The Best of MWC 2022 – Product Design in a Mobile World
The Mobile World Congress this year is unsurprisingly filled with phones and Metaverse references, but producers and consumers are thankfully becoming more aware of the…
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Paperless Pavilion in Guangzhou Design Week lives up to its name
Most of us probably dream of eventually having paperless events or at least those that do not waste that much paper. Anyone who has ever…
LEGO master builder Mitsuru Nikaido creates detailed animal sculptures that will shock and awe you
Mitsuru Nikaido, a Kurashiki-based artist, makes sculptures of different animal species from LEGO building blocks. Mitsuru Nikaido has been creating intricate sculptures out of LEGO…
LEGO and Minion-inspired creatures take over the French street bollards with artist Le CyKlop!
French street artist Le CyKlop transforms city bollards into anthropomorphic, LEGO-inspired caricatures using yellow spray paint and his own sticker designs, dubbing the urban art…
This Japanese architect’s fairytale teahouse covered in a grassy facade is topped with a yakisugi-treated timber loft!
Japanese architect and architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori is known for his quirky teahouses and fondness for unusual city structures. His latest tea house transports an…
A sneak peak at what’s in store at this year’s Maison&Objet event at the Paris Design Week
Following fifteen intense months of nothing but online activities, the real-world version of the trade fair is about to make its much-awaited return… but a…
This greek mythology-inspired Temple built entirely from timber was designed to be burned at Burning Man!
The Temple to Burning Man is like Apple to Silicon Valley–it’s what it’s known for. At Burning Man, a nine-day desert gathering, the Temple is…
This floating bubble visualization by Carlo Ratti emphasizes forestry by showing how much carbon dioxide each tree absorbs
Escaping city sidewalks and standstill traffic for a botanical garden’s grassy lawn lined with rows of trees, butterfly gardens, and flower bushes seems like a…
This portal will transport you anywhere in the world without Dr Strange’s ring!
The city of Lithuania created a ‘portal’ into another city 600 kilometres away. We’re slowly turning the corner on the pandemic that has put our…
Inspired by the clouds, this art installation was designed to be your happy place!
Every kid has dreamed of sitting inside of a cloud. As a young kid, I pictured them as being more like tough, hovering wads of…
This sustainable interlocking system lets vendors reuse, reshape, and reduce the stall waste at festivals
Picture this, you are at a festival that is bustling with stalls – you are trying different food, shopping for little items, taking pictures of…
This first ever nature preserve in Hong Kong brings the beauty of biodiversity to the concrete jungle!
If you live in a city, nature might sometimes feel further away than it really is – and when you don’t have a car to…
Designed for astronauts, this machete from Case Knives celebrates more than 50 years of its debut on the moon!
Personally, I couldn’t be in charge of making the carry-on list for astronauts traveling to the moon. Cookies would be item number one, followed by…
Design of the Year 2020 award goes to a pink seesaws installation on the US-Mexico border!
2021 is the promised year – the year of redemption and even though COVID is still at large, we know we are looking to make…
The 1976 Apple computer-I can now get a custom made bespoke, midcentury luxury case it deserves!
It’s hard to imagine Steve Jobs selling his Volkswagen Type 2 Microbus to help fund and produce friend, Steve Wozniack’s hand-built and custom-designed Apple Computer-I…
From quirky to downright eccentric, 50 designers get creative with their take on toilet paper holders!
Toilet paper is 2020’s hottest commodity. Everyone wants a piece – in fact, at one point near the start of quarantine, some of us were…