This Charred-Wood Home in Japan Turns a Backyard Constraint Into Its Best Feature
Kobe-based Tato Architects has never been a studio that plays it safe, and the House in Mibu — a 108-square-metre family home nestled inside the…
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The Fire Pit That Quietly Solved the Smoke Problem
Every fall, the same ritual plays out in backyards across the country. Someone drags out the fire pit, gets the flames going, and within twenty…
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Teenage Engineering meets iPod Shuffle: This music player puts the screen where your eyes actually are
Sony killed the MiniDisc in 2006 with the MZ-RH1, a recorder so good that people still pay silly money for working ones on eBay. It…
These $90 Cover Plates turn your PS5 into an Xbox-ish Monolith with much better thermals
We called the PS5 the most beautiful console in the world on reveal day in 2020, and I still mostly mean it. Yujin Morisawa’s shell…
MSCHF warps two Lexus cars into surreal sculptures that look like a video glitch
MSCHF is known for creating things out of the ordinary that defy logic. The Hot Wheels collaboration and Mercedes-AMG furniture collection are prime examples. Now…
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Flashlights Usually Don’t Have Personalities, Olight’s Oclip 2 Ultra Kind of Does
Flashlights do not usually have personalities. They turn on, they turn off, and that is the extent of the relationship. Olight’s Oclip line has spent…
ELEGOO DAY 2026 Invites the World to Create, Share, and Grow With Nexprint
Every idea deserves somewhere to go, and for a lot of 3D printing hobbyists, that place has been missing. ELEGOO wants to change that with…
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This Mirrored Steel Pavilion Multiplies One Tree Into Endless Reflections
One tree. Two curved walls. A circular entrance that withholds as much as it reveals. That’s the complete material inventory of Infinite Grove, a traveling…
Flashstor 6 Gen2 Review: NAS Boxes Hide, This One Belongs on Your Desk
Network storage boxes rarely earn a second glance, usually parked out of sight because nobody wants a black box cluttering the desk. The Flashstor 6…
Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses launched without the controversial camera
As companies chase smart glasses with cameras, Meta, the frontrunner in the space, has gone a step ahead (or, if you will, backwards) to release…
The $20 Monkey That Secretly Carries 13 Tools on Your Keyring
One of the simple toys I really enjoyed as a kid was Barrel of Monkeys, where you had to pick up one monkey using another…
5 Pens and Notebooks That Make Handwriting Feel Worth It Again
Nobody really chooses a pen. They use whatever is closest and hasn’t run dry. Most of us spend more time optimizing digital workflows than we…
Pat McGrath’s New Pandora Charms Never Need Reapplying
I sometimes have to reapply the same lipstick four times in one afternoon and still walked out looking like I hadn’t worn any at all….
The Mark II Turns a Bookmark Into a Second Memory for Readers
A bookmark’s only job has stayed the same for centuries: hold a place in a book, then disappear the moment reading stops. The Mark II…
Samsung’s 85-Inch Screen Made Convention Visitors Think It Was Real
A convention booth usually announces itself with a flat screen bolted to a wall, competing for attention against a hundred identical setups doing the same…
The Gennai Pen SL01 Is Closer to Clockwork Than Stationery
Press a button on most pens, and you get ink. Press the lever on the Gennai Pen SL01, though, and you get mechanical theater instead….
Tom Pearson’s Riveted Furniture Makes the Limits of a Workshop Visible
The name is a provocation, not an audit. Tom Pearson’s debut furniture and lighting collection, shown at London’s APOC store during London Design Festival this…
The Tiny Home Design That Has Americans Rethinking Where the Bedroom Should Go
The floor plan question in a tiny house almost always comes down to one thing: where does the bedroom go? JT Collective answered it by…
Nobody Will Guess This Stool Actually Has Wheels
Walk into any modern office, studio, or collaborative classroom and you’ll spot the same compromise everywhere. Furniture either sits still and looks good, or it…
Old Nike sneakers are getting shredded and recycled into sustainable gym flooring
Every sneaker eventually dies, and most of them die badly, tossed into a landfill where the rubber outsole will outlive everyone who ever wore it….
Rollme Matrix is $89 4G smartwatch with a crown-mounted pop-up camera
There are only a handful of names developing affordable rugged GPS smartwatches, and Rollme – don’t confuse with Realme – is one of them. After…
5 Things Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold8 Does Better Than Apple’s iPhone Duo
Apple’s first foldable was always going to be a spectacle, and the iPhone Duo delivered. Titanium frame, a hinge built from over 100 components, a…