Надежда на светлое будущее Эпла

Интернет ликует, что из Эпла уходит главный дизайнер Алан Дай.

Алан — лицо деградации интерфейса в Эпле, происходившей последние годы. Если раньше ключевые принципы хорошего интерфейса было удобно объяснять на примере Эпла, то сейчас на примере Эпла остаётся показывать только, как делать нельзя. Алан получил огромную власть при минимальной компетентности: он просто не понимает, что делает интерфейс хорошим; он необразован и даже не осознаёт этого. Внешний вид и поверхностные эффекты полностью победили глубокую продуманность, и всё продолжает работать только благодаря величайшему фундаменту, построенному в далёком прошлом. Дай не понимал и не уважал этот фундамент.

На место Дая приходит Стив Лемей. Я не слышал это имя, но он работал в Эпле дизайнером интерфейса с 1999 года, так что нет сомнений, что он хотя бы...

Ic3y Mag

Ic3y Mag is a Montreal-based print magazine exploring the intersections of music, design, and technology. Launched online in 2017, the platform began as a space to document emerging artists and creative culture. Over the years, it evolved into a more curated editorial project, leading to the release of its first-ever print edition in 2025. Titled The Archive Issue, this debut print issue brings together interviews, photography, and features spanning from 2023 to 2025?capturing a snapshot of creative voices shaping the current landscape. The issue features contributions from artists like Oklou, Gus Dapperton, Boy Harsher, Honeydrip, KU?KA, Fvckrender, William Arcand, PHI Centre, MUTEK, Pretty Girl, Valentin Hansen, and Tileyard London. Ic3y Mag is independently published and...

Specialty Tools: Häfele's Long Range Cabinet Feet Leveler is Easier On the Back

These are Häfele's adjustable feet for cabinets.

They allow tradespeople to easily get cabinets level on uneven floors, by simply turning the threaded spindles.

If they can reach them, that is. As you can imagine, during a cabinetry install, the feet on the front are easy to get to.

But the ones in the back, not so much.

Thus Häfele also sells this Axilo tool, sized to reach those pesky rear feet.

The tool can be powered by a hand driver or a drill.

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The Loop Living Cocoon: A Mushroom-Based Coffin Grown in Seven Days

As we live our lives, we humans steadily pollute the planet. And when we die, we have our final opportunity to concentrate poison into the Earth. And boy do we make the most of it.

Your average casket is made out of wood, which biodegrades. But few funeral planners are opting for unfinished pine boxes. Instead we slather that casket in stains and polyurethane finishes, and fasten the joinery with polyvinyl acetate glue. We fill that casket with shiny synthetic textiles covering a thin foam mattress attached to plywood laminated with formaldehyde glue. We add a foam pillow, also...

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Max Mara - Untamed Heroine

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Lazy Lighting App Makes Projection Mapping Easy

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This is incredibly clever. An unknown developer has come up with an easy way to do projection mapping, using any projector (as long as it's got HDMI) and your smartphone or tablet. You do this by isolating different zones you'd like to project onto, and turning each of them into a separate channel:

Three channels not enough? Here he breaks it into nine:

Here's a demo where he shows you how to set it up:

The app is called Lazy Lighting. It runs $20 a year, or $130 for a lifetime subscription.

The Aircrate: A Reusable Bubblewrap Alternative Where You Provide the Air

Paintings can be wrapped in bubble wrap to protect them in storage or during transit. And while bubble wrap is technically reusable, few bother to carefully cut it off and re-coil it, so it often becomes waste.

A Spanish company called Artmor has come up with a neater, reusable and more bespoke solution. Their Aircrate product comes in multiple sizes, and arrives to you like this:

You sleeve the piece, then inflate it with an compressor, a balloon pump or a manual pump:

You get a perfect fit—quickly, without using any tape—and the Aircrate can be...

A Magnetically Self-Coiling Charging Cable

Back in the days of corded landlines, everyone had a phone in the kitchen. It was desirable for the cord to be long, so users could still move around the kitchen as they chatted. Telephone manufacturers provided a built-in way to keep cords long, yet manageable:

Image: Al Butler

Those are called retractile cords, and they were made on purpose-built coiling production lines. First copper is drawn and annealed into wires. These wires are individually insulated (so they don't mix signals), then wrapped together in a plastic sleeve, either PVC or polyurethane. Next the cords, which are still...