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Here's what we looked at this week:Objets d'esign: Lexon is releasing speaker and lamp versions of Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog sculpture. Volvo's new Multi-Adaptive Safety Belt compensates for different sizes, shapes and crash severities.Dome

This case study is from Brooklyn-based Curve ID.JAVAR is a Colombian-based company focused on industrial kitchen equipment. For more than 30 years, JAVAR has been part of the transformation of the butcher industry in Colombia, contributing to build products that meet compliance with stricter sanitary standards. JAVAR approached us to develop an all-new range of meat grinders that will be built in Colombia and designed to meet international sanitary standards. Our process started with an in-depth research phase in which we learned how these machines are built and about the butcher industry of Colombia as well a

There is an inherent problem with the design of shower heads. Not some of them, all of them. The problem is that their very design creates the ideal circumstances for mold to thrive within them, internally, in areas that you cannot access for cleaning.A bathtub faucet or kitchen sink tap is simply just a shaped pipe that allows water to flow through them. When you turn the water off, the pipe mouths quickly dry, thanks to their relatively wide shape and local airflow.Showerheads, however, are complex workings of intricate inner channels and nozzles, designed to break the water flow into spray patterns that end users find desirable. These channels are

How might an architect feel, seeing a house that they designed being remodeled in a different aesthetic style? What is an automotive designer's reaction, when seeing a vehicle they worked on festooned in swoopy aftermarket body panels?These are things most industrial designers don't have to worry about. It's not common to see people buying aftermarket parts to modify, say, the look of their toaster. But as even industrial production methods become more accessible to non-designers, that will change.A case in point are these BoxPlates.

Right around the time of the pandemic, people across America began noticing something unusual: Streetlights were turning purple. In at least 30 states, people started taking photos like these, typically posting them to social media with questions.In this photo you can see that

Home exercise equipment is typically bulky and unattractive. German manufacturer NOHRD breaks the mold by employing craftspeople to build their SlimBeam, a small-footprint cable machine designed to be aesthetically pleasing while taking up little space. Wrapped in wood, it features a set of height-adjustable pulleys in a butterfly arrangement, accommodating a variety of exercises.

For most of us, bags are vessels for holding things. But a Chinese company called BareBag has taken an unusual design approach, viewing them more as hanging racks. Their BareBag Nano, which is essentially a wallet that you strap to your body, has a knob at the bottom for hanging other bags off of.

A few years ago, we spotted a trend: Designey tools aimed at the DIY crowd. A far cry from what you'd find in a contractor's toolbox, these tools appear to have been designed with CMF input, in a studio whose walls are covered in mood boards. Players in the space include at least one established brand in Bosch, as well as newcomers including Hoto and, on the hand tool side, Character (with an assist from industrial design firm Doris Dev).

Here are a series of unusual doorknob designs with vastly different forms. See if you can work out what they all have in common:

It took "five months of struggle," but Pratt ID student Dashiell Schaeffer successfully designed and built this Curvesse Rocker out of a single sheet of plywood. "The aim of this chair was to challenge the traditional concept of a rocking chair. I wanted this design to be sleek and elegant. It's meant to welcome any body type with its ergonomic curves on the seat and back. The material and overall design allows flexibility making the user ease into the chair."