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Art Lebedev offers "Digitus" door numbers
Pixelated numerals 6 May 2009 15:46 GMT
After seeing this latest offering from Russian design studio Art Lebedev, we suddenly have a burning desire to start numbering things.

Designed to be used as door numbers, the "Digitus" self stick pixel door numbers offer a jagged, graphical way to denote the...
Art Lebedev offers Optimus Minimus stickers
Add some Lebedev chic to your keyboard for a fiver 9 April 2009 12:57 GMT
Art Lebedev Studios has created a range of stickers for its Optimus Maximus keyboards.

The beauty is though, that the stickers are on sale now and can just as easily be used to add a bit of Art Lebedev chic to your plain Jane keyboard.

There...
Art Lebedev creates a "beautiful" USB hub
Spectrus brings the rainbow 4 March 2009 16:37 GMT
The Art Lebedev design studio has turned its attention to the humble USB hub and come up with the "Spectrus".

Inspired by a glass prism, the seven-port hub offers a rainbow-themed, triangular take on the norm.
Art Lebedev redesigns the zebra crossing
"Air Crosswalk" concept revealed 12 November 2008 14:12 GMT
The Art Lebedev Studio has turned its design attentions to the zebra crossing, with the idea to improve the current concept by double marking the safe spot with "illuminated stripes" above the road.

As well as improve visibility for drivers to see people on...
Art Lededev launches computer-themed fridge magnets
Fridge deco for geeks 29 September 2008 12:16 GMT
Russian design studio Art Lebedev has launched some fridge magnets for geeks. There's an arrow, hand and sandglass cursor on offer for around 2.74 euros each.
Art Lebedev designs a mobile phone
Scartel concept revealed 25 September 2008 11:57 GMT
Russian design geniuses (genii?) at the Art Lebedev studio have turned their attentions to the humble mobile phone.

With the design brief to develop a draft design concept for a mobile device, the mock-up, for company Scartel is a fairly minimalist effort with,...
Art Lebedev create the Folderix flash drive
Lets you put your files in a folder where they belong 25 August 2008 9:43 GMT
USB drives come in all shapes and sizes. You can get large ones, small ones, ones that look like beer barrels, ones that look like swords, pretty much anything you want so why never a computer folder icon? Beats us.

Still, the idea didn't past by the guys at...
Art Lebedev launches "Plastinkus"
DJ scratch cards 29 July 2008 10:38 GMT
A scratch pad the size of a credit card, Plastinkus claims to produce sounds like a real disc and could be stored in your wallet for impromptu mini DJ sessions.

With a wide variety of colour combinations available, the cards are priced at around $4.27 or 2.71...
Optimus Pultius keypad to launch
Numeric version to match your Maximus 22 July 2008 9:56 GMT
Apparently the chaps at the Art Lededev studio are prepping the Optimus Pultius numeric keypad for launch.

With the same programmable OLED keys as the full-size Maximus, it can be used in conjunction with, or without, the original.

Pricing and...
Art Lebedev's emoticon pillows on sale
"Ridibundus" released 28 May 2008 17:15 GMT
Pitched as the plushiest geeky pillows you'll ever see, these emoticon cushions created by Russian designer studio Art Lebedev are currently on offer from Charles & Marie.

Sold as a set of six, there are two variations, the "standard" emoticons we all know...
Art Lebedev working on Optimus Popularis
Cheapius version of Maximus 21 May 2008 11:10 GMT
If, like us, and most red-blooded gadget-lovers, you've had a serious hankering for Art Lebedev's beautiful, but expensive Optimus Maximus keyboard but have been put off by the price, we have some good news.

The Russian design studio has revealed it is currently...
Art Lebedev offers whiteboard with a watch
"TaskWatch" 26 February 2008 14:42 GMT
Simple, yet brilliant. The team at Art Lebedev studios are offering a whiteboard with a built-in clock.

Not only does this save wall space, but means your annotations can be time relevant.

