Maybe not your average DIY project, but Zack makes it look do-able | Continue reading
I've seen a lot of crazy and inconvenient space-saving solutions in residential buildings in New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo. So I'm amazed I've never seen anything like this two-way staircase until now: The model above was realized as a full-scale art installation called DIAGINT, cre … | Continue reading
B-Star Crafts is the guy who demonstrated how magnets can be used in hidden cabinet and drawer locks. That post did pretty well, and maybe this will interest you too: He came up with this MacGyver-like method of creating threads without using a tap set. "The advantage is that | Continue reading
A YouTuber draws a continuous line with each, then measures the results | Continue reading
These days employers know it's crucial to keep your supply chain employees happy. So when Lucas Mundt, a Logistics Analyst at personal water bottle manufacturer Simple Modern, asked his boss if he could decorate his cubicle (the company's employees have returned to the office), h … | Continue reading
As nomadic tribes knew, horses are the perfect closed-loop transportation system. Their fuel is grass, and their waste product is fertilizer. Given an appropriate climate and a route that includes sources of water, you can travel indefinitely. The rider only needs to carry fuel f … | Continue reading
The market has demonstrated that there's demand for vinyl LPs. In this age of preconfigured playlists, is there also nostalgia for live radio broadcasts? London-based design studio Industrial Facility (a/k/a Sam Hecht and Kim Colin) thinks so. "Radio behaves inherently differentl … | Continue reading
Sony shuts its first and last disc factory in the U.S. What happened? | Continue reading
First we saw the rise of designey drawing tools on Kickstarter, then designey arts-n-crafts tools like that AtuMan hot glue gun. Now that second category has a newcomer: The $90 Arrowmax SGS Pro, a "smart mini electric engraving & polishing pen." Aside from its size, to me it | Continue reading
Beijing is observing incredibly strict measures to contain COVID in their Olympic Village. Journalists who arrived in advance of the athletes got the first look at the Village's cafeteria, which features robot chefs and servers, plastic partitions at each table, and a rather odd- … | Continue reading
By Sandy Zhang, Jodie Xie, Alaa Alshareff and Megan Wiles | Continue reading
Founded by Wieden + Kennedy alum Ritesh Gupta, the program addresses questions people of color have about breaking into (and thriving in) the industry | Continue reading
This month Portl, a startup that has raised millions in funding to commercialize hologram technology, released this 90-second spot for their desktop Model-M. Take a look at their proposed use cases: Did you see a single application that made a strong case for why this couldn't ju … | Continue reading
Even if you don't have family members in the military, you've surely seen these in a movie or TV show: Image: Catherine Lowrey Sometimes jokingly referred to as "chest candy" by soldiers, those are service ribbons, also called ribbon bars, and they're essentially a UX concession … | Continue reading
The eShepherd system also allows you to monitor the cows remotely | Continue reading
These chairs are made with felted wool, aluminum and wood. Eye-catching as they are, at first blush this seems incredibly wasteful: However, the kicker is that the materials used were all cut-offs, i.e. waste to begin with. A Toronto-based design firm called Stacklab "identified … | Continue reading
The pioneer of co-creation design lasted for nearly 15 years | Continue reading
Automotive finishing expert Takahiko Izawa runs Rohan Izawa Art Design, a car customizer with peerless techniques. Izawa spent over ten years perfecting "IZ METAL," a type of metal paint that he can spray onto a car and actually engrave into. Other finishers can do similar things … | Continue reading
I can't think of any other tool that attaches to your nose | Continue reading
Eating fast food while sitting in your car is kind of sad, but I still do it. When you're in the middle of nowhere and starving, it's often the only option, with ubiquitous burger joints having COVID-closed dining areas and offering drive-thru only. Unsurprisingly, there's a cate … | Continue reading
With cigarettes in decline the U.S. (just 14% of the population here smokes), Zippo has expanded their product offerings beyond cigarette lighters. In Japan, however, smoking has declined more slowly, with 18.2% of the population still puffing away. Thus Japanese manufacturer Tsu … | Continue reading
For those of you that still need to iron stuff: Do you do a bunch of ironing at once, or one or two pieces as needed? "We researched the ironing category," writes Youmeus, a UK-based consultancy founded by industrial designer Chris Christou, "and discovered several key insights t … | Continue reading
Back when cars were newfangled, we were completely ignorant of their hazards. We drove around with freaking plate-glass windows until safety glass was invented around 1937. Seat belts weren't even offered as an option until 1949, and no one wanted them. They weren't even required … | Continue reading
Here are a few reasons why you might want to consider it. | Continue reading
In the dark 1976 movie Two-Minute Warning, an evil sniper sets up a nest in the L.A. Coliseum during a Superbowl-like event. He fires randomly into the crowd, and people are killed both by his bullets and in the panicked stampede he causes. I don't know how long after | Continue reading
We've grown accustomed to seeing police or soldiers armed with assault rifles at transportation hubs and public events. In the near future, we may see additional security members carrying these: That's the Skybeam, a handheld anti-drone jammer that targets remote-piloted drones. … | Continue reading
ONE299 "Correctly fits 1-percentile to 99-percentile female and male users" | Continue reading
When we last looked at Nuro, the developers of an autonomous electric delivery vehicle, they were on their second-generation R2. To refresh your memory, it was essentially a diminutive car designed to carry goods, not people, and Dominos successfully used them to deliver pizzas i … | Continue reading
Shay Nifusi's Monobloc Brushes "are a result of material and cultural study made as my graduation project at the Industrial Design Department in Shenkar," he writes. "Focusing on such an arbitrary object for a graduation project came from realizing that there is a lot to learn fr … | Continue reading
Alba is a Portugese manufacturer of cast iron wood stoves. Although they offer traditional models, like this Metafire Stove… They also have two rather radical departures from the form, by designer Francisco Providência: R2D2 Stove Remade Stove Sadly, Alba is one of those old-scho … | Continue reading
This strange Japanese amusement device walks the line between innovative and creepy. The Punirines Touchable Digital Pet is, like the original Tamagotchi… …a digital pet trapped inside an electronic case. But there's a finger-sized hole in the Punirines' case, so you can insert a … | Continue reading
Imagine an Expedit where you can add or subtract compartments at will | Continue reading
This has me pretty conflicted. I love a cleverly designed tool, and this one clearly fits the bill, but I am questioning what we are doing as a society that creates the need for this tool. The HydroFlask Flex Strap Customizer was designed to allow you to easily | Continue reading
Mechanical engineer Amy Qian purchased a cabinet-style SawStop table saw, which was loaded into her Honda Element on a pallet by a forklift at the store. When she got home, she then had to figure out how to get the 400-pound unit safely out of the vehicle—by herself. Qian's | Continue reading
Carson Terry, a metal fabricator who goes by the handle Hossly, doesn't mind switching to wood for an interesting project. Mechanical engineer Amy Qian of AmyisMakingStuff designed a simple sofa unit that quickly extends into a bed and is designed to fit inside a Honda Element, a … | Continue reading
Razer has designed an air-purifying face mask aimed at, you guessed it, gamers. The thinking behind the Razer Zephyr Pro is that in-person gaming events will continue, and that team gamers in particular have a need to be heard by their teammates. "Breathe freely and be heard clea … | Continue reading
Las Vegas once looked like this: Over the years, as newer competitors moved in, many of the old-school casinos were decommissioned, their signs torn down. Thankfully, not all of the signs went into landfill. A variety of individuals | Continue reading
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
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
The forthcoming Silverado EV has one dumb design feature but two smart ones | 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
We chatted with MODEM founder and former Space10 Creative Director Bas van de Poel about what the future holds for design | 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