Design

Tokyo’s Olympic Logo Is Axed But The Internet Already Has Awesome Backups

It’s been a big day in the world of logos: First, Google revealed its brand new, sans serif emblem. Meanwhile, the scandal-stricken icon for Tokyo’s 2020 Summer Olympics was officially killed today following plagiarism allegations. Fortunately, the Internet has already had some replacements in mind. Not long after designer Kenjiro Saro’s logo was revealed last…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Sep 1

Fantastic Science and Tech Books that Will Reboot Your Brain for Fall

Summer is slipping away fast, but there’s still time to spend a long weekend devouring a book on the beach. And it doesn’t have to be the trashy romance variety: We’ve collected a bunch of great science and tech reads that’ll entertain you while getting your brain in shape for school — or just get…

Tech News Maddie Stone Sep 1

This Man Is About to Put a Robot in Your Pocket

What will it take for robots to become as common in our homes and daily lives as smartphones, TVs, and computers? Ask roboticist Tomotaka Takahashi. The famous Tokyo professor aims to be “the Steve Jobs of robotics,” by moving away from technical specs and emphasizing design, as well as pure bot charisma. How? In a…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Aug 28

The Best Operations Security Propaganda Posters From World War II

“Loose tweets destroy fleets.” That’s the slogan of the United States Air Force’s latest operations security (OPSEC) campaign, and if the phrase sounds familiar, don’t be surprised. We collected 50 propaganda posters from World War II that show an age when keeping military secrets was a matter of life or death. In the 1940s, operations…

Tech News Attila Nagy Aug 27

Engineering Students at Purdue Can Take a Class In Hyperloop Design This Fall

The Hyperloop is not real. But that won’t prevent it from being taught at institutions of higher learning. Now Purdue University is offering a Hyperloop Design course through its three engineering programs. The first class was yesterday and apparently 54 students showed up. The course is being offered at an interesting time in Hyperloop’s development.…

Tech News Alissa Walker Aug 26

Portable Gaming Has Never Been as Beautiful as this Handheld Wooden Emulator

Thanks to designer Love Hultén, it’s now painfully clear that Nintendo missed a golden opportunity with the Game Boy Advance SP. There were many different colors and styles of the console available, but never a wooden version as beautiful as Hultén’s PE358. The custom-made PE358’s American walnut housing folds in half just like the GBA…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 24

Inspired by Battleship, This Head-to-Head Portable Arcade Is a Work of Art

It’s probably about time for custom arcade builder Love Hultén to consider taking on the likes of Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony. His custom arcade consoles are just stunning, and there isn’t a gamer out there who wouldn’t drop a small fortune on his new two-player Battlecade. If you’ve ever played the classic board game Battleship…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 24

Even Dyson’s Office Pens Are Beautifully Engineered

It’s really no surprise that the company that raised the vacuum from a lowly appliance to a lust-worthy gadget puts a strong focus on design. But a recent visit to Dyson’s US headquarters revealed that design ethos extends all the way down to the pens used around the office. When it comes to office supplies,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 20

This Rotary Dial Smartphone Hack Fills Me With Glee

Rotary dials are one of my favorite UI devices. I like the force feedback they provide as you spin a number in, and the sound they make as the dial zips back into position. At last, I can have that feeling every time I make a call, using Polish engineer Paweł Zadrożniak’s crazy DiY rotary…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Aug 20

10,000 BIC Pens Were Repurposed Into This Sculpture

The BIC ballpoint is a triumph of efficient design; it’s also a pretty good mascot for disposable consumption, with 100 billion having been manufactured since the 1950s. But empty pens are good for more than just landfill: chain 10,000 together, and you can have yourself a neat canopy. The ‘BIC pavilion’ is a clever structure…

Tech News Chris Mills Aug 20

I Really Want This Impossibly Complicated Wrench

Between adjustable wrenches and socket sets, mankind has plenty of perfectly adequate tools to fasten and loosen nuts. But that doesn’t stop me from wanting this (concept) irising wrench all the same. The design, the brainchild of Seattle designer Jordan Steranka, uses the same system as your camera lens to make the six-sided hole smaller…

Tech News Chris Mills Aug 19

What the Oval Office Looks Like Empty

The Oval Office has a very pretty floor! You’d never know it based on most photos of the White House’s most famous non-square-shaped room, but the president spends his days walking on a Reagan-era design. It’s a heck of an improvement over the wood-grain linoleum of the Johnson years. The rare photo above was taken…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 17

