Innovative Translucent Leather is visually and literally a class apart
Another one for the “new materials” file is Sruli Recht’s translucent leather, made from cow skin. Working for over three years on the Apparition, a…
Product Design
The Flashlight Done Right
As long as a flashlight shines, it must be A-okay, right?! Think again! If you’re a law enforcement agency or first responder, your flashlight can…
The CupCooler Puts the Refresh in Refreshment
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/172663027/cupcooler-instant-cools-your-life-effortlessly I can confirm that having a sip of a drink only to find out it’s lukewarm is easily the most cringe-worthy summertime experience. If…
Beauty with a Reason
The appropriately named Blossom Speaker takes inspiration from a blossomed flower and adapts it into a geometric and simplified form. The primary focus behind its…
Kensa’s Writing Instruments Want to Look Classic, but Feel Completely New
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cowellstudio/kensa-a-slim-minimal-hexagonal-pen-and-mechanical There are two sorts of people in the world. Traditionalists/purists, who love the classics, and Neophiles, who are excited by the groundbreaking and the…
The incredible material that is “wood wool”
Let’s file “Wood Wool” under new materials, because I’m hearing about it for the first time. Also referred to as excelsior in North America, these…
A case/stand that multi-tasks, like your iPad!
The remarkable Tilt not only serves as a beautiful case for the iPad Pro 9.7″ and the Apple Pen, it also doubles up as stand,…
Could This be the Answer to your Battery Life Problems?
If you are an avid smartphone user and the standard battery just doesn’t last long enough for you, you may look to buy one of…
One Stellar Speaker
The Saturn hybrid speaker-light begs the question: why shouldn’t our devices also be works of art?! The obvious answer is that everyone has largely different…
Give me a landline if it looks like this!
I never thought I’d say this but… I think I want a landline! I have the Dreyfuss phone to thank for this newfound appreciation. This…
Phil Saunders, the concept designer behind the Iron Man suits
You may not have heard of Phil Saunders (or conversely you may have if you’re a close follower of his work like I am), but…
SOLIDteknics has a Super-secret Process for their Multi-century Cookware
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/495892923/solidteknics-noni-100-usa-made-seamless-1-pc-stain From the perspective of an industrial designer, I find what SOLIDteknics have done rather ground-breaking. Their revolutionary line of cookware is designed to stay…