Smart glasses have a problem they don’t talk about enough, and it has nothing to do with design or battery life or social awkwardness. It’s…
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The sustainable home goods market has a specific credibility problem. Products marketed as eco-conscious often get there through incremental adjustments, reducing a percentage of virgin…
Museums have a reputation problem. For decades, they’ve been temples of quiet reverence: boxy, imposing, slightly intimidating buildings that seem to announce, before you’ve even…
The shared household notice board is one of those ideas that never quite works the way it’s supposed to. Paper notes fall off, whiteboards get…
A dorm room desk is rarely designed. It arrives with the furniture package or gets assembled in the first week, and everything that lands on…
Titanium is a material with a very specific reputation. It belongs to the world of rugged efficiency, survival gear, and precision engineering, usually chosen for…
Every new parent knows which household sounds can end a nap. The dishwasher at the wrong moment. A phone notification set too loud. Or the…
I tried to listen to an album last week. The whole thing, start to finish, like a functioning adult in the 90s. I made it…
In 1982, Universal Studios looked at Donkey Kong, saw King Kong, and sent lawyers. Standard shakedown stuff, and most companies would have folded and paid…
There’s a certain kind of freedom that comes with owning less. Escape’s eBoho Go leans into that idea with zero apology — a 16-foot, all-electric…
Most people who drink tea on the go will admit, at some point, that they’ve committed the great tea crime: leaving the bag in too…
Three hundred twenty-seven thousand, nine hundred and six pieces. Every single one placed by a human hand, pressed into position by a human thumb, across…
Rogbid believes traditional crowns are so dead. The watches now need mouse-style scroll wheels because, why not? If you think that’s a good idea, and…
I’m one of those people who would prefer their cold drinks to have more ice even if they’re already cold, whether it’s water, soft drinks,…
Water scarcity and urban heat are two separate crises that public infrastructure rarely addresses together. Most public spaces are designed primarily for social use, with…
Temperature is one of the few things in fine dining that no one fully controls once a dish leaves the kitchen. A perfectly cooked piece…
The mosquito has never been bested by elegance. We’ve thrown everything at it: citronella candles that smell like a health food store, zappers that feel…
Asus has come a long way since the 2nd of April 1989. By that count, it’s only been two decades for ROG’s existence. Arguably the…
There is a kind of man who takes longer at the electronics counter, not because he cannot decide, but because he is looking for something…
Music festivals spend a lot of money on stages. Big rigs, elaborate lighting systems, branded tents that block your view of the mountains. And then…
The pen case is one of those objects that nobody seems to have genuinely rethought. The standard design is a zippered pouch: pens go in,…
In the Season 1 finale of House of Cards, Frank Underwood rows himself into such a state of focused intensity that the handle snaps clean…
