Have you ever dreamed of sitting around the solar system? Modder at The 5439 Workshop on YouTube may have just made it possible with this new kind of solar system inside a coffee table. This is a cherry wood and aluminum coffee table with a precision cutout in the middle where a “mechanical orrery with […]
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Here’s something you don’t expect to sit on: surgical masks. Nearly 10,000 of them, to be exact. But that’s exactly what Design PY created in Hong Kong’s Tai Kok Tsui neighborhood with Tidal Stories, a spiraling urban installation that quite literally traces where the ocean used to be. The concept is brilliant in its simplicity.
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November 2025 marks a turning point for LEGO. The Danish brick giant has evolved from childhood toy manufacturer into something more nuanced: a creator of kinetic sculptures, display pieces that command adult spaces, and intricate tributes to pop culture that blur the line between building set and collectible art. This month’s releases span from mechanical
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tanween’s 8th edition takes center stage at ITHRA From November 17 to 22, 2025, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) presents the 8th edition of its annual design event, Tanween. A highlight of the MENA region’s design landscape with global relevance, Tanween 2025 brings together designers from Saudi Arabia and around the
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There’s something thrilling about watching a design contest unfold. You post a brief, and soon dozens of creative minds are interpreting it in their own way—each bringing fresh ideas, unique styles, and unexpected visions to the table. It’s exciting, fast-paced, and full of potential. But, beneath all that creative energy lies a practical side that
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COR Architecture + Design builds Long-Unfinished Sax Music Hall COR Architecture + Design has finalized the Sax Music Hall in Sax, Spain, completing a long-stalled cultural complex. Construction of a cultural complex began in 2008, intended to include a library, an auditorium, chamber music rooms, a music school, and a conference hall across more
Palmtops and UMPCs are experiencing a quiet resurgence among people who want something more focused than a laptop and more tactile than a phone. Compact e-ink devices and tiny Bluetooth keyboards have become affordable building blocks for exactly this kind of project, letting makers combine them into pocketable machines tailored to writing, reading, or just
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Electric cars serve as power generators during outages Can electric cars double as power generators for homes without electricity and neighborhoods experiencing blackouts and outages? In the recent announcement of Polestar, the company is using its Polestar 3 to supply energy to homes with bi-directional charging. The brand is working with the home energy
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A warm refuge shaped in technical precision: the new Despiertoo Specialty Coffee space designed by SALTO. Two years after opening…
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carlo ratti and Höweler + Yoon’s AquaPraça arrives in brazil AquaPraça, the 400 square-meter floating plaza by CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon is officialy anchored along Guajará Bay for COP30, becoming one of the summit’s most visible architectural statements on climate adaptation. Unveiled in Belém by Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
