Birkenstock Just Went to Ballet Class With Repetto
If you had told me a year ago that two of the most culturally distinct footwear brands in the world would join forces for a…
Kokuyo Made a Power Strip You Actually Want to Look At
The power strip is, without a doubt, one of the most aesthetically defeated objects in modern life. You hide it behind your desk, stuff it…
The Mechanical Pencil With No Button Is Actually Genius
The mechanical pencil has barely changed in over a century. You hold it, click the top, the lead advances, you write. Nobody questions it. Nobody…
Nokia’s 4 New Dumb Phones Still Come With an AI Button
The dumb phone comeback has been one of the more quietly satisfying design stories of the last few years. People are tired. Tired of doom-scrolling,…
Wake Up, Neo. Your Ring Is Playing the Matrix.
Look at the Digital Rain Ring when the screen is off, and you might not immediately clock what you’re looking at. A clean silver bezel….
The Smartest $9 Pet Accessory Is Just a Bottle Cap
The best design ideas tend to be the ones that make you stop and think, “why hasn’t anyone done this before?” Gaenim’s silicone bottle cap…
A Design Student Just Imagined the Perfect Vinyl Turntable
Sungwoo Choi is an industrial design student with one question: what if Nothing made a turntable? The answer is Turntable (1), a personal concept project…
Omnibite’s Screwless Joint Wants You to Build With Raw Branches
Most design projects start with the finished object. You picture a chair, sketch it out, source the materials, and figure out how to put it…
LEGO Just Built the E.T. Every 80s Kid Always Wanted
If you’re of a certain age or generation, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is probably part of your childhood (or adulthood). It’s one of the most popular…
Kodak Just Dropped the $35 Y2K Camera Collectors Can’t Stop Chasing
Cutesy analog-inspired cameras that also serve as keychains are probably all over your feed, if it’s anything like mine. And just when you thought you…
GANG Studio’s Flip Chair Was Born From a Sheet of Korean Craft Paper
You know that double-sided colored paper, one side red, one side white, the kind you’d fold into cranes and fortune tellers as a kid? Seoul-based…
The Medical Fridge That Borrowed a 3,000-Year-Old Idea
Korean industrial designer Yongwon Kim just posted a concept on Behance that made me stop my scroll completely. It’s called EVAPOT, and it’s a medical…