Architecture

Remember the Cyclotron from SWAT Kats, that enclosed motorcycle where the rider sat inside a protective cockpit instead of perched on top like a regular bike? The IRIS eTrike looks like someone pulled that 1990s animation concept into reality, then made it street legal and available for around £10,000. Grant Sinclair’s creation wraps you in […]

Pokémon franchise is turning 30 next month, and LEGO Group wants to celebrate the occasion with LEGO Pokémon sets. Following leaks and speculations, the official reveal has been made, with two sets of the three already up for pre-order. The three main sets will be shipped next month, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the

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Most Hi-Fi gear still looks like anonymous black rectangles, even in carefully designed living rooms. Serious listeners often hide their amps and speakers in cabinets because the hardware rarely matches the rest of the furniture, even when the sound is great. The default assumption is that audio equipment belongs out of sight, tolerated for its

Evenings drift from kitchen to dining table to balcony and back, while the nicest lamp stays tethered to a single socket. The small but persistent annoyance of cords, extension leads, and the feeling that lighting never quite follows where people actually end up sitting becomes background noise. Beautiful lamps are static, and that friction quietly

We’ve all been there. You sit down at your desk, ready to tackle that project, and suddenly you’re drowning in cables, hunting for your phone charger, and watching your battery percentage drop to single digits. Your workspace looks like a tech graveyard, and your creative energy? Well, that died somewhere between untangling the third cable

The release of the iPhone in 2007 marked the beginning of the end of the BlackBerry era. The prospect of on-screen keys was undeniable, and the trend of having a pocket PC left everyone dazed over the years as smartphones evolved into their best version, year after year, for decades. However, things then go full

Japanese design philosophy has long celebrated the marriage of form and function, transforming everyday objects into tools that spark joy while serving practical purposes. This ethos shines brightest in stationery design, where minimalism meets innovation to create products that streamline workflows and declutter both physical and mental spaces. The items on this list represent a

You know those material swatch books at fabric stores where every color fan out in perfect rainbow order? Designer Fatih Demirci apparently looked at one and thought, “What if that was a chair?” The result is the Kartela Chair, a concept design that turns the humble material sample into something you’d actually want to sit

Typing long messages on glass feels clumsy, juggling Bluetooth earbuds means pairing headaches and dead batteries, and using wired headphones now requires a tiny USB-C dongle you will lose three times before accepting defeat. Phones have become powerful but strangely less tactile, and that clashes with people who write a lot, listen a lot, and