Honda has announced they’re launching Fastport, a B2B venture for delivering packages in urban markets. The company has designed this Fastport eQuad, a electric quadricycle, specifically to haul packages using bike lanes, avoiding both emissions …
Nestout’s Rugged Outdoor USB-C Charging Cable
Outdoor gear manufacturer Nestout design this rugged USB-C charging cable to take a beating. It’s IP54 rated for water and dust resistance, and is jacketed with braided Tetoron, a durable type of polyester. The cable …
A Suggested Industrial Design Student Assignment: Design and Build a Minimalist Chess Set
I think a good Industrial Design student assignment, particularly for sophomores, would be: Design and make a set of minimalist chess pieces–no digital fabrication nor individual sculpting/carving (unless making the pattern for a mold) allowed. …
An Armchair with a Magnetic Removable Worksurface
Last year we looked at Bateman Labs, the Canadian outfit that created a new furniture category: Modular armchair-based workstations and gaming stations. Their Envy line of armchairs used mortises in the frames to accept tenons …
Small Change, Big Impact: Ikea Ditching Plastic Bags for Holding Fasteners
Ikea has set the ambitious goal of eliminating all virgin plastic from their products by 2030. They also aim to ditch virgin plastic in their packaging a bit sooner, by 2028. In order to achieve …
This Dream Recorder Records Your Dreams for Playback
The 1991 Wim Wenders movie “Until the End of the World” had a fascinating premise, about a scientist inventing a device to allow his blind wife to see. The invention, connected to the scientist’s head …
AEMotion’s Designers Tackle the Challenge of an Oddly-Proportioned Vehicle
Here’s a unique new vehicle, the Dual, that I believe is based on a flawed premise. But it’s worth looking at for several reasons, including the passion behind the project—French company AEMotion has spent a …
DIA Free Admission ends June 20th
Whether you’ve won awards, or not, you can enter the DIA show for free until June 20th. There is a cash award pool of $700,000 up for grabs—so if you prepped an application for any …
From Japan, a Time-Saving Crosscutting Accessory
If you saw this orange thing hanging off a contractor’s tool belt, you’d definitely be puzzled by it: That’s the Sumpokun, a gadget invented by a Japanese craftsman to speed the task of cutting floorboards. …
A Wireless, Color E-Paper Sign that Can Go 200 Days Without Recharging
Signmaking shops must’ve been thrilled with the digital printing revolution, as drawing boards gave way to Adobe software and large-format printers. But new signage technology threatens to take away their business altogether. Samsung’s EMDX is …