Most smartphones ship with an assumption baked in: that you’re fine with your data running through Google’s servers, your habits feeding its algorithms, and its apps occupying your home screen whether you asked for them …
A $57 Stand Finally Solves the Vinyl Storage Problem
The vinyl revival has been going on long enough now that nobody’s surprised by it anymore. What started as audiophile nostalgia quietly became a full-blown lifestyle choice, and record players are back in living rooms, …
Snow Peak’s Inflatable Field Rise Rooftop Tent Sets Up in Minutes
The rooftop tent market is already a saturated one. When you think there is little scope for more innovation in design, someone proves us wrong. This time, it is the Japanese Snow Peak, which has …
This MagSafe iPhone Grip Is Actually a Self-Defense Spray in Disguise
Personal safety products have a design problem few people talk about. Pepper sprays and personal alarms are either too bulky to carry consistently or so visually aggressive that most people feel uncomfortable with them in …
Rebloom Studio Just Turned Flower Market Waste Into Art”
Most vases hold flowers. This one is made of them, specifically the ones that never got the chance to be admired. Rebloom Studio, a Korean design studio, has been quietly working on a problem that …
8 Best Graduation Gifts for Him in 2026 — Picked by a Design Editor, Not Amazon
Every graduation season produces the same list: engraved flasks, monogrammed padfolios, whiskey decanters carrying someone’s initials. None of it survives the second apartment move. Good design travels differently. A well-made object built around a clear …
adidas Just Made the Best World Cup Drop for Your Dog
adidas dropped a pet jersey collection for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and I genuinely cannot decide if it’s brilliant or completely unhinged. Maybe both. That tension is precisely what makes it worth paying attention …
The C64 and ZX Spectrum Finally Got the Handhelds They Never Had
The retro gaming revival has been gathering steam for years, spilling from niche emulation communities into mainstream retail. Mini consoles, plug-and-play sticks, and budget handhelds have all taken a crack at the classics with varying …
The Lexon x Jeff Koons Collaboration Makes Functional Art Worthy to Adorn Your Living Room
Lexon has always operated in that precise zone where design meets desire, making objects that earn their place on a shelf by being genuinely useful and genuinely beautiful at the same time. Its speakers, lamps, …
PITAKA Asked the World to Design Its Aramid Phone Cases. Here Are Some of the Best Entries So Far
Pattern has always been one of humanity’s most instinctive forms of expression. Before there was writing, there was weave, the repetition of motifs in cloth, stone, and ceramic that encoded identity, belief, and belonging long …