This 3D printed hourglass should get a design award!
The beauty of the sand-hourglass is the way you see the sand travel grain by grain downwards. It’s pretty, no doubt, but from an experience…
This mini-server is giving you back control and ownership of your data
Internet hacks have affected lives, societies, countries, and even governments. Whether it’s interference in elections, an email leak, password database leak, or just a leak…
The Ferrari F40 gets an unofficial, unbelievable revival!
The one thing that drew me to a profession in design was the absence of boundaries. You had the ability to create practically anything your…
The Resurgence of Retro
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/meraud-watches/meraud-vintage-inspired-watches-with-swiss-movemen Beards are back, music from the 70s and 80s are more popular than ever (case in point, Freddie Mercury and Elton John’s biopics hitting…
Dolby’s latest headphones bring the cinema to your ears
Dolby, the company famed and revered for its cinematic audio technology, and the company that practically pioneered surround sound, is now entering the headphone market…
Flying bikes are coming soon, to rid you of your traffic woes
The guys at Thrustcycle believe that flying bikes aren’t particularly far away. In fact, they’re all set to build their own, which comprises two propellers…
Nuovo Nuovo’s Products Turn Upcycling into an Industry
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nuovonuovo/nuovo-nuovo-sustainable-design-products? Let’s take a moment to appreciate what the guys at Nuovo Nuovo are doing. Designing products using the raw materials left behind from other…
YD Spotlight: Nicholas Baker’s Chair Sketch Challenge Pt.3
Every week (although the timing isn’t particularly fixed), I see a chair sketch on my Instagram feed, and after having seen and liked dozens of…
The Wiro Bag: Refined Style, Redefined Sturdiness
Just looking at the Wiro bag you’ll notice something rather different about it. Your eyes immediately gravitate to the straps, which ditch the leather construction…
The (optical) illusion of time
Time is relative, and flexible. According to Albert Einstein, “the dividing line between past, present, and future is an illusion”. Furthering that idea is Alessio…
Manmower: The wacky, innovative stubble shaver inspired by the lawnmower!
The Manmower is one of those absolutely ludicrous products that’s also sheer genius. Conceptually, it’s a lawnmower for your jawline. An internal blade slices away…
This Apple Watch Case is perfect for #throwbackthursday
Is that a new iPod?! Nope! It’s the new Apple Watch in its coolest, old-schoolest external case yet! Joyce Kang and C.O Design Lab’s Pod…
The Ultimate Sleeping Pillow was Redesigned from Inside Out
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cottonshowerpillow/cotton-shower-pillow-mother-natures-gift-for-sleep? The bedding industry is a massive multi-billion dollar one. It invests in incredible amounts of R&D to make soft beds, memory-foam lumbar-supporting mattresses, and…
This Wearable was designed to make you a better musician
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/352439100/soundbrenner-core-the-4-in-1-smart-music-tool The Soundbrenner Core is perhaps the world’s first profession-specific smartwatch (or second, if you consider diving to be a profession rather than a hobby)….
What if two car companies merged their design styles?
We’ve looked at a lot of design-semantic switches where we imagine one company designing a product out of their usual catalog (but with their design…
Jony Ive’s latest project is a 100% diamond ring
You know Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson right? Just the most prolific designers of their age, working as design heads in the most profitable company…