Digital nomads face unique challenges when it comes to personal care while constantly on the move. Traditional toiletries create a perfect storm of travel headaches: liquid restrictions, bulky packaging, breakage risks, and the endless hunt for replacement products in foreign countries. Smart nomads know that every...
“Excellent ordinary” – how the UK’s new rail clock was designed
Last week at London Bridge Station, Rail Clock was unveiled to the public. The striking circular design, which uses both Gerry Barney’s 1965 double arrow motif, and Margaret Calvert’s Rail Alphabet 2 typeface, will roll out across the UK’s rail network in both physical and digital iterations. It was designed by...
This $60 Power Bank Comes With 300 Games Built In
Remember when your biggest worry was keeping your phone charged, and your greatest joy was sneaking in a few rounds of Tetris during your lunch break? Well, someone in Japan just figured out how to give you both at the same time, and honestly, it’s kind of genius. Oscar Japan Inc. has introduced the Mobile BOY, a...
MAGMA brings its pages to paris exhibition with works by charles ray, jonas mekas and more
MAGMA turns ITS PAGES into PARIS EXHIBITION With its third issue, The Archive of the Future, MAGMA transforms from printed matter into lived experience and takes shape in a spatial exhibition at 127 rue de Turenne in Paris. Conceived by Matière Noire together with MAGMA and presented with the support of Bottega...
ulf mejergren builds mobile red cottage on scissor lift as a response to climate change
Lift House proposes movable architecture for climate resilience Lift House by Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) is a compact gabled timber house refuge mounted on a mobile scissor lift. Designed for the exhibition Beredd (Ready) at ArkDes – The Swedish Center for Architecture and Design – the project explores...
This Concept Device Combines a Trackball, Dial, and Touchpad in One
Creative work demands tools that are both precise and intuitive, but most input devices stick to the same formulas that have existed for decades. You’ve got your mouse, maybe a graphics tablet, and countless keyboard shortcuts to memorize. The result is a workflow that feels fragmented, forcing you to juggle multiple...
solid steel phone case weighs six pounds to limit people from using their devices
6 pound phone case makes people use devices less 6 Pound Phone Case wants to limit people from using their smartphones by creating a cover that is heavy, inconvenient, and made from solid stainless steel. A project developed by Matter Neuroscience, the case comes in two separate parts that are screwed together around...
vertical timber construction shapes twin stacked sports halls in switzerland by kit
kit Builds Hybrid Sports Halls BZT Frauenfeld in Switzerland The new twin sports halls in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, designed by kit architects, employ an innovative timber construction system that prioritizes spatial efficiency, resource conservation, and material sustainability. The compact, vertically organized layout...
gazing onto the pyramids of giza, the grand egyptian museum set for november opening
the largest museum dedicated to a single culture The Grand Egyptian Museum by heneghan peng architects has reached completion, standing just over a mile from the Pyramids of Giza. The vast complex is located on a desert plateau at the edge of Cairo, and stands as a bridge between the past and the present of the...
vikram goyal turns india’s ancient animal fables into a scented landscape in paris
vikram goyal’s soul garden at design miami/paris 2025 In the lush gardens of L’Hôtel de Maisons, once the Parisian home of Karl Lagerfeld, designer Vikram Goyal unveils The Soul Garden, an installation that transforms India’s ancient animal fables into a living, multisensory landscape. Presented by The Future...