Design

Annoy This Free Coffee Shop’s Patrons From the Safety Of Your Browser

They say nothing in life is truly free, and that’s perfectly demonstrated in this experimental coffee shop in Helsinki. The coffee is technically gratis, except for the cost of having to enjoy it in a setting controlled by the internet. The lights, the music, and even the height of the chairs and tables are all…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 9

How An Auto Body Innovation Revolutionized the Way We Build Skyscrapers

Certainly you’ve assembled a piece of Ikea furniture and experienced that special kind of frustration that comes with realizing the screw holes don’t line up and you have to take everything apart and put it together it again. Now imagine this problem at 750 feet in the air with massive steel girders instead of particle…

Tech News Rachel Swaby Feb 9

Horizontal Showers: Good Idea or Great Idea?

Not since peanut butter met chocolate has there been such an awesome pairing as showering and lying down as offered by Dornbracht’s new Horizontal Shower unit. It’s perfect for someone, like myself, who can barely remain standing in the morning. First unveiled at a trade show in Basel, Switzerland a few weeks ago, the shower…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 8

I Can’t Stop Staring At This Clock’s Ticking Six Mark

As wall clocks go the Paniki from Stallinga is even more plain and boring than the one you stared at in school. Save for the tick mark at the six position which mesmerizingly swings back and forth counting off the seconds. I don’t think I can ever turn away. It’s a good thing they didn’t…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 7

Nike Designed a Shoe For Prosthetic Running Blades

With prosthetic limbs designed to look like a human foot, wearing a shoe is no problem. But the unique shape of those carbon fiber prosthetic blades worn by athletes obviously can’t accommodate a traditional shoe, so Nike invented a new one. Called the Sole for obvious reasons, the minimal shoe is designed to slip onto…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 7

What Is This?

Is that a stained glass window dedicated to man’s excess? Nope. A MoMA exhibit capturing our disposable lifestyles? Sorry. A corporate logo treatment for a recycling facility? Not exactly, but it is related to turning trash into something beautiful. The Cleanoscope was recently installed at a playground in Mumbai, India, and isn’t your run-of-the-mill public…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 6

12 Floating Airports That Turn City Skylines and Rivers into Landing Strips

Whether sitting atop the Hudson or drifting just above a skyscraper, these conceptual floating airports put landing strips where they’re needed most: in the middle of bustling metropoleis. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the best. Be sure to also check out these converted jets and jungle planes. Aerial landing field on blimp…

Tech News Oobject.com Feb 4

The Army’s New Individual First Aid Kit Will Save Life and Limb without Getting in the Line of Fire

The Army’s IFAK—Individual First Aid Kit—used to be built into a SAW ammo pouch. This was a terrible solution as the pouch would continually get caught on other equipment—not what you want in a fire-fight. But no longer! The US military has just overhauled this life-saving accessory. Seated on the hip, the old-style IFAK was…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Feb 3

How To Make The Geekiest Chandelier In The World

The problem with most light fittings is that they’re only about style: they’re the preserve of hipsters and interior designers. If you want something a little more geeky, why not make your own test tube chandelier? This was actually dreamt up by Polish designer Pani Jurek and is called the Maria S.C. chandelier. In fact,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 3

If It Snows This Year, I’m Hitting the Hills With VW’s New Sled

Every few years Volkswagen focuses its design expertise on sleds instead of cars. And this year they’ve introduced a couple of new offerings, including this sleek Crazy Bob sled featuring Golf GTI branding. To keep the price at a reasonable $84, VW opted for a slightly heavier plastic unibody construction instead of carbon fiber. But…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 2

Global Warming-Proof Sled Doesn’t Need No Stinkin’ Snow

Designer Szymon Hanczar’s perfectly named We Never Give Up! sled has the traditional form factor of a winter wonderland ride, but to accomodate recent global warming trends, it comes with casters so it’s not dependent on snow. It’s made from powder coated steel, with a lovely wood slat seat and a strap for pulling it…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 31

Customized Zippo Lighters: Perfect Gift for a Hot Valentine

Zippo has always accepted larger custom corporate orders, but recently they’ve introduced a new flash-based online tool that lets you customize an individual lighter, for those who don’t need hundreds with a photo of their cat on it. You start by choosing the Zippo’s finish—brushed, painted, or chrome—and you then have the option of customizing…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 31

