What if you could build your own smartwatch?
You know I’m going to come at you with the modular Phonebloks argument, but think about it… There’s so much in your phone you don’t…
Floats in the pot, beeps when it’s hot
The irony of life is that as I wrote this article, I ended up burning my toast so bad my living room’s filled with a…
The Clock that Trades Hands for Hoops!
There’s something celestial about the Orbits clock. What it simply does is trades the conventional hands for hoops, but the result looks kinda out of…
Heels on fire!
As flashy (literally) as they may look, the Power Spurz were designed to be a signal of sorts, letting you be visible to people nearby…
Fun, folding furniture!
It’s a desk, but it’s also a shelf… but what is it more of? That’s the precise beauty of the Twofold. It can be both…
Your Namaz On-the-go!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/takva/made-in-japan-the-pocket-sejadahtm Culture and tradition can have heavy influences on design, but it’s rare that things go the other way around. I see design as being…
When your bookmark is also your reading light
Consider me a fan of the Lightwedge reading light. It does something rather brilliant, in that it A. illuminates just the page without illuminating the…
Blinds that capture solar power and your attention
The Rolar Blinds do three things. They harness the energy of the sun, they cut the glare of the sun out during the day, keeping…
Would you Like to Own a Piece of Chicago?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/towndesign/microscape-downtown-chicago UPDATE: less than 48 hours left, grab yours now! All civilizations either fizzle out, or they expand far and wide. Whether they’re real ones…
Looks Incredible, Smells Incredible
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2069862374/scentee-machina The Scentee Machina gives the fragrance diffuser such a radically different avatar, it transforms what you imagine diffusers should look like. Designed as a…
This is the year the bezel died
The poor bezel, I wonder what it ever did to us to deserve this hatred, but wow… Humans really dislike them. With every smartphone from…
The keyboard that charges your devices.
It’s funny how Microsoft’s new product design language is plain and simple visible in its logo. Clean geometric shapes, no fluff, no nonsense. If you…