Design

Building Block Storage Bins Finally Put Your Lego Skills To Good Use

And to think your parents were actually disappointed when you kept playing with Lego bricks all the way through college. Little did they know that you were refining important skills that would one day let you build one hell of a shelving system with Quirky’s new modular Crate system. Admittedly, drawers and home theaters aren’t…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 23

Transform Your Office Cubicle into a Roman Palace With a Chariot Chair

Have you ever noticed that the desks in your office form a cubicle version of Rome’s Circus Maximus? And since battling lions and gladiators to determine who gets the last donut was phased out before you joined the company, perhaps a winner-takes-all chariot race is more appropriate? They might not look like the most comfortable…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 23

Is Craigslist Going to Redesign Its Layout?

Is functional but ugly Craigslist trying to ditch its terribly outdated layout for something prettier? A job listing on Craigslist (where else?) for Craigslist is looking for hands-on Senior UI/Front-End/Usability Engineers to improve the Craigslist user experience and develop new products and features that’ll make users swoon. That’s literally what the job listing says. But…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 22

Clever Photography Makes These Tiny Lego Rooms Look Like Full-Size Spaces

A technique known as tilt-shift photography can turn everyday scenes into miniature wonderlands. But at this point the trick is as tired as vintage filters, so photographer Valentino Fiadini did just the opposite with these miniature Lego rooms—photographing them to look like life-size locations. https://gizmodo.com/tilt-shift-coachella-video-turns-concertgoers-into-tiny-5666567 At first glance you might think this looks like a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 21

Seismic Mics Buried Under This House Turn Tremors Into Beautiful Music

Artist Doug Aitken’s new house is designed to bring the outside world in, with accents like plant prints on the walls, and extensive use of greenery throughout. But the eyes aren’t the only thing his home appeals to. Buried in its concrete foundation are nine geological microphones sensitive enough to pick up and amplify the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 21

If a Tree Falls In Your Living Room and There’s No One To Sit On It, Does It Really Become a Bench?

Bringing a bit of nature indoors, artist Tal Gur’s Monolog bench is designed to look like your living room furniture was created with a few hefty swings of Paul Bunyan’s ax. When toppled over, the branches of this faux wooden tree prop it up so it serves as a long functional bunch. And the remaining…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 21

Inflatable Stonehenge Lets You Perform Your Druid Ceremonies Anywhere

Tired of trekking all the way to the English countryside just to perform your druid rituals at the actual Stonehenge site? Do you wish there was a more convenient way? Well your prayers—or chants, or whatever—have been answered with this inflatable alternative. Created by artist Jeremy Deller to commemorate the Olympic games, and to show…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 21

The Mechanical Turn Signals On This Concept Car Look Like Fluttering Eyelashes

Until Pixar came along and ruined things, headlights were often seen as a vehicle’s eyes. But Mercedes-Benz refuses to give up on that anthropomorphic fantasy. Even to the point of designing a mechanical turn signal system in its new Concept Style Coupe that looks like fluttering, flirting eyelashes. https://jalopnik.com/how-pixar-screwed-up-cartoon-cars-for-a-generation-of-k-5870976 Instead of simply animating a row…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 21

For Your Next Vacation, Book a Night In One of These Lovely Shipping Containers

Lately, a lot of energy has been put into coming up with unconventional ways to use shipping containers. Funny, that. The latest comes from a British company called Snoozebox whose modular, portable, two-tier hotel can be set up in just 48-hours. Snoozebox’s climate-controlled rooms feature a double bed, bathroom, flat screen TV, free Wi-Fi, two…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 21

Techie Textiles for the High-Concept Home

A group of creatives got together to create the Cryptographer, a machine that encodes digital messages on fabric, using bleach and…software. The characters printed on the textiles are based on English letters in order of frequency used—etaoin shrdlc umwfgy pbvkj xqz—and are meant to be a more tangible embodiment of the digital messages we deal…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 20

Watch This Balloon Kite Hover Forward by Turning Itself Inside Out

This beautiful floating object isn’t quite a kite or balloon, but rather a flying demonstration of a completely new method of moving through the air. As opposed to rotational or linear propulsion, this floating band moves through the air by inversion-driven propulsion. Basically, it turns itself inside out to generate thrust. It’s comprised of six…

Tech News Kif Leswing Apr 20

Bittersweet Eulogy as a Bialetti Kicks the Bucket

Everyone has some object that’s just too beautiful to give up, despite a major flaw in its function. What is it for you—an old Polaroid or 35-millimeter camera, a stopped watch, an original Nintendo? Hell, a bit brace? For me, it was a Bialetti Moka Express stovetop coffee maker. I loved it, but I’m glad…

