Design

There’s something beautifully ironic about the fact that we carry supercomputers in our pockets, yet the humble calculator refuses to die. And if designer Mariana Bedrina has her way, maybe it shouldn’t. Her GIA calculator concept doesn’t just crunch numbers. It makes you want to crunch numbers. At first glance, the GIA looks like it […]

I miss the point-and-shoot cameras of days gone by. They offered a level of convenience that smartphones have hogged over the past two decades. Yet many designers and creators believe those cameras had something in their design that can still influence modern devices and their form. Case in point: the D90 Block Power Bank by

Many people feel overwhelmed by gadgets and cords cluttering their beautifully designed spaces. The growing desire for simplicity and intentional living, once centered on interiors, now extends to technology. Gen Z is not just choosing smaller devices, but they are redefining what it means to own and use technology with purpose and balance. This generation

Robot vacuums quietly patrol floors as anonymous discs, efficient but a little eerie, especially for kids and pets who aren’t quite sure what to make of a machine that roams around on its own. They slide under sofas, bump into chair legs, and dock again without anyone feeling particularly attached to them. It doesn’t take

Like it’s the case with the other parts of the world; in South Africa too, teardrop campers are becoming adventurous but with a very contemporary approach and a high-ticket price. TrailPod, an outdoor adventure brand in Cape Town, is doing things differently to keep their generation of teardrop rigs closer to the good old past,

When you think of Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck, you probably picture bold runway shows and provocative collections that push boundaries. As a member of the legendary Antwerp Six, the group that put Belgian fashion on the global map in the 1980s, Van Beirendonck has built a reputation for work that’s colorful, fantastical, and

Remember the pocket archaeology of untangling your headphones every single time you pulled them out? That split second of dread when you’d fish them from your bag only to discover they’d somehow tied themselves into impossible knots? Designer Aleš Boem remembers. But instead of trying to solve that universal frustration, he’s immortalized it. His project,