Single-use plastic bottles exist because we buy a lot of products that are mostly water. The latest company to realize this is stupid (since most of us already have water on tap in our homes) is Seventh Generation, a manufacturer of cleaning products. "The plastic lifecycle is im … | Continue reading
$39.50 a pop, comes with a month's worth of filters | Continue reading
I.e. the walls are transparent, but magically turn opaque when occupied | Continue reading
Here are two obscure automotive inventions I've never seen before. Both were designed by people seeking to make parallel parking more convenient. I rate the first design, from the UK in the 1930s, so-so; the second design, from Switzerland in the 1950s, is quite clever as it gets … | Continue reading
What do we do when the symbols we create connect to things we never intended? | Continue reading
If you've got some basic tools and the materials, you can build a sawhorse/trestle yourself in an afternoon. Or if you've got $50, you can go to Ikea and purchase their Finnvard, which has an adjustable-height top. But if you've got money to burn, you can head over to | Continue reading
Admittedly, I have a low bar for travel chess sets since the last one I saw wound up in the Design Roast. For a change, this Crownes Chess Set makes intelligent use of design with their approach. Taking a cue from Russian nesting dolls, the machined pieces neatly stack inside | Continue reading
Are the needs of women covered in "Design Innovations for Women" taboo, or have they just been largely ignored by designers until recently? | Continue reading
These days, as businesses order transparent plastic sheets to build anti-COVID barriers, they may find that some suppliers are out of Plexiglas®, but have plexiglass in stock. What's the difference? Both products are sheets of acrylic. Plexiglas® is the brand name trademarked in … | Continue reading
The Wuling Hong Guang Mini EV is less than 10 feet long | Continue reading
The "Interior Space" book contains stunning images of the ISS interior | Continue reading
This is the Form 3L, Formlabs' large-format 3D printer: The image above is deceptive--it doesn't give you a sense of how big this thing is. Here's what it looks like with a person next to it: As you can see, the 3L has a gigantic build | Continue reading
A speculative collaboration between Takram and Hitachi Design explores a future of infrastructure influenced by the cultural shifts as a reaction to COVID-19 | Continue reading
Here's another product hit I didn't see coming: Skadu, a gimmicky-looking handheld cordless power scrubber for cleaning tasks. If I saw this being demonstrated at a trade show, I'd have walked right past the booth without thinking twice. This is something I might buy if it was ma … | Continue reading
After seeing countless viral clips of anti-maskers acting out in public, engineer Allen Pan of the Sufficiently Advanced YouTube channel indulged in a bit of wish fulfillment: He cobbled together a CO2-powered "gun" that fires face masks directly onto people's faces. After an imp … | Continue reading
In our latest 1:1 design interview podcast Michael and James talk creative journey and professional practice | Continue reading
I can't tell if this is earnest behavior, weird taste or social commentary. In Vietnam's Vinh Long province, a 53-year-old homeowner has had his house fenced with over 2,000 iPhone 6, 7 and 7-Plus models. The original article documenting the feat ran in | Continue reading
"If a mold is well designed, uses high quality steel and is well-maintained, it can go on forever" | Continue reading
Hadn't seen this trick before. It doesn't require adding bracing behind the hole | Continue reading
Andrey Avgust is the talented industrial designer behind those stunning U.S. currency redesigns. Another conceptual project he's executed directly involves his native country of Belarus: A redesign of Nyamiga Station in Minsk, the capital. The entire project is worth a look, but … | Continue reading
Weirdly, they do it with surrealist video clips that resemble mushroom trips | Continue reading
"It's so much fun to build your own things and solve the problems" | Continue reading
Depending on what you're doing with it, VR could stand for Vomit Reality. But now New Zealand tech company Eight360 has cracked the problem of how to eliminate the nausea that comes when your body doesn't move along with what your eyes are showing you, at least for vehicle simula … | Continue reading
"Inspired by the mental health benefit of taking time to unplug and disconnect, the Nike Offline aims to do the same for your feet." | Continue reading
I cannot imagine how design alone can tackle the problem of crowded airplane cabins in the age of COVID. Then again, it's not my job to; it's the job of design studios like the UK's PriestmanGoode, who recently release their "Pure Skies" concept for a reimagined commercial aircra … | Continue reading