Tech News Harry Sawyers Apr 20

In the Future, Stacking Chairs Will Be Made From Liquid Wood and Look Fantastic

Traditionally, chairs that are designed to be easy to stack and store focus more on functionality than aesthetics. So thank you Calligaris for going a few extra miles with their stylish new Skin chairs providing some much needed comfort… for the eyes. But besides spending a bit more time on the chair’s physical design, Calligaris…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 19

We’ve Been Trimming Our Nails Wrong for More Than 100 Years

Trimming your nails sucks, and it’s not your digits’ fault. Technology is to blame. Nail clippers. Blech. With a one size fits all design, it’s impossible to get your whole nail in one clip. And curling over the bathroom bin doesn’t make us any more likely to keep the floor clean of our cast offs.…

Tech News Rachel Swaby Apr 19

This Amazing Treehouse Is Hidden on Whistler Mountain

The HemLoft is a beautiful egg-shaped treehouse built on Whistler Mountain. It’s magnificent, though because it was built in secret on government land, the fate of the wonderful orb is uncertain. In 2009, after a false start and some financial woes, Joel Allen, a software engineer turned self-taught carpenter, started building the structure on a…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 19

Bubbles: The Future of the Lightbulb?

Although there are many lightbulb options open to the smart consumer, they all share one important trait: they’re all solid, and don’t pop unlike this bubble light. The Surface Tension Lamp, designed by Italian designers Spazio Rossana Orlandi, replaces the lightbulb’s glass with liquid water. An LED lamp shines through a bubble as it expands,…

Tech News Kif Leswing Apr 18

The First Digital Font Wasn’t Made For Computers

This is Digi Grotesk. On the suface it might not look like much. But it’s the first font that could truly call itself digital. Digi Grotesk was derived from other fonts by a German businessman in 1931. As our friends at Buzzfeed explain, the font wasn’t developed for computers, which didn’t exist until 1968. Instead…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 18

The Home Brewing Laboratory of Every Beer Drinker’s Dreams

There’s a beer nirvana in Pennsylvania, and it’s in a shed. The HammerSmith Ale House and Brewery, a slice of heaven near the Delaware River, was designed by Chris Bowen—a beer enthusiast, beer historian, and certified beer judge. Bowen always loved cooking for friends. Eight years ago, he tried his hand at making beer, and…

Tech News Amanda DeMatto Apr 18

Gestural Interface Training for Dummies

It’s so frustrating, watching some poor neophyte try to expand an image on their iPhone, isn’t it? Maybe they’re new to Apple’s touch-screen technology. Or maybe their hand/eye coordination/intuition is just meh. No matter! Something really genius has been created for this exact situation. Designer Juan Sanchez has come up with an origami training-set of…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 18

This Transforming Table Magically Transforms From Rectangle to Circle

Don’t get us wrong, we think Mauricio Affonso’s expanding table is a clever idea that’s been beautifully executed. But the transforming table’s use of 400 wooden slats, which allows it to transform from a rectangular surface to a large round dining area, is just hundreds of dropped utensils waiting to happen. However, besides making it…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 17

Building Block Storage Bins Finally Put Your Lego Skills To Good Use

Transform Your Office Cubicle into a Roman Palace With a Chariot Chair

Is Craigslist Going to Redesign Its Layout?

Clever Photography Makes These Tiny Lego Rooms Look Like Full-Size Spaces

Seismic Mics Buried Under This House Turn Tremors Into Beautiful Music

If a Tree Falls In Your Living Room and There’s No One To Sit On It, Does It Really Become a Bench?

Inflatable Stonehenge Lets You Perform Your Druid Ceremonies Anywhere

The Mechanical Turn Signals On This Concept Car Look Like Fluttering Eyelashes

For Your Next Vacation, Book a Night In One of These Lovely Shipping Containers

Techie Textiles for the High-Concept Home

Watch This Balloon Kite Hover Forward by Turning Itself Inside Out

Bittersweet Eulogy as a Bialetti Kicks the Bucket

In the Future, Stacking Chairs Will Be Made From Liquid Wood and Look Fantastic

We’ve Been Trimming Our Nails Wrong for More Than 100 Years

This Amazing Treehouse Is Hidden on Whistler Mountain

Bubbles: The Future of the Lightbulb?

The First Digital Font Wasn’t Made For Computers

The Home Brewing Laboratory of Every Beer Drinker’s Dreams

Gestural Interface Training for Dummies

This Transforming Table Magically Transforms From Rectangle to Circle

Southwest Is About to Limit Power Banks on Flights

Damn, the ‘Power Rangers’ Reboot Could’ve Had Four Movies

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