Design

Tucked into the rolling hills of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County, a 14-acre estate carries the kind of stillness that most people spend a lifetime chasing. The land has its own private lake, wildlife moving freely at every hour, and a canopy of Northern California nature that presses in from every direction. At its center […]

China loses farmland to urbanization at a pace that makes most planners nervous, and the usual architectural response is to pour a slab and move on. Wei Dou took a different position with the Verdant Syndicate, a mixed-use complex in Henan designed around the premise that the agricultural identity of a site deserves to survive

Most nightlights exist to disappear. They’re meant to be small, soft, forgettable little things that plug into walls and glow just enough to keep you from stubbing your toe at 3 a.m. They’re not supposed to have personality. They’re definitely not supposed to stare back at you. YAWN, a sculptural concrete nightlight by designer Roger

It was one of the more audacious moves at MWC 2026. Right across the aisle from Meta’s smart glasses booth at Fira Gran Via, Alibaba’s Qwen pavilion was anchored by a pair of glasses so oversized they were practically architecture, a giant sculptural prop that functioned as a very literal invitation to come over and

Action cameras are great until you realize you’ve left yours at home. Phones are always with you, but most of them are too big, too fragile, or too awkward to mount anywhere useful. The FOSSiBOT F116 Pro is a compact, rugged phone that tries to solve both problems at once, and the approach is specific

Smartphones have gotten pretty good at being the same thing. Every year, they get a little taller, a little thinner, and a little more difficult to tell apart in a lineup. That’s fine for most people, but it does make MWC 2026 feel like a bit of a slog, until you spot something genuinely weird

Most conversations about AI and children go one of two ways: either we’re told to be terrified, or we’re told to embrace it fully and immediately. Morrama’s Create concept lands somewhere far more interesting than either of those extremes, and it’s the most thoughtful thing I’ve seen in the AI space in a while. Create