For about half of the 90-years that German brand Braun has been in existence, legendary industrial designer Dieter Rams has been there (a little over 40 years) maintaining his position at the helm of the design team. Rams’ design philosophy, which we outlined extensively in 2009, has made a major widespread impact on the way designers […]

Last week we brought you the ingenious Hangover Lamp and freezable beer tray, courtesy of one Luis Luna. Well his talents lay much deeper than simply reclaiming plastic red cups and making them pretty. Sure, we also love the Gluttony Lamp above — which does similar work as the Hangover Lamp only with plastic cutlery […]

You know that little rock on the table when you go out to eat sushi for you to rest your chopsticks on? Mikiya Kobayashi got rid of that pebble by tapering the tips of chopsticks so they can rest on the table without the tips touching. Chopsticks have just been improved upon…who would have thought. […]

We’ve got a thing for unique lighting. In all it’s forms like this and this and this and this and this and this. And we really like this Flat Lighting by DMO Design Studio out of Seoul, South Korea. Industrial design at its finest. The light uses LEDs, which allows it to be super slim. […]

I’d say someone please give Anton Repponen a job, I’m really digging the idea behind this watch. Repponen has a good one though, serving as senior designer for Fi NY—an interactive firm and digital production studio based in NYC where he specializes in designing user interfaces and applications. Speaking of interface, I love the infinity […]