A curved timber volume sits at the heart of Sugi House, shaping the rooms around it without closing them off. Designed by Ujizono Architects, the…
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Tesla’s second-generation Roadster is taking the idea of a performance car in an unexpected direction. At a demonstration held at a SpaceX test facility in…
Somewhere around age eight, I decided the coolest vehicles in the universe all had legs. The AT-ATs in The Empire Strikes Back, the mechs in…
Modern design is undergoing a major transformation as architects, artists, and product designers begin to see waste not as a problem, but as a valuable…
Remembering details from meetings, conversations, and everyday interactions is hard when you’re splitting your attention between listening and taking notes. Amazon is addressing this with…
Measure twice, cut once is solid advice that skips a few steps. Somewhere between the measuring and the cutting you also need a pencil, a…
Your camera roll holds 14 near identical photos of the same pasta dish, and you will never open a single one. We call it documenting…
I don’t own a lot of unique-looking bags, as I’m more of a practical and utilitarian kind of bag owner. But I do like observing…
A glass diaphragm is an unlikely detail to get excited about in a speaker that looks like expensive furniture. Yet it’s the detail that makes…
He already has the phone he wants, the watch he chose himself, and strong opinions about the coffee equipment on his counter. Buying him something…
Clipping a microphone to your shirt leaves your hands free, but interviewing someone else calls for something you can comfortably hold between you. Carrying separate…
Tablets give books and sketches more room than a phone, but their glossy screens can turn a nearby window into part of the content. Making…
One of the things I wish I had been able to keep from “the olden days” is my cassette player, specifically my Sony Walkman. It…
Grade 5 titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) is the alloy of jet engine compressor blades, surgical implants, and aerospace fasteners. It has a tensile strength of nearly 1000…
Every October I do the same thing. I open Red Dot’s concept winners, grab a snack, and brace myself to fall in love with something…
A bed on wheels is the defining feature of the Atlas, a park model tiny home by Zook Cabins. Open its glass garage door, roll…
When Jobs pitched the iTunes Music Store to studio execs, he pointed at Napster as the model. Napster won because it was easy, so Jobs…
An old oil tank makes an absurdly good vase when the flowers arrive by the hundred thousand. At TANK Shanghai, LEGO Botanical Wave sends more…
Pokémon turned 30 this year, and every brand with a product page seems to want a slice of the cake. Polaroid’s Pokémon cameras and the…
Who would have thought an e-paper screen could run Game Boy games at 30 FPS? That’s exactly what Bo Made It’s InkBoy project sets out…
A desktop computer shouldn’t have to dominate the desk it sits on, particularly when that space also holds a drawing tablet, reference books, and the…
Using a phone hands-free often means propping it against a stack of books, finding a suitable stand, or asking someone else to take a picture….
