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    • Lexon Turned Jeff Koons’ Most Famous Sculpture Into The Coolest Statement Lamp You Can Actually Own
      Lexon Turned Jeff Koons’ Most Famous Sculpture Into The Coolest Statement Lamp You Can Actually Own
    • Forget Your Old Loadout — 5 EDC Essentials Built for Summer 2026
      Forget Your Old Loadout — 5 EDC Essentials Built for Summer 2026
    • The Memdock G3 Is the 13-Port Dock You Don’t Have to Hide Anymore
      The Memdock G3 Is the 13-Port Dock You Don’t Have to Hide Anymore
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    • The Memdock G3 Is the 13-Port Dock You Don’t Have to Hide Anymore
      The Memdock G3 Is the 13-Port Dock You Don’t Have to Hide Anymore
    • This LEGO VHS Player Actually Has Cassettes You Can Insert and Remove
      This LEGO VHS Player Actually Has Cassettes You Can Insert and Remove
    • OPPO Find X9 Ultra Review: An Exceptional Camera Phone That Gets Everything Else Right Too
      OPPO Find X9 Ultra Review: An Exceptional Camera Phone That Gets Everything Else Right Too
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    • 5 Camper Vans So Cleverly Designed They Replace Your Apartment, Office, and Hotel Room
      5 Camper Vans So Cleverly Designed They Replace Your Apartment, Office, and Hotel Room
    • LUV1 modular bike replaces your car for daily errands with 120L storage and swappable batteries
      LUV1 modular bike replaces your car for daily errands with 120L storage and swappable batteries
    • Waymo’s Self-Driving Car Saw the Flood and Drove In Anyway. Here’s The Problem Plaguing Every Robotaxi.
      Waymo’s Self-Driving Car Saw the Flood and Drove In Anyway. Here’s The Problem Plaguing Every Robotaxi.
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    • This Architect Built a 20m² Red Cabin on Her Family’s Greek Vineyard — and It’s the Antidote to Every Concrete Villa on the Island
      This Architect Built a 20m² Red Cabin on Her Family’s Greek Vineyard — and It’s the Antidote to Every Concrete Villa on the Island
    • This $35,000 Tiny Home Proves You Don’t Need More Than 161 Square Feet to Live Well
      This $35,000 Tiny Home Proves You Don’t Need More Than 161 Square Feet to Live Well
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      UNStudio’s Wasl Tower Is Dubai’s Most Sculptural Skyscraper Yet
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      Su Yang Choi Made a Glowing Lamp From Seaweed, Paprika, and Gardenia
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      Mass Timber, Passive House, & a Curving Roof: This Canadian Community Centre Is the Civic Building Other Cities Should Be Copying
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    • Lexon Turned Jeff Koons’ Most Famous Sculpture Into The Coolest Statement Lamp You Can Actually Own
      Lexon Turned Jeff Koons’ Most Famous Sculpture Into The Coolest Statement Lamp You Can Actually Own
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      Forget Your Old Loadout — 5 EDC Essentials Built for Summer 2026
    • The Memdock G3 Is the 13-Port Dock You Don’t Have to Hide Anymore
      The Memdock G3 Is the 13-Port Dock You Don’t Have to Hide Anymore
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      OPPO Find X9 Ultra Review: An Exceptional Camera Phone That Gets Everything Else Right Too
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  • Colorful illuminated balloon animal sculpture shaped like a dog, with rainbow lights on a round pedestal.

    Lexon Turned Jeff Koons’ Most Famous Sculpture Into The Coolest Statement Lamp You Can Actually Own

    Transforming Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog into a fully functional lamp required more than good intentions and a licensing agreement. For French design/tech atelier Lexon, more…

    Accessories, Deals, Lighting, Product Design05/16/2026
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White camper van with its side door open, showing a small living area inside, parked on a gravel lot with hills in the background on a sunny day

5 Camper Vans So Cleverly Designed They Replace Your Apartment, Office, and Hotel Room

The idea that a van could replace your apartment, your office, and your hotel room used to sound like a compromise. It isn’t anymore. The…

Automotive, Outdoor05/16/2026
Indoor science exhibit featuring two white panels with vertical rows of blue liquid-filled bottles connected by tubing, forming a cascading display on a wooden table base.

