Huawei’s folding phone marks an interesting turning point for Android
As of now, we stand at a rather interesting junction. Samsung, Huawei, Apple. These three companies are the largest manufacturers of phones, and up until…
Designers, this is how you make a backpack refreshingly different and beautiful
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/574115111/wings-the-first-luxury-leather-technical-backpack I write a lot about bags. It’s the nature of my job. It’s also the nature of my job to find the best in…
Beyond conventional motorbike design
We’re officially putting Dennis Sedov on our watchlist for design talents this year. Sedov has an unusual way of playing with forms, introducing new combinations…
When battery manufacturers make smartphones…
This isn’t really what I had in mind when I was complaining about how my phone’s battery didn’t last long enough, but I guess Energizer’s…
A mini-backpack for your Mac!
The Fillit Pocket adds a tiny bit of extra functionality to your state-of-the-art laptop. It gives it a backpack of sorts to carry things like…
Someone finally invented a suitcase with an inbuilt item checklist
Genius Pack has slowly and steadily become a pretty hard-to-forget name in the travel-accessories circuit. Not operating like traditional companies like Delsey, Samsonite, Rimowa and…
This colorful, marbled speaker is made from non-recyclable plastic waste
While plastic waste, to a certain degree, can be recycled, it’s just a small percentage of the total waste out there. Certain polymers grow past…
Microsoft’s Hololens 2 all sorts of futuristic awesomeness
The Hololens, when it released four long years back, made some great promises and lived up to a fair amount of them. However, after 4…
The ExpoWanted Design Competition is the first to use Instagram as a Launchpad
It seems only natural that Instagram, a purely visual social network, would be the perfect ‘battleground’ of sorts for a design competition. ExpoWanted, a design…
The Prylobite’s unusual form is a result of its combined functions
At first glance, you’d ask yourself why the Prylobite looks the way it does. It features a full-tang blade that swivels into the handle in…
YD JOB ALERT: Philippe Starck is looking to recruit a Junior Interior Architect
It isn’t everyday that one gets the opportunity to meet Philippe Starck, let alone work with him! The Parisian all-round designer is probably one of…
The simplest vision-testing device ever made
Designed to combat the lack of proper tools and expertise when it comes to measuring eye power in low-resource areas, the Folding Foropter is a…