Designers Already Prototype Hardware – Now They’re Prototyping Demand Too
Every product that finds its way onto these pages eventually meets the same crossroads: the moment a designer takes the thing public. For physical product…
crowdfunding
How to Actually Launch a Million-Dollar Kickstarter in 2025
Crowdfunding has always been framed as the people’s alternative to venture capital, where backers, not investors, decide which ideas deserve to exist. In practice, though,…
Dual-screen AYANEO Flip handheld gaming PC canceled after successful crowdfunding
The handheld gaming PC market is becoming a little more exciting with the involvement of top PC vendors. The Lenovo Legion Go, for example, introduced…
Dual-screen Android tablet combines LCD and E Ink screens with some compromises
It seems that the Microsoft Duo dream, and that of the Courier concept before it, is pretty much dead in the water. While the idea…
Creator Club’s Online Masterclass helps you learn how to successfully crowdfund your ideas into real products
Ideas come cheap, free even… but developing them into real products can often be a tricky, challenging road. Creator Club, a Delaware-based company, is hoping…
Handmade Wallet, for the Self-made You!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maclainedesign/wingback-the-cash-wallet? The Wingback Cash Wallet is at the evolutionary midpoint between your regular old-school wallet, and your mobile that now has the ability to make…
This Side-table Can Drop Some Bass!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creatiodesign/mellow Imagine this. You’re at home with the TV on, watching an intense movie. You’ve got a tub of popcorn resting on the table beside…
Location Celebration Ornamentation!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1453024882/you-are-here-your-personal-map-jewelry There’s a certain beauty to the You Are Here series of jewelry/accessories that is comparable to the STC Memento we saw in October last…
Bye-bye Jet Lag!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sondretravel/voyage-pillow-the-most-versatile-and-compact-trave Ask any traveller and they’ll tell you that in the fast-paced globetrotting world the saying goes “If you don’t snooze, you lose”. When you’re…
Watch for the Wolves of Wall Street!
The Rebel watches by LIV have a secret ingredient that makes it a significantly different and refreshing timepiece. Men may know what they want, but…
Time is Fleeting, Time is Floating!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flyte/story-the-levitating-timepiece I knew time was fleeting, but this one is new to me… and it may easily be the most beautiful timepiece I’ve ever seen….
From Sheet to Seat!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/144629748/the-ollie-chair-shape-shifting-seating Folding chairs are usually a design exercise in functionality. Making sure your chair folds into something nice and slim, and opens out into a…
A Watch From the Skies!
I’ll just say that smartwatches will never be as classy as mechanical timepieces. Circuit boards aren’t charming, but there’s a certain hypnotic allure of a…
A Drone in your Phone!
The selfie stick is dead, may it rest in peace (or in pieces)… And here’s what killed it. A high flying drone-photographer that literally comes…
If Nikola Tesla Made a Watch
No matter how cool your watch is, whether it can answer texts, or use google maps, or even read your heart rate. It’ll never be…
Your Eyes on (and off) the Road
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2130897358/the-vava-dash-cam-capture-the-road-ahead You’re taking the perfect road-trip. You want to capture the scenery in stunning HD. You activate the HD recording on your windshield-mounted VAVA Dash…