Crab motion, steer-by-wire, full-wheel steering, removable appliances, and an energy-harvesting roof panel. Dongfeng’s E-Truck reads less like a traditional pickup spec sheet and more like a wish list from someone who actually uses vehicles for multiple, contradictory purposes. The 2025 Red Dot Best of the Best...
This $119 AI Pen Stores 1000 Hours of Audio and Turns Meetings Into Actionable Plans
Not all pens are created equal. Some just write, but MedPen listens, learns, and secures your conversations. This Kickstarter sensation is redefining what it means to take notes, offering a tool that’s as concerned with your privacy as it is with your productivity. It proposes a future where our most basic analog...
francis kéré arrives in northern germany with timber and rammed earth museum ehrhardt
a new museum dedicated to photography and contemporary art Museum Ehrhardt, designed by Francis Kéré, has broken ground in the small village of Plüschow near the Baltic Sea. The work marks the architect’s first cultural project in Germany and his first museum building in Europe. Covering 1,400 square meters, the...
Maison Alcée Persée Fantôme Limited Edition for Hodinkee puts you in-charge of building your own desk clock
Maison Alcée, founded by French engineers Alcée and Benoît Montfort, and NYC-based watch website, Hodinkee, have joined forces for the first time to release a limited-edition desk clock. This is targeted at collectors who don’t want a finished model, but desire one they can actually have some hands-on fun with...
These ‘Neuroscientific Plates’ are designed to enhance how you taste things
HAK Studio’s UMA Tableware Collection represents a poetic union of design, neuroscience, and sensory wellness. Developed through in-depth research in gastrophysics, the study of how sensory stimuli shape our perception of flavor, the collection transforms everyday dining into a multisensory experience. Each piece in...
3D-printed Lamp Turns Your Baseball Obsession into Quirky Wall Lighting
That’s one ‘baller’ lamp if you ask me! Created by Ezra Feldman (who goes by EYF Design on Instagram), this Baseball Wall Lamp turns a sports moment into a piece of quirky themed lighting that I’d honestly love to see at every sports bar across the US. Simply put, the lamp features a catcher’s mitt along with...
Škoda 1000 MBX Concept: Brutalist Architecture Meets 1960s Proportion
Most retro concepts replicate surfaces. The 1000 MBX concept replicates a spatial problem and solves it differently. When Škoda’s original 1000 MB coupe arrived in the late 1960s, its most distinctive feature was a near-vertical rear windshield that prioritized headroom and cargo access within a compact footprint....
Nothing is launching its 5th Phone in One Year… Meet the Nothing 3a Lite
Carl Pei’s Nothing made its name on doing less, not more. The transparent back, the Glyph LEDs, the whole minimalist vibe felt like a breath of fresh air precisely because it was focused and deliberate. But in 2025, that clarity is getting fuzzy. Nothing has dropped five phones in a single year: the flagship Phone 3,...
201 flip-flops beat for meriem bennani’s installation at lafayette anticipations in paris
201 flip-flops turn Lafayette Anticipations into a living orchestra Artist Meriem Bennani transforms the familiar flip-flop into a vibrating instrument of collective rhythm with her large-scale installation Sole Crushing, on view at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris until February 8th, 2026. The project fills the...
This Stackable Sake Set Hides in Plain Sight
You know that feeling when you buy something beautiful for a special occasion, and then it just lives in your cupboard for the next eleven months? That’s the problem most sake sets have. They’re gorgeous when you’re using them, but the rest of the time they’re just taking up space in the back of a cabinet...