Tech-savvy YouTuber builds a cardboard airplane with detachable landing gear
The Wright Brothers changed the course of history when they took the first ever flight on December 1903. Their biplane, crafted from wood and fabric,…
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2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review: Car of the Year
Forty years into its production run, the Volkswagen Golf GTI faces a question most performance cars never survive long enough to answer: what happens when…
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Hisense XR10 Laser Projector and the Case for Flexible Scale at CES 2026
Large-format displays have always posed a spatial question that brightness alone cannot answer: how much permanence does a room owe to its screen? The Hisense…
Aerospace Engineers Just Solved Your Messy Nightstand Problem
You know that thing where you walk into your bedroom at the end of the day and just start emptying your pockets onto whatever flat…
5 Travel Essentials Every Last-Minute 2025 Traveler Regrets Forgetting
There’s a particular kind of panic that sets in about thirty minutes before you need to leave for the airport. You’ve thrown clothes into a…
Featured Designs
This 11g Keychain Knife Has a Tungsten Tip You Swap, Never Sharpen
Most keychain cutters feel like afterthoughts. Plastic shells with soft blades that struggle with packing tape, bend on zip ties, and disappoint when needed. The…
Titaner Titanium EDC Ratchet Swings at 4° for Impossibly Tight Spaces
There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes with a stubborn screw buried deep inside a chassis or tucked behind a piece of furniture. You…
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This Case Fixes iPhone’s Weak Selfie Camera with a Second Screen
The iPhone’s rear cameras keep getting better, but selfies still rely on a smaller, lower-resolution front sensor, and storage upgrades cost considerably more than a…
This $2,899 Desktop AI Computer With RTX 5090M Lets You Cancel Every AI Subscription Forever
Look across the history of consumer tech and a pattern appears. Ownership gives way to services, and services become subscriptions. We went from stacks of…
How Coca Cola’s Benny Lee Is Redefining Industrial Design as Storytelling, Not Just “Making Products”
Design Mindset steps into episode 16 with a clear purpose: to understand how industrial designers are navigating a world where tools, platforms, and expectations keep…
3D-Printed Tiny Home Cuts Build Time in Half and Challenges Luxembourg’s Housing Crisis
In Niederanven, a quiet commune east of Luxembourg City, a small concrete dwelling is rewriting expectations for housing innovation. Designed by ODA Architects in collaboration…
This $7,000 Robot Shapeshifts Into 3 Different Machines
Imagine a robot that can transform like a high-tech LEGO set, swapping out legs for arms or wheels depending on what the day throws at…
Fiio Snowsky Disc is a compact audio player tailored for modern listeners
For audiophiles, nothing gets beyond their love for music and the audio gear they own. The exploration for the best headphone, IEM, or DAC never…
Handcrafted Porcelain Dinnerware Redefines Everyday Dining Through Craft, Light, and Ritual
Porcelain dinnerware has long been shaped by the logic of industrial production. Uniform forms, limited color palettes, and standardized finishes dominate the contemporary table, reducing…
2025 Lexus IS 500 F SPORT Performance Review: Designing Space for a V8 in an Electrified World
Flare Yellow bodywork catches parking garage fluorescents like a warning flare. Quad exhaust tips broadcast displacement before you turn the key. The 2025 Lexus IS…
From Weeks to Days: Inside Europe’s Fastest 3D-Printed Housing Development
In the small Danish town of Holstebro, something remarkable is unfolding. Skovsporet, which translates to “The Forest Trail,” is rewriting the rules of residential construction…
5 Tiny Homes That Cost Less Than a Tesla But Look Like Mansions
In recent years, designers increasingly recognize that a home’s luxury is not defined by its size but by how space is sequenced, detailed, and experienced….
Thunder Duo Max Brings 5.1.2 Atmos to Your Desk With Just 4 Speakers
Most gaming setups lean on either a soundbar under the monitor or a headset clamped to your head. Soundbars are convenient but flatten the sense…
This Designer Turned Road Material Into Stunning Furniture
When you think of asphalt, furniture probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. More likely, you’re picturing roads, parking lots, or maybe the…
This Monument-Inspired Speaker Concept Stands Tall on Your Shelf
Most wireless speakers fall into two visual camps: squat cylinders that look like tech, or anonymous black boxes that try to disappear. There is a…
MVRDV’s Timber Pavilion Revives a City’s Forgotten Identity
There’s something magical about architecture that doubles as a love letter to a place. MVRDV just pulled this off in Chiayi, Taiwan, with a temporary…
Forget Candles: 5 Hygge Christmas Gifts That Actually Calm Anxiety
Candles have become the default stress-relief gift, burning $12 billion annually, yet they offer only temporary calm before the wax runs out. There’s a quieter,…