Up until now, a slipper and a boot have been opposite pieces of footwear, functionally speaking. Slippers are soft, easy to pull on and made for padding around inside. Boots are stiff, require onerous lacing and are made to provide traction on rugged terrain. This ReEmber Camp Slip On, by California-based footwear brand...
Who First Invented the Ball Pit? Two Young Ikea Designers, in 1970
In 1968, Charlotte Rude and Hjördis Olsson-Une were two young graduates of Sweden's Konstfack University, where they had studied art and design. The two moved to Älmhult, Sweden, where a glassworks was located; having caught the material exploration bug at design school, the two wanted to experiment with glass. The pair...
Top 5 Innovative Power Bank Designs That Break The Mold
Power banks have been tech’s most boring necessity for years. While phones became design masterpieces and earbuds turned into fashion statements, portable chargers stayed stubbornly bland. The assumption was simple—nobody cares how emergency power looks, just that it works. These rectangular slabs hid in bags,...
contrasting gable and mono-pitched metal roofs top wood-clad coley’s point house in canada
Woodford Architecture builds a coastal residence in Canada Nestled within the serene coastal landscape of Coley’s Point, Canada, Woodford Architecture’s contemplative residence embraces its dramatic maritime setting with restrained elegance. Composed of intersecting gable and mono-pitched volumes, the form echoes...
Roku finally enters the smart projector market with the Aurzen EAZZE D1R Cube
Imagine you’re ready for movie night, but instead of juggling remotes, hunting for streaming dongles, and untangling cables like some sort of tech archaeologist, you just power on one device. The Aurzen EAZZE D1R Cube makes this dream scenario a reality by cramming Roku TV OS directly into its compact frame, becoming...
Chipolo Loop and Card: Fashion-Forward Bluetooth Trackers by BLOND
Finding your keys shouldn’t feel like a treasure hunt, and thankfully, Chipolo gets it. The Slovenian brand, born from a group of friends tired of losing their belongings, has been creating colorful item finders since 2013. Their latest collaboration with London design studio BLOND has completely transformed their...
modular designs make up ferretti’s riva, pershing and itama debuts at cannes yachting festival
ferretti group reveals new models at cannes yachting festival Ferretti Group unveils nine yacht and boat models, including from Riva, Pershing, Ferretti Yachts, Itama, and Wally, during the Cannes Yachting Festival. Between September 9th and 14th, 2025, visitors to the coastal city were able to hop on a total of 26...
villeroy & boch dissolves boundaries in the bathroom with pure black collection
villeroy & boch’s deep black bathroom Designers are developing a new passion: bathrooms in deep black. In such spaces, contours disappear and boundaries seem to dissolve or appear at best only faintly. One thing is certain: anyone wanting to immerse their bathroom in pure black at the next update will need a...
New show to “remind designers” of their role in protest movements
A new exhibition wants to reclaim graphic design as a “call to arms” to make the world better. The Right to Protest, which opens in London tomorrow, features 200 posters, with designs from some of the largest private collections in the UK, alongside new work from creatives like Anthony Burrill and Mr Bingo. “The...
double-skin facade with solar panels and green walls reimagines shanghai power substation
Green Island reimagines Jialuo 110kV Power Station in Shanghai The Jialuo 110kV Power Substation in Juyuan New District, Jiading, Shanghai, has been reimagined by Ten Studio as Green Island, a project that integrates infrastructure, ecology, and public space. The design introduces a double-skin facade system that...