At some point in their life, almost everyone has picked up a guitar, struggled with a C chord for ten minutes, and quietly put it…
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The humble pen is one of the most perfectly designed objects in everyday human history. It’s a simple, durable, pocket-friendly cylinder that most of us…
Most tiny homes ask you to make peace with the compromise. Wind River Built’s Rogue Mini skips that conversation entirely. Built in Tennessee by one…
There is something inherently temporary about jello. It trembles, folds, and gives way under the slightest pressure. Balloon sculptures behave much the same way, holding…
Every kid who grew up watching cars turn into robots has a soft spot for things that are not what they seem. Musician and maker…
Titanium is a material with a very specific reputation. It belongs to the world of rugged efficiency, survival gear, and precision engineering, usually chosen for…
Every new parent knows which household sounds can end a nap. The dishwasher at the wrong moment. A phone notification set too loud. Or the…
BIG’s new headquarters for Danish material supplier Dymak turns environmental performance into architecture. Rather than treating sustainability as a technical layer hidden within the building,…
Most speakers are designed to disappear. They sit on a shelf, blend into a bookcase, or hide in a cabinet, quietly doing their job until…
Car companies figured this out decades ago. You build one solid platform, then you stretch it, armor it, or strip it down depending on who…
Every time I replace a battery, I think about where it ends up. A AA battery in a remote control, a watch battery in a…
Renovation is harder than building from scratch. You inherit someone else’s decisions — structural, spatial, aesthetic — and you’re asked to make them feel new…
Double sliders in a pocket EDC tool? That’s not something you see often, mostly because fitting two independent sliding mechanisms into a body small enough…
Most pans are designed for the cook. The Iron Frying Plate was designed for the meal. It removes the transfer step entirely, functioning as the…
If you’ve ever tried to learn Photoshop, Illustrator, or pretty much any serious creative software on your own, you know the ritual. Open the app,…
Chess has had its design moments before. The Bauhaus crowd took a swing at it in the 1920s. The Staunton standard has been the global…
Smart glasses have a problem they don’t talk about enough, and it has nothing to do with design or battery life or social awkwardness. It’s…
The sustainable home goods market has a specific credibility problem. Products marketed as eco-conscious often get there through incremental adjustments, reducing a percentage of virgin…
Museums have a reputation problem. For decades, they’ve been temples of quiet reverence: boxy, imposing, slightly intimidating buildings that seem to announce, before you’ve even…
The shared household notice board is one of those ideas that never quite works the way it’s supposed to. Paper notes fall off, whiteboards get…
A dorm room desk is rarely designed. It arrives with the furniture package or gets assembled in the first week, and everything that lands on…
I tried to listen to an album last week. The whole thing, start to finish, like a functioning adult in the 90s. I made it…
