Here’s what we looked at this week:
Microsoft’s new AI face animation technology turns a single snapshot into a convincing talking head. “Make anyone say anything.”
Outside-the-box thinking: The Seabike is an aquatic bicycle, without the bicycle.
Industrial Design student work: This M–W256 bag, done by Sven Abplanalp at ECAL, features androgynous clips.
Does anyone know who designed/built this chair?
“I got the psychological aspect of the product wrong,” said Italian industrial designer Bruno Munari, of his Cubo ashtray.
Image: Di Albertozanardo – CC BY-SA 4.0
The Harlow Chandelier, by Scott Richler: When an architect/jewelry designer designs lighting fixtures.
As wearable speaker designs continue to evolve, Sony decides, atypically for a tech object, to scale them up.
Form follows function: Stange glasses for Kölsch beer, and their special tray for servers.
This Grasp Lamp, by industrial designer Thomas Albertsen, has no wiring. Instead you pop in a rechargeable bulb.
