- This innovative little gadget makes product videography easier. The Trexo Wheels Go holds a smartphone or camera (up to 1,500g/3.3 lbs) and provides portable motion control. The device can execute smooth dolly shots, sliding shots and...
- Softech'ture: Rethinking Fabric Waste by NextOfKin Creatives and Mobella Galleria explores transforming discarded textiles into functional homeware. Addressing the 45% fabric waste from production, the project repurposes textile offcuts...
- This amusingly overbuilt Long Point Pencil Sharpener is by California-based stationery company Blackwing . Rather than sharpening your pencil point into a mere cone, it cuts a curved taper into it; this shape, the company claims,...
- This is my Stihl GTA 26, a battery-powered mini chainsaw with a 4" blade. While it can be used for spot pruning, I've found it extremely useful for trimming the dozens branches off of a fallen Cedar before bucking it into rounds with a...
- You could be forgiven for thinking these Aircore OWH headphones were designed by Apple. In fact they're by Shenzhen-based audio technology company Movengine. The unusual donut-shaped cans provide, the company claims, a "soundstage"-like...
- Fun fact: In the early- to mid-20th century, American drug stores and pharmacies used to have counters with soda fountains where they sold both fizzy drinks and freshly-scooped ice cream. What do those things have to do with medicine?...
- This White Marble Bookmark is by British designer Paul Cocksedge . It pushes the boundaries, to say the least; the thing is 30cm × 22cm × 90cm (11.8" × 8.7" × 35.4"), and not easy to move at 110 kg (242.5 lbs). "The Bookmark splits the...
- If you've got your smartphone in a protective case, chances are it's plastic. For those that prefer a more natural material—and are willing to leave your phone naked while in use—leather goods company Hard Graft offers this $126...
- SNRGY Studios, a Swedish product development firm of designers and engineers, looked into hobbyist soldering stations. Their research indicated that many peoples' soldering set-ups look like this: SNRGY founder Alexander Osika could...
- We all know that military technology eventually trickles down to the consumer sector. GPS, microwaves, the internet, digital photography, and even duct tape all began with defense applications. One of these that's often overlooked is...
- Wearable tech is now common, arguably thanks to the Apple Watch. That product struggled upon its 2015 launch, but the eventual additions of features people wanted—health and fitness monitoring, ecosystem integration—pushed it into the...
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- Customers in today's markets have high expectations in terms of functionality, performance and usability. Successful products and services must be innovative and connect with their audience to encourage adoption and embrace new ideas....
- These days, even an economy car can reach 100 mph. Sports cars can double that. Despite having the power to do so, few drivers zoom around at such speeds, understanding that the potential consequences—a speeding ticket, license...
- This tiny piece of acrylic, just 34mm (1.3") square… …is essentially an IRL pixelator: The curious object was developed by Hakusi Katei , a Japanese materials engineer, and has a 16x16 pixel resolution. "From the initial concept through...
- This peculiar tool may not make sense to a tradesperson who always has a cordless tool on their hip. The Trio , by Japanese hand tool manufacturer Star-M , is an unpowered object with three functions: It can pre-drill holes, drive a...
- As a product of the 20th century, I prefer physical buttons to touch-capacitive surfaces. But I appear to be in the minority; gadget manufacturers today love fitting their objects out with the latter. This CLVX 1 keyboard , by Belarusian...
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- Here's what we looked at this week: The Columbus, Italdesign's wild 1990s minivan concept. Form follows bizarre: Maybe the strangest EDC object we've seen. Product Designer Vicki Tan's "Ask This Book a Question" is a book on improving...
- When you think of technology that connects your brain to a computer, you probably picture something like this: A startup called Neurable had the technology, but wanted better design for their first product, called Enten. They turned to...
- For manufactured objects, the cylinder is a powerful shape. They distribute pressure evenly, which is why airplane fuselages, soda cans, oxygen canisters and disposable batteries are cylindrical. The shape of a disposable battery has...
- This Solid Chair is by Heinz H. Landes, a German Postmodern artist active in the 1980s. It's made of ten pieces of rebar and a block of concrete: Chicago-based vintage design reseller Carefully Picked has a pair of the chairs for sale....
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- Here's a fascinating--and market-specific--solution for dealing with small spaces. Japanese manufacturer Lixil makes this Bathtope , a fabric bathtub that can be tucked away when not needed. The idea is that you can deploy it as desired...