Someone Built a Clock With 60 Water Pumps and Zero Regrets

When I first saw the Water Tower Clock by Strange Inventions, I genuinely had to watch it twice. Not because I didn’t understand it, but…

Lifestyle05/16/2026
Dark minimalist living room with a black sectional sofa, low square ottoman, and sleek metal accents on a bright pale floor.

VIBRYX Is the Furniture Collection That Treats Sound as a Material

I’ve looked at a lot of furniture collections over the years. Most of them ask the same question: how do you make a sofa or…

Furniture05/16/2026
Abstract white sculpture resembling a person with a spoon as head and two forks raised like arms, set against a blue backdrop with red cylinders at the base

Art-ware Is the Dining Set That Never Has to Go in a Cabinet

Tableware has always had a storage problem. A complete set of cups, bowls, and cutlery takes up a cabinet’s worth of space for the privilege…

Tableware05/16/2026

Featured Designs

Head-up display showing 30 mph, avg 25.1 mph, and a turn onto W 11th St, 0.9 mi ahead.

Tesla Left a Glaring Gap in Every Model 3 and Model Y. This $379 HUD Fixes It.

Fighter pilots have had heads-up displays since the 1950s, because asking a human to look down at instruments while traveling at 600 miles per hour…

Accessories, Automotive, Deals, Featured, Product Design05/08/2026
Six-port USB-C charging dock with a blue LED status panel showing per-port wattage on a rounded stand.

300W and 7 Ports: This GaN Charger Makes Every Other Multi-Port Charger Look Embarrassingly Weak

Most GaN chargers on the market right now treat 140W like a finish line. Satechi hit it with their ChargeView hub and added a wattage…

Accessories, Deals, Featured, Product Design, Technology05/07/2026
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MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2026

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Collage of four product shots: a vintage smartphone on a blue surface, a phone hanging from a keychain on a wall, a blue-bordered phone mounted on white, and a stone-like device with a camera lens on a page marked 'YD Yanko Design'

ecal x Google Just Imagined 10 Phones Beyond the Slab

Assorted glossy, dome-shaped containers in multiple colors arranged on a white table at a design exhibit.

Leave It to a Jewelry House to Make the Most Beautiful Candle

Showroom display with a glass water feature containing white water lilies, surrounded by greenery and a branded backdrop.

Bang & Olufsen Just Taught Stone to Sing at Milan 2026

Red corrugated cabin on a raised wooden deck with two chairs and a glass door, set in a sunny rural landscape.

This Architect Built a 20m² Red Cabin on Her Family’s Greek Vineyard — and It’s the Antidote to Every Concrete Villa on the Island

Somewhere between the olive groves and vine rows of Zakynthos, a deep-red timber cabin sits quietly in the Greek countryside, and it’s one of the…

Architecture05/16/2026
Two people with a light-colored scooter: one in a pink jacket sits on the bike while the other helps open the side panel.

LUV1 modular bike replaces your car for daily errands with 120L storage and swappable batteries

Most electric motorcycles still behave like motorcycles first and utility machines second. They chase performance numbers, oversized displays, or aggressive styling while ignoring a simple…

Automotive05/16/2026
Wooden piggy bank silhouette with coins on a rustic table, beside a vase of pink tulips and potted plants on a bright windowsill.

Objects With Opinions: Ronen Kadushin’s Pieces

There are designers who make beautiful things, and then there are designers who make things that make you think. Ronen Kadushin belongs firmly in the…

Accessories05/16/2026
Person holds a compact gray multitool with a fold-out blade and striped sides, attached to a brown leather lanyard.

Forget Your Old Loadout — 5 EDC Essentials Built for Summer 2026

Summer 2026 is a different kind of season for EDC. The carry conversation has matured past keychain gimmicks and bulk-heavy multitools into something sharper; gear…

Deals, EveryDayCarry, Outdoor, Product Design, Shop05/16/2026
White USB-C hub/dock on a desk with multiple cables plugged in, connected to a laptop nearby.

