at selected retailers.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Motorola launches the MK500 micro-scanner
As you may have seen at the NRF show earlier this month, Motorola launched the MK500 micro-scanner as part of a lineup of exciting new enterprise mobility solutions. We'll be looking forward to the impact the MK500 will have as it begins to make its way into retailers everywhere!
From their press release:
Empowering Shoppers with Self-Service SolutionsClick here for more information.
As shoppers become increasingly more tech-savvy, the desire for self-service shopping capabilities is on the rise. A recent Motorola holiday survey found that of the 1 in 5 holiday shoppers who shopped in a store with a self-service price checker/kiosk, nearly one-half used the kiosk and 86 percent of those eventually purchased the checked item. Designed to empower customers with the information they need to shop more effectively, Motorola’s new MK500 is a compact, affordable micro kiosk designed to run in-store, self-service applications such as price check, gift card balance look-up and loyalty card point balance data. With a focus on improving customer satisfaction, the MK500 Micro Kiosk enables shoppers to retrieve the information they need to make more informed purchase decisions. Designed to be mounted just about anywhere in the store, the MK500 enables customers to quickly find the information they need without seeking a store associate. In turn, retailers can more strategically deploy associates on the sales floor to help them spend more time selling products and fielding customer inquiries.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Blockbuster & NCR collaborate on DVD vending kiosks
If you attended the recent NRF show, you may have seen the kiosk above on display. The kiosk is the product of an agreement between Blockbuster & NCR. From their press release earlier this year:DALLAS and DAYTON, Ohio, -- Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI, BBI.B), a leading global provider of media entertainment, and NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in self-service and assisted-service technology, have entered into an agreement to deploy Blockbuster-branded, state-of-the-art DVD vending kiosks in a pilot program that could be the first step of a national rollout of thousands of units.More information here
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
New Swiffer sweeper hits shelves
The redesigned Swiffer Sweeper is now available at your favorite retailer. We'll have a complete case study available soon, but in the meantime, go pick one up and give it a try!
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Swiffer launches Dust N Shine
As you may have seen from the TV spots that are currently in heavy rotation, Swiffer added a new member to their lineup: Swiffer Dust N' Shine, for furniture care. After our work on Swiffer Duster, we were fortunate to have the opportunity to work on the product design, and look forward to seeing another success for Swiffer!
Read more at Swiffer.com
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Kaleidoscope's Mike Roller wins 2nd in Bombay Sapphire competition
Michael Roller, Kaleidoscope industrial designer, has been selected as second prize winner in Bombay Sapphire's Designer Glass Competition. His Vapour martini glass was selected from hundreds of other entries. This is the second year in a row his submission was selected as a U.S. Finalist.Hats off to Mike, and check out his entry at the official contest site.
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