Happy Friday, folks. Here’s what we covered this week:
Steelcase’s Racine Collection is a re-release of Frank-Lloyd-Wright-designed office furniture, with some modern-day updates.
Knife designer Bob Terzuola designed this Tac-and-Tweeze, retractable tweezers that can safely be carried in a pocket.
Audi’s out-there Activesphere concept vehicle is a fastback with a hidden pickup bed.
We asked (and think we figured out) why the classic French workwear shirt lacks a right breast pocket.
Industrial design consultancy Herbst Produkt has designed a range of beautiful cutting tools for Slice.
Artifact Design NC uses their laser cutter to make 3/4-view displays for toy cars.
ECAL Industrial design student Theodore Simon created this monomaterial compliant-mechanism scale.
Konstantin Grcic’s handsome Locker Box and Drop Box for Vitra are toolboxes for knowledge workers in the world of hot-desking.
In our monthly Design Speculations, we looked at AI’s collective mindset takeover and the recent wave of layoffs hitting certain sectors.
The Hermès-backed Manufacto program is a wonderful initiative that introduces schoolkids to hand fabrication.
Image: Benoît Teillet / Hermès Corporate Foundation
Image: Benoît Teillet / Hermès Corporate Foundation
Naoto Fukasawa designed these gorgeous aluminum Za stools for Emeco.
Art Center student Drake Dong designed this beautiful Atlas delivery e-bike concept.
Nendo’s Nautilus letter opener brings beauty to an often-overlooked utility object, and works in a surprising way.
Swiss design brand Superlife’s Funambulb light fixture is designed to be easy to hang anywhere.
Product designer Alexey Danilin’s striking Amulet pendant lamp incorporates both hand-blown glass and LED lighting.
Industrial designer Giacomo Moor’s Centina Collection of furniture incorporates bracing based on ancient Roman formworks.
Industrial Design student Thomas Ferreira designed this concept for add-on integrated desk lighting that won’t cast shadows.
Design professor Claudio Larcher designed this low-cost, easy-to-assemble Paco y Paco school furniture for developing nations.
Another rope-and-sheet-goods furniture design is this Knot Waste Furniture by ID consultancy PriestmanGoode, designed to reduce waste.
Japanese-Danish design firm INODA+SVEJE designed this beautiful Kunst sofa and chair for Japanese manufacturer Karimoku.
