Tow 660 pounds behind your regular bike, with no extra effort | Continue reading
Objects designed for medical environments are, by definition, sterile, so it's hard to think of them as sexy. But Italian industrial designer Enrico Azzimonti did his damnedest with these surgical containers for client AB Medica: PPSU 15 "Sterilization container made of PPSU (pol … | Continue reading
Cheeky choice of song (a cover of the Beatles' "Revolution") in this demonstration for a German barbecue grill with a rather unique rotating mechanism: In the video he's using the version without the legs, which runs €89 (USD $105). But buying the grill together with the legs is … | Continue reading
Furnitures designers and fellow RISD grads Andrew Bannar and Ben Kicic designed this simple coffee scoop that can be used to hold the bag closed. "The Closepin Coffee Scoop's handle forms a simple clip to keep the bag shut while also providing a spot for the scoop when not | Continue reading
When the intent was to dazzle rather than provide good UX | Continue reading
A five-part series on DIY product design, development and launch | Continue reading
A list of design firms to know for anyone looking to bring diverse perspectives to their products | Continue reading
"Finally," says the copy on French manufacturer Trone's website, "designer toilets." "Trone was born from a mission: to reinvent the toilet experience (emphasis theirs). A less monotonous, more unique experience. Memorable." I admit that any "memorable" bowel movement I've had ha … | Continue reading
We're learning that natural materials can insulate a cooler just as well as Styrofoam can, but without the ecological problems. The soft-sided Nutshell Cooler we looked at uses coconut husks. For those who prefer a rigid cooler, the Wooly Cooler might be up your alley. It uses sh … | Continue reading
Might be an interesting design school case study: What do you do when your signature product is a cigarette lighter, and no one smokes cigarettes anymore? Vapers don't need your product, and the uptick in spliff smokers can't offset the decline. We're a long way from the 1940s, w … | Continue reading
Bold-Design, a French firm started by product designers William Boujon and Julien Benayoun, developed this very unusual method of joining table legs. Behold the Trestle Twist: "The twist, a decorative motif par excellence in the art of forging, is here the generating | Continue reading
The Pluto Square Cat Litter Cube is yet another entry in the designey pet accessory space. Designed by South-Korea-based HS2 Studio, it's meant to look nice during your home's magazine shoot, and uses a geared mechanism to eliminate the need for you to scoop | Continue reading
The Osborne Fire Finder, invented a century ago, gets a new production run | Continue reading
Posted in r/TheWayWeWere is this photo from the 1940s of a wearable cow-milker's stool: It's a brilliant design. You can sit or stand without having to put the buckets down and grab the stool. Also, they're one-legged not only to save weight, in the case of this wearable variant, … | Continue reading
House framers installing decking or subflooring all have a pair of kneepads—unless they've switched over to this Quik Drive system, which allows them to drive floor-level screws from standing height. Developed by Simpson Strong-Tie for use with their collated fasteners, the syste … | Continue reading
Here's a wall-mounted temporary seat for space-tight homes. The idea is you put one in your hallway or vestibule for putting your shoes on: There's a 1/4" steel rod running the width of the seat that serves as the hinge attaching the seat to the back. Assuming you | Continue reading
Don't worry: He says you can outrun or overpower it | Continue reading
David Cutler is a designer. Tamara Mekler is a Behavioral Biologist. While gaining their respective graduate degrees at Stanford, the duo traveled to the Philippines to collaborate on a school project to improve the design of fish packaging. In one of those curveballs that life t … | Continue reading
Bag manufacturer Freitag, which has been making their wares from upcycled truck tarps and recycled plastic bottles for some 30 years, has secured a new, durable and unusual material for their BOMs: Undetonated airbags. Their new F707 STRATOS backpack "is made from B-stock airbags … | Continue reading
You know those little plastic thingies that hold bread packaging closed? Those are mostly made by Kwik Lok, the Washington-state-based company that dominates the market. They're made of plastic, which is of course recyclable. But as we all now know, it turns out that most of the … | Continue reading
It looks like the designer(s) had a helluva lot of fun on this one. An audio products startup called GravaStar, a company willing to take stylistics risks that Apple, Bose and Sony aren't, is releasing wireless noise-canceling earbuds targeted at gamers. At just $80 a pop, I'm gu … | Continue reading
The Atoma System from Belgium is pricey (and highly covetable) | Continue reading
Smart Design shows how a user-focused redesign made a legacy product cheaper, easier to use and more sustainable | Continue reading
