Before the iPhone arrived in 2007 and quietly buried the category, handheld PCs were shaping up to be something genuinely exciting. Devices like the Sony Vaio UX and OQO Model 2 promised a full desktop OS in your jacket pocket, and for a brief window, that felt like the obvious future of personal computing. Smartphones […]
Kazakhstan is building a new city, and it just got a centerpiece worthy of the ambition. On March 5, 2026, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill unveiled the Alatau Iconic Complex and Gateway District, a pair of pyramidal towers set to define the skyline of Alatau, a brand-new city rising along the Almaty–Qonaev highway in south-eastern Kazakhstan.
SOM’s New Kazakhstan Towers Look Like a Sci-Fi Set. They’re Not. Read More »
marten herma anderson draws from childhood experiments Architectural and furniture designer Marten Herma Anderson presents a new series of candy-like lamps that translate a childhood memory into a tactile lighting object. The project is driven by a moment he recalls as ‘a childhood memory of melted candy on a lamp-bulb,‘ which eventually expanded into
these melted, candy-like lamps by marten herma anderson feel almost edible Read More »
Most great furniture doesn’t start with a grand vision. It starts with a sketch, usually a messy one, the kind you draw absentmindedly while thinking about something else entirely. Designer Deniz Aktay knows this. His latest piece, the Shift Sideboard, is proof that an unfinished line can sometimes carry more intention than a polished one.
The Sideboard That Started as Lines That Never Finished Read More »
Most of us learned to play ping pong the same way: flat table, net in the middle, bounce, smash, repeat. The rules were never really up for debate. You either knew them or you didn’t, and the table gave you very little room to imagine doing things differently. That’s exactly the kind of thinking French
The Ping Pong Tables at This French School Have No Rules Read More »
If you worked in an office during the Windows 95 era, you knew the drill. The boss walks past, you alt-tab from Solitaire to a spreadsheet, and if you’re feeling particularly bold, you minimize Minesweeper and hope nobody notices the gray grid burned into your retinas. The game was a workplace epidemic, a logic puzzle
LEGO Minesweeper Captures the Windows 95 Game That Ruined Office Productivity Read More »
Nothing’s unique design language has inspired many gadgets and concept designs, and this one is no different. Just like the Nothing NK-1 keyboard which follows the brand’s transparent aesthetics, the minimalist form factor, and the signature font, this concept keyboard is one for fans who have always wanted a Nothing keyboard. This concept looks like
Josh Brockett is a freelance 3D digital artist and generalist based in Metro Detroit, Michigan. He specializes in concept art, album covers, and visualizers, but is most widely recognized for his “Everydays” project. Brockett primarily works with Cinema 4D and Octane Render. He heavily credits the legendary digital artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) as his main
Amazing Atmospheric 3D Architecture And Melancholic Landscapes of Josh Brockett Read More »
How This Kyneton Garden Embraces Windy + Dry Conditions Gardens by Amelia Barnes This new Kyneton garden has a ‘wild and untouched’ look owing to its minimal hard landscaping and dry plant palette. Besides some clusters of exposed boulders and deciduous trees, the site had little existing garden infrastructure, Tim designed a garden conducive to
How This Kyneton Garden Embraces Windy + Dry Conditions Read More »
Dan Neuenhaus is a multidisciplinary graphic designer, 3D illustrator, and motion graphics artist based in the Midlands, United Kingdom. Neuenhaus primarily works with digital 3D modeling software like Blender, combining heavy cinematic lighting with sleek modern graphic design. His portfolio is heavily skewed toward high-performance automotive visuals, where he spends hours modeling, compositing, and rendering
Amazing High-Performance Renders Blending Sleek Car Culture With Sci-Fi Aesthetics Read More »
