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compostable bicycle seat takes shape as mycelium grows around the wooden saddle

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Mycelium shapes compostable wooden bicycle seat   Networks of mycelium grow and form the shape of the compostable bicycle seat with a wooden saddle. Named Myco Seat by Ludwig Eder, the biomaterial is seen growing out of the holes from under the saddle, continuing its growth and stabilizing the seat. The designer shapes the wooden […]

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EntoPedia magnetic camera turns insect encounters into digital specimens without capture

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EntoPedia Wearable Tool Documents Insects Without Capture   EntoPedia is a wearable digital collection system designed by Junfei Teng to reframe insect ‘collecting’ as documentation, turning everyday encounters into moments of observation, learning, and shared knowledge without physical capture. The project received the 2026 French Design Awards Gold (Professional) in Product Design, Educational Toys &

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This Self-Balancing Electric Bike Rolls on a Single Giant Ball and Moves in Any Direction

Architecture, Design

James Bruton’s latest creation stands out even among his many engineering oddities and builds on the kind of inventive spirit that we saw in his earlier two-ball omnidirectional bike. The British engineer turned full-time YouTuber has now built an electric bike that balances on a single giant ball and can move in any direction based

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7 Best Japanese Kitchen Gadgets & Tools So Clever They Make Every Meal Feel Like a Ceremony

Architecture, Design

Japanese kitchenware operates on a different frequency than most Western cooking tools. Where mass-market brands chase multifunctionality and feature bloat, Japanese design strips everything back to the single gesture that matters: the cut, the strain, the flip, the pour. The result is objects that feel less like gadgets and more like quiet collaborators in your

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thousands of glass beads form delicate blossoms that never wilt in henri purnell’s sculptures

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Henri Purnell crafts delicate blooms out of glass beads   Thousands of tiny glass beads come together to form the intricate floral sculptures of musician and maker Henri Purnell. Working bead by bead, the artist recreates delicate blossoms that echo the organic irregularities of real flowers while shimmering with the luminosity of glass. From airy wildflower

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This Rugged Phone’s Action Camera Pops Off to Become a Wearable

Architecture, Design

Action cameras and rugged phones have always solved slightly different problems. One survives the adventure; the other documents it. Bringing both means two devices, two cables, and two things to lose in a river. Ulefone’s RugOne Xsnap 7 Pro tries to close that split by putting a detachable magnetic action camera directly on the back

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studio RE+N turns abandoned planter into floating yellow stage in shanghai neighborhood

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a Floating Yellow Stage Activates an open Courtyard in Shanghai   In Shanghai’s Pudong district, Studio RE+N has transformed a neglected circular planter within the Luoshan Huayuan residential community into an elevated steel platform designed for shared neighborhood activity. The intervention introduces a 4.5-meter-diameter circular stage that replaces the former planter, reactivating a section of

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curved twin volumes shape the risonare shimonoseki hotel along japan’s kanmon strait

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RISONARE SHIMONOSEKI BY NIHON SEKKEI AND KLEIN DYTHAM   RISONARE Shimonoseki by Hoshino Resorts is a 187-room waterfront hotel located in the Arcaport–Karato district of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, overlooking the Kanmon Strait. Conceived as a ‘designer hotel on the strait,’ the project is the result of a close collaboration between Nihon Sekkei and Klein Dytham

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