- This project is by Ziyan Huang, an Industrial Design Masters candidate at Germany's Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences . Huang's Cursor Measurement Tool is a proposal for project sponsor Festool. The tool is intended to...
- When Kodak wanted to produce an instant digital camera, they turned to industrial design firm Branch Creative . With their design for the Kodak Smile , Branch came up with a great way to differentiate between "on" and "off:" To activate...
- With a background in behavioral science, over a decade ago Vicki Tan became a product designer. (The UX kind, not the industrial design kind.) Over the years she's plied her trade at Google, Lyft, Spotify and is now the design lead at...
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- This Multi Auto Spray product is by Japanese industrial design consultancy Lont . The product consists of just the gun. Because all Japanese 500mL bottles (roughly equivalent to our 16-oz bottles in the 'States) have standardized cap...
- If you hear the term "Reefer Truck," you might think it has something to do with weed. But that's the colloquial term used in Japan for refrigerated ("reefer") cargo trucks. Vehicle manufacturer Nippon Trex Co. learned of a problem faced...
- Desk accessories manufacturer Practiko got their start in 2020, after making an observation: Modern desks are often drawer-free slabs. Yet people still have a need for drawers. Practiko thus released this Otis line of add-on drawers :...
- For ID-curious readers who want to dip their toe in the pool, here's an online course on Concept Sketching for Industrial Design . It's taught by Adam Miklosi , a freelance industrial designer based in Budapest. (Miklosi's no veteran,...
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- In some sense this object is the opposite of good industrial design, where you're trying to do more with less. This Zero Mk2 , seemingly created by engineers for the sake of engineering, is a pen that folds into a credit card form...
- While newfangled EDC "tools" seem to emerge every day, there are still manufacturers improving upon the designs of long-established tools. The ratchet wrench has been around since at least 1863, but Germany's Wera reckons there's still...
- Britas and other popular water filtration systems are often made of plastic. For those who prefer metal, there are stainless steel offerings from Berkey and Boroux, shown below. Well-considered industrial design is about the transitions....
- Whipsaw was recognized with multiple wins at the 2022 International Design Excellence Awards. Whipsaw won silver awards for its design of Fluidigm's Biomark X in the Medical & Health category and the MXXY Hydration Backpack in the...
- 'R for Repair: London x Singapore' - the second edition of the 'R for Repair' exhibition - is open until November 2nd at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The exhibition showcases the transformative power of repair as part of the...
- On view at Ace Hotel New York from October 19th to 30th, The Be Original Americas: Originality Deconstructed exhibition celebrates creativity by pulling back the curtain on the 'how' and 'why' of some of the international design...
- Organized by Red Dot, the Contemporary Good Design Award allows companies and designers to present their products to an internationally renowned and independent jury for assessment. Successful participants are permitted to use the label,...
- Pavilion has debuted Palmera, a new collection of outdoor furniture inspired by the contoured embrace of a hammock and the mesmerizing effect of sunlight filtering through palm trees.
- Leon Speakers recently partnered with Logitech, Turf Design, Shure Audio, and American Lighting to create Cove, a revolutionary new desktop accessory that enhances the overall work experience.
- Morrama recently developed a more sustainable packaging range for restaurant chain wagamama. The new packaging will be implemented across the delivery and takeaway operations, replacing over eight million plastic packaging items.
- BuzziPleat Edel Long is a large-scale yet lightweight sculptural form that can be suspended from the ceiling or wall-mounted to absorb excessive noise.
- Andreu World is now accepting submissions for its 21st International Design Competition. This year the submissions will be focused on sustainable seat or table designs to support and promote new talent in design.
- The UX Design Awards - Spring 2023 is now open for submissions. Companies, agencies, professionals, and young designers worldwide are invited to enter their best work in three competition categories: 'Product' & 'Concept' for...
- Loading crane manufacturer Haulerman has launched a design competition asking participants to imagine one or more accessories for its line of products. The deadline is July 30, 2017.
- Lexus has announced the Grand Prix winner of the Lexus Design Award 2017 – PIXEL by Hiroto Yoshizoe - and the finalists are on display at the Lexus Yet pavilion at the Milan Design Week.
- Tractors manufacturer Valtra has launched a design competition tasking designers to envision a tractor for the year 2040. The submission deadline is April 26, 2017.
- A very interesting 1-hour lecture on design principles and the role of industrial designers in the entertainment industry. Held by concept designer Mike Hill at Industry Workshop 2015.