As global wealth has increased, a Mercedes is still expensive, but no longer a rare sight. There was a time, however, when a Mercedes was something that oil sheiks and ultra-rich businessmen drove. So the architecture of this Mercedes-Benz showroom in Coruña, Spain must've made p … | Continue reading
Even a robo-phobic child would have a hard time being scared by the Daleks, the robot-like aliens from Doctor Who; the supposedly terrifying beings traveled around on wheels, so you could escape one by stepping onto a curb. Well, times have changed, as have robot bodies. Boston D … | Continue reading
For when "the people who designed it didn't understand how to manufacture it" | Continue reading
"We wanted to design a tool that would help learners engage with emerging technology in a collaborative way, and we wanted to put women at the center" | Continue reading
Designing products to take advantage of sustainable production methods can often be a better approach | Continue reading
The coffee ritual of today: Go to Starbucks, drink your coffee, read fake news on your smartphone, play some Candy Crush, be shitty to someone on Twitter. In the traditional Viennese coffee house, however, the ritual was very different. Here's an excerpt from Robert Edward Norton … | Continue reading
If you're a design entrepreneur seeking prototyping and low-volume manufacturing services, and you need engineering support, this new initiative from Mack Prototype might be for you. The Massachusetts-based company is a subsidiary of Mack Molding Co., a contract manufacturer that … | Continue reading
A crochet teacher and her students beat plastic with recycled fabric | Continue reading
Russian tool retailer Kuvalda posted this video, with their branding clearly in the shot, of an unusual tool: From what I can tell, it uses an ordinary roll of electrical tape. It doesn't seem like it would offer a particularly hardy connection, but this would surely be useful fo … | Continue reading
With more folks than ever still working from home, we expect there's currently a rash of space-saving home office furniture designs currently in development. German furniture designer Nils Holger Moormann, however, has a solution that's already on the market. Moorman's Der Vorsta … | Continue reading
The AtuMan EG1 is a lightweight (5.5-ounce) cordless hot glue gun with a rechargeable lithium battery. And unlike the last designey hot glue gun we looked at, this one doesn't require proprietary glue sticks, but takes the commonly-available 7mm size. The minimalist form has a ma … | Continue reading
Regulations requiring that new plastic objects contain a certain amount of recycled content is good for the environment. But they also provide a headache for manufacturers; it's now on them to reconcile the unattractive look of recycled plastic with the aesthetic demands of the m … | Continue reading
Among sensible cyclists, there's no stigma in wearing a helmet. For pedestrians, however, walking around with a helmet on would seem strange. That's unfortunate for those with neurological conditions that predispose them to falls. Their doctors may recommend that they wear a helm … | Continue reading
As a bonus, ToughBuilt R&D is located in southern California | Continue reading
Once again I've misjudged the limits of the "everyday carry" market, which has always been centered on "You need object X to help you deal with emergency situation Y." The X and Y are growing ever more bizarre. The market's latest entrant, which has been a smash hit on | Continue reading
SRAM is seeking a creative and motivated Industrial Designer with senior level design-work experience to join our Chicago Road Bike Design team. This designer will play a key role in driving the design of industry leading road bike components. This position | Continue reading
If you're hand-sanding the surface of any car that isn't a 1980s Volvo, you're going to run into issues with body contours. Malco's Conformable Sander, aimed at auto body repairpersons, is designed to solve that problem. The flexible sanding block is first pressed against the des … | Continue reading
This Bamboo Washing Machine concept, designed by a team of no less than eight ID students from China's Dalian Minzu University, is intended to free up time for those living in extremely rural circumstances. "Laundry is very time-consuming, especially in rural communities," the te … | Continue reading
A team of human-centered designers created Famous Last Words, a toolkit to activate agency and intentional connection during the lonely COVID-19 period | Continue reading
Michael Omotosho's grandmother has arthritis, which makes it difficult for her to pull plugs out of wall sockets. Luckily for her, her grandson is an industrial designer. Learning of her trouble—and finding that even the non-arthritic struggle "with pulling out stiff and fiddly p … | Continue reading
Founded by industrial designer Kelly Custer, Knack Design Studio specializes in working with hardware brands to help them discover new product categories they can expand into. But to keep their skills sharpened, they also engage in internal projects, like this Ondago concept for … | Continue reading
The Galaxy Z Fold3 and Flip 3 now have lower prices, and supposedly increased durability | Continue reading