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Blue flowers rise from a book-sculpture vase on a white desk, with a glass of water and speaker nearby.

5 Japanese-Designed Mother’s Day Gifts That Become Part of Her Home — Not the Donation Pile

Most Mother’s Day gifts end up in a drawer for three weeks and in a donation box by June. The ones that stay are objects…

Deals, Gifting, Product Design, Shop

White turntable with a clear lid and a bright green vinyl on a wooden surface, orange blur in the dark background.

This 28mm Turntable Is Fully Automatic and Glows Softly Like Mood Lighting

Vinyl is having a moment that shows no signs of ending. Record sales have been climbing for over a decade, and turntables have found their…

Appliances, Deals, Music, Product Design

Glass multi-level car display case filled with miniature race cars, with a red-lit racing wheel and a monitor showing a Forza Motorsport race map.

Die-Cast Cars Grew Up: Meet Parksible, The Ultimate 1:64 Smart Motorized Parking Garage by Fun-Tech-Lab

Parksible is a premium, smart motorized display garage created by Fun-Tech-Lab specifically for 1:64 scale die-cast cars. It replaces standard acrylic display cases with an…

Accessories, Deals, Product Design, Toys

Notebook with handwritten notes in Japanese, a blue pencil resting diagonally across the page, and three pens (white, blue, black) on a gray surface.

This $20 Pen Is The Reason I Quit My Notes App

There was a time when writing something down felt simple. You had a notebook, a pen, and a thought worth keeping. But somewhere along the…

Deals, EveryDayCarry, Product Design, Shop, Stationery

A “Social Only” Smartphone inspired by the iPod lets you like, share, and scroll using hardware buttons

Go ahead and open your screen-time and see what the most-used apps are. Mine, by far, are Instagram and YouTube. Tik-tok’s blocked where I live,…

Phones, Product Design

Black athletic shoe with a webbed, net-like lacing system suspended by cords on a gradient background

Keen’s Zero-Glue Shoe Uses A Cord-Cage To Hold Itself Together, And Can Be Repaired By Swapping Parts

The footwear industry runs on glue. Something like 30 billion pairs of shoes get manufactured globally each year, and nearly all of them rely on…

Fashion, Product Design, Sustainable Design

Clear display case housing an OPT90 cassette speaker with Bluetooth label and cassette graphic, stacks of tapes in the background.

5 Brilliant Mother’s Day Gifts From Sons Who Know Better Than to Bring Flowers Again

Sometimes sons have to learn, usually the hard way, that flowers are a placeholder. They wilt. They sit in a vase she’ll move twice and…

Accessories, Deals, Gifting, Product Design, Shop

Geometric wine chillers with a bottle centered between a beige and a tall black unit; a smartphone on the left shows a wine product page.

This Wine Cooler Scans the Label and Sets Its Own Temperature for You

Wine culture has never been more accessible, with good bottles showing up at rooftop dinners, backyard gatherings, and weekend trips just as often as they…

Deals, Gadgets, Lifestyle, Luxury, Product Design, Technology

Two orange-and-black handheld game controllers with circular button layouts, one has a cartridge partially inserted in a slide-out slot.

This Wireless Gaming Controller Splits Apart To Reveal Its Cartridge Slot

Imagine a Nintendo Switch without a screen. Just two Joy-Cons that click together for wireless gaming. Now imagine that was it. That was the product….

Gadgets, Gaming, Product Design

LEGO diorama spelling HELLO WORLD on a sandy desert base with palm trees and a red tower.

Someone Finally Built the Hollywood Sign Out of LEGO and It Actually Slaps

Every year, roughly ten million tourists visit Los Angeles specifically to photograph a sign they will never get closer than a few hundred meters to….

Popular, Product Design, Toys