Volvo is celebrating its 97th birthday with the opening of what it calls "World of Volvo" in the company's hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden ~transport Article 666 words, published Apr 11 2024 7 votes
Sculptor sues Swedish glassmaker Kosta Boda for €1m in test of EU ‘bestseller clause’ – landmark case may open door to retrospective claims across bloc ~design Article 1074 words 6 votes
What we learned making a plastic injection mold with a Chinese mold maker ~design Article 1567 words, published Aug 13 2023 21 votes
Lego abandons effort to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles ~hobbies Article 289 words 43 votes
Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions" ~hobbies Article 475 words 15 votes
Sophie de Oliveira Barata on The Alternative Limb Project and the nexus of art and medicine ~design Article 3664 words, published Jun 23 2023 3 votes
As a young industrial designer, Patricia Moore undertook a radical experiment in aging. Her discoveries reshaped the built world. ~design Article 5075 words, published Aug 31 2023 26 votes
Lego is to begin selling bricks coded with braille to help blind and partially sighted children learn to read the touch-based alphabet ~hobbies Article 686 words 29 votes
3TEETH - Slum Planet (feat. Mick Gordon) (2023) ~music metal.industrial Video 3:39, published May 31 2023 6 votes
Patagonia helps Samsung redesign washing machines to help reduce microfiber pollution ~enviro pollution.water plastics.micro Article 46 votes
Secret of Boris - Room 101 (2023) ~music rock metal.electonic industrial.post Video 3:40, published Jan 27 2023 7 votes
Interesting project to create a more humanizing helmet using objects associated with fragility ~transport Link 10 votes
Why is everything so ugly? The mid in fake midcentury modern ~design architecture urban planning Article 3959 words, published Nov 29 2022 26 votes
The Huussi toilet in Finland's pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale disposes of waste without any water ~enviro sustainability Article 7 votes
Arne Aksel: ‘Denmark had become this decorative no-go land. We've been in a white or gray or beige box for what – 20, 25 years? I think people have had enough.’ ~design Article 1424 words, published Jan 11 2023 5 votes
Design collective Andra Formen has created furniture from electric scooters fished out of the canals of Malmö ~design Article 921 words, published Jul 19 2022 4 votes
What if phones were actually designed for hands? ~design Article 2291 words, published Nov 12 2021 9 votes
Vintage IKEA! A 1960s armchair just sold for £12k – here are ten other surprising secondhand Swedish hits ~design Article 718 words 4 votes
Sucks to be him! How Henry the vacuum cleaner became an accidental design icon ~design Article 3435 words, published Jul 24 2021 10 votes
Black Dresses are still broken up, but they just released a new album anyway ~music rock industrial Article 287 words 7 votes
In 1978, to emulate the exuberant and stylistic luxury of the Lincoln Continental, Volvo launched its own facsimile of the traditional American land yacht, the 262C ~transport Video 9:25, published Oct 3 2020 5 votes
The secret history of the conversation chair ~design Article 971 words, published Jan 30 2020 8 votes
British plugs are better than all other plugs, and here's why ~engineering Video 4:26, published Jul 7 2014 17 votes
Transparent public toilets unveiled in Tokyo parks — but they also offer privacy ~design architecture Article 404 words 8 votes
The Tokyo Toilet - Public toilets in seventeen locations in Shibuya will be given unique redesigns by renowned designers and architects ~design architecture Link 11 votes