The early 2000s had a very clear idea of the future. Think of films like *Minority Report* with its PreCrime headquarters, all white rooms and glass interfaces where everything looked seamlessly bonded rather than bolted together. Or *I, Robot*, which pushed that look even further with its glossy USR tower and Audi concept car, a […]
Six wheels on a Lexus, at a furniture fair in Milan, sounds like either a provocation or a punchline. At this year’s Milan Design Week, Lexus is betting it’s the former. The brand rolled into Superstudio Più in the Tortona district with its LS Concept, a long-body, flat-roofed, twin rear-axle machine that first appeared at
If you asked most people to name a Yamaha product, you’d probably get piano, guitar, or motorcycle long before anyone said pen. And yet here we are, talking about a writing instrument from one of the most iconic music and motor companies in the world. The Swing Scribe is not a gimmick. It’s a genuinely
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Brilliance usually comes in limited quantities. In fact, it is embodied by the new limited edition Chopard Table Clock, which stands apart from anything the horologist has created in the past three decades. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Chopard Manufacture in Fleurier, the company has teamed up with L’Épée 1839 – the masters
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A Designer’s Stylish Inner-City Pied-À-Terre Homes by Amelia Barnes Ligne Roset Ploum Settee designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. ‘Fire Dreaming’ artwork by Ronnie Jimbaprimpta. Aver speaker by Tom Fereday. Brahman Perera with dogs Billie and Ella. Poltrona Frau Albero bookshelf designed by Gianfranco Frattini. BMDO Wood St Lamp. Fleur Swivel Tub Chair by King
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Most tiny homes follow the same predictable playbook: squeeze a loft bed above, cram the kitchen below, repeat. The Onda by Australian builder Removed Tiny Homes throws that rulebook out entirely. Part of the brand’s new Tiny Mansions lineup — a series of oversized, premium tiny homes built for people who love the concept of
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objects embody desire and agency amid historic alcova context One part of Milan Design Week 2026‘s edition of Alcova returns to the former Baggio Military Hospital on the western edge of Milan. The largely defunct complex is overtaken by the alternative forms and experimental gestures that define the event, yet its previous life remains
There are hardware designs from the early 2000s that still stop people cold, and the original Xbox prototype is near the top of that list. Revealed at GDC 2000 by Bill Gates and Seamus Blackley, it was a massive X carved from a single block of aluminum, reportedly costing around $18,000 per unit. It was
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BRABUS and DAB Motors introduce a three-bike electric series German mobility brand BRABUS launches its first electric motorcycle in collaboration with French manufacturer DAB Motors. Presented during Milan Design Week 2026, the collection introduces three new BRABUS motorcycle models, DAB 1α BRABUS, BRABUS URBAN E, and BRABUS URBAN E FIRST EDITION, marking a new direction
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The charging brick has had something of a quiet revolution over the past few years. GaN technology has made them smaller, faster, and capable of handling a full laptop alongside a phone and earbuds without much trouble. What hasn’t changed is the experience of actually using one. You plug everything in, trust that it’s all
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