This Office Chair Is A Swing! Now Get Back To Work
Finally, a chair that’s not modeled after a particularly intense prostate exam.We’re about to ruin every chair for you forever. It’s not hyperbole. It’s one of those ideas that once seen it can never...
View ArticlePhilippe Starck Unveils A Stingray-Thin Plastic Sofa
Starck’s new collaboration with Kartell is “timeless” injection-molded furniture.Philippe Starck is going back to his injection molded roots this spring, unveiling a new Kartell line that pushes the...
View ArticleA Coffee Table For Kids With A Secret Ping-Pong Mode
It even comes with uncrushable Ping-Pong balls (!).There are some things you look at and immediately think: Well, shucks--that is super clever. Mike Mak’sPing Pong table is one of those things. The...
View ArticleA Solar-Powered, Hand-Cranked Digital Camera
Still charging your camera with A/C power? WHY DO YOU HATE DEAR MOTHER EARTH SO MUCH?Digital photography has gained virtually every advantage over analog, except for an old, enduring trick: With the...
View ArticleCurated Souvenirs From A Country You’ve Never Been To
In her project "A Box From," Elin Aram takes the trip, but you get the unique trinkets.One of the joys of traveling is collecting souvenirs. Now, thanks to Elin Aram, you can do it without ever leaving...
View ArticleA Stylish Cane That Begs To Be Carried
Top & Derby’s redesigned cane is as much a fashion accessory as it is a walking aid.You never really think about someone buying a cane. I guess it just seems like one of those objects that’s...
View ArticleOutdoor Furniture Designed For More Comfort, Less Waste
Design star Konstantin Grcic and storied American manufacturer Emeco teamed up to produce a recession-minded collection for the Parrish Art Museum. Soon, it’ll be available to the rest of us.When the...
View ArticleBerg’s “Inception”-Like Map of NYC Gets A Reprint
Since its debut, Here and There has found its way into MoMA’s permanent collection, and maybe even inspired one of film’s most memorable visual effects.There’s no shortage of interesting cartography to...
View ArticleA Bike Pump That Hides In Your Seat Post
When it’s not refilling your tires on the go, PostPump 2.0 tucks away cleanly out of sight.Flat bike tires are a massive bummer, but pinch-flats are almost extra frustrating; rather than running over a...
View ArticleAn Ultra-Minimal Deck Of Cards That Keeps Poker Night Clean
Joe Doucet’s Iota deck reduces suits to pure geometric forms.Against all odds, playing cards are having a serious renaissance--amongst designers, at the very least, who seem to be increasingly...
View ArticleA Rugged, Clip-On Speaker Takes Siri Out On The Trails
Who knew she could get her hands dirty on a mountain bike and still hold all your calls?Chris McKleroy was biking up a mountain in Northern California one day, a portable speaker linked to his phone,...
View ArticleAn Elegant, Ultra-Lightweight Redesign Of The Standard Stacking Chair
3-D veneer technology is giving chair designers a way to reinvent the classics.Stackable chairs drudge up memories of cafeterias, or maybe events held in high school gyms. They’re typically clunkier,...
View ArticleIngo Maurer Updates A 1960s Classic For The LED Age
In a labor of love, the master lighting designer is bringing an old lighting design out of hibernation.The original Hanging Light Fixture, as designed by Peter Hamburger in 1966, resembles six...
View ArticleKickstarting: An 8-Way Coffee Table, Inspired By A Century-Old Math Equation
It turns from a perfect square into a perfect triangle in moments--to fit virtually any space.Back in 1903, mathematician Henry Ernest Dudeney discovered the formula to turn a perfect square into an...
View ArticleKickstarting: A Compact Speaker That Fits In Underused Corners
This portable speaker doesn’t need a surface to rest on.Alex Walker, Jack Brody, and Madeleine Thompson are all fourth-year product design students at the Stanford D.School. During the course’s...
View ArticleThis Pouch Ensures You Pay Attention To Your Date, Not Your Phone
Blokket blocks cell signals and keeps your phone screen hidden from view.Forget body language--the most effective, ultra-modern way to show someone that you’re into them, you respect them, or you...
View ArticleExperimental Lighting That Balances Like a See-Saw
Fort Standard’s debut lighting series put some experiments with physics to good use.It’s either the most grown up hanging mobile, or the most secretly playful piece of high end design. The...
View ArticleA Beautiful, Unbreakable French Press Made From A Mason Jar
So long, shattered glass! The Portland Press comes with a lifetime guarantee.You don’t have to be a coffee snob to know that French presses are delicate. Anyone who’s ever so much as picked up one of...
View ArticleBraun Reissues A Dieter Rams Design Classic: The ET 66 Calculator
The classic adding machine--inspiration for the iPhone calculator app--can be yours again.It’s no secret that many of Apple’s products over the last decade have been deeply indebted to the designs of...
View ArticleA Bicycle Mudguard That Recoils Like A Slap Bracelet
Surprise showers when you’re on a ride? No worries! Plume has got you--and your rear wheel--covered.You’re going to get wet when biking in the rain. Fact. But there’s nothing worse than getting caught...
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