Guides
Analog Revival Without the Clutter: Keeping the Ritual, Losing the Props
Keeping the tactile ritual of analog things without letting the objects pile up.
The Well-Lived Room: Mid-Century Modern Without the Showroom Act
How to build a warm, personal room with mid-century cues, useful objects, and none of the staged-catalog stiffness.
Top Stories
Not a Hotel to open Not a Museum at Imperial Hotel Plaza Tokyo ahead of demolition
Nota, the company behind hotelier Not a Hotel, is set to create its first cultural space with the opening of Not a Museum, which will be designed together with Tokyo creative…
Pokémon and Santa Cruz Announce 30th Anniversary Blind-Bag Skateboard Collection
SummaryPokémon and Santa Cruz have unveiled a blind-bag skateboard deck collection to celebrate Pokémon's 30th anniversaryThe release features 30 distinct deck designs inspired by…
Tartan Reversible Rain Jacket
We’re not fans of cutesy apparel for dogs unless its functional, and with winter coming so does cooler mornings, rain and snow. For those days we like The Foggy Dog’s reversible…
3D printed airless wheels help ground robots bring the wounded to safety
print&live and iSCALE3D have developed arkan, a set of 3D printed airless wheels for unmanned ground vehicles used for casualty evacuation, ammunition transport, and logistical…
Luxurious Antolini natural stones breathe life into historic Amsterdam canal house
Promotion: designer Ruud van Oosterhout of RVO Design chose Italian stone brand Antolini's natural stone to bring the interiors of an 18th-century canal house "back to life". As…
Google Japan’s New Gboard Conveyor Belt Keyboard Is a Wild One-Handed Typing Concept
SummaryGoogle Japan unveiled a conceptual conveyor belt keyboard mimicking a factory production lineThe joke prototype promotes the Gboard Android app and claims to reduce typing…
Zero Distraction: A Conversation with lululemon’s JJ Collier on Outerwear Design
lululemon’s new outerwear collection brings 900-fill-power down and distraction-free weather protection into jackets designed to elevate everyday life Performance outerwear has…
chen wei on the dance floor as a stage for imagined ecstasy
in his guest essay, the artist reflects on the elusive nature of ecstasy, drawing from nightlife, staged photography, personal memories, and stories shared by friends to examine…
"Monolithic" concrete house informed by rock-cut monastic homes
Architecture studio Roomoor has completed Monastic Field, a concrete home within a temple precinct in Baleshwar that recalls the rock-cut monk's dwellings of the Deccan Plateau…
Apple Announces a “Welcome Home” Event on October 13 to Reveal a Major Smart Home Hardware Lineup
SummaryApple will host a special hardware event on October 13 to reveal a massive wave of smart home technologyThe Tribeca-based press session is expected to unveil a rumored…
Plastic Free Programmable Coffee Brewer
Simply Good Coffee set out on a mission to create a coffee maker with no plastic components. It’s not that it’s hard, but it does take a lot more time and it …
tree-mounted machines connect to web app to let users knock on wood remotely
knock on wood is an internet-connected device that performs the familiar gesture of knocking on wood, allowing users to follow the superstition remotely when no wood is…
Ten pandemic-era dining sheds that show "wildly different tastes" of New Yorkers
From hastily installed sheds and tents to more intricate structures with signage and considered design, author Penny Hardy highlights the absurdity, delight and ingenuity of…
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