Here’s what we looked at this week:
“Anti-Tesla” Slate to offer sub-$20,000 modular EVs.
Spacetop for Windows: AR glasses that provide a virtual, private 100″ display space.
Smart design: Pelican’s reconfigurable, infinitely reusable foam inserts.
Verge’s hubless wheels for production vehicles.
The design evolution of mailboxes, for better or worse.
This “Emigre Fonts” book documents trailblazing digital fonts from the 1980s and ’90s.
The Vision V: Mercedes-Benz’s over-the-top luxury limousine EV.
Nite Ize’s climbing-gear-inspired carabiner-based detachable keyrings.
From China, solar-powered pergolas.
The Versa Air is an airbrush that doesn’t require a compressor—or cleaning.
The Flip Alarm Clock, by industrial design firm DesignWright, has the simplest shut-off mechanism.
Remedial design: Industrial designer Peter Williams invents a solution for drying out hydration bladders.
The Ice Device, by industrial designer Vanik Piliguian, improves the UX of the ice cube tray.
dbrand’s fake grass cases for your device.
Roberts’ designey, Japanese-inspired wooden hot tubs.
The Kangaroo Porter is a handy folding utility cart/worksurface.
This Lift & Slide cart can load goods, and itself, into your truck.
Industrial design case study: Sundberg Ferar tackle’s Dremel’s next generation power tools.
