What Streaming Took From Music, Samsung Design Just Gave Back
Music used to take up space in the most satisfying way. There was a record sleeve to pull from a shelf, a cassette to slot…
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Samsung Design’s Milan 2026 AI Sphere Lifts Its Face Like It’s Alive
Smart home devices have come a long way from the plain white boxes we once hid behind sofas. Voice assistants sit openly on shelves now,…
Electrolux Wants Your Kitchen to Feel Like Nature: First-Look at Milan Design Week 2026
For roughly six months of the year, Sweden is cold enough to keep its people reliably indoors. That is long enough to matter, and long…
Issey Miyake’s Most Beautiful Material Was Always the Scrap
If you’ve ever watched the pleating process behind ISSEY MIYAKE’s iconic garments, you already know it’s one of the most satisfying things in fashion. The…
Sabine Marcelis Built Coachella’s Best Spot Out of Thin Air
Every April, Coachella does that thing where it reminds you it’s not just a music festival. It’s a full-sensory exercise in spectacle, one that has…
Disney and NatGeo Built Billboards That Bees Can Actually Live In
Most billboards are built to be noticed and then forgotten. You see them, you process whatever they’re selling, and then they fade into the visual…
These Steel Chairs Are Too Big to Sit In: Walk Through Them Instead
Most public art earns its place on a pedestal and stays there. It asks you to look, maybe photograph it, and walk away. The relationship…
Janny Baek’s Ceramics Look Like They’re Still Evolving
Most ceramic art asks you to admire it from a distance. Janny Baek’s work makes you want to lean in closer and check if it’s…
LiberNovo Omni Just Won the iF Design Award 2026 for Wellness Design
Most office chairs operate on a quiet assumption that sitting is something your body should adapt to, not the other way around. You adjust the…
This Burning Man Temple Blooms for One Night, Then Burns Forever
Every year, Burning Man erects a temple on the playa, and every year, it burns. That ritual of building and releasing has been part of…
Carriers Want This BlackBerry-Style Phone – I Tried It at MWC
When Clicks unveiled the Clicks Communicator at CES 2026, the device immediately stood out in a sea of look-alike smartphones. It pairs a physical QWERTY…
5 Wildest Design Trends at MWC 2026: Nodding Phones and Tiny Robots
Every year, MWC arrives with the promise of seeing the future of mobile technology, or at least a very expensive approximation of it. The 2026…