the Quirky Inventor

Together, we’ll invent a product and donate the proceeds to benefit the victims of the tsunami.

All of Quirky’s gross profits on the item, as well as all community “influence payments” (10% of indirect sales, 30% of direct sales), will be allocated toward tsunami relief efforts. By participating in this project, you agree to these terms.

Here is my submission:

A dog toy that wakes up to play with your dog while you are at work!

We work long hours and our dog is alone at home bored and depressed. Our dog has many toys lying around but passive toys do not get Fido’s attention. Fido’s playfulness is based on his hunter instincts. In order to get Fido to play with the toy the toy has to start moving from itself.

My idea is  battery driven programmed toy that will wake up during the day and initiate some action!

With chew proof thick rubber protective skin and simple mechanics it will be hours of fun for the bored dog.

See, discuss and vote for the best ideas and remember that all profits go to help the Japanese people rebuilding their destructed lives.

This weeks Quirky brief is about making a garage organization product. I was wondering that hey, garage organization is a crowded market and everything exists and is soo boring. Until I realized that the largest and most expensive asset in your garage is still your car. And cars and narrow spaces don’t mix well:

It only takes a bad move and you are scheduled for an expensive paint job and are out of car for a week.

So my submission is on a making parking easier. You can come, see, vote and comment on my idea here.

This was my submission for the Quirky Promo brief. The aim was to design a promotional product that companies can give away on trade shows, or other publicity events. A good promo item is something you want to keep and display so the advertisers logo and name are shown to as many people as possible. As it’s effectively a give away item it has to be really cheap to manufacture.

So here was my submission:

CDs and DVDs are all over the place. Paper sleeve CDs come with books, gadgets, newspapers etc. Each of us keeps a bunch of these lying around on the desk or in a drawer. Plenty of CD/DVD organizers exist but most of us simply does not bother to buy one or the ones we have are bulky and impractical so we don’t use them.

So here is the perfect CD/DVD organizer for the ultra minimalist. It’s essentially a free standing wooden peg that allows you to stack 30-50 CDs and keep them around on your desk. The design is ultra minimalistic yet classy. It is a practical organizer to keep on your desk and it makes an excellent conversation piece.

This promo gift is perfect for students, software & IT people and office workers. This gift fits perfectly to Apple/Mac users who are known to prefer minimalistic designs.