Out of the Woods
In conjunction with the London Design Festival, students at the Royal College of Art have created Out of the Woods, a project that combines outstanding furniture design with sustainable forestry and wood sourcing. Students designed and prototyped twelve unique chairs, ...
Milk Brother / Moka Milk Frother by PoCh...
The Milk Brother utilizes physics so ingeniously and efficiently to deliver better home-brewed lattes, it could only be the descendent of Bialetti’s stovetop percolator. PoChih Lai developed the Milk Brother using similar principles to those responsible for pushing hot water ...
Felt Clock by Sebastian Herkner
For German designer Sebastian Herkner, the design process is about problem solving and developing solutions to needs. The felt clock which will be manufactured and distributed by Leff Amsterdam, provides an interesting look at his approach to determining a design ...
Sending Children to School and Re-planti...
This series of toys covers all the bases for the design-minded idealist: they’re beautiful, well made by adequately paid craftsmen, and a portion of proceeds go towards sending a child to school or planting trees in clear-cut forests in Honduras. ...
Quarter Bench by H.C. Wang Design
This collection of furniture includes four identical benches, each a geometric quarter-circle in plan. H.C. Wang developed the benches so that they could be rearranged into any configuration, for any spatial need. But the primary objective is that they function ...
Baltimore Warehouse, Alex Larsen + Alex ...
In a series of work that interrogates the meaning of street art, photographer Alex Larsen and sculptor Alex Dijulio make artwork involving scenes of urban decay across Baltimore without turning the places into the subject of ruin porn. Their process ...
Field Power Desk by Kanz Outdoors
Imagine a high school-style desk that features solar panels and lithium iron batteries, and can single-handedly keep a laptop charged for up to six hours. KANZ Outdoors imagined such clever device…and now they are prototyping and manufacturing it to market to a ...
Wooden Keyboard by Orée
Seeking to bridge the gap between traditional craftsmanship and digital technology, the French design studio Orée has developed a beautifully tactile wooden keyboard. The wireless accessory is bluetooth enabled and marketed as universally compatible. It’s made of solid premium grade maple and ...
Story Pool House by Lake Flato
Known for its environmentally appropriate architecture, Lake Flato has designed an award-winning house in Cedar Point, Texas, reaffirming the architects’ reputation for sensitivity to context. Respecting the surrounding landscape – dry, flat, and with mostly low-lying vegetation – the house is a ...
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