Cassette tapes are having a moment, and that moment is refusing to end. According to Billboard, cassette sales have grown more than 440% over the past decade, and in the first quarter of 2025 alone they more than doubled, hitting numbers not seen in 20 years. This isn’t a blip or a quirky indie niche. It’s a...
7 Best Eco-Friendly Designs That Celebrate Earth Day Better Than Any Campaign Ever Could
Earth Day has always had a visibility problem. It falls on 22nd April, and every April the campaigns are loud, the graphics are reliably green, and the sentiment fades well before the month comes to an end. Real change lives somewhere quieter; in the materials a designer chooses, in the lifecycle of an object, in the...
This Bike Cargo System Gives Your Bike a Face With 12 Color Zones
Bike cargo gear has always been the part of cycling that nobody really gets excited about. Racks, panniers, and baskets exist to haul things, and most of them look exactly like what they are, brackets and platforms bolted on as an afterthought. Cyclists who care about aesthetics often treat this hardware as a...
World’s Most Affordable Foldable Phone Costs $320. That’s Less Than an Apple Watch
The moment Motorola resurrected the Razr as a foldable in 2020, every industrial designer I know had the same thought: the flip form factor was always the right one, the market just needed to catch up. Five years later, the category has matured enough that Samsung, Motorola, Oppo, Honor, and a dozen Chinese brands all...
Disney and NatGeo Built Billboards That Bees Can Actually Live In
Most billboards are built to be noticed and then forgotten. You see them, you process whatever they’re selling, and then they fade into the visual noise of the street. So when a campaign comes along that flips that formula entirely, it genuinely stops you in your tracks. That’s exactly what’s happening in...
Vancouver’s First Supertall Was Inspired by the Ocean Floor
Vancouver has always had good bones. The mountains, the water, the way the city sits between them like it was planned by someone with an eye for drama. But for all its natural beauty, its skyline has played it relatively safe. That’s about to change, and the agent of disruption is, of all things, a sea...
The Volvo Cosmic Surfer Has Gravity-Adaptive Wheels Designed For Smooth Driving On The Moon
Volvo has spent the better part of a century building its reputation on one foundational promise: keep the people inside the car alive, no matter what the road throws at them. That philosophy produced crumple zones, three-point seatbelts, and side-impact protection systems that the rest of the industry eventually...
Ripple Shelf’s Wavy Wooden Sides Are Actually a Tool-Free Height System
Most adjustable shelving systems make a quiet trade-off. To offer flexibility, they rely on rail channels, pin holes, or brackets that work well enough but bring a decidedly utilitarian look to any room. The result is a shelf that adapts to your needs but rarely looks like it was designed with much intention beyond...
Škoda’s smart bicycle bell cuts through ANC headphones to alert zoned out pedestrians
Times have changed so much, we’ve got people walking on the streets with their ANC turned on to zone out, but are unaware of the risks motorists can pose. With active noise-cancelling headphones becoming increasingly common, the sounds of the city (from traffic to bicycle bells) can easily disappear behind layers of...
Your Voice Wearable and Robot Hear the Words Mute People Can’t Say
For most people, saying something as simple as “good morning” to a stranger or asking for directions takes no effort at all. For the tens of millions worldwide who live with speech impairments or are completely mute, those same moments can be frustrating or simply inaccessible. The tools that exist to help, from...