Fire, Memory, and the Design That Wants to Keep Both Alive
Every year during the Ghost Festival, millions of people across East Asia stand at street corners, in parking lots, or on sidewalks, setting fire to…
Concept Designs
The Air Purifier That Rolls Toward Smoke Before It Fills the Room
Air purifiers have quietly become household staples, tucked into corners and set to auto, doing their work without much acknowledgment. The fundamental assumption behind every…
This E-Scooter Concept That Belongs at a Motor Show, Not a Bike Lane
Electric scooters have largely avoided any serious design ambition. The category is dominated by folding aluminum stems, plastic covers, and an aesthetic that prioritizes manufacture…
Alien-like Earphones Play Music On Your Face When Ears Can’t Hear It
Noise-canceling headphones have become the default answer to the mismatch between music and the world around you. The premise baked into every iteration of that…
Monai’s New Baby Crib Monitors Heart Rate With 4K Sensors
Baby gear has always been functional. Safe. Practical. But design, real design, has rarely been part of the conversation when it comes to infant furniture….
Harvard Students Built a Lamp That Taught a Robot to Make Art
There are moments in design when your first thought isn’t “how does it work” but “how does it feel.” Hikarigami is one of those objects….
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…
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…