km5’s Neon Yellow CD Player Just Made the Circuit Board the Star
Most brands spend their entire design budget hiding what’s inside a product. km5, the Tokyo audio label that’s been quietly rewriting how people think about…
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These $100 Open-Ear Earbuds Won’t Fight Your Glasses, Hair, or Hat
Open-ear earbuds have had a genuine moment over the past year, and it’s easy to understand why. About half of all earbud users have moved…
MUJI-Meets-Cyberpunk Vinyl Record Player Glows Like an Ambient Light and Charges Wirelessly
Minimalism in product design has gotten boring. We’re swimming in smooth white rectangles, touch controls that offer zero feedback, and devices designed to vanish. Apple…
A Ferrari-Inspired Speaker That Turns Motion Into Light and Sound
Some objects simply exist in a space, while others carry a presence even before they are used. ROSSO belongs firmly in the latter. It does…
Bumpboxx BB-777 Plays Cassettes, CDs, Radio, and Bluetooth at 270W
Most portable speakers these days are designed to disappear. They’re compact, wireless, and largely anonymous, blending into whatever surface they rest on until a voice…
Biodegradable Noise-Cancelling Mycelium Earplugs Are Solving A Decades-Long Plastics Problem
For half a century, the humble foam earplug has been a masterpiece of single-purpose design. It is a small cylinder of polyurethane, expertly engineered to…
Bang & Olufsen Clads Its Flagship Speaker in 1,800 Aluminum Pearls and Rosewood Slats For 100th Anniversary
The Beolab 90 has spent the better part of a decade as Bang & Olufsen’s technological flagship, a speaker so absurdly capable that it can…
The ‘Transparent CD Player’ That Makes Streaming Feel Lazy
At some point, music stopped being an event and became wallpaper. You don’t really choose what plays anymore. A playlist starts, an algorithm decides what…
The $399 MPC Sample Finally Makes Beatmaking Beautifully Portable
The MPC is one of those rare objects that carries cultural weight beyond its function. Since the MPC60 landed in 1988, that grid of rubber…
The Projector Concept That’s Almost Too Beautiful to Use
Most concept designs exist to generate buzz, collect awards, and then quietly disappear. The BeoLens Horizon, a projector concept imagined by French industrial designer Baptiste…
When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different
Most speaker designs ask a pretty simple question: how do we make this thing louder and smaller? Merge asks a completely different one. How do…
Nike x Powerbeats Pro 2 earbuds promise great design, super secure fit, and impressive audio
Earbuds are a holy grail accessory for fitness freaks who want to get in the groove to focus on their goals without outside distractions or…