You can keep all the LEGO builds on one side and the life-sized version on the other; the latter will always be more impressive. The McLaren P1 driven by Lando Norris, and the Ferrari Monza …
Biodegradable Noise-Cancelling Mycelium Earplugs Are Solving A Decades-Long Plastics Problem
For half a century, the humble foam earplug has been a masterpiece of single-purpose design. It is a small cylinder of polyurethane, expertly engineered to expand in your ear canal and dampen the world. Its …
This Coin-Sized Sensor Turns Any Analog Watch Into a Fitness Tracker
There is always a persistent tension in the watch world. Smartwatches do a lot, but they rarely look good doing it. Analog watches look exceptional, but they’ll never ping you when you’ve hit 10,000 steps. …
Biomimetic Architecture Reaches New Heights With This Bird-of-Paradise Yoga Space
Biomimicry in architecture usually means borrowing structural logic from nature. Honeycomb patterns for strength, lotus leaves for water repellency, termite mounds for passive cooling. Thilina Liyanage takes a different approach. He’s interested in the moment …
This $4,500 NASA Watch Reads Time Through a Prism and Only 100 Exist
There are a few driver’s watches as acceptable and undeniably luring as the Amida Digitrend, first launched way back in 1976 (the same year when Apple was born). The fanfare had Amida and watch designer …
BREMEN Turns a Broom Into a Guitar and a Desk Into a Piano
Learning to play a musical instrument is one of the most commonly abandoned pursuits in modern life. The gap between wanting to play and being able to usually involves years of lessons, expensive gear, and …
This Trifold Concept Charges iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch at Once
Most people deep in the Apple ecosystem carry at least three devices that need charging every day. An iPhone, an Apple Watch, and AirPods don’t share cables, and even the cleanest wireless charging setup tends …
Prattline Launches $55K Low Tow caravan with rugged build and two-shell expanding design
The trailer industry is moving beyond wooden and wood-based, aluminum-skinned caravans toward more rugged, corrosion- and rot-resistant hard-bodied construction. Other features gaining popularity in hard-sided trailers include auto-lifting roofs and compact models that expand at …
Bang & Olufsen Clads Its Flagship Speaker in 1,800 Aluminum Pearls and Rosewood Slats For 100th Anniversary
The Beolab 90 has spent the better part of a decade as Bang & Olufsen’s technological flagship, a speaker so absurdly capable that it can beam-form sound to different parts of a room simultaneously. For …
A 1930s French Cabin Brought Back the Pit, and It’s the Best Part
If you grew up watching old movies or flipping through your parents’ architecture magazines from the 70s, you probably remember the conversation pit. That sunken, circular seating area built into the floor, ringed with cushions, …