A Tape Dispenser Concept Finally Worth Keeping in Plain Sight
The standard tape dispenser holds one roll, cuts tape, and sits on a desk. It hasn’t changed much in decades, and it doesn’t need to…
The $50 SHELL Treats Your Keys and Wallet as Things Worth Displaying
Most entryway organizers fall somewhere between two unsatisfying extremes: purely functional things that look like afterthoughts, or purely decorative objects that don’t actually hold anything….
This Handheld Concept Swaps Between Gamepad, D-Pad, and Keyboard
The retro handheld market has rarely been this crowded or creative. Manufacturers are shipping devices with sliding screens, dual-display clamshells, and rotating form factors, all…
Your Bench Vise Can’t Hold Round Parts, This One Grips Anything
Most workshop tools haven’t changed much in decades, and bench vises are a good example of that. They’re big and heavy, and they work well…
Loop Is the Marble Calendar That Never Runs Out of Pages
Digital calendars have made keeping track of the date nearly frictionless, which sounds like a good thing until you realize how thoroughly that frictionlessness has…
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…