The Memdock G3 Is the 13-Port Dock You Don’t Have to Hide Anymore

Modern desks have never looked better. Sit-stand tables, cable management trays, and ultra-thin laptops have turned the average workspace into something worth showing off. But…

Accessories, Deals, Product Design, Technology05/15/2026
A retro video cassette recorder built from stacked VHS tapes, labeled 'Movie' and 'Cartoon'.

This LEGO VHS Player Actually Has Cassettes You Can Insert and Remove

Before streaming queues and binge-watching algorithms rewired how we consume film and television, there was a ritual. You drove to the video store, walked the…

Gadgets, Product Design, Television05/15/2026
Woman sits on wooden steps of a tiny house with black siding and orange trim in a fenced, mulched yard

This $35,000 Tiny Home Proves You Don’t Need More Than 161 Square Feet to Live Well

At 20 feet long and 8 feet wide, the Tulsi by Simplify Further Tiny Homes doesn’t try to be anything it isn’t. It has everything…

Architecture, Homes05/15/2026
Three sculptural pendant lamps with twisting translucent fabric shades emitting warm light. Two taller and one shorter, suspended from cords against a pale wall.

Woven by Hand in the Philippines, Sold in Milan

Most lamps just sit there. They do their job, emit their light, and fade into the background of a room. Mirei Monticelli’s lamps are the…

Lighting05/15/2026
White Waymo self-driving car partially submerged in floodwater on a street in front of a beige brick building with palm trees and parked cars nearby; floodwaters cover the road and surrounding area, suggesting severe rain or storm impact.

Waymo’s Self-Driving Car Saw the Flood and Drove In Anyway. Here’s The Problem Plaguing Every Robotaxi.

Every sensor on a Waymo robotaxi sees the world in layers. The LiDAR maps it in three dimensions, radar bounces through it, and cameras read…

Automotive, Editorial05/15/2026
Cream vintage small van with a tall silver pop-up camper on top, parked on a street; 'Overland Campers' logo on the side and 'Flagstaff, AZ' decal on the door window.

Ovrlnd’s new pop-up camper turns 1980s Mini truck into two-person adventure home

Ovrland Campers may have dropped vowels from its name for clipped branding, but it does not drop a spec when it comes to creating pick-up…

Automotive05/15/2026
Back of a black Oppo smartphone with a large circular camera module labeled Hasselblad, held in a hand outdoors.

OPPO Find X9 Ultra Review: An Exceptional Camera Phone That Gets Everything Else Right Too

The OPPO Find X9 Ultra is a true flagship with a clear camera-first identity, but what makes it stand out is how little it sacrifices…

Phones, Reviews, Technology05/15/2026
Forearm wrapped in a white lattice medical cast from wrist to mid-forearm.

A 4D-Printed Cast You Can Actually Shower In

Most medical devices evolve quietly over decades. Surgical tools get sharper, imaging machines get faster, drug delivery systems get smarter. But the orthopedic cast has…

Manufacturing, Medical05/15/2026
3D render of over-ear headphones with blue ear cups and a light gray headband, shown from a side angle

A Tape Dispenser Concept Finally Worth Keeping in Plain Sight

The standard tape dispenser holds one roll, cuts tape, and sits on a desk. It hasn’t changed much in decades, and it doesn’t need to…

Stationery05/15/2026
White geometric wall-mounted key shelf holding car keys and other keys on a dark wall

The $50 SHELL Treats Your Keys and Wallet as Things Worth Displaying

Most entryway organizers fall somewhere between two unsatisfying extremes: purely functional things that look like afterthoughts, or purely decorative objects that don’t actually hold anything….

Accessories05/15/2026
Black retro portable radio with orange tuning dial and handle on a desk beside a smartphone reflection.

5 Memorial Day Outdoor Gadgets That Make Every Camping Trip Feel Engineered in Japan

Memorial Day weekend is when the campsite gets its first real test of the year. The gear you pack either earns its place or takes…

Deals, Gadgets, Outdoor, Product Design, Shop05/15/2026
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