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…
The Median Ambulance cuts through highway traffic by riding on the road divider
How does an ambulance reach a victim in a road/highway accident when there are more than a dozen cars stuck in a traffic jam between…
I could totally go for this sturdy, collapsible paper bed
Just a mere 100mm thick when folded, the Extendable Flatpack Paper Bed is quite incredible for a few reasons. Made entirely from paper, the bed…
The GameBoy lost some weight and got curvy (displays)
In the interest of nostalgia and Nintendo’s obsession with it, here’s the Nintendo Flex, a fan-made GameBoy update that gives the age old classic handheld…
Twelve South made this discreet looking picture frame that also charges your phone
Turning a pleasant, memorable piece of home-decor into a useful product seems to be this year’s general consensus. Twelve South’s PowerPic is, outwardly, a photo…
You don’t need a licence to drive the Citroën Ami One
Citroën seems to have it the nail on the head by calling its Ami One a ‘disruptive all-electric object’, and not a car. Barely 2.5…
A lifesaver that purifies and distills seawater for you
Conceptually one of the most clever things I’ve seen in a while, this is the Purifier Lifesaver, a lifesaving tube that can also purify seawater…