Here’s what we looked at this week:
Industrial designer/mechanical engineer Cameron Smith’s Crisscross Chair is a stylish upgrade the folding chair.
Japanese Overdesign: With five different edge widths, this special Milikeshi eraser is for people who take their erasing precision seriously.
This company is offering a free 55″ 4K TV. The catch is that it comes with a second screen that runs ads.
Chinese company Fourier Intelligence is jumping into the humanoid robot game. Here’s what their Dyson-ish design, the GR-1, will look like:
This portable Anymaka hammock, with a frame that sets up or breaks down in just 3 seconds, has landed about $900K and counting on Kickstarter.
Footwear designer Andrew Kostman’s Pixel Rider sneakers are a lightweight ode to the ’90s.
Beautiful design brought down by lousy QC: Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof has declared bankruptcy.
Originally designed for the PlayStation game Gran Turismo Sport, McLaren’s Solus GT has been brought to life, and just won a race at Goodwood.
French company Bumpair invented an auto-inflating scooter helmet, and evolved it into a user-inflated bicycle helmet.
This week Hyundai unveiled their new Santa Fe, which features “terrace-like tailgate space.”
This AK 2, by industrial designers Uli Budde and Ivan Kasner, is a workspace divider/lamp made from PET felt.
The NPseal Negative Pressure Wound Therapy patch is a surgical bandage with a user-powered pump. It draws fluid and potential infections out of the wound, allowing it to heal more quickly.
