Tag: Design

Here's what we looked at this week:Hand Tool Rescue uncovered a 110-year-old patent for a fractal chair. To find out if it was comfortable, he actually built one, sat in it, and assessed the design. Artist/quantum physicist Julian Voss-Andreae's stunning sheet metal sculptures

These beautiful, minimalist glass storage jars are by Danish industrial designer Søren Refsgaard.Called Store-It jars, they feature a subtle nod to the past: "They all have a terracotta-coloured silicone

In 1940, Italian architect Franco Albini designed and built this Veliero bookcase. It wasn't intended for production; Albini made it as a one-off for his home in Milan.

Sightful's Spacetop is a laptop with no screen, instead offering a massive virtual display via glasses.Samsung Display, however, which is obviously in the business of making screens, is sticking to their physical display guns and developing technological innovations to make them attractive to designers. To that end, this week they unveiled their latest Rollable Display. To refresh your memory, las

Dyson is a wildly successful company that, in my opinion, does not "get" design. By the company's own definition of design, they'd say otherwise: Their products have a strong visual identity, feature cutting-edge technological innovations, offer high performance and have an aesthetic that is emulated by competitors. Where they fall short, in my opinion, is by being an engineering-led company that focuses aesthetics and numerical metrics at the expense of UX.That means, at least in my own experience with Dyson stick vacs, that they require the user adjust to the product rather than the other way around. The charging docks are awkward and space-consuming. The accessories holder that cling

Festool's TSV 60 K is a circular saw designed with a second blade. Ahead of the main blade is a small diamond scoring blade, ensuring tearout-free cuts.

When looking through ID student work I rarely see structural package designs, but today's the day. Anders Flem, an Industrial Design student at the University of Cincinnati, designed this eye-catching Air Scents perfume bottle.

Gravity Sketch is the 3D tool that helps design teams turn great ideas into great products. Intuitive creation in VR lets designers go beyond the bounds of 2D sketching to explore ideas at 1:1 scale in a virtual studio. Others can join from headsets or their screen to collaborate on designs and provide feedback on the direction of an idea. It's proving to be a key tool for the transportation, footwear and industrial design industries, by bringing seamless communication of design intent into a product's lifecycle, bringing teams to make better decisions faster.Founded in 2020, Gravity Sketch's Student Ambassador

This unusual Exxo chair, and the screws used to hold it together, are made from stainless steel.It's by Swedish furniture designer David Ericsson. It makes me think of SUNRIU Design Studio's

As humanoid general-purpose robots are now all the rage, Reuters reports that a new startup, Figure, has also gotten into the game with $70 million in funding.FigureEarlier we asked who's got the better-