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5 Singaporean Design Talents to Watch
Inspired by the radical approach of Studio Alchimia in the 1970's, Singapore Design: The Alchemistspresents the work of 15 young Singaporean designers who are leveraging technologies, processes and...
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The Minimum Viable Book? Eric Ries on His Kickstarter Publishing Experiment
Eric Ries is a household name in most startup micro-kitchens. The Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author is the poster child for "fail faster"—learning quickly from mistakes and forging ahead to found...
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Sensing the Environment through 3D Printed Ceramics
What if the machines that manufacture our objects could feel? And what if those feelings would effect the final outcome of the objects created? At Spazio Rossana Orlandi, a bastion of experimental and...
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Six Design Approaches to the Folding Bike Helmet
No one likes carrying a bulky bicycle helmet around. And as one designer after another tries to devise a way to make them collapse for storage, we're struck by how different everyone's approach...
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Lexus Design Award 2015 Finalists Tackle the 'Senses'
The Lexus Design Award 2015 centered around the theme 'Senses,' showcasing an array of projects related to sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing this week in Milan. The award—developed to encourage...
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For Unusual Furniture Design Inspiration, Check Out an Auction Site
How do furniture designers develop their style? As we saw in Jory Brigham's story, there are many long hours to be put in at the studio or shop, experimenting. But equally important is finding...
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Future Fact or Fiction: frog Speculates about Milan Design Week 2025
frog opened the doors to their studio last night to celebrate ten years in Milan and ten years of Milan Design Week. The "Future Fact or Fiction" panel discussion—and later party—featured Björn Block...
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Designs for Better Boozing: Foldable Flasks
Have the terrorists won? Now that your favorite sporting arena has installed metal detectors, you can no longer smuggle your own hooch in using your trusty metal flask. Are you going to settle for...
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Introducing Emeco x Jasper Morrison's Alfi Collectiom
We're always a sucker for a workshop so when Emeco debuted their new chair designed by Jasper Morrison with a metalsmith, we were curious. Inspired by the woven cane brasserie chairs that dot the...
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A Robotic "Hand" Based on the Chameleon's Tongue
Mechanical robot grippers are designed to grasp specific shapes. This is perfect for assembly lines, where every object is the same. But what if a more flexible solution were required? Think of a...
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Leather-Core Plywood!
The "living hinge" you see molded into clamshell packaging has always been the domain of plastic; metal and wood don't like the repetitive stress of bending. But Bavarian fabrication firm Ackermann has...
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Embracing Paranoia: Studio Koncern Explores Surveillance in Lambrate
Are we being watched?Well this year in the Ventura Lambrate District of Milan—we actually are. This detour into technology-derived anxiety is the result of the exhibition of Koncern, a Prague-based...
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Organizing the Medications
From both personal and professional experience, I know how hard it can be for users to keep track of their medications. And when something goes wrong, it can be a major problem. So I'm always pleased...
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6 Picks from designjunction Milan 2015
Designjunction, the London-based design tradeshow exhibited for the third year during Milan design week. Presenting a broad range of furniture, interior products and personal accessories spread over...
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What Do Formula E Cars Sound Like?
We all know what Formula One cars sound like. That aggressive, angry, adrenaline-stirring roar is unmistakable, and children playing with toy cars can easily mimic the noise. But most folks have no...
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NASA Develops a Car for Earthlings Living in Cities
When we think of NASA-designed vehicles, the Mars Rover comes to mind. We picture the eggheads at Johnson Space Center developing buggy-like vehicles capable of navigating alien terrain. So it was a...
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Material Meets Emotion: An Interview with Max Lamb on Exercises in Seating
Of the number of designers who claim the title designer/maker or even designer/maker/artist, few compare to the work of London-based Max Lamb. On view at the Garage San Remo in Milan, visitors are...
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The Crucial Part of Automotive Design that Still Uses Centuries-Old Hand Tools
Automotive design is probably the most capital-intensive field an industrial designer can work in; developing a new car model can literally cost more than a billion dollars.It seems amazing, then, that...
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The Kanna Finish: How to Get Glass-Smooth Surfaces in Wood Without Sandpaper...
Sandpaper has to be the number one consumable in the modern-day furniture shop. But a subset of craftspeople, like Toshio Tokunaga and his four apprentices, don't use any of the stuff—yet are still...
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Eat Shit: Design Academy Eindhoven's Potty Party for Milan Design Week 2015
When two women dressed in matching workwear approach and tell you to, "eat shit," it gets your attention. Armed with caulking guns and a giant plastic backpack in the shape of a perfect poo—think turd...
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