Old Chairs Get a Resin Shell Without Hiding Their Scars
Darkened wood, uneven color, and exposed fasteners are hardly the usual ingredients of a furniture makeover. In Younghyun Lee’s The Youth, they’re the reason to look closer. The series takes on a familiar problem: old furniture can lose our interest long before its materials lose their character. Rather than erase the evidence of use, Lee
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Soft power: the contemporary allure of fibre art
We all want to live in a material world
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Is there anything prefab architecture can't do?
Innovative designers are putting the 'fab' in off-site construction
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In the hills outside Como, concrete minimalism reigns
Narrow House is on the market for €690,000
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as a food editor, 'food is fuel' never resonated. here's what changed my mind
After years of running on empty, I finally found a new perspective.
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‘halo’ developer bungie could helm ‘star wars battlefront iii’
A new report claims Lucasfilm is shopping the long-awaited sequel around, with DICE also in the running.
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This Robotic Pavilion Concept Would Change Its Layout Only When Empty
A public pavilion can give people somewhere to gather, but returning to it usually means finding the same spaces and following the same paths. Self-Assembling Robotic Environments explores a more flexible alternative: mobile architectural sections that could rearrange themselves between visits. This unbuilt public art concept would pause whenever someone enters, letting people explore one
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Redmi just debuted an ultra-affordable $42 monitor arm that hides your cables too
Xiaomi is assembling your desk one cheap piece at a time. First came the monitors, from 24-inch office panels to 4K gaming screens. In July, the Mijia Monitor Light Bar 2 arrived to perch on top of them for about $39. Now Redmi, Xiaomi's budget sub-brand, has launched the piece that holds the whole thing
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An 1840 artist’s home-studio is for sale on Romney Marsh
Foster House dates to 1840 and stands within almost three acres of gardens and wildflower meadows in Brookland, on Kent’s […]
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Norman Foster’s former home on the French Riviera is for sale
British artist Richard Long created a mudwork directly on one wall
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Halloween finally gets its own snow globe, and it’s made of LEGO
The snow globe was invented by accident in 1900, when a Viennese surgical instrument mechanic named Erwin Perzy tried to build a brighter operating room lamp and ended up with a glass ball full of drifting semolina. Medicine's loss was the gift shop's gain. For the 125 years since, Christmas has hogged the format, filling
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One of Bangalow’s oldest Queenslanders has come to market
A creek and nature reserve run behind this old Queenslander in Bangalow, in the hinterland of Byron Bay on Australia’s […]
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Bent Wood Is Stronger Than Straight Wood – These 5 Designs Prove It
Bent wood is one of the most fascinating materials in design history, where engineering meets artistry. By using steam, heat, or pressure, straight wood is transformed into smooth curves without cutting its fibers. This process preserves the natural strength of the material while unlocking fluid, organic forms that feel almost sculptural. Let’s understand why bent
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MERACH’s new W60 Plus walking pad boasts 12 incline levels, RGB lights,…
https://youtu.be/Y2bpYfKuanE The under-desk treadmill had its moment, arriving as the perfect sidekick for our sudden work-from-home lives (can you believe it's been six whole years?). It was the simple, brilliant answer to hitting a step count between calls and emails, and products like the original WalkingPad and the WalkingPad S1 were among the early heroes
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Designers Already Prototype Hardware – Now They’re Prototyping Demand Too
Every product that finds its way onto these pages eventually meets the same crossroads: the moment a designer takes the thing public. For physical product creators chasing something original enough that established retailers won't touch it, Kickstarter remains the most democratic proving ground available. The platform has hosted more than 654,000 campaigns since 2009, drawing
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Samsung’s SmartTag3 Refuses to Die at 790 Days Battery Life
I’m the kind of person who can set down my keys, turn around, and immediately forget where they went. Wallets, earbuds, and bags have a way of disappearing at the least convenient moment, too. A smart tracker can spare you a frantic search, but only if its battery is working and its location can still
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set up your own ramen bar and explore a voxel cyberpunk city…
After numerous delays, it's here at long last.
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Discover Gaetano Pesce in five stops
The designer and architect is adored worldwide for his playful, political approach
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These modular furnishings can keep a secret
Our favourite adaptable pieces shapeshift in the most delightful ways
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A Fan Imagined Nokia’s Comeback With One Feature Worth Stealing
Nokia's phone business has been fading for years, reduced mostly to budget handsets sold under license, so a concept calling itself the N90 Ultra was never going to become a real product. It's a fan-rendered video, not a leaked roadmap, and it borrows a legendary name attached to a swivel-barrel camcorder phone from 2005.
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The Gaming Controller That Refuses to Look Like One
Most gaming controllers are built for an idea of a hand, not an actual one. They're symmetrical, boxy, covered in ridges meant to accommodate everyone equally, which usually means they fit no one particularly well. After a few hours, your palms cramp, your thumbs ache, and if you've been playing anything remotely intense, your grip
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‘Meet me in the foyer!’
