E Ink readers have steadily become better at mimicking the feel of paper, but getting through a book with one still requires the same thing it always has: tapping the screen to flip a page. …
7-in-1 Titanium Ruler That Draws Perfect Circles, Measures Angles, and Works as a Caliper. Yes, Really.
EDC and stationery have been moving closer together for years. Pens became precision objects. Rulers became desk jewelry. Pocket tools started borrowing the language of industrial design, while analog work tools picked up the portability …
BEYOND Expo 2026: Asia’s Biggest Tech Event Just Told the World That AI Software Was Only the Warm-Up
Every major tech conference eventually finds its thesis statement. CES landed on “everything is connected.” SXSW staked out culture-meets-technology. BEYOND Expo‘s thesis for 2026 is more specific, and honestly more timely: AI has spent years …
This Quebec Home Doesn’t Fight the Forest – It Disappears Into It
Certain kinds of architecture don’t announce themselves. La Maraude, the latest project by Nathalie Thibodeau Architecte, is exactly that — a compact residential dwelling tucked into the dense woodlands of Boileau, in Quebec’s Outaouais region, …
Nocturne’s Free App Turns Your Bricked Spotify Car Thing Into Something Better Than the Original
The open-source community has a long history of doing more with abandoned hardware than the original manufacturers ever did. The PSP got emulators Sony never approved. The Wii got homebrew loaders that ran software Nintendo …
This Expandable Popup Micro Camper Turns Your EV Into a Fully Equipped Tiny Home for Off-Grid Escapes
Wheelhome is a budding compact camping solutions enterprise in the United Kingdom. It is changing the way camping is perceived and how all-electric camping trips can be made more convenient. First, it launched the electric …
DIY Raspberry Pi Camera Turns Your Photos into Glitch Art, and the Results Are Incredible
You currently have two options if you want to apply effects and filters to your photos: use an app that will inevitably harvest your data for training their AI model (we’re watching you, Instagram), or …
Phone Cases Are Boring, This One Puts a Living Terrarium Inside
Phone cases have largely settled into two camps: the ones that protect your phone without anyone noticing they exist, and the ones that make a statement with printed graphics, colors, or textures. Neither approach has …
Inside the Log-and-Glass Home Olson Kundig Built for a Builder on Salt Spring Island
Salt Spring Island doesn’t need much convincing — it already has the cliffs, the meadows, and the trees. The name sounds more like a childhood storybook setting than an architectural statement — and that tension …
5 Mountain Homes That Look Carved From the Cliffs They Stand On
There is a rare, almost cinematic stillness found only in homes perched high above the world. At elevations ranging from 5,000 to over 10,000 feet, mountain residences occupy a space where clouds drift below terraces …