Here’s what we looked at this week:
The forthcoming Rivian R3 channels Giorgetto Giugiaro’s classic design for the Volkswagen Rabbit.
Design researcher Sasha McKinlay’s 4D Knit Dress represents a revolutionary clothes production method.
EV manufacturer NIO demonstrates their ET9 shaking snow off of itself. Practical feature, or automotive industry clickbait?
Laser weapons, IRL: Less “Star Wars,” more like burning ants with a magnifying glass.
Toyo Steel’s stacking M-8 metal storage boxes, originally designed for factories, now remarketed for domestic applications.
The Mua-Lau Chair demonstrates industrial designer Brian Chang’s brilliant use of bamboo in furniture.
Also by Takurou Seino: This clever jig for producing the Naguri pattern in wood.
This Bispham Wall Clock is by Post General, a Japanese manufacturer of Western-inspired vintage-style products.
The Clipa Purse Hook is an actually useful bit of EDC.
