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A piece of chili, a keyboard’s spacebar, and a Zoomer inspired this retro-futuristic electric scooter design!

Inspiration for scooter designs sometimes takes shape in far-reaching, epiphanies, and big ideas, but then other times what’s right beneath our fingertips is all we…

Automotive, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Product Design, Travel

This modular furniture system with telescopic tubing is the quickest way to redesign your interior every week!

It’s okay to admit that we’ve bought more furniture while quarantined than we probably should have – I know I’m guilty. When you’re boxed between…

Furniture, Homes, Interiors, Lifestyle, Lighting, Product Design, Special Needs, Sustainable Design

JBL’s 75th anniversary special is a modern day amplifier encased in a uniquely retro aesthetic!

For audiophiles and general listeners alike, JBL carries some of the most iconic pieces of audio equipment in circulation today. While more moderate listeners consistently…

Appliances, Audio, Homes, Lifestyle, Product Design, Shop, Technology

Made from upcycled polypropylene packaging, a fashion designer & creative director designed a winter jacket for dogs!

While I’m subscribed to a newsletter that sends out lists of dogs available for adoption, I’m unfortunately still puppy-less. That being said, if I did…

Accessories, Fashion, Lifestyle, Packaging, Pets, Product Design, Shop, Special Needs, Sustainable Design, Textile

Balenciaga’s neon energy inspires this old school camera’s film – resulting in Instagram worthy effects!

Much like record players, film cameras came to popularity in the 20th century, but both designs have still found their own niche crowd of modern-day…

Accessories, Cameras, Fashion, Lifestyle

These modular covid-19 screening clinic designs implements neon color signals to maintain social distance!

In cities like Los Angeles and Phoenix, outdoor COVID-19 screening clinics have taken up residence in gym parking lots, school track fields, and busy sidewalks….

Installations, Lifestyle, Medical, Outdoor, Safety, Special Needs

Inspired by fishing boats, this houseboat’s compact lifestyle is entirely sustained through solar energy!

Floating idly by the waters of Lake Tisza, a small, white houseboat called Sneci carries a city-dwelling couple who call the tiny vessel home. Tamás…

Architecture, Automotive, Homes, Interiors, Kitchen, Lifestyle, Outdoor, Sustainable Design, Travel

This wall-mounted desk holds a terrarium to improve your mental health while working from home

Even before stay-at-home orders were put in place, my green thumb was itching, but living in a small apartment doesn’t seem to get me close…

Appliances, Furniture, Homes, Interiors, Lifestyle, Office

This electricity-free cooler is made using traditional Malaysian clay modelling techniques!

Sometimes the ways of the past inform modern solutions better than any hi-tech, futuristic design ever could. Generally considered Malaysia’s ‘most famous secret,’ Labu Sayong…

Appliances, Awards News, EveryDayCarry, Homes, Kitchen, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Product Design, Special Needs, Sustainable Design

This architectural cabin design is nestled between terraced rice paddies for spectacular views

Terraces of rice paddy fields cascade down mountain slopes so evenly, from a bird’s eye view, it might appear they’ve been machine-cut and curated, but…

Architecture, Homes

This sleek technical watch design defies traditional watch-making with an elliptic shape and transparent case!

We’ve seen all-ceramic square watches, synchronized dancing clocks, and even watches with cyberpunk dreamworlds encased within glass domes. There are probably as many unique watch…

Accessories, EveryDayCarry, Fashion, Lifestyle, Wearables

This portable physical therapy device offers both heat and cold relief for on-the-go pain relief!

I was the furthest thing from athletic before I started running. When I was younger, just running around my block was enough to keep me…

Appliances, Lifestyle, Product Design, Safety, Special Needs, Sports, Wearables
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