Studio Drift’s EGO brings human emotions to life
EGO is concerned with man and his inner world. The kinetic sculpture depicts a person’s mental state, including their hopes,…
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Den Sorte Skole x Vertigo combines sound and light, music and design
For electronic music duo Den Sorte Skole, Danish artist collective Vertigo creates a hypnotic light and stage design installation. A…
The design of the world’s first real floating island city in the Maldives
Netherlands-based architecture firm Waterstudio is set to build a “first-of-its-kind floating island city” in the Maldives,resembling a native coral, called…
Uni students use a robotic arm to construct 3D felt sculptures
Wes McGee, Tsz Yan Ng, and Asa Peller of Taubman College in Michigan devised a robotic needle felting procedure appropriate…
Principles of modern villa design
The villa is a house built far from the city in a natural setting.The shape of these structures changed over…
Future-making electronic patches: ElectroDermis
Wireless, flexible bandages take the place of more permanent implants and gadgets that corporations have been developing.ElectroDermis is a fabrication…
New masterplan for Lingang Special District revealed
Renowned architecture firm Ennead Architects has revealed the design of the new masterplan for the Shanghai Lingang Special District,which will…
Drone – a Plane – the new Parrot SWING in an x-shape!
The Parrot SWING is a clever piece of design and engineering that combines the features of a quadcopter and a…
Use Nibol hot-desking service to work from the city’s greatest cafes
Riccardo Suardi, the CEO and Founder of Nibol, a hot-desking app based in Milan, talks us through his entrepreneurial career…
Interior design of Willch’s flagship tea shop á like a movie scene in China
Chinese design firm CUN Design has designed a flagship store for tea brand Willchá in Beijing, Chinawith strong geometric shapes,…
22 degree villa design
In the design of the 22-degree villa, water served as a connecting element, and water not only played a unifying…
SHOWin3D promises to transform the design industry with its 3D revolution
SHOWin3D is Shin Software’s ideal for digital transformation, combining 3D modeling, virtual reality, and ultra-realistic graphics to change things forever.Stefano…
Design a culture and arts center inspired by the meandering valleys of Shaanxi
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won a competition to design a new cultural and art center in Shaanxi Province, China.Design…
Stretching becomes an engaging game with the Solelp mat
Solelp is a smart exercise mat that provides real-time feedback via LIDAR sensors and embedded LEDs.Many people nowadays suffer from…
Everywhere, all the time: designing experiences for an omnichannel world
In the aftermath of the epidemic, combining physical and digital encounters strengthens ties.If you’re anything like me, you spend a…
Railway station design with long span roof structure
Grimshaw has won a competition, with Nautes Architects, WSP, Vogt and Turner & Townsend,to redesign the Nyugati railway station in Budapest,…
Designed to survive: A decade of lessons
CEO Chad Hutson draws on lessons learned after co-founding and running experience design business Leviathan for the past ten years…
Google has released a wearable pixel that is 3D printed
Google’s Jacquard is a wearable platform that integrates the digital world into everyday activities without interfering with the user’s lifestyle.Problem-solving…
Completing a pink staircase on the roof of the Het Nieuwe Institute
MVRDV has completed a pink urban staircase and rooftop theater for the Het Nieuwe Institute in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Design FeaturesNamed…
This skateboard-inspired speaker prototype is controlled via a fingerboard
Designer Dot, a Korean design studio, has created a skateboard-inspired speaker named Punk.Designer Dot drew influence from the shape and…
P-Tap eliminates the need for power lines that are transparent
Power Tap (P-Tap), developed by Cohda Design, enables for undetectable power distribution through glass, eliminating the need for cables.Cohda Design…
