Design

Some gifts say “I know you are a designer” better than any coffee table book ever could. HOZO’s tools fall squarely into that category, with a family of meticulously engineered rulers, blades, and blocks that speak the language of architects, engineers, and makers. Instead of chasing gimmicks, the brand focuses on reworking everyday instruments with

Our days are choreographed by screens. Messages stack up, tabs multiply, and even downtime quietly dissolves into endless scrolling. Everything is fast, efficient, and slightly forgettable. The more our lives move into apps and feeds, the more special it feels to hold something real, weighty, and unconnected. This gift guide is a small rebellion against

The tiny house movement has found a new voice in Japan, where Ikigai Collective is creating homes that honor traditional aesthetics while embracing modern minimalism. The Nozawa stands out as a stunning expression of Japanese design philosophy, built not as an homage from afar but as an authentic creation rooted in local culture and craftsmanship.

Around 2020 – give or take a year or two – when I was just getting into writing about sneakers, I read about Dunkin’ collaborating with Saucony (an athletic footwear brand I had only just discovered), for a marathon in Boston. At the time, I wasn’t convinced that food and shoes, an odd pairing, could

Show me another MagSafe breadboard. I’ll wait. Kevin Yang’s Commi Board is the only one, and that alone tells you something about how design students occasionally see opportunities that entire industries miss. The engineering is smarter than it looks: instead of embedding a full microcontroller and battery into a phone accessory, Yang uses GPIO communication

Walk into any rehearsal space and you will see the usual suspects. A combo amp in the corner, a Bluetooth speaker on a shelf, maybe a looper pedal on the floor. Each tool has a single job. One makes your guitar louder, one plays songs, one repeats whatever you feed it. You juggle them to