Some hardcore prototyping skills right here! Industrial designer Eric Strebel shows you his stacking process for creating molds for small, tricky parts. Here it looks as if he's preparing to cast copies of a robot action figure for a client, with at least one part | Continue reading
Madrid's Museo Del Prado has a killer exhibition called "The Other Treasure: The Dauphin's Cases." First off, the treasure in question. Louis XIV of France was married to his cousin, Maria Theresa of Spain. They gave their firstborn son the imaginative name of Louis. This son Lou … | Continue reading
ShineLA is set to debut during the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | Continue reading
Ignore the other design blogs and think about it for a minute | Continue reading
Facing the reality of empty stadiums, last month the Kansas City Royals came up with an unusual plan: Fans of the team could become KC Royals "Fanbassadors" by paying $40 for a life-size, printed plastic cutout* of their likeness to be placed in the stands. *(Where cardboard cuto … | Continue reading
The GA900 series looks to be the toughest of the bunch | Continue reading
3ERP delivers high-quality, low-volume orders with a fast turnaround—here's a look behind the process of producing our winners' awards trophies | Continue reading
Solo New York's Re:cycled Collection of bags has an impressive green credit: The exterior fabric of very bag in the line-up is made from recycled PET bottles. On top of that, the company is currently taking steps to make the shipping and sales process greener as | Continue reading
This is Safety Theater, and it looks difficult to install as well | Continue reading
On a jobsite one day, contractor Dave Rivera and his crew were on top of a house, putting in the roof. Directly below, a crew of plumbers were simultaneously installing radiant floor heating. The problem: Every once in a while, someone in Rivera's crew would accidentally drop the … | Continue reading
In the 1990s 3D printing was adopted by forward-looking design studios for prototyping – it was not widespread though for it required having personal access to an expensive machine. Since then we’ve seen the Internet evolve into the primary backbone of business and as a result 3D … | Continue reading
In the 1960s, Japanese automakers were beginning to export their economy cars around the world. Fuel-efficient and tiny, these econoboxes were difficult for American consumers to take seriously. However, the folks over at Nissan (then known as Datsun) were also working on somethi … | Continue reading
As someone who frequently wakes up in the middle of the night, and fumbles around the dark while trying not to wake my wife, I find these brilliant: It's such a simple idea. Called ConnectLights, they don't need to be wired in, just placed over the outlets and | Continue reading
Ultra efficient layouts and flexible live/work spaces are likely to reign supreme in the future of home interior design | Continue reading
Rodin may not have been an industrial designer, but he did have a grasp of mass production, and understood how it could be wielded to help immortalize his work while turning a profit. By the time of his death in 1917, Rodin had donated many of his sculptures to the | Continue reading
Nemo's four-part system could allow restoration specialists to restore up to100 corals per day | Continue reading
The indestructibility of this new aluminum foam metal relies on an embedded ceramic material | Continue reading
With everyone wearing different styles of facemasks, Duke University physician and professor Eric Westman wondered: Are each mask-sellers' claims of efficacy true? Which masks are the most effective, and which simply provide a false sense of security? As reported by Duke Health, … | Continue reading
To be clear, I'd never buy this toy-like xDrill from Robbox; in the demo video you can actually see the run-out in the chuck and bit. Also, the last thing I want is a power tool with an LED touchscreen. However, it's got at least one killer feature--the ability to | Continue reading
In addition to the environmental benefits, electric cars are a great thing for exterior automotive design; with the exception of the Toyota Prius, it's generally understood that the visual language of electric should be clean and uncluttered. Even the stodgiest design manager kno … | Continue reading
As product designers, we know the quiet thrill of walking into a store and seeing something you designed sitting on a shelf. We also know the feeling of glumness when the product is replaced or discontinued. Puzzlingly, though, I find it more frustrating as a consumer to learn th … | Continue reading