The Echo Auto brings the power of Alexa into your car!
The Echo Auto was announced just a few months ago at Amazon’s hardware event, along with a whole line-up of other devices (like the Alexa…
The Makerphone: From Consumer Electronics to Creator Electronics!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/albertgajsak/makerphone-an-educational-diy-mobile-phone? The phone has gotten sufficiently advanced enough for us to know practically nothing about how it functions. In the olden days, if a toaster…
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…