How To Turn a Log Into a Lampshade

This wonderful wood turning video is an amazing example of an incredibly talented man making something very, very difficult look insanely easy. Marvel at how a single woodworker turns a tree into a beautiful lampshade. This video was posted by Sören Berger as an example of his work. My favorite part is where he positions…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 31

Turn Your Old Airbus A300 Into a Lovely Hanging Lamp

If you’re anything like me, you like to keep your fleet of private jets up to date. But selling an old Airbus on Craigslist can be a pain, so artist Paul Coudamy hacks them apart and turns them into hanging lamps. His F-Light—a chandelier for aviation fanatics—is made from the interior walls of a decommissioned…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 30

Sony’s Underwater Cybershot TX200V Is the iPhone’s Fat Photo-Taking Cousin

Sony’s new glass-faced TX200V is a decidedly opulent stab at something we’ve been asking for around here: a waterproof camera that doesn’t sacrifice optics and design. It’s just that it does it at a pretty painful price point. The TX200V has Sony’s new 18.2MP Exmor R CMOS sensor, which has the hugest resolution in any…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 30

Flat Panel Anglepoise Lamps Are the Future

How do you fit a humongoid Anglepoise lamp in your home? Reduce it down to two-dimensions and pack it full of LEDs, of course. Forged of birch and steel, Giles Godwin-Brown’s Nepa Lamp will sit flat on a wall, or spin out into the third dimension and totally screw with your head. I love it.…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 29

Turn Your E-Waste Into Furniture and Hide It In Plain Sight

There are lots of recycling programs that will happily salvage the raw materials from your outdated electronics. But if you still can’t let your old 386 go, maybe Rodrigo Alonso has another solution for you—turn it into gaudy furniture. His N+ew, or No More Electronic Waste, stools are composed of a small mountain of defunct…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 28

You’re Probably Not Going To Sleep Through a Megaphone Alarm Clock

It’s not the first one to go the obnoxiously loud route, but since this clever Megaphone Alarm Clock is available from the Museum of Modern Art Store, it’s certainly the first to do it with a healthy dose of style. At first glance it doesn’t necessarily look like a megaphone, but when its 10 decibel…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 28

There Is No Risk Of Popping This Inflatable Steel Furniture

You don’t expect the inflatable couch you bought for your dorm room to last longer than a semester. But Oskar Zieta’s inflatable furniture will. It’s actually made of steel you inflate yourself, making it impervious to thumbtacks and other abuse. The idea behing the unique collection was to create lightweight pieces of furniture that were…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 28

How to Get to the Seafloor Without Holding Your Breath

Before we had ALVIN—or proper submarines for that matter—the best way to get to the seafloor was by using a diving bell. Originally made from recycled church bells, these diving apparatuses protected their passengers from the murky depths in a bubble of air. Our friends at Oobject have assembled nine of the best. When you’re…

Tech News Oobject.com Jan 27

Annoy This Free Coffee Shop’s Patrons From the Safety Of Your Browser

How An Auto Body Innovation Revolutionized the Way We Build Skyscrapers

Horizontal Showers: Good Idea or Great Idea?

I Can’t Stop Staring At This Clock’s Ticking Six Mark

Nike Designed a Shoe For Prosthetic Running Blades

What Is This?

12 Floating Airports That Turn City Skylines and Rivers into Landing Strips

The Army’s New Individual First Aid Kit Will Save Life and Limb without Getting in the Line of Fire

How To Make The Geekiest Chandelier In The World

If It Snows This Year, I’m Hitting the Hills With VW’s New Sled

Global Warming-Proof Sled Doesn’t Need No Stinkin’ Snow

Customized Zippo Lighters: Perfect Gift for a Hot Valentine

How To Turn a Log Into a Lampshade

Turn Your Old Airbus A300 Into a Lovely Hanging Lamp

Sony’s Underwater Cybershot TX200V Is the iPhone’s Fat Photo-Taking Cousin

Flat Panel Anglepoise Lamps Are the Future

Turn Your E-Waste Into Furniture and Hide It In Plain Sight

You’re Probably Not Going To Sleep Through a Megaphone Alarm Clock

There Is No Risk Of Popping This Inflatable Steel Furniture

How to Get to the Seafloor Without Holding Your Breath

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