Wild Shape-Shifting Sofa Can Be Whatever You Want It to Be
Carlo Ratti, founder of MIT’s forward-thinking Senseable City Lab, designed a couch. Lift-Bit is billed as “The world’s first digitally-transformable…
Domino’s New Pizza Delivery Boxes Are Weirdly Clever
The pizza boxes look like dominos. Get it? The post Domino’s New Pizza Delivery Boxes Are Weirdly Clever appeared first…
Some Can Draw Bikes From Memory. Some … Definitely Can’t
Gianluca Gimini has asked more than 500 people to draw a bicycle from memory. Most people can’t. The post Some…
Insanely Detailed 3-D Globe of the Moon Shows Every Dimple
Lunar globes already exist, but 3-D, topographically accurate ones do not. These designers say they’ve made the first. The post…
For Something Simple, Minimal Design Sure Is Complicated
MIN: The New Simplicity in Graphic Design, a new book by Stuart Tolley, catalogs 160 pieces of pared-down, stripped-back, simple…
One Of These Designs Will Be The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Logo
There are four designs: the “Harmonized checkered emblem,” “Connecting Circle, Expanding Harmony,” “Surpassing One’s Personal Best,” and “Flowering of Emotions.”…
Take a 360-Degree Tour Through 25 Years of Ai Weiwei’s Art
Last fall, London’s Royal Academy of Arts ran a big retrospective on Ai WeiWei. When it closed, the museum turned…
Alejandro Aravena, Winner of This Year’s Pritzker Prize, Is Giving Away His Designs
Alejandro Aravena, this year’s Pritzker Prize winner, announced that four of his firm’s blueprints will be free to download. The…
Wild Interactive Portraits Let You Control Light With Your Cursor
In Carlo van de Roer’s high-speed, high-tech photographs, the viewer gets to control the lighting. The post Wild Interactive Portraits…
The High-Tech, High Design World of Sex Toys
There’s a revolution underway in sex toy design. The post The High-Tech, High Design World of Sex Toys appeared first…