Tag: Inspiration

Vans are great for hauling bulky items, but sometimes the trick is how to load and unload those items. Dutch vehicle outfitter MAD solves that with their EasyLoad, a ceiling-mounted electric loading crane.

This Thickness String Roller Tool is by Vee Clay Design, a UK-based clayworker and jewelry maker. It's a series of 3D-printed tiles with raised edges. It's designed for jewelers, who can use polymer clay to form lightweight components that are then baked, forming durable pieces.

I've seen plenty of folding tables in my time, but never one that works like this:That one belongs to Through the Porthole, an L.A.-based furniture reseller. Following the post below, it's surely been sold by now. While the provenance of the design is unknown, one of the commenters states "This is the table used by the street vendors in the Philippines." A short investigation turns up a manufacturer called

Space Age meets Danish Modern meets Japanese craftsmanship: This Anello chair is by Japanese furniture manufacturer Kiritsu Mokko. It's quite the feat of craftsmanship. The circular back integrates seamlessly with the seat, and the entire thing is made out of solid wood.

An overseas startup called Potatomato is flogging this Takolink, a large, external display that mirrors your phone's screen. At first it sounds silly, but it would be quite useful for certain situations. The most obvious is sharing what you're looking at with others. Other times

The struggle to define our self-worth by buying increasingly upmarket versions of everyday objects continues. Casio has jumped into the game with their S100X Premium Luxury Calculator. First off, the body isn't molded plastic, but a CNC-milled hunk of aluminum.

Here's what we looked at this week:Honda cancels its Giorgetto-Giugiaro-like EV. The company is bailing out of EVs, while Toyota doubles down. By Danish designer Alex Linder, a 1970s leather-topped executive desk with a built-in swappable accessory rail.Tomas Kral's humorous WAY rul

Germany manufacturer PETec specializes in making heavy-duty workbenches and welding tables, featuring their integrated Table Lift System. The user attaches a cordless drill that drives an internal spindle-chain mechanism, which raises and lowers the table. The system offers all of the convenience of hydraulics, without the attendant fluid and hardware. It not only allows one to optimize the ergonomics o

This Nenou Collection of seating is by Zurich-based industrial designer Jörg Boner. "No evident functions are assigned to the individual pieces," Boner writes. "Any single piece of seating furniture can simultaneously be used as a pouf, table, shelf, seating island, couch or

At first blush this Toyota Award, by Japanese industrial designer Tokujin Yoshioka, is mystifying. What is the form meant to represent? Is it arbitrary? Yoshioka is, after all, described as a contemporary artist as much as a designer.