Su Yang Choi Made a Glowing Lamp From Seaweed, Paprika, and Gardenia
Sustainable design has spent years negotiating an awkward identity crisis. The moment a material gets labeled biodegradable or plant-based, it tends to be filed under…
Most Portable Monitors Are Rigid Slabs, This $1,299 One Folds
Portable monitors have become a legitimate part of the modern mobile workspace, with countless options available across every price range. But almost all of them…
SCUF Omega Adds 11 Buttons to the PS5 Controller and One Fewer Excuse
The PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller is genuinely excellent for most kinds of gaming. Haptic feedback and adaptive triggers have added a new layer of immersion…
Stop Chasing Shade: Sony REON Pocket Plus Brings the Cold to Your Neck
Staying comfortable outdoors during a heatwave has always been a matter of seeking shade, chasing air-conditioned spaces, or resigning yourself to a slow, sweaty defeat….
Most Phone Cameras Flatter Your Shots, Sony Xperia 1 VIII Doesn’t
Smartphone photography has come a long way, but there’s always been a tension between what these cameras can do and what serious photographers actually want…
The Lightest ThinkPad Ever Also Scored 9/10 for Repairability
Business laptops have gotten remarkably thin over the years, but the tradeoffs are hard to ignore. Repairability has taken a back seat to aesthetics, battery…
Wacom Art Pen 2 Adds the One Input Every Digital Pen Has Ignored
Digital art tools have gotten remarkably good at reading pressure and tilt, two of the three physical inputs that define how traditional artists handle a…
10 Modular Sofas That Rearrange Like Furniture-Grade Lego
The sofa has always been the most consequential decision in a living room. It’s the largest piece, the one that dictates traffic flow, color direction,…
This Ceramic Vase Is Actually a Phone Speaker That Needs No Power
The home has become increasingly cluttered with gadgets that need charging, pairing, and their own dedicated spaces. Even something as simple as playing music from…
d64 Just Packed an Entire Dice Collection Into a Tiny 1980s Computer
Tabletop roleplaying games have an accessory problem. The dice alone can take over a corner of any gaming table, each one representing a different die…
Galaxy S26 Ultra Buried the Note’s Boxy Soul, and Fans Are Split
The race to make flagship phones thinner, smoother, and more visually unified has become one of the defining stories in premium smartphone design. Hard angles…
The Table Clock Isn’t Dead, This Folded Steel One Proves It
The tabletop clock has been one of the quieter casualties of the smartphone era. Most people stopped owning them the moment a phone took over…