I can't remember the last time I backed something on Kickstarter, but I just backed this one. The Duo Cover is a collapsible silicone dome with microwave-safe magnets in the top. It clings to your microwave's ceiling, where it "lives." When you want to reheat something | Continue reading
Asus has unveiled a peculiar object that they're calling the "world's first foldable OLED laptop." While all laptops fold, it's the screen that folds in their Zenbook 17 Fold OLED. Folded, it's the size of a 12.5" laptop. Unfurled, it's a 17.3" screen. The Bluetooth keyboard can … | Continue reading
Here's another experimental laptop design, not quite as weird as Asus' folding-screen machine. Lenovo has announced the ThinkBook Plus Gen 3, a 17" laptop that has an additional and portrait-oriented 8" screen right next to the keyboard. The unusual layout means the upper screen … | Continue reading
The bright colors tell you whether you got 'em or not | Continue reading
The forthcoming Silverado EV has one dumb design feature but two smart ones | Continue reading
West Elm Kids, in collaboration with Pottery Barn Kids, sells this $90 Acrylic Wall Pocket: Is it me, or is this just a terrible design for a storage object, particularly one for children? Access appears awkward, visibility is limited to whatever's pressed against the front face, … | Continue reading
Restaurant workers have been quitting in droves. Low pay, long hours, fear of catching COVID and above all, rude customers have all been cited as reasons why. "Hey Joe, have you ever seen a customer wear a martini? Stay tuned!" It would be far better if customers who lost | Continue reading
Unlike some municipalities, the city of Boise, Idaho has informed their residents that not all plastics can be thrown into the recycling. As of three years ago, Boise residents have been asked to separate #4 thru #7 plastics (low-density polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, … | Continue reading
This month BMW unveiled their iX Flow in a special color: Black—or white. Covered in E-ink panels, the car can switch hues at the press of a button: So how did they do it? Because E-ink panels are flat and the car's surfaces are anything | Continue reading
This Smart Salon focused on the data gaps in women's health today and how designers can pitch in to correct historic wrongs | Continue reading
We chatted with MODEM founder and former Space10 Creative Director Bas van de Poel about what the future holds for design | Continue reading
Here's a great example of designers rethinking an incumbent form factor to improve the UX. While most portable projectors are rectangular, Samsung's innovative Freestyle takes the form of those cheapie freestanding spotlights that were popular in the '80s and '90s. Remember these … | Continue reading
In the market for some jewelry? Here's Balenciaga's Tool Bracelet: Yep, it's a hose clamp. Just one that's made from brass with a silver finish. The list price is $950, but it's currently marked down to $659. The images clearly show "Made in France," but the product | Continue reading
As underground engineering consultancies go, Italy's Trevi Group is no joke; they're the folks that were hired to stabilize the Leaning Tower of Pisa in the 'aughts. And back in the '90s (if you couldn't tell by the quality of the images below), they were tasked with designing a | Continue reading
The RazorScribe is a small finishing tool invented by Dave Brallier, a general contractor who works on high-end homes, where the clients expect their expensive materials to mate precisely. "The first prototype of the RazorScribe® was born out of sheer necessity. While installing … | Continue reading
I don't deny that this object is clever (for what it is), but I'm stunned that people would purchase one for the $22 asking price. Bago seems like a simple thing to rig up. It's basically an adjustable strap and a small A-clamp. You throw one end into the glovebox, | Continue reading
In seeking to "Recherche autour des expressions françaises," French product designer Lucas Lorigeon devised this unusual outdoor object: To explain the application: I do wonder: Are the cigarette butts meant to be dropped down the spout? That's undoubtedly a fire-safe way to go, … | Continue reading
For the unpracticed, rolling cigarettes or joints isn't easy. A device called Otto is designed to ease the latter. It's essentially a push-button automatic grinder that you fill with weed, then place atop a transparent jig with a conical interior. That's where you place your pre- … | Continue reading
By Bronwen Rees and Bryony Wood of Nottingham Trent University | Continue reading
The CGI Artist will help create a CGI capability inside the world’s largest boat manufacturer. We are looking for someone who can help us visualize and create compelling images and stories for all our brands. This role will support design and marketing departments in creating 3D … | Continue reading
