Here’s what we looked at this week:
Why does no one make milk crate accessories, like interior drawers?
A window-mounted object that invites birds into your home.
Rumpl’s burrito-style Wrap Sack: Re-thinking the design of the sleeping bag, for more freedom of sleeping positions.
Sisto, by furniture designer Edoardo Lietti, is a simple piece of furniture with multiple configurations.
Augmented Carpentry: An AR system that tells workers where to cut the wood, no marking. (I don’t think this is a good idea.)
1980s design commentary: Ron Arad’s Concrete Stereo.
A 1960s design classic: Erik Magnussen’s Z-Down chair.
French company Strong Locks invented this snap-shut bike lock. It works like a bear trap.
If only all charging blocks were like this. The diminutive Torras ZipGo features a retractable USB-C cable.
Long-lived design: Todd Bracher and Humanscale’s elegant Trea series of chairs, still winning awards ten years on.
This BottleLoom gizmo cuts plastic bottles into neat strips for harvesting.
Red Rebane’s EXO MAX is a bike bag designed to carry unusual-shaped objects.