IDOM’s 42-Meter Steel Buoy Just Proved Wave Energy Can Actually Work
Off the rugged coast of Bilbao, quietly bobbing in the Bay of Biscay, is a 42-meter steel buoy most people have never heard of. It…
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5 Homes With No Straight Lines That Look Like Nature Designed Them
For centuries, homes have been planned as practical machines, efficient, box-like structures built to shelter and protect. Straight lines, sharp corners, and predictable layouts defined…
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Hiroshi Fujiwara reinterprets Bang & Olufsen’s iconic designs to redefine living room luxury in liquid black
Hiroshi Fujiwara has had his influence stamped in multifaceted spheres – Carrera Chronograph x Fragment Limited Edition and the MC20 Cielo Fuoriserie are some impressive…
ASUS’s €280 9mm OLED Monitor Charges Your Laptop Back
Portable monitors have quietly become one of the most appealing accessories for people who work on the go. Pack a slim second screen, connect it…
Microsoft’s $1,950 Surface Pro 13 Gen 12 Got Smarter: Its Design Didn’t
The 2-in-1 laptop has had an interesting run. What started as a novelty device that couldn’t decide what it wanted to be has gradually become…
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Tesla Left a Glaring Gap in Every Model 3 and Model Y. This $379 HUD Fixes It.
Fighter pilots have had heads-up displays since the 1950s, because asking a human to look down at instruments while traveling at 600 miles per hour…
300W and 7 Ports: This GaN Charger Makes Every Other Multi-Port Charger Look Embarrassingly Weak
Most GaN chargers on the market right now treat 140W like a finish line. Satechi hit it with their ChargeView hub and added a wattage…
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5 Best Car Gadgets That Just Made $100,000 Factory Options Look Embarrassingly Overpriced
There’s a quiet lie running through every automotive options sheet. It tells you that safety, intelligence, and situational awareness are features you earn by selecting…
When F1 Engineering Becomes the Chair You Sit In
The first time I saw images of the Rear Wing Chair by Keon-Jo, I genuinely had to look twice. Not because it’s strange, but because…
Studio Carraldo Built a Maze Out of a Gen Z Joke
When a design installation borrows its name from a Gen Z slang term, you might expect something shallow. Something Instagram-first, substance-optional. DELULU, the jute fabric…
This Titanium Pocket Hammer Packs a Wrench, Three Rulers, and a Tungsten Glass-Breaker Inside Its Frame
The hammer may be the least glamorous tool ever made, all blunt force and workshop grit, with none of the sleek mystique that usually surrounds…
This LEGO Angry Birds Brickset Is the Closest We’ll Ever Get to a Real Playable Set
Finland’s contribution to global tech culture is quietly staggering for a country of 5.5 million people. Linux, SSH, Nokia, and then, in 2009, a little…
Teacup Tiny Homes Built the Same Floor Plan Over and Over — Because It’s That Good
The Ruby is built by Alberta-based Teacup Tiny Homes, a builder quietly making some of the most thoughtful tiny homes in North America since 2016….
The Lamp That Nine Artisans Built by Hand
Most lamps disappear into a room. They’re functional, fine, forgettable. The new collection from Taiwan-Lantern, shown this week at ICFF during NYCxDESIGN in New York,…
An Iranian Villa Built Around Architecture’s Oldest Shape
The gabled roof is one of the oldest tricks in architecture’s playbook. Pitched, familiar, and about as dramatic as a grammar school diagram, it’s the…
RedMagic’s Power Bank Has a ‘Flight Mode’ Button To Meet New Airlines Regulations
Aviation rules around lithium batteries are a moving target, and the power bank seems to be the latest casualty. 10 years ago, power banks weren’t…
BMW’s Vision K18 Concept Turns Long-Distance Touring Into a Jet-Inspired Luxury Experience on Two Wheels
BMW Motorrad has built some wildly expressive motorcycles over the years, but the new Vision K18 concept feels like the brand finally gave its designers…
A 3D-Printed Lamp That Finally Makes Sustainability Look Great
Most lamps do one thing. They sit on your desk, light your space, and get buried under the slow-moving chaos of charger cables and forgotten…
Herman Miller Finally Built a Gaming Desk That Matches Its Chairs
If you’ve ever spent real money on a Herman Miller chair, you know the particular satisfaction that comes with it. It’s not just the lumbar…
This $30 Gadget Gives Claude a Face That Reacts to What It’s Doing
AI assistants have mostly lived inside screens, and that’s been fine, until you’re deep in a coding session and Claude is quietly running shell commands,…
The Robots That Built Seoul’s Robot Museum
The Seoul Robot & AI Museum is the definitive parametric architecture reference of 2026, and it’s easy to understand why the design world keeps returning…
8 Father’s Day Tech Gifts for Men Who Don’t Need Anything — But Actually Want These
The man who says he doesn’t need anything usually means he’s stopped expecting to be surprised. Father’s Day is the rare window where you can…