Architecture

Japan Just Built a Glowing Pavilion Shaped Like a 400M-Year-Old Shell

There’s something magical about watching an ancient fossil come to life as a building. That’s exactly what happens when you encounter the Pasona Natureverse Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, where local architecture studio The Design Labo has created something truly extraordinary. The shell of a prehistoric marine mollusc informed the spiral shape of this remarkable […]

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Casio Revives Classic Watch With Back to the Future-Inspired CA-500WEBF-1A

On October 21, ‘Back to the Future’ completes 40 years since its release. To mark the occasion, Casio is tying up with the film’s franchise, Universal Products & Experiences, to reimagine the classic Casio CA-500 with the theme of Back to the Future at the forefront. The retro-futuristic timepiece is the CA-500WEBF-1A, which Casio defines

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Thermally Modified Tambour at BDNY 2025: Sustainable Wood Technology Reshaping Hospitality Design

The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center will transform into the epicenter of hospitality design when Boutique Design New York (BDNY) returns November 9-10, 2025. For two intensive days, over 8,000 interior designers, architects, purchasing agents, and hospitality professionals will converge with more than 700 carefully curated exhibitors where advanced materials, visionary concepts, and industry-defining partnerships

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This Toilet Tablet Changes Color When It Detects Kidney Disease

Sometimes the most brilliant innovations come from the most personal places. When student designer Yidan Xu watched her father struggle with chronic kidney disease that wasn’t caught until it was too late, she knew she had to do something. Her solution? A simple toilet cleaning tablet that could change everything about how we detect kidney

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This Smart Ring Has a Flexible Screen That Wraps Around Your Finger

Wearable technology keeps getting smaller, but most devices still force you to look somewhere else for information. Smart rings collect tons of health data, then make you pull out your phone to see what they learned. Smartwatches put displays on your wrist, but that still requires lifting your arm and focusing attention away from whatever

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Honor Robot Phone: Camera Arm Moves, Nods, and Plays Peekaboo

The smartphone world has been stuck in a cycle of incremental upgrades for years, with most manufacturers focused on slightly better cameras, marginally faster processors, and minor design tweaks. Every so often, though, a concept emerges that makes you completely rethink what a phone could be rather than just what it currently does. Enter the

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