The Torii Bench began with a simple question asked every day at Placyle: what if plastic waste could be turned into something beautiful? The idea was to show the true value of plastic, not as garbage but as possibility. While walking beneath the red gates of Fushimi Inari in Kyoto, the designer was struck by the pure,...

Xiaomi Mi 11 with Harman Kardon It’s funny how trends in technology seem to circle back every decade or so. I remember a time, maybe ten or twelve years ago, when the big war in the laptop world wasn’t just about processors or screen brightness. It was about sound. You couldn’t walk into a big box store without...

No matter how you feel about Crocs, you cannot deny that they are able to make pretty interesting collaborations, some you may not even have imagined they would partner with. We’ve seen partnerships with luxury brands, food products, other designers, and pop‑culture references. If you’re a fan of the Ghostbusters...

Thirty minutes outside Essaouira, Morocco, architect Othmane Bengebara faced an interesting challenge. His client wanted a house that could work as both a quiet retreat and a place to host creative friends from around the world. Not exactly opposing needs, but close enough to make things tricky. Bengebara’s solution...

Reputed hardware leaker ‘Moore’s Law Is Dead’ just dropped another bombshell, and this time the claims about Sony’s next-generation console are so outrageous they almost sound like wishful thinking from a PlayStation fanboy’s fever dream. The latest leak suggests the PS6 could pack hardware that rivals...

The Mustang Boss 302 restomod from earlier this year piqued our interest for two reasons – first, of course, the Mustang element, and second, the borderline militaristic aggression that evokes an alternate dystopian world character. While the exposed V8, front splitter, and the yellow-tinted LED headlights on the...

Steep hillsides usually spell trouble for architects, but Alexis Dornier saw opportunity where others might see obstacles. His Villa Boë sits on one of the most challenging plots in Lombok’s Tampah Hills development, where the ground drops away at angles that would make most builders nervous. Instead of fighting the...