Without a doubt expensive, but does it make a case for practical effects over the advanced CGI techniques of 2021 blockbusters? | Continue reading
Therapy based VR programs could strengthen self-esteem, empathy, and creative thinking | Continue reading
A poorly fitting chest binder can result in gender dysphoria, and even broken ribs—For Them founder Chloe Freeman set out to change this with fantastic results | Continue reading
The process documentation in these entries demonstrate very clever techniques that allow for lifelike copies | Continue reading
30 vehicles documented for their role in shaping American car culture | Continue reading
The Pentagram-designed Yoto Mini is a high-quality, screen-free storytelling device for kids on the go | Continue reading
The Mousk App lets you choose whatever expression you'd like to show to the world while masked up | Continue reading
Imagine a future where people would only buy 1kg of textile per year and per person to reduce their impact on the planet : What would fashion become? | Continue reading
Archaeologists must love the "Form follows function" rule, because when they dig up an old Roman chair, even the intern can tell it's a chair. But the future archaeologists who'll dig up our 21st-century furniture will be scratching their heads a lot: What the heck is this thing? … | Continue reading
Perhaps because the pandemic left so many of us confined to our kitchens, this year we saw more design@food stories than ever. Here's what culinary-minded designers served up in 2021: Turkish design for a tunnel-like toaster to handle long slices A German BBQ grill with a unique … | Continue reading
The lighting designs we saw this year ran the gamut, from expensive and designey fixtures to better garage lighting to knockaround units that contractors can use to light crawlspaces. Here are our faves for 2021: FixturesA modern design classic: Anu Moser's pendant lamp for Louis … | Continue reading
Waveform is a series of beautiful, unique, holographic silkscreen-printed artwork visualising soundwaves generated by British electronic music, raising funds for Help Musicians — a charity providing support to music industry workers in crisis. | Continue reading
Hand, power, multi, specialty, moving materials, moving you, fastening, fixtures | Continue reading
Given the importance of in-person studio time, product and industrial design students must have found lockdown difficult. But you wouldn't know it by looking at some of the standout projects we saw this year. Out of the dozens of student projects we covered in 2021, these seven b … | Continue reading
It's been an absolute crap year for many of us. So I'm ending it with a roundup of 52 unexpected, surprising or clever design solutions I saw this year, the ones that really made me smile. Well, and at least two that made me cringe, take a guess. Enjoy! | Continue reading
OurCarbon has found an energy neutral way to transform organic waste like sewage sludge into a valuable pigment and material additive. Debuting at Dutch Design Week, they share the applications that their material can be used for. | Continue reading
This year 3D printing continued its inexorable rise as a powerful, game-changing fabrication technique. Two areas were of interest to us: Pro-level advances achieved by corporations or universities, and the experiments, improved techniques and innovative objects produced by indiv … | Continue reading
When you're burnt out on the relentless commercialism and consumerism of product design, fine art provides a welcome respite. Here are some of the best art pieces we saw this year. Simon Berger "draws" portraits by shattering glass with a hammer Land Art: Justin Bateman "draws" w … | Continue reading
This is a bag weaved with tubing that can change color and pattern everyday. So you can have one bag with infinite patterns & colors! Now you can change your bag to whatever you like everyday. | Continue reading
As a product designer, you're probably fascinated by successful crowdfunding campaigns--because whether or not the vendors actually deliver the product, the campaigns are a barometer of current consumer tastes and desires. These can often be surprising. There's bound to be severa … | Continue reading
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has teamed up with ad agency MediaCom Beyond Advertising to launch one of a kind of t-shirts with a special story and an important message built into the design. The 190 white t-shirts have been collected from second-hand shops with each … | Continue reading
Here's three things that sharply impacted the design of trucks, vans and SUVs this year: Electric, which is being promoted as a greener alternative; size concerns, which are leading to a rash of micro-trucks; and the pandemic, which has spurred renewed interest in living/working … | Continue reading