Here's what we looked at this week: Scooter design continues to evolve with China's OMO X. Will Honda's designers take notice? The U.S. military's robot coyotes. Not exactly terrifying, but they do the trick. The GEM is an indoor/outdoor EV ambulance. Bentley's experimental assymetrical EXP 15 concept...
KeyShot x YD present the Pantone Dualities Challenge, with prizes over $3,000 USD
Yanko Design is teaming up with Pantone and KeyShot to present the Pantone Dualities Challenge! Marking the announcement of the new Pantone Dualities color palette, with 175 Pastels and Shadows that come together wonderfully to create dreamy contrasts, this competition invites you to render, compose, and explore with...
francisco tirado captures progress on kengo kuma’s pyramidal culture center in copenhagen
kengo kuma nears completion of waterfront culture center Francisco Tirado’s photo series reveals Kengo Kuma & Associates’ cluster of brick-clad pyramids taking shape on the edge of Copenhagen’s harbor. The photographer reveals steady progress on Kuma’s long-anticipated Waterfront Culture Center, which upon...
ToughBuilt’s High-Capacity Auto-Loading Utility Knife
ToughBuilt's Auto-Loading Utility Knife is for tradespeople who go through a lot of blades in a day. Pull the spent blade out, jog the slide, and a new blade magically clicks into place. It's got multi-position blade stops, and a notch for cutting twine. The other end features a pry bar. While the company didn't...
Four Design Tricks for Tight Spaces in RVs
One area where poor people and rich people's problems overlap is with not having enough living space. For the poor, specifically with studio apartments and trailer homes. For the rich, specifically with mobile homes. Unsurprisingly, it's mobile homes that receive a lot more design attention. In the latter case, here are...
Industrial Design Case Study: Customizable 3D-Printed Lamps
The Dollight lamp is by San-Diego-based industrial design firm Official Use Only. Created under the motto "When personal design meets custom manufacturing," the challenge was to reconcile mass production with individual customization. And the design work was only half of it: OUO founder Michael Kritzer formed Dolop, a...
10 Best Floating Architectural Designs That Redefine Waterside Living
Water has always pushed architects to think beyond solid ground, creating spaces that float, flow, and respond to natural rhythms. Floating architectural marvels showcase humanity’s most innovative approach to waterside living, where design meets engineering to create experiences impossible on land. From New York’s...
shaped like cubic prisms, kapsimalis architects’ hotel rooms echo cave houses in santorini
Kapsimalis Architects Layers Hotel rooms on Santorini’s Cliffside Located in the village of Oia on the island of Santorini, Greece, Canaves Hotel, designed by Kapsimalis Architects, occupies a site overlooking the Caldera, with direct views toward the volcano and the Aegean Sea. The project combines a preserved...
blind lucid umbrella unpacks meanings of blue light with installation made of LED modules
Installation Blind Lucid Umbrella on the use of blue light Artist Tony Tao Li creates Blind Lucid Umbrella (BLU), an art installation that explores the meanings of blue light using LED modules. The artwork was part of the exhibition ARRHYTHMIA at Centrum Berlin, which ran between June 27th and 29th, 2025. The theme was...
2050 Edible Cutlery transforms sustainable dining into something more tasty
The past few years, we’ve seen people become more conscious about single-use plastics. But sometimes the alternatives to things like plastic cutlery are less than ideal when it comes to texture and the taste effect on what we’re eating. Now, imagine finishing your meal and then eating your spoon for dessert. What...