Architecture

Circular interfaces keep showing up in design. Thermostats, smart speakers, automotive dials, wearable-inspired dashboards, the circle feels friendly and “instrument-like” in a way that rectangles don’t, especially when the goal is a glanceable, ambient piece of hardware rather than something you stare at for hours. The problem is that most prototyping hardware is rectangular, so […]

University campuses function like small cities. Students move between buildings, find outdoor spots to read or work, and constantly need power for phones and laptops. Sustainability tends to get communicated through plaques, rooftop panels, and annual reports, things you don’t interact with. There’s a gap between “this campus is reducing its carbon footprint” and “here’s

Every winter, Minneapolis does something the rest of the country quietly envies. Instead of hibernating indoors until spring shows up, the city drags its creativity out onto the frozen surface of Lake Harriet and builds a village. Not a regular village, though. An art village, made up of artist-built structures, performances, and interactive installations that

Let’s be honest, smartphones have grown quite big in size from their very early designs. A 6.5-inch brick is considered standard these days, as flagships can even outgrow that size to give users maximum display real estate with an impressive screen-to-body ratio. Challenging the conventions to bring back minimalistic dimensions for a pocket-friendly approach to

Working on the move means accepting a certain amount of small friction. You can have a great laptop and still spend the first five minutes of a café session digging through a bag for a mouse, or realizing you left it on your desk at home. Accessories are the first things to get lost because

Spring cleaning has a way of exposing how tired a room can feel. Swapping out a duvet cover or rearranging furniture only goes so far. What actually shifts a space is the accumulation of small, considered objects, the kind that carry weight in both design and meaning. Japan has been refining that philosophy for centuries,

Reading seriously on a tablet means fighting the device as much as the text. Notifications creep in, brightness is calibrated for apps rather than paper, and the browser is always one tap away. E-ink devices have been solving that distraction problem for years, but most are sized for novels rather than the dense PDFs, research

Home wellness has expanded well beyond foam rollers and cold showers. Heat therapy has become one of the more serious recovery habits people are building into their routines, but the hardware has always been the obstacle. Traditional saunas require installation, dedicated space, and a budget that rules out most apartments. The gap between wanting a

The average laptop screen sits somewhere between 13 and 15.6 inches, which sounds perfectly reasonable until you start juggling four browser tabs, a Figma file, a Slack thread, and a terminal window at the same time. At that point, a single screen stops feeling like a workspace and starts feeling like a peephole. The 13-inch

Last year I put together a list of products everyone absolutely needed to own in 2025. It included basic stuff, AirTags, GaN chargers, and even some slightly complex gadgets like NAS devices to help you cut the cord on cloud storage subscriptions. This year’s list expands on the same philosophy from last year – make