The Sunglasses Built for When You’re Actually in the Water
Every summer, I do the same thing. I bring my sunglasses to the beach, spend twenty minutes deciding where to put them once I get…
Nobody Designed a Drum Kit for Beginners. Until Boxboom.
Picking up the drums has always come with a quiet, frustrating tax. Before you’ve played a single beat, you’re already being asked to make a…
The Hanoi House With 100 Windows and No Two the Same
The name alone stops you. 100 Windows. Not “The Pavilion House” or “House No. 7” or something equally poetic and vague. Just a count. A…
Vollebak Made a $3,995 Jacket for the End of the World
Vollebak has never been the kind of brand that plays it safe. Since launching in 2016, the British label has built a reputation for making…
Smart Rings Finally Got a Reason to Exist Beyond Sleep Tracking
The smart ring market has had a good run on heart rate and sleep tracking. Oura, Samsung Galaxy Ring, and their growing circle of competitors…
A BB Pod-Shaped CD Player Straight Out of Death Stranding
When Kojima Productions does something, it rarely feels like a simple product release. It feels like a statement. The new Instant Disc Audio Cp1 DEATH…
London’s Barbican Now Has Furniture You’re Allowed to Move
Most public spaces don’t trust you. They’re designed to move you through them efficiently, seat you for a limited time, or keep you from lingering…
The Hidden Part of Every Book Just Became a Sculpture
Every book you have ever held has a secret. Not a story buried between its pages, but a structural one, a quiet piece of craftsmanship…
The Sculptural Rocking Chair That Started as a Single Idea
Most furniture design starts with a question: How do people sit? Aleks Forystek Studio started with a completely different one. What happens when a heavy…
The $599 AI Guitar That Finally Makes Playing Easy
At some point in their life, almost everyone has picked up a guitar, struggled with a C chord for ten minutes, and quietly put it…
Bang & Olufsen’s New Speaker Concept Is a Ritual, Not a Device
Most speakers are designed to disappear. They sit on a shelf, blend into a bookcase, or hide in a cabinet, quietly doing their job until…
Forget Lithium. Algae Might Be Powering Your Devices Next.
Every time I replace a battery, I think about where it ends up. A AA battery in a remote control, a watch battery in a…