Italian industrial designer Joe Colombo loved smoking and drinking. In the early 1960s, he designed something that would make it easier for him to do both simultaneously: ...
NYC-based architecture firm BKSK designed this unusual rain screen, composed of repeating terra cotta elements, for a building at 470 Columbus Avenue. "The design for a new...
These Knight RNR kicks are foam slip-ons "inspired by the lines and angles of race cars." They're by L.A.-based FCTRY LAb, the footwear company co-founded by veteran designer...
Hailing from Finland, the Karoo Adventure is a camping trailer that has received careful design attention. The Karoo design team's goal was to produce an extraordinarily...
A startup called TinyPod has released teaser images of their eponymous product: A tiny iPod? No; it's actually a housing for an Apple Watch, that provides the...
This Pipo series of tables is by RelvãoKellermann, a/k/a industrial designers Ana Relvão and Gerhardt Kellermann, who are based in Munich. "Pipo is a lightweight table...
Here's a Toyota you'll never see on the road: This easy-on-the-eyes BT Staxio, a stand-in forklift (a/k/a "reach truck") by Toyota Material Handling Europe. Powered by...
Documentary director Julien Potart has a strange side hobby: Documenting the visually awful textile designs seen on public transport around the world. Potart's incredibly...
You've only ever seen these things in the background, so here's a closer look. This is that plastic Gatorade Bottle Carrier that you see support staff hustling over to players...
These fantastic Tripod Tables, which come in three different heights, are by Fernweh Woodworking. The Oregon-based furniture design/production shop was founded...
This Shade lamp is by British industrial designer Paul Cocksedge. The Japanese paper shade, which appears to float, is actually hung from the ceiling using "capillary-thin...
In 1975 Jim Jannard, a college dropout in his mid-20s, started a company in his garage. He named it after his dog. With an initial budget of $300, Jannard figured out how to...
To create their Owala FreeSip water bottle, which is currently selling like hotcakes, Trove Brands hired industrial design and engineering consultancy Whipsaw. As the...
Here's what we looked at this week: An architectural material called "Bamboo Charcoal Wood Metal Plate." Unfortunately there's no MSDS that might shed light on exactly what...
U.S. officials say, however, that the steel causeway connected to the beach in Gaza and the floating pier are being repaired and reassembled at a port in southern Israel, then...