South Korea’s national parks removed trash bins to protect ecosystems and pushed a carry-in, carry-out policy. The unintended side effect is that visitors hide trash in rock crevices or behind trees because they lack an …
5 Red Dot Award Winning Designed to Change the World: Submission Closes January 16, 2026
The world’s most prestigious design competition is back, and this year it’s bigger and more exciting than ever. Starting September 15, 2025, the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2026 has officially opens its doors to …
This DIY Wooden Battery Charger Brings Dead AAs Back to Life
Most homes accumulate a drawer full of dead AA and AAA batteries, and the uneasy feeling of tossing heavy little cylinders into recycling or the trash. Alkaline cells are marketed as single-use, even though the …
This $89 Fountain Pen Shows You the Ink Flowing Through it’s 3D Printed Maze
Nib is the first thing I want right when choosing a fountain pen, then I look for its design and aesthetics afterwards. Endless Stationery, a Chennai, India-based global stationery brand, that successfully created a retractable …
How a Modest Zinc-Clad Retreat Won Scotland’s Top Architecture Prize
Nestled into the rolling hills of rural Stirlingshire, a modest zinc-clad home has captured the attention of Scotland’s architecture community. Grianan, designed by Cameron Webster Architects for jewellery designers Neil Smith and Wesley Zwiep, recently …
The Flashback ONE35 V2 Turns Limitation Into Its Most Compelling Feature
Digital photography has spent three decades eliminating friction, yet the Flashback ONE35 V2 deliberately reintroduces it. This compact camera restricts shooters to 27 exposures per roll and can withhold images for 24 hours before revealing …
MagSafe Power Bank with Built-in Ring Light and Kickstand is a Vlogger’s dream-come-true
You know those ‘Shot On iPhone’ images and videos you see? What they don’t tell you is that they didn’t just use an iPhone to shoot the content, they used an entire ecosystem of rigs, …
This transparent Spigen shell turns your Mac mini into a tiny iMac G3 and I kind of love it
Spigen just launched a plastic shell that turns your Mac mini into a time machine. The Classic C1 wraps Apple’s minimalist aluminum cube in translucent plastic inspired by the iMac G3, complete with Bondi Blue …
When the Wolf Is Already Part of You: Yama Moon’s Quiet Character Design
Most illustration that deals with human-animal hybridity treats it as a problem to be solved, a boundary to be crossed or defended, a transformation caught mid-process. Yamazuki Mari refuses this framing entirely. Her figures don’t …
Adidas Just Turned Minecraft Creepers Into $40 Holiday Sneakers
Remember when video game merchandise meant cheesy graphic tees at the mall? Those days are officially over. Adidas just quietly dropped a massive holiday collection with Minecraft that turns pixelated game creatures into surprisingly wearable …