If there's one material you're never going to rotomold, it's glass. But glass artisan Frederick G. Kahl, a/k/a the Great Fredini, has come close. Kahl designed this clever system for molding glass inside of a CNC-milled graphite mold using centrifugal force: Kahl recently demonstrated his incredible technique at North...

From addressing malnutrition with a sustainable and scalable solution, to turning one of the planet's largest sources of agricultural waste into a biodegradable plastic alternative, to using synthetic biology to prevent antibiotics from contaminating our water— the innovations unveiled at the 2025 Wege Prize Awards...

The first time I saw an undermount bag hook was at a café in Japan in the '90s. More recently they've spread to America, becoming popular at restaurants, cafes and bars. It's a small and relatively inexpensive feature proprietors can retrofit to existing furniture, improving the UX of the patron in a small but...

British architect Matt Gilbert, founder of design studio Animaro, first released his Solstice clock in 2018. The kinetic clock expands and contracts with the time, reaching full expansion at noon and midnight, and contracting fully at 6am and 6pm. Now he's back with a 2.0 version, which features refined mechanicals for...

Our world is increasingly splintering into wildly differing realities. While many countries are struggling with a housing crunch and soaring energy costs, this Saudi Arabian resort houses guests in luxurious stainless steel pods powered by a 110,000-square-meter solar farm. Equipped with desalination and water reclamation...