July 2015 Archive

WatchMe changes the face of the Apple watch charger

Product Spotlight • 29 Jul 15

Paris-based designer Vivien Muller wants you to have as much fun charging your Apple Watch as you do using it. >
The unbreakable Drop umbrella

Product Spotlight • 28 Jul 15

Royal College of Art graduate Ayca Dundar has designed an alternative umbrella that addresses the classic failings of the traditional brollie. >
Indian musician creates a foldable wooden tie

Product Spotlight • 23 Jul 15

A retired musician in West Bengal, India created this artisanal, folding wooden tie. >
The world’s most compact electric bike

Product Spotlight • 22 Jul 15

The A-Bike is back and is better than ever. Sir Clive Sinclair’s 2006 foldup bike is set to revolutionise the daily urban commute with an electric upgrade. >
The Lumos helmet is set to radically change road safety for cyclists

Product Spotlight • 22 Jul 15

A bicycle helmet with LED brake and indicator lights will make roads much safer for bicycle riders. >
The monkey-shaped Macaco paperweight

Product Spotlight • 22 Jul 15

According to its creator NikyNaky, this ceramic Macaco paperweight just wants to be loved. >
The Fedora lighting range is inspired by a Russian doll

Product Spotlight • 21 Jul 15

Dima Loginoff , the rising star of Russian design, plays with a traditional shape in his latest contemporary design for Italian design company Axo Light. >
Eat an ice cream then grow a tree

Product Spotlight • 16 Jul 15

This ice-lolly stick can be planted when you finish eating it and it will grow into a tree. >
Two Italian craftsmen create glass inspired by bubble wrap

Product Spotlight • 15 Jul 15

Maya Lapp and Denis Perera subvert the irresistible desire to play with bubble wrap by casting it in glass. >
How innovation saved a sheep-farming town in Devon

Product Spotlight • 14 Jul 15

A product designer has saved a sheep-farming community by inventing a brand new material that utilises wool. >
Toast and a hug from RCA graduate

Product Spotlight • 7 Jul 15

London-based designer Ted Wiles designed a toaster that only works when you give it a hug in an attempt to make its users happy. >
A bikini that helps protect wearers from harmful UV

Product Spotlight • 7 Jul 15

Spinali Design’s new bikini helps women monitor their sun exposure responsibly. >
A glass bubble transforms in motion

Product Spotlight • 6 Jul 15

"Holon" is an intriguing glass sculpture created by Dutch designers Jetske Visser and Michiel Martens. >
The power of Icelandic crystals are captured in the 101.86° light

Product Spotlight • 1 Jul 15

Thomas Vailly and Laura Lynn Jansen examine the colourful nature of crystals to create layers of colourful illumination. >

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