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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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,…