Boat-planes, trains, flying cars, or school desks — you name it and Norman Bel Geddes could make it sleeker. He helped bring the streamline style — one that balances aesthetics with aerodynamics — to the mainstream. Were Steve Jobs alive in the 1930s, he would have been all over this. Our friends at Oobject have 11 of his finest works. More »
Forget about the 1km high Kingdom Tower. There will be a building higher than that. This is it, the Azerbaijan Tower. It will be 50m higher, have 189 floors and looks like a beautifully shiny glass, steel and concrete monolith of crap. More »
The NBA All-Star Game is in Orlando this year, and do you know what happens near Orlando? NASA. In celebration of NASA (and the All-Star Game) Nike is releasing a batch of galactic-themed sneakers. Man, these are gorgeous. More »
They say nothing in life is truly free, and that’s perfectly demonstrated in this experimental coffee shop in Helsinki. The coffee is technically gratis, except for the cost of having to enjoy it in a setting controlled by the internet. More »
Rob Beschizza over at BoingBoing put together this awesome video that runs through more or less every iteration of every design Apple’s ever done. It’s mesmerising how even the retro Apple stuff is so obviously ancient but still abides by the same tenets of design as today’s stuff. More »
If you’re to believe traditional craftsmen, computer-aided design and manufacturing removes the romance from making things. Well soon there’ll be a half-way house: a hand-held CNC milling machine. More »
I can’t believe Nike’s churned out 27 different Air Jordans already. The 2012 model is a far cry from the high tops I wore in high school, with a bevy of accessories that customise the shoe to anyone’s playing style. More »
Certainly you’ve assembled a piece of IKEA furniture and experienced that special kind of frustration that comes with realising the screw holes don’t line up and you have to take everything apart and put it together it again. Now imagine this problem at 230m in the air with massive steel girders instead of particle board. When those holes don’t line up, it’s a whole different kind of frustration. More »
Electricity is beautiful, but transmission towers are eyesores. That contradiction hurts my brain. How am I supposed to feel when I look at a beautiful landscape, and it’s ruined by giant towers disappearing into the horizon? We NEED the towers so we might as well get used to them. More »
Not since peanut butter met chocolate has there been such an awesome pairing as showering and lying down as offered by Dornbracht’s new Horizontal Shower unit. It’s perfect for someone, like myself, who can barely remain standing in the morning. More »
