We’ve all been there. You sit down to check your calendar, and thirty minutes later you’re three layers deep in Instagram stories wondering where your morning went. Our phones were supposed to make us more productive, but somewhere along the way, they became the world’s most sophisticated distraction machines. Enter Focus, a desktop board from […]
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The 1940s were swept up in an atomic fever, with nuclear power hailed as the dazzling symbol of a bold new future. Riding this cultural wave, Kix cereal unveiled a daring 1947 promotion that let kids mail in 15 cents and a box top for a Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring. The gadget blended pop‑culture
South Korea’s national parks removed trash bins to protect ecosystems and pushed a carry-in, carry-out policy. The unintended side effect is that visitors hide trash in rock crevices or behind trees because they lack an easy way to deal with it. Over five years, 5,180 tons of waste were collected from parks, roughly 200 fully
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The world’s most prestigious design competition is back, and this year it’s bigger and more exciting than ever. Starting September 15, 2025, the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2026 has officially opens its doors to designers, manufacturers, and innovators worldwide who are ready to showcase their exceptional creations on the global stage. For over 70
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Most homes accumulate a drawer full of dead AA and AAA batteries, and the uneasy feeling of tossing heavy little cylinders into recycling or the trash. Alkaline cells are marketed as single-use, even though the chemistry can often be coaxed back to life with the right kind of intervention. RegenBox 1 is a small, hands-on
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Traditional fireworks contribute to air and noise pollution Biodegradable fireworks, light shows, and drones can offer an alternative and cleaner change to the future of traditional pyrotechnics. For hundreds of years, fireworks have meant loud bangs and bright colors in the sky as a way to mark celebrations, like New Year’s Eve, national holidays,
installations that shaped 2025 As 2025 comes to a close, this final list in our annual round-up pulls together the installations that shaped the most immersive encounters of the year. Across deserts, plazas, courtyards, coastlines, and museums, artists and designers turn movement, light, sound, and material experimentation into living environments that ask us to
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jun aoki lands in beijing with a third louis vuitton flagship Maison Louis Vuitton Sanlitun opens in Beijing as a new flagship by Louis Vuitton, designed by architect Jun Aoki and located within the Sanlitun district. The building introduces an organic, multi-layered glass facade and a vertically organized interior that brings retail, hospitality, and
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Nib is the first thing I want right when choosing a fountain pen, then I look for its design and aesthetics afterwards. Endless Stationery, a Chennai, India-based global stationery brand, that successfully created a retractable fountain pen and raised close to $250,000 in funding for it in 2024, wants to change my idea in favor
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PPAA brings a minimalist home to los angeles Mar Vista is a single-family residence by PPAA / Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados located in a suburban neighborhood near the coast in Los Angeles, California. The house engages monolithic geometries through the interplay of straight and curved lines. With large openings throughout each building, the project
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