The Game Where You Build the River and Set the Eel Free
Most children’s toys today are remarkably good at keeping kids indoors. Between tablets, gaming consoles, and endlessly curated activity kits, the image of a child…
Concept Designs
A Camping Kit Actually Designed for Kids, Not Just Dragged Along
If you’ve ever taken kids camping, you know the scene: the tent is up, the fire is going, and the kids are on their phones….
Twin Phone splits into two for users who don’t want to live with a dumb phone for the rest of their lives
Just when you think you’ve seen all the smartphone form factors – flip phones, triple-fold ones, ones with popping cameras, and whatnot – there’s still…
5 EV Charging Designs So Beautiful You’d Actually Want to Stop There
EV charging infrastructure has grown considerably in recent years, but the experience of actually using it rarely gives people much to think about. Most stations…
A Student Designed Stools That Glow When Strangers Connect
I spend a lot of time in cities. Airports, subway stations, coffee shop benches, those weird little plazas that exist between office buildings where nobody…
Nudge Is the Brain-Tuning Wearable We Didn’t Know We Needed
We’ve gotten pretty comfortable letting technology tell us how to sleep, how many steps to take, and when to breathe. The next frontier, apparently, is…
How a Soccer Stance Solved One of Furniture’s Oldest Problems
If you’ve ever hosted a dinner party and counted chairs two hours before guests arrived, you know the panic. Do you have enough? Do you…
Fiore Is a Wall Light, a Vase, and a Fragrance All at Once
Most lighting does one thing: it illuminates. If it’s beautiful, that’s a bonus. If it fits the space, you’re winning. But every once in a…
A Student Just Designed the Lantern Every Nomad Needs
Most portable lights exist to solve a problem. They help you see when there’s no overhead fixture, charge your phone during a power outage, or…
How a Korean Dowry Chest Inspired a Smarter Modular Furniture System
Some of the most interesting design work starts not in a studio, but in a family home. For Korean designer Kim Gayoung, it started with…
This Architect Built a Chess Set Where the Hardware Is the Design
Chess has been around for roughly 1,500 years, and in that time, the chess set has been reimagined in almost every conceivable way. You’ve seen…
The Hydroponic Garden That Finally Looks Good on Your Counter
Growing your own herbs and greens at home sounds great in theory. In practice, it usually means a windowsill cluttered with sad little pots, a…