This LEGO Gear Train Takes 90 Trillion Years to Complete One Rotation
If you’ve ever stared at one of Mondrian’s compositions and thought “this would make a great gear train,” congratulations, you think like a LEGO Ideas…
Product Design
Pico-Pal reimagines Game Boy Color as modern retro handheld that can play music
Retro gaming continues to inspire modern hardware projects, and the Pico-Pal handheld console is another thoughtful reinterpretation of one of the most recognizable portable…
Xiaomi Returns to Laptops After Four Years with a MacBook Air Rival That Outclasses It on Paper for $1,275
The laptop market has a predictable rhythm. Apple sets the benchmark, everyone else reacts. Since the M1 MacBook Air landed in late 2020 and redrew…
5 Portable Work Setups That Work Outdoors, in Parks And Even Beaches
The line between work and home has blurred into an architectural dialogue. Today’s hybrid living isn’t about working from the kitchen counter but about rethinking…
A GameCube Controller on the Nintendo Switch 2? Meet Abxylute’s Deck-style Joy-Con Alternatives
When the Nintendo Switch 2 arrived in June 2025 at $449.99, it came with a 7.9-inch display, a faster processor, and a Joy-Con that…
This E Ink Foldable Phone Concept Punishes Doomscrolling by Design
Most smartphones are designed to be impossible to put down. The screen faces up on every table, the display lights up for every notification, and…
XbooK’s $1,999 Triple-Screen Laptop Is One Bag Instead of Three Monitors
Anyone who has worked remotely long enough knows the moment a single laptop screen stops being enough. It’s usually the day you’re cross-referencing three documents…
8 Best Desk Accessories for Men That Don’t Look Like They Came From a Corporate Supply Closet
There’s a version of a desk setup that communicates everything about how little thought went into it. A black mesh organizer from the bottom shelf…
The Shargeek 300 is a Cyberpunk-style Power Bank that can charge two MacBook Pros
Power banks have spent years being boring on purpose. Black rectangles, white rectangles, the occasional textured finish. The category settled into a kind of…
A Wind-Powered Tumbleweed That Heals the Desert as It Rolls
I have to be upfront: I did not expect a tumbleweed to be one of the most exciting design concepts I’d encounter this year. Tumbleweeds,…
This Fan Made the Sony-Nintendo Handheld the Companies Never Would
The retro handheld market has a strange problem. The hardware keeps getting better, the screens get sharper, the processors get faster, and yet most of…
This Origami Stool Has No Legs, No Bolts, and Opens With One Press
Furniture storage is one of those problems that design has mostly surrendered to square footage. You either have room for a stool, or you don’t,…