These Experimental Pencils Treat Writing as Performance Art
There’s something almost rebellious about spending serious design energy on a pencil. We’re constantly told that screens are the future and handwriting is obsolete but…
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7 Best Gifts for Him That Sold Out In 24 Hours Last Year
Last year’s holiday season revealed something about modern gift-giving. Men want tools that work, look exceptional, and tell stories worth sharing. The gifts that vanished…
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SKEGIC MagCable Snaps Into a Coil, Never Tangles in Your Bag Again
Charging cables snake across desks, tangle in bags, and turn car consoles into nests of rubber that wrap around shifters and cupholders. We buy nicer…
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…
This Off-Grid Sauna on Wheels Is Touring the UK’s Wildest Landscapes
Rupert McKelvie’s latest creation sits somewhere between architectural statement and wellness refuge. The Aquila, a mobile sauna from his Devon-based studio Out of the Valley,…
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4‑Axis CNC, Built‑In Laser, Auto Tool‑Change: The $899 Makera Z1 Replaces Your Entire Workbench
The maker movement has always had this tension between aspiration and reality. We want to believe that anyone with creativity and determination can fabricate complex…
This $399 Device Can Kill Your Joint Pain Using Infrared Lasers (And Zero Side Effects)
The first Move+ made a bold promise: what if your “painkiller” was a band of light instead of a bottle of pills? By wrapping medical-grade…
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This Wooden Aromatherapy Piece Turns Cultural Memory Into a Multisensory Sanctuary
In contemporary product design, a growing interest in cultural memory, sensory ritual, and emotional well-being is shifting the way objects are conceived for domestic space….
Dwarf Factory’s Tiny Christmas Keycaps Are Absolutely Perfect Gifts For Gamers
Sweetmas keycaps are what happens when a holiday cookie box collides with boutique keyboard culture. Designed by Dwarf Factory, the collection transforms the familiar 1U…
The Most Underrated Design Skill in 2025: How To See Your Ideas Faster
Design Mindset, Yanko Design’s weekly podcast, treats the creative process as something you can actively shape rather than something that just happens to you. Each…
Hyundai debuts a fully autonomous, production-ready droid engineered to tackle real-world tasks
Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB has been working on wheeled autonomous robots for some years now, with a gradual development timeline. They revealed the vision…
Rewild Homes Just Built the Sustainable House Eco-Buyers Always Wanted
Nestled away in Priors Hall, Corby, The Thicket by Rewild Homes is doing something different with sustainable housing. This Northamptonshire development isn’t trying to be…
This Studio Grows Coffee Cups From Gourds
Picture this: instead of manufacturing your next coffee cup, what if you could just grow it? That’s the beautifully simple yet radical idea behind The…
5 Best Christmas Tech Gifts That Double as Home Art
On a quiet December morning, as the tree lights flicker softly against the windows, the modern home reveals a new kind of Christmas magic. Gone…
HubKey Gen2 Kills Dongle Mess, Adds Dual 4K and Physical Controls
The modern desk is a patchwork of small compromises. Your laptop has two USB-C ports, but you need displays, a wired network, external storage, and…
This 21-Story Tower Has 104 Green Balconies Inspired by Gaudí
Taichung’s skyline is about to get a dramatic new addition. MVRDV has secured construction permission for The Island, a 21-story residential tower that reimagines urban…
PUM Imagines a Soft Exoskeleton Posture Wearable for Young Farmers
Most posture gadgets target office workers hunched over laptops, buzzing when your shoulders curl forward, or your neck drifts too far from neutral. Meanwhile, people…
MaClock Shrinks the 1984 Macintosh Into a $30 Rechargeable Clock
Nostalgia tech falls into two camps. Lazy references slap a retro logo on a modern object and call it vintage, while obsessive recreations feel like…
Sandmarc Lens Gives iPhone 17 Pro 16x Optical Zoom, No Digital Tricks
iPhone zoom has improved, especially with the 17 Pro’s tetraprism, but anything past 5x still leans heavily on digital tricks. Distant concert shots look like…
Yeezy’s Former Designer Just Dropped His First Crocs Design
You know that feeling when two things you never expected to see together suddenly collide in the most delightful way? That’s exactly what’s happening right…
This $3,500 Guitar Changes Colors via Bluetooth, No Repainting Needed
Guitarists obsess over finishes. Sunburst fades, metallic flakes, relic’d nitro that looks like it survived three decades of dive bars, all of it matters until…
10 Best Stocking Stuffers Men Actually Want For Off-Grid Luxury Living
Off-grid living has shed its reputation as roughing it. Today’s modern homesteaders demand the same sophistication they left behind in the city, just powered differently….