Here’s what we looked at this week:
ID student Jakob Kohnle designed this impressive TetherLock tool system for industrial climbers.
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An architecture firm solved a tricky display problem for a tiny Tokyo store with clever design.
What’s worse: The fact that Oscar Mayer created a drinking straw for beer shaped like a hot dog, or that it sold out almost immediately?
This designey Vesuvio public ashtray makes it a bit easier for the person who has to empty it.
Naoto Fukasawa designed a line of playground equipment for Tokyo-based Play Design Lab.
The Pro Leveler is a small, smart invention for fixing wobbly outdoor tables.
This adjustable-shade Galileo Lamp Series is by designer Edoardo Lietti.
Schemata Architects designed this concrete street furniture to be easy for workers to move using a pallet jack.
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Here’s a $2,500, 430-sq-ft tent you’re meant to air condition with your EV.
I’m digging the wraparound bevel on this injection-molded Pato chair, by industrial designers Hee Welling and Gudmundur Ludvik.
Charlie Brown lived in a world of Mid-Century Modern furniture.
Furniture design from Greenland: This Naya chair, by designer Anders Zeeb, is based on the traditional Greenlandic Ulu knife.
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This Ferrari Tailor Made 812 Competizione, created for a charity auction, has been given the sketchbook treatment.
Researchers at Rice University have developed a textile-based haptic feedback system, paving the way to embedding it in clothing.
Boss Move: This corner office, from 1939, is an elevator!
The Tachoseat, by industrial designer Manual Golub, uses 3D-printed legs to turn discarded buckets into rolling stools.
Perfect proportions on Rolls-Royce’s stunning Amethyst Droptail.
I’m glad that car companies no longer keep their designers under wraps. Here’s a video of Ford Europe’s designers discussing their approach to the Explorer EV.
Industrial Design/Engineering Firm Mixer helped Oakley and Intel create these Radar Pace sunglasses with built-in headphones. They’re for real-time coaching of extreme athletes.
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