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Artist Max Siedentopf Soups Up Boring Cars With Cardboard
The era of mass customization has afforded us with the ability to make products our own, but artist Max Siedentopf noticed that we've lost our creative edge when it comes to personalizing cars. So he...
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Ontwerpduo Mines The Past For Its Beautiful Novecento Housewares Collection
Out with the old and in with the new is a rallying cry of modernism, but for the Dutch design studio Ontwerpduo, the past proved to be fertile ground for inspiration. For the Novecento collection of...
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This Ultra-Plush, Textured Carpet Was Designed To Alleviate Anxiety
There are myriad tricks for alleviating stress and anxiety, whether it's low-tech tactics like aromatherapy, or digital interventions like iPhone apps inspired by Tai Chi. Designer Charlotte Jonckheer...
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This Device Will Turn Your Clunker Into A Smart Car for $200
Tech companies and automakers are racing to get more connected cars on the road, but unless consumers have a few grand to spare on a new ride, they're missing out on some of the fuel savings, security,...
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Kengo Kuma's Design For A Cultural Museum Is Like Stepping Into "Jurassic Park"
Shrouded in verdant vines, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma's adventurous design for a cultural museum in Manila takes on the guise of a prehistoric cave. Upon entering, visitors are ushered past a...
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Vishaan Chakrabarti Leaves SHoP Architects, Starts New Firm
Vishaan Chakrabarti has amicably departed from SHoP Architects, where he was principal from 2012 to 2015, and has now launched a new firm, the Partnership for Architecture and Urbanism."I turn 50 soon...
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This Table Lamp Riffs On The Classic Erector Set
In many of the products we purchase, there's some level of compromise. For a fair price you might sacrifice good looks, or you might favor energy efficiency over functionality. More often or not,...
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Though Audible is firmly planted in the aural realm, the company has deployed an ambitious multi-sensory strategy to promote one of its most-anticipated offerings: an audiobook of Locke & Key.The...
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Naoto Fukasawa On Designing With Objectivity And Interaction In Mind
Naoto Fukasawa's work is subtle, but there's always has a bit of poetry behind it. Over the years, he's collaborated with a number of companies and designed a wealth of objects including tea kettles...
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Even The Tone Deaf Can Play This Instrument And Sound Like A Virtuoso
When Dutch designer Lola Gielen realized that she loved making music but was terrible at it, she thought, why not invent a dead-simple, foolproof instrument instead of toiling away for years to master...
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How Ikea Is Defining The State Of Play (With A Little Help From DreamWorks)
Play isn't just about fun and games—it's a valuable way for children to refine their motor skills, learn about the world around them, and develop social relationships. 50 years ago, that might have...
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These Garments Made From Human Hair Are Statements Against Racism
Complex sentiments around gender, politics, and social status are wrapped up in hair and how it's styled (just ask Rachel Dolezal). "It's a material which shapes our identity but also it conveys a...
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Tailored For Apartment Dwellers, These Magic Carpets Morph Into Chairs
The challenge is as old as your pre-war, walk-up apartment: how do you squeeze a home's worth of furniture into tiny quarters.Sam Linders, a recent graduate from the Design Academy Eindhoven, has a...
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Photographer Alan Powdrill Captures The Whimsical World Of Soapbox Racing
The rules of soapbox derbies are simple—build a non-motorized vehicle that can careen down a hill at lightning speed—but the results are anything but. The unbridled imagination of the teams designing...
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750 Years Of Parisian History, As Told Through Architectural Illustrations
"I've always been fascinated by cities—especially cities that have a long history like mine," Paris-based illustrator Vincent Mahé says. Since its founding in 3 B.C., the City of Light has experienced...
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Behold: The Floating Vacation Retreat Of Your Maritime Dreams
What if a meandering river, a pristine lake, or an expansive sea was your front yard? The Portuguese design firm GoFriday wants to make reaching that goal a little bit easier with its modular design...
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This Responsive Clock Is Like A Sundial For Night Owls
When mounted on a wall, the Shadowplay clock by the Vienna-based firm Breaded Escalope takes on the guise of a radiant halo. It glows. It's gorgeous. It makes you want to touch it. And that's the...
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This Installation Made From Pool Noodles Brings Out The Kid In All Of Us
To commemorate its 150th anniversary, Muncie, Indiana, pulled out all the stops, commissioning an installation that would be a real downtown destination for its citizens. But instead of an esoteric...
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Is Lego Wrong For Refusing To Sell To Ai Weiwei?
In an October 21 Instagram post, artist Ai Weiwei revealed that Lego refused to sell him a bulk order of bricks for a forthcoming installation at the National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne,...
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How To Take A Perfect Selfie (According To A Neural Network)
Crop out your forehead, follow the rule of thirds, apply a filter, oh, and be a woman. These are the winning traits of a "good" selfie according to Andrej Karpathy, a Stanford computer science graduate...
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