Roof Hacks: A Leafblower vs. Sheets of Ice
Tasked with having to clear ice off of a rubber roof, Redditor amish_novelty reached for a leafblower:Reddit being Reddit, one of the commenters channeled his inner Christopher Nolan and ran the video...
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Ox Delivers' Flatpack EV Truck Creates Prosperity in Africa
How do you create wealth? One answer is by enabling trade. British company Ox Delivers observed that the Global South is hamstrung in this regard; entrepreneurial individuals are hampered by unreliable...
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From China, a Hi-Tech "Luxury" Kitchen Sink with Crazy Features
As a slang term, "the kitchen sink" essentially means an excessive abundance. Chinese company Boelon, a manufacturer of high-end sinks, apparently takes the term seriously: Their Luxury Kitchen Sink...
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Conversion Kit Turns Beds into Rocking Beds
Swiss company Ensven has developed this Modular Bed Rocker. It's a series of pads, one of them with a motor in it, that can rock beds from side to side. To install it, you simply place your bed's...
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An Obscure Industrial Design Classic: Angelo Lelii's Polifemo Floor Lamp
Midcentury Italian lighting designer Angelo Lelii created this Polifemo lamp in 1956. The unusual design features a stem interrupted by a sort of brass eyeball with a plastic diffuser. The eyeball...
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A Tabletop RPG Dice Set Alternative in a Credit Card Form Factor
This Cardyhedron object is a fascinating solution, to a problem you'd think no one has. (And you'd be wrong—at press time, at least 4,272 people had this problem.)The "problem" is that you're trying to...
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An "E+Bike" by Industrial Design Firm Springtime
This Lemmo One, by industrial design and mobility firm Springtime, is an "E+bike." It's so named because it's an ordinary bike until you slap the removable battery onto it."Through a break-through and...
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Core77 Weekly Roundup (12-9-24 to 12-13-24)
Here's what we looked at this week:Modernism vs. nature: Bjarke Ingels Group designs the Softshell, a tent-like structure for glamping. An explosion of VR simulators, by FuninVR.Xreal's AR Glasses are...
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Outside-the-Box Inventions Spotted in 2024
For every schlocky consumerist invention spammed into our inboxes this year, we did see some true innovations. Objects and systems intended to improve society and businesses, created by clever...
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Innovative Designs for Living Spotted in 2024
Two pandemic-inspired trends that have lasted through 2024: Somewhat paradoxically, people are spending more time at home, as well as spending a lot of time outdoors. Here are the innovations we saw...
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Best Old-School Design Solutions Spotted in 2024
Everyone's talking about the future, AI, blah blah blah. But this year we saw plenty of cool design solutions from earlier decades and centuries.Early mass production: In ancient China they developed...
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Radical Bike-Related Designs Spotted in 2024
Each year, over 100 million bicycles are produced worldwide, versus 94 million automobiles. The modern buyer includes urban residents seeking environmentally-friendly transport and exercise, as well as...
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Standout Food, Drink & Kitchen-Related Designs Spotted in 2024
Sure, our food supply has been poisoned by large corporations, and we're hooked on sugary drinks that make us sick. Can design help? Maybe—or we can just stay in our lane and design more stuff for you...
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Beautiful Furniture Designs Spotted in 2024
Here are the prettiest pieces of furniture we saw this year:Panter & Tourron's ANC stool, CNC-machined from an aluminum slab.Max Lamb's deceiving-looking 005 Lounge Chair for Vaarnii.Industrial...
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It's All Splendor at the 2024 DIA Awards
The 2024 Design Intelligence Award (DIA) ceremony wrapped up the 2024 awards season at the China Academy of Art, Liangzhu Campus. The top honor and grand prize went to the Fourier General-Purpose...
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