Beni Is What Sony Aibo Grew Up to Be – A $549 Camera Robot That Captures Life While You Live It
Every camera product ever made has one thing in common: it needs you to operate it. A gimbal needs a hand to hold it. A…
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ASUS Built an E-Bike Booster You Can Actually Take on a Plane
Dedicated e-bikes have become a convincing answer to the urban commuting question, but they come with their own set of problems. They’re expensive to buy,…
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Japan’s Ice Cream Shop Where the Stools Look Like Melting Ice Cream
If a space can be designed to feel like a pause, SR Ice Cream Miyakojima might be the best argument for it. Tucked on Miyakojima…
The $29 Key Ring That Finally Fixed a 130-Year-Old Problem
While I have a lot of keychains, from pop culture to K-pop to travel-themed, I am truly annoyed with keyrings. To be honest, I don’t…
You Can Now Own a Piece of Verstappen’s Controversial 2021 Championship-Winning F1 Car
Remember where you were on December 12, 2021? If you’re an F1 fan, chances are you do, because that was the day Max Verstappen snatched…
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A Coin-Sized Disc Just Reinvented the Multi-Tool Nobody Could Fix
The multi-tool has been around long enough that most people have developed a frustrated relationship with it. You carry one because having a blade, a…
This Damascus Steel compact EDC knife packs two sliders into a 0.6-inch body
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…
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These Contemporary Chairs Turn Sustainability and Stillness Into Design
A chair can be a surprisingly effective storytelling device. Give it a different material, soften a familiar silhouette, or borrow a gesture from somewhere unexpected,…
LEGO x Nike Air Force 1 is set for take-off with a 360° dunking minifig onboard
LEGO and Nike are back with their new themed set. This time it’s the Air Force 1 Space-Themed Building Set that seems en route to…
Mac mini M5 May Get Skipped Entirely as Apple Tests M6 and M5 Pro Combo
Feeling like you’ve heard this before? You sort of have. Last year Apple quietly shipped a Mac Studio with mismatched M4 Max and M3 Ultra…
4 Ancient Japanese Crafts Reborn as Furniture You Can Actually Own
Japan has always had a complicated relationship with the new. On one hand, the country gave us bullet trains, robot hotels, and vending machines that…
The $171 Vest Worn by F1 Drivers Hit the World Cup
Heat has always been part of the game. Whether you’re a footballer running laps before a match, a Formula 1 driver crammed into a cockpit…
Pixel Watch 5 arrives with incremental upgrades and Gemini Intelligence, but are you willing to pay more?
It’s that time of the year for Google to introduce its line-up of smartphones, smartwatches, and everything else that is destined for greatness. Samsung showed…
The No-Drill Plywood Shelf System Every Renter Has Been Waiting For
Most shelves come with a decision baked into their design: find a wall, drill some holes, and commit to a location that will outlast most…
This Collapsible Mouse Is So Flat It Shares a Sleeve With Your Laptop
Traveling with a mouse has always carried a specific low-level inconvenience. Full-size mice claim too much space in a slim bag, compact mice often sacrifice…
7 Best Japanese Designs of August 2026
Japanese design doesn’t arrive loudly. It earns attention through material weight, mechanical silence, or the way a surface catches light in a room you’ve stopped…
Heinz’s New Lid Has 3 Settings Based on Your Love Language
Ketchup people are serious people. Not in an uptight way, but in the way that they know exactly what they want: a precise drizzle over…
The $150 Charger That Explains Why Your Laptop Is Still at 60 Percent
Most multi-port chargers operate on faith. You plug in six devices, the indicator lights glow, and you assume everything is receiving the power it needs…
This $549 QWERTY Android Phone Was Built to Give You Your Day Back
Smartphones have never been smarter, but they’ve also never been more demanding. Bigger screens, algorithmic feeds, and relentless notifications aren’t design oversights. They’re deliberate, built…
Little Giant’s Forest Studio Has No Right to Be This Good
Most architects design spaces for other people. It’s the nature of the job. You read a brief, interpret a client’s vision, and find a way…
A Designer Curled a Single Sheet of Aluminum Like Paper to Make a Grater That Fits Perfectly in Your Palm
Most graters are a negotiation. The box grater comes out, takes up half the counter, threatens your knuckles on every pass, and goes back in…
Madkids Empire Is Turning Intimidating Synth Gear Into Pure Play
Most musical instruments communicate one thing very clearly before you even touch them: you have to earn this. The arrangement of knobs, the wall of…