A well-designed entrance hall is the office tower's new secret weapon
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steven edwards: selected works, 2025-2026
Striped Fold XXIX Striped Fold XXIX Analogous Fold II Dip Fold III Dip Fold IV Dip Fold IV, detail Monochromatic
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I do like to swim beside the seaside (or riverside)
A pool with water views is the ultimate urban hotel flex
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Meet the Academics Trying to Stop You From Having Sex in Robotaxis
“You know ‘Bang Bus’? We don’t want that.”
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StudioAC embeds a cedar and brick house into an Ontario ridge
The award-winning house is lined in Douglas fir
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The Record Player That Skips the Vinyl and Plays Falling Water
A vintage turntable earns its warmth from ritual, the small act of placing a needle and watching a disc spin. The Retro Water Drop Ambient Player borrows that same silhouette and swaps the needle for something less expected: falling water. A quiet pump lifts liquid from a magnetic 130mL tank, and gravity does the rest,
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Pikachu Just Got Hidden Inside Your Coffee Mug, and Pokémon Fans Are…
Pikachu has appeared on a lot of things over the past 30 years — Alfredo Häberli's Origo tableware wasn't exactly the obvious next stop. Finnish design brand Iittala has reimagined its beloved Origo tableware collection in collaboration with Pokémon, marking 30 years of the Japanese media giant with a trio of pieces that feel both
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kneaded. shaped. fired. 47th tendencies exhibition
By Unu Sohn The 2026 Tendencies exhibition is the 47th edition of a series of annual presentations that began in
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heavy blessings: a church road records primer
How the sudden demise of Holy Roar Records kickstarted one of the most venerable indie labels in the UK.
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The 5 Best Outdoor Gear of September 2026
September is where outdoor gear earns its reputation. The crowds thin, the trails go quiet, and what you carry starts to matter in ways summer rarely tests. This month's roundup brings together five products that solve real, specific problems without padding your pack. From a Damascus steel knife engineering two independent sliders into a 0.6-inch
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Let’s talk about gradients
a short essay on tools, with a working exhibit
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I fell down the health-maxxing rabbit hole—and crawled my way out
Want to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on at-home diagnostics testing? You're in luck. Welcome to the sticky, seductive new business of DIY health.
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This Tiny Home Packs a Double Vanity, Trifold Glass Doors, & a…
The word "compromise" gets thrown around a lot in tiny home conversations — and for good reason. Most builds force you to choose between a proper kitchen or a real bedroom, decent storage or actual floor space. JT Collective's Summit refuses that trade-off entirely. Built on a quad-axle trailer and stretching 37 feet in length,
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The Ultra2 Is the Handheld Fan That Earns a Permanent Spot in Your Bag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXL7eJNdVg4 Handheld fans have traditionally been seen as seasonal accessories, but the category is evolving into something more versatile and designed for everyday carry. JisuLife’s Handheld Fan Ultra2 is built around that idea. That shift is also reflected in the broader consumer technology landscape on display at IFA Berlin, where everyday products are increasingly being
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Aston Martin’s 130-HP road-legal bike brings its luxury design language to two wheels
Aston Martin has finally put its name on a road-ready motorcycle. Developed with Brough Superior, the AMB 002 Roadster is the first street-legal bike from the partnership, fusing Aston Martin’s sculptural design language and Brough Superior’s highly specialized approach into motorcycle engineering. Limited to just 300 individually built examples, it is intended for collectors and
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The $100 Keypad That Puts Each AI Coding Tool Behind Its Own Button
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhwebU5rDa0 Every developer juggling AI agents right now knows the feeling of context switching until the whole workflow blurs together. Copilot suggests something in one window, Claude Code runs a task in another, and a dozen prompts live scattered across notes and muscle memory. The Logitech MX Keypad exists to collapse all of that into
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A Danish painter’s studio is up for sale on the Tisvilde coast
The 1961 property is registered as a holiday home
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Laifen Just Made Flawless Grooming Stupidly Easy (No Skill Required)
We live in an era of life hacks, a time when everyone wants the best possible results with the least amount of fuss. We want the Michelin-star meal from a 30-minute recipe and the perfect vacation photos without a professional camera. The same is true for our personal grooming. We see the flawless curls or
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Adult summer camp is a welcome throwback to an adolescence outdoors
We're planning ahead for summer 2027
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Harley-Davidson’s $3,299 Turntable Is Shaped Like Their Logo
The moment you see the Pro-Ject x Harley-Davidson Turntable, you know exactly what it is, and you know exactly who it is for. That kind of immediate clarity is rare in product design, and it is worth paying attention to. Pro-Ject Audio has built a reputation for doing collaborations the right way. The Austrian turntable
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Bevel Is Set to Become the Tallest Mass Timber Office Building in North America
When Waugh Thistleton Architects and Mithun sat down to design Bevel, the brief was as clear as it was ambitious: build an office tower in Bellevue, Washington, that challenges how North America thinks about commercial construction. The result is a 12-storey, 55-meter mass timber building developed by Skanska that, upon completion in August 2026, will
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Chrome Spheres Are Now Furniture, and It’s Surprisingly Beautiful
The easiest way to describe the Wishes Collection is to say it looks like someone took a string of chrome Christmas ornaments and turned them into furniture. But that description undersells it considerably. Designed by Reza Raeisifar in collaboration with Saber Abar, the Wishes Collection is a limited-edition furniture and lighting series built around a
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