Here’s what we looked at this week:
Fantastic Industrial Design student work: Charlie Humble-Thomas asks “How long should objects last?” He pursues the answer by creating three variants of umbrella: Recyclable, Repairable, and Durable, then weighs the consequences of each.
The Slittino bench, by designer Léa Debernardi, mixes CNC fabrication with handmade.
One bad-ass pool cover: Turning a derelict swimming pool into a terrace.
This beautiful ANC stool, by design consultancy Panter & Tourron, is CNC milled from an aluminum slab.
The Help Universal Light, by industrial designer Rupert Kopp, is an LED lamp shaped for you to improvise into place.
The Cityshuttle ePack: An electric cargo bike mashed up with a tractor-trailer.
The engineering school equivalent of ID school egg drop challenge: Bridge out of a box.
This desk-mounted pet bed, designed to keep the cat off your keyboard, landed $420K+ on Kickstarter.
The Hailo Libero, a hands-free kitchen cabinet door opener, is the hi-tech version of a step trash can.
These MagPower Tables, designed by Carl Magnusson for Nienkämper, can provide power without needing to be plugged in themselves.
This clever design for a face shield, by Studio Weber + Associates, offloads the head interface to a baseball cap.
Industrial design case study: A package management system designed by Formation Design Group.
