Umbrella Lights The Way
LightDrops looks like an ordinary umbrella but don’t let that fool ya. There’s more than meets the eye here. As water pours over the surface,…
Product Design
Now That’s a Grassy Phone
In today’s rapid consumerist society, consumption comes into question. How durable do we want our devices to be when they become near obsolete in 5…
More Impossibles from Mac: “Tired of Numbers”
Mac Funamizu names his newest project a little too well, calling the desktop hygrometer and thermometer “Tired of Numbers.” Yanko Design is, incase you were…
Technicals of Dark Fire Robot Guitars
The Dark Fire is Gibson’s second robot guitar in so many years. This one is a beast. Three state-of-the-art pickups, robot-accurate frets and neck, “revolutionary…
Screw Money
Rob Maslin had the clever idea to redesign bolt and screw heads that can be tightened and loosened with ordinary coins. Of course if this…
More Disturbing Machinations from Isolation Unit
When I make my own studio, I’m going to call it Friends Party. And we will do battle with Isolation Unit, the studio of Teruhiro…
Better Bottle for Baby, Adiri Natural Nurser Review
If you’ve ever been to a store that caters to mothers and newborns, you were probably overwhelmed at the selection. The number of bottle choices…
Paranoid About Privacy? Put a Lid on it
Nicolas Lehotzky notice a niche trend among Mac users with built-in webcams Many cover it with post-it notes out of privacy concerns even tho there’s…
Headphones Kinda Neon Evangelion w/ Built-in Webcam
This unnamed design by Andy Kurovets and Kris Dekeijser is a headphone that doubles as a webcam. That giant crystal on the side is actually…
Some Tiny Audio Chops, Some Chops Indeed
Boy oh boy do you know a dude who loves portable speaker systems. It is me. And I say that while the best portable system…
Tap, Tap, Tappin’ on Heaven’s Door
Another iteration on the intuitive music making theme, “Jam” hails from a team at the Domus Academy where the brief was to design for basic…
Water to Inspire, KOR ONE Hydration Vessel Review
I’ve been toting around the KOR ONE Hydration Vessel for a week and the first thing someone said to me was, “that’s a water bottle?…