The Incredible DiY Cabins of the Tisza River in Hungary

One of the strangest places in Hungary lies beside the Tisza River in a village called Gergelyiugornya. Hugged by a bend in the river, it’s a relatively narrow, woody flood basin area packed with small cottages that show an incredibly wide variety of architectural designs and creativity. Walk with me in the shade of the…

Tech News Attila Nagy Aug 17

The U.S. Embassy in Havana Is a Perfect Metaphor for American Diplomacy

John Kerry watched a soldier hoist the American flag over the United States Embassy in Havana on Friday morning. He’s the first secretary of state to visit the land of Castro, communism, and cigars in 70 years. The embassy itself, an acclaimed example of midcentury modern architecture, has been rotting for just as long. In…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 15

We Cannot Allow These Awful Sliding Airplane Seats to Become Real

It’s easy to think of ways we could improve airplane seat design. It takes some sick creativity to think of how we could make it worse, though. But the world is full of sick people—like these dudes from North Carolina who want to put airplane seats on wheels and control them with an iPad. Please…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 14

A Gigantic Upgraded Lite-Brite With Color-Changing Dials Instead of Pegs

Hasbro’s Lite-Brite is one of those brilliantly simple toys that has stood the test of time. It doesn’t need an upgrade—at least that’s what we thought until we saw this giant Everbright board that replaces those colored plastic pegs with dials that can reproduce any color you can imagine. Created by San Francisco’s Hero Design,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 14

What Are All Those Weird New Skateboards and Scooters You’re Seeing Everywhere?

The Renaissance. The Industrial Revolution. The Computer Age. Each era of history has produced its own remarkable inventions. What will history remember most clearly about our own epoch? Perhaps the many kooky ways we’ve invented to avoid walking to work. Yes, we’re living an exciting age for people challenging the conventions of traditional skateboards and…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Aug 12

New Zealand’s New Flag Will Almost Definitely Have A Fern On It

In May New Zealand opened the floodgates for a crowdsourced design to replace its century-old flag that started flying when it was still a British colony. Today, the country has announced a “long list” of 40 finalists, and most of them include one of two motifs that both represent ferns. A jury of 12 New…

Tech News Alissa Walker Aug 10

A New Type of Temporary Tattoo Magically Lasts For Two Whole Weeks

Temporary tattoos are a fun because the regret usually only lasts a couple of days. But a pair of brothers from Toronto have created a new kind of temporary tattoo that’s just as easy to apply, but actually last a full two weeks through showers, swims, and daily life. The Inkbox tattoos are applied just…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 6

Vibrators Don’t Have to Look Like Giant Cocks Anymore

A vibrator’s basic job is really quite simple, so long as you’re using it as a sex toy instead of unclenching a charley horse or working out some lower back pain. Vibrators are supposed to rapidly stimulate sexually sensitive sensory neurons. That’s it. They could look like anything. But until recently, they often looked like…

Tech News Diane Kelly Aug 4

Tokyo’s Olympic Logo Is Axed But The Internet Already Has Awesome Backups

Fantastic Science and Tech Books that Will Reboot Your Brain for Fall

This Man Is About to Put a Robot in Your Pocket

The Best Operations Security Propaganda Posters From World War II

Engineering Students at Purdue Can Take a Class In Hyperloop Design This Fall

Portable Gaming Has Never Been as Beautiful as this Handheld Wooden Emulator

Inspired by Battleship, This Head-to-Head Portable Arcade Is a Work of Art

Even Dyson’s Office Pens Are Beautifully Engineered

This Rotary Dial Smartphone Hack Fills Me With Glee

10,000 BIC Pens Were Repurposed Into This Sculpture

I Really Want This Impossibly Complicated Wrench

What the Oval Office Looks Like Empty

The Incredible DiY Cabins of the Tisza River in Hungary

The U.S. Embassy in Havana Is a Perfect Metaphor for American Diplomacy

We Cannot Allow These Awful Sliding Airplane Seats to Become Real

A Gigantic Upgraded Lite-Brite With Color-Changing Dials Instead of Pegs

What Are All Those Weird New Skateboards and Scooters You’re Seeing Everywhere?

New Zealand’s New Flag Will Almost Definitely Have A Fern On It

A New Type of Temporary Tattoo Magically Lasts For Two Whole Weeks

Vibrators Don’t Have to Look Like Giant Cocks Anymore

Ozempic Shreds Bones? How a Small Study Turned Into a Big Health Myth

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A Terrifying Invasion Feels Eerily Familiar in This Short Horror Story

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