The $200 price tag might make you want to DIY, but then...
The Optimus Tactus - a new concept in keyboard design
Mega keyboard under development? 29 December 2007 11:00 GMT
The makers of the Optimus Maximus keyboard have released a new keyboard concept design that is likely to make the you want that instead of the Maximus.

Called the Optimus Tactus, the design offers a giant tuch sensor keyboard, a la Star Trek: The Next Generation,...
Art Lebedev does a remote control, you know it is gonna be kerazy
Over half a metre long... 5 October 2007 15:46 GMT
Well, crazy like a fox. Art Lebedev the Russian genius behind the Optimus Maximus keyboard, has turned his design studio's attention the humble remote control.

Over half a metre long, instead of having to fuss with the tedium of keying in numbers to reach a...
Pre-order the Optimus Maximus keyboard
If you're (a) very rich, (b) very bonkers, (c) both 18 May 2007 9:41 GMT
The Russian design studio that are creating what must surely be the world's most expensive keyboard are gearing up to start taking pre-orders for their limited edition peripheral.

You can finally pre-order Art. Lebedev Studio's Optimus Maximus keyboard as of...
Optimus Maximus keyboard gets date and price
Optimus Maximus keyboard given a rough date for release 27 April 2007 15:31 GMT
Rumours are surfacing on the web that uber keyboard, the Optimus Maximus, will finally be available later this year priced at a whopping $1564.

The keyboard, which is designed for gamers, typographers and translators, as well as graphics professionals has OLED...
Verbarius tells the time as it is
The clock strikes midnight - literally 22 February 2007 16:05 GMT
Having trouble reading a clock? Then you need the Verbarius from Art Lebedev.

Instead of a pair of hands or a digital display, the clock, which is available in five languages, reads it out to you.

"It’s either forty-five minutes past four, or...
Keyboard gets tough to beat anger management
If you are one of those people that likes to get angry at your computer then perhaps you should consider the Virtually Indestructible Keyboard 27 March 2006 15:26 GMT
If you are one of those people that likes to get angry at your computer then perhaps you should consider the Virtually Indestructible Keyboard, a keyboard made from silicone, so at least next time you hurl it across the room no damage will be done.

Washable, rollable...
OLED keyboard goes on sale
Three key mini Optimus from Art. Lebedev gets launch date 2 February 2006 13:18 GMT
Last year we wrote about a new OLED keyboard that would allow you to change keys at the press of a button by simply changing the character the key displayed.

While we are still waiting for the full sized Qwerty keyboard, the company behind the idea has launched...
Sexy mouse promises to spice up your computer work
Computers can be boring sometimes so what better way to spruce things up that a mouse dressed in sexy lingerie 16 December 2005 12:49 GMT
Computers can be boring sometimes so what better way to spruce things up than a mouse dressed in sexy lingerie.

According to the site; “How could work with a computer ever be a sensual experience? Try our voluptuous Body mouse dressed in fancy lingerie and you'll...
The humble keyboard get moveable keys
DX1 Input System by ergodex promises improved input for gaming 21 August 2005 17:18 GMT
A Californian company is hoping to change the way users interact with their computer with the creation of the DX1 Input System, a keyboard that breaks all the conventional rules.

The difference with the DX1 over a standard QWERTY keyboard is that people can place...
Russian design studio creates cursor mouse to control your cursor
Funky, but it looks bloody uncomfortable 24 July 2005 16:09 GMT
Last week we bought you the news of an innovative Qwerty keyboard that allowed you to change the keys at the press of a button to indicate an associated function like languages as well as numbers, symbols for specific programs like Adobe's Photoshop or Quake (here).
Qwerty gets a make over with the Optimus
The qwerty keyboard that changes keys 17 July 2005 20:37 GMT
A company in Moscow has created a concept design for the humble Qwerty keyboard. The keyboard, which has been designed by Art Lebedev Studio in Moscow for Optimus, has keys that light up to indicate each associated function and can be changed at a press of a button.