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Shantivale Botanical Incense Collection Review: Pure Design, Quiet Mind

There is a ritual gap in modern wellness, and Shantivale fills it by bringing Traditional Chinese Medicine formulations to botanical incense, a collection where ancient…

Homes, Product Design

Robosen’s TRANSFORMERS Soundwave Does What the 1984 Original Only Pretended: It Actually Works as a Speaker

Robosen has spent years perfecting the art of making metal transform on command. Their latest collaboration with Hasbro takes that expertise and applies it to…

Toys

Shinzo Tamura Designs Sunglasses From the Inside Out

When the Lens Comes First: Most sunglasses begin as sketches. Designers draw frames that photograph well, then select lenses that match the aesthetic. Shinzo Tamura…

Product Design

Rimac’s Verne Turns the Robotaxi Into a Private Lounge on Wheels

Mate Rimac built his reputation on speed. The Nevera hypercar, with its 1,914 horsepower and sub-two-second sprint to 60 mph, represents everything traditional car enthusiasts…

Automotive

Hiroshi Fujiwara’s TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Is Minimalism With Purpose

What happens when a Swiss racing watch is redesigned by the godfather of Japanese street culture? TAG Heuer answers that question with the Carrera Chronograph…

Product Design, Watches

Sony Alpha 7 V Integrates AI Processing Into Its Imaging Engine, Rewrites Full-Frame Expectations

Sony’s Alpha 7 line has defined full-frame mirrorless photography for over a decade. The fifth generation arrives with a fundamental change: the AI processing unit…

Cameras, Product Design

Yelp’s 2026 Design Forecast: The Trends Reshaping How We Live

The numbers tell a story that design magazines have been hinting at for months. Yelp’s latest trend report, analyzing millions of consumer searches between 2023…

Furniture, Homes, Interiors, Kitchen

Every MoonSwatch Cold Moon Has a One-of-a-Kind Laser-Engraved Snowflake

Swatch looked at December and thought: what if a watch could feel like the quiet before snowfall? The MoonSwatch Mission to Earthphase Moonshine Gold “Cold…

Watches

New electrostatic car speakers create a massive soundstage

Car audio has operated under a fundamental constraint for decades: speakers need cones, cones need depth, and depth requires space that automotive interiors simply cannot…

Automotive

Rike Predator: When Integral Construction Defines the Future of EDC Knife Design

There’s a peculiar tension at work when CNC machines create objects that look grown rather than made. The Rike Predator exists in this liminal space,…

Product Design

Oracle’s Lensless LED Headlight: Killing the Century-Old Lens

For 125 years, every headlight ever made has included one fundamental component: a clear outer lens. Oracle Lighting just deleted it. The world’s first lensless…

Accessories, Automotive, Product Design

How BMW Designworks Turns Circularity Into Creative Fuel

BMW’s design philosophy operates on a simple premise: emotion first, specs second. Adrian van Hooydonk, head of design, doesn’t mince words about this. Customers feel…

Automotive, Product Design
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