We’re living in an age where our desks look like charging cable graveyards, and honestly, it’s getting ridiculous. Every wireless peripheral seems to need juice at the most inconvenient times, and don’t even get me started on hunting for batteries in that one drawer everyone has. The CannonKeys Soleil might just...
Firefighter Invents Tool to Fight EV Fires More Safely
Electric vehicles are far less likely to burst into flames than internal combustion engine cars, according to Allied World Insurance.* The problem is if they do catch fire, they're significantly more difficult to put out. A burning ICE car might require 1,000 gallons of water to extinguish. A burning EV "can require up to...
Enclosed, Air Conditioned Lawn Mowers by Curtis Industries
A 1958 issue of Mechanix Illustrated featured this Wonderboy X-100, an air-conditioned lawn mower concept. The concept was by manufacturer Simplicity and, unsurprisingly, never reached production. Today, however, something very similar exists. Massachusetts-based Curtis Industries, a manufacturer of tractor cabs,...
etienne bastormagi’s mirrored incision opens beirut streetfront to spontaneous encounters
a shrine for the city redefines public and private in beirut A mirrored incision on the streetfront in Beirut shapes a threshold between city and gallery. Titled A Shrine for the City, the ephemeral intervention by Studio Etienne Bastormagi configures a boundary between the institutional and the public realm for a...
retro personal computer made of LEGO blocks comes with swappable pixelated screens
Concept set with monitor, keyboard, and mouse Creator PovedaBricks imagines a retro personal computer made of LEGO blocks that features four swappable pixelated screens. Inspired by the personal computers from the late 1980s and early 1990s, the concept model contains 2,286 pieces and includes a CRT monitor, a classic...
Revolutionary interactive projection system transforms care and therapy
The Tovertafel Pixie represents a groundbreaking advancement in interactive projection technology, specifically designed to enhance the lives of people with dementia, learning disabilities, and limited mobility. It has been recognized for its ability to transform ordinary surfaces into engaging, therapeutic play...
LEGO helps your imagination escape to the Italian Riviera
Probably most of us would want to spend a romantic vacation somewhere in the sun-soaked areas of Italy, specifically, the Italian Riviera. But of course, not all of us have the opportunity to take a few weeks off and breathe in the Ligurian coast air and enjoy what the Mediterranean has to offer. So if that is still a...
nigel VMU reimagines 90s digital culture with brutalist nike airmax table for offspring
Rebooting Nostalgia: Air max table is an ode to 90s Digital Culture Nigel VMU transforms Nike’s Air Sunder into a brutalist table for Offspring — blending sneaker culture, 90s digital nostalgia, and concrete craftsmanship into a functional artwork that redefines how we experience retail, memory, and design. The...
3D printed ceramics tell brussels local stories in pavilion by elise eeraerts & aparicio ronda
elise eeraerts & roberto aparicio ronda craft pavilion in brussels Elise Eeraerts & Roberto Aparicio Ronda install Folly (Vase), a small pavilion, in the Germinal public gardens of Evere, Brussels. The permanent installation is made not of bricks or timber, but of vases, and is the first in a series of five...
between the walls preserves shell rock from soviet past at sculptural showroom in kyiv
between the walls introduces PAPAYA showroom in kyiv Design studio Between the Walls unveils PAPAYA, a retail showroom in the heart of Kyiv that brings emotional depth to interior design through material memory and sculptural sensitivity. Situated within a former Soviet-era store, the project features shell rock...