The Robert Day Sciences Center stands at Claremont McKenna College like a game of architectural Jenga frozen mid-play. Bjarke Ingels Group designed the 135,000-square-foot building with volumes stacked atop one another, each pair rotated 45 degrees from the floor below. The result creates dramatic cantilevers and...
Hands-on with ASUS ROG Ally X, ProArt P16, XG Mobile, and ExpertBook P-series where refinement beats raw specs
ASUS brought their full product showcase to New York, spanning handhelds, creator laptops, and business machines. The star was the ROG Ally X with AMD’s Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme chip and Xbox Full Screen Experience. But the lineup also included the ProArt P16 with its new Lumina Pro OLED display tuned for HDR work, the...
tea break candle transforms everyday pauses into spatial and sensory rituals
Tea Break Candle Explores Stillness and Material Balance Tea Break Candle by Carla Pan explores the relationship between material, light, and ritual. Designed for the self-care brand Chill More, the object reinterprets the act of taking a pause, blending Jingdezhen porcelain and Italian glass, capturing a dialogue...
Top 10 Most Daring Concepts That Will Reshape How We Live: Red Dot Design Concept 2025 Winners
Design concepts live in that fascinating space between “what if” and “why not,” where the constraints of manufacturing budgets and market research haven’t yet trimmed away the boldest ideas. While finished products get the spotlight and the sales figures, concepts represent design thinking at its most...
The Age of 3D Printable Footwear Is Here, and It’s Open-Source
What happens when a major 3D printer manufacturer teams up with a design studio and releases footwear files that anyone can download, print, and remix? Bambu Lab and Presq are finding out. Their Fig.(0) project takes 3D-printed shoes out of the luxury market and drops them into the maker community, where cultural...
rainwater cascades in thin curtains within synchronicity’s ‘rain house’ in hainan
rain house: A Building Shaped by Weather The Rain House by SynchroniCity Architects stands on an elevated hill in Hainan, where the rhythm of rain defines both landscape and life. Conceived during a sudden downpour, its design began with an observation of the site’s behavior under shifting weather. Rain reveals the...
This Plate Keeps Toddlers Engaged at Meals (No Screens Needed)
Mealtime with toddlers has become a battle that most parents solve by surrendering to screens. You set up the high chair, queue up a cartoon, and watch your child mechanically eat while staring at dancing characters. It feels like a victory when they finish their food, but the victory comes with hidden costs that...
8 Ways Apple’s M5 Ecosystem Changes Design Workflows Across MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro
Apple announced three M5-powered devices on October 15, 2025. The 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes, and Vision Pro all receive the M5 chip, delivering up to 3.5 times faster AI performance compared to M4 and up to six times faster than M1 systems, according to Apple’s testing and benchmarks....
designboom events round-up in october 2025, from lebanese renaissance to prague’s contemporary pulse
designboom, once again, highlights the biggest, most inspiring moments in the global creative landscape, providing a vital radar for recently wrapped installations to highly-anticipated festivals. Since the launch of our dedicated events guide in July 2025, which instantly connected our international audience of over 3.5...
This DOOM Gaming PC Has a Cooler That Plays the Original Game on Loop
High-performance gaming PCs have become frustratingly similar, all promising the same flagship specs and RGB lighting without offering anything that makes you genuinely excited to power them on. Most boutique builders focus purely on raw performance numbers, treating visual design as an afterthought rather than an...