Alessi's New Junkyard-Inspired Espresso Maker

Is Memphis making a comeback? While I wouldn't go that far, Alessi has unveiled their new Vite expresso maker, which wouldn't have looked out of place in the '80s or '90s. Designed by British-Canadian industrial designer Philippe Malouin, the bodies are cast aluminum while the base is magnetic steel (so they'll work with induction ranges). The handles are thermoplastic resin.

As for the form, Malouin drew inspiration from junkyards:

Street Artists Take On Monumental Infrastructure in ‘Impossible’ Photos

Known for his collaborative photography projects like Invisible Jumpers, Joseph Ford is interested in perception and intervention. His ongoing series, Impossible Street Art, invites artists such as Antonyo Marest, Alex Senna, and MadC to imagine their work in monumental landscapes via a bit of sleight of hand. The artists create trompe-l’œil interventions on Ford’s photographs, which he then documents on an easel in front of that same place to give a sense of what these huge paintings or installations would feel like in situ.

“These new works mostly explore infrastructure in the form of huge concrete constructions—nuclear power plants, dams, fossil...

XSTO's Self-Balancing Stair-Climbing Dolly Cart

When we last looked in on Chinese mobility company XSTO, it was for their all-terrain stair-climbing wheelchair.

The company has also adapted their stair-climbing mechanism to dolly carts. Their Self-Balancing Stair Climber allows the user to effortlessly hump 551 lbs up or down a staircase.

The load platform has arms that can extend sideways, allowing you to carry wider loads.

And at least in the demo, it looks remarkably stable:

The units fold down for transport.

These run $3,100.

Festool Solves Dust Extraction by Breaking Time-Space Continuum

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An end to hoses: Festool's new research breakthrough eliminates them altogether. Using AI, the company has designed two interconnected portals that simply teleport the dust from the tool to the extractor:

It looks very convincing in video:

Are there logic problems with this design? Of course. If you can teleport the dust, why would you bother sending it to the extractor, as opposed to within the cab of a competitor's truck? Or forward in time, into the client's home on the day after your workmanship warranty expires?

The Scout Work Mobile Workstation, Designed by Konstantin Grcic

Konstantin Grcic's Scout Work Mobile is a workstation designed for flexible workspaces. It's a small, wheeled trapezoidal desk with a tubular steel frame.

The frame not only provides grab points for wheeling the desk around, but also provides a hanging point for dividers and bag hooks.

Additionally, it supports two tracks on the sides. The user can manually change the table's height.

The strap at the back provides the rear support for the worksurface. It also allows you to tilt them up, so that...

Kelly Wearstler to launch H&M Home collection at Milan design week

Designer Kelly Wearstler has teamed up with Swedish retailer H&M Home on a line of lighting, accessories and modular furniture that will be unveiled with a Milan design week installation in a palazzo.

The collection will comprise 29 pieces in total, with 13 key designs set to be shown in Milan's Palazzo Acerbi, a 17th-century baroque palace in the centre of the Italian city.

It marks the first time that Wearstler has shown in Milan, as well as H&M Home's debut at the design week.

The collection, which features designs made from materials including textiles, wood,...

Elements Texture tiles by Casalgrande Padana

Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Casalgrande Padana aimed to bring new softness and depth to block-coloured tiles with its Elements Texture porcelain stoneware range.

The Elements Texture tiles feature subtly cloudy matt surfaces in a choice of six neutral colours and two textures – either Naturale, with a chalky organic grain, or Canvas, which is more crosshatched and textile-like.

These textures are soft to the touch and have a tactile quality, helping to create balanced, welcoming interiors within a broad range of decorating styles, from classical to modern.

The range is intended to combine style and performance...

KanKan

We partnered with the founders to relaunch Kankan as a personal care brand with a core focus on sustainability and circularity. Building on their goal of removing single use plastics from the bathroom.

Stitch Your Favorite Destinations with Jake Henzler’s ‘Knit the City’

When we visit major hubs like Copenhagen or Paris, we often take a lot of photos and make sure to grab a little souvenir as a memento of our visit. How better to remember the architecture and the feel of the city? Well, fiber designer Jake Henzler, a.k.a. Boy Knits World, figures you can stitch those memories into something much cozier than a postcard or a keychain.

Forthcoming from David & Charles Publishing, Henzler’s book Knit the City highlights buildings around the world through a series of building block-like patterns. Using a modular system, details like gables and windows can be...

OAD tops barn-like summer home with thatch roof

An exterior of charred timber and thatch is contrasted by a vibrant interior palette of blues and purples at this riverside home in Riga, Latvia designed by architecture studio OAD.

Located in Riga's suburbs, the 641-square-metre summer home named BPROM is comprised of a two-bedroom dwelling and an independent annexe containing a sauna and guest suite.

Drawing on the appearance of traditional Latvian homesteads, OAD designed a barn-like form with several contemporary twists. It includes a bowed thatched roof and a blue and purple interior palette that references the dragonflies found in the nearby...