Second White's Sleek Folding Electric Scooter

This strange-looking suitcase…

…is actually a piece of portable mobility.

"It is a lightweight 3-stage folding electric kickboard that can be easily carried with one hand," writes South Korean design firm Second White.

It appears to be just a prototype/concept, with...

2xA Studio

Website for 2xA Studio. A code-driven design studio operating between Amsterdam and Athens.

Improvised Transport on Abandoned Infrastructure: Colombia's Ingenious Motorcycle-Railroad Adapters

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Colombia started building railroads in the mid-19th century, and they boomed up until the mid-20th. But by the 1990s, as roads and cars proliferated, the national rail company was liquidated. Rural communities lost service.

The tracks, however, remained. So rural communities improvised these ingenious motobalineras, improvised wooden platforms for motorcycles or even bicycles. The bikes ride on a single rail and provide the propulsion, while the platform can be adapted to haul passengers or cargo.

Here's one in action, shot by Jorge Eliecer Zuleta Anduquia. Note that the platforms are light enough...

Modhaus' Wireless Phone Charger with a Concrete Base

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modhaus/upright-wireless-charging-done-right/widget/video.html

To prevent sliding around on a tabletop, most wireless chargers have rubber feet or silicone pads under their bases. The folks over at Modhaus, a South Korean product brand, went with a more extreme solution: The base of their Upright charger is cast concrete.

For the phone-facing surface, they went with hardwood, offering both Oak and Walnut.

The $78 charger was Kickstarted within hours. The campaign's done now, but they're still taking pre-orders.

U.S. Government Bans Foreign-Made Robots

Recently we've covered a number of robots, ranging from creepy to nifty:

UBTECH's U1 companion robots.

Unitree's crazy off-road AS2-W.

Hyundai's parking robots.

AGIBOT's Expedition A3 packing itself away for transport.

The Swiss LEVA cargo-carrying dog-bot.

Unitree's GD-01 mecha-bot.

As of today, they all have one thing in common: They're all banned by the United States government. This week the Federal Communications Commission issued a ban on foreign-made "advanced robotic devices," citing security concerns:

Prykirne Restaurant by Ksenya Butsa Architecture Design

Located in the mountain resort town of Skhidnytsia in western Ukraine, the Prykirne restaurant by Ksenya Butsa Design Studio reinterprets the vernacular culture of the Boyko region through a contemporary hospitality interior rooted in material honesty, regional craft and spatial warmth. Occupying a 375-square-metre volume within the Panorama Skhidnytsia SPA Resort, the restaurant is defined [...]

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Помнить, о чём говорили с клиентом сто лет назад

С клиентом произошла ситуация. Мы в пятый раз возвращаемся к задаче, которую всё никак не могли доделать из-за недостатка вводных от третьей стороны. Но вот поступила очередная пачка тех самых вводных. И менеджер клиента говорит:
— Ты не помнишь, теперь достаточно данных нам? Или мы как вообще решили делать там в прошлый раз?

А я как раз ничего не помню и думаю, как же мучительно будет пытаться это вспомнить по переписке, если оно там вообще есть.

Наверное вы думаете, что я вам сейчас скажу, как с нейросетями всё сразу нашёл, но нет: менеджер клиента сказал, что сам найдёт и пришлёт, так что я отделался лёгким испугом.

Но вообще этот момент напомнил мне, что так делать не надо, а надо всё помнить. Чем больше головняка ты...

CIAO ENERGY - LAUNCH WEBSITE

An immersive experience built with Webflow and Three.js for the launch of Ciao Energy’s new drink range, centered on an interactive 3D object, sound design, and a minimalist identity.

Meet Fusion Forward Competition Juror Michelle Lee, Partner at IDEO San Francisco

As a Partner and Executive Managing Director at IDEO San Francisco, Michelle Lee leads multidisciplinary teams of researchers, designers, and engineers across sectors ranging from healthcare and workplace culture to responsible digital design and the circular economy. This year, she brings that range to Fusion Forward: Design for Home, Core77's design competition with Autodesk Fusion, where she'll help evaluate entries designed for the domestic environment.

It's a natural fit. Lee's sharpest instincts trace back to the toy industry, where she learned to apply the logic of play, its openness to iteration,...

Roof Racks That Automatically Lift and Lower the Load For You

These powered arms eliminate the single biggest hassle of a roof rack: The loading and unloading.

They're made by multiple Chinese manufacturers you've never heard of, like Sionto and Kayjay. Sadly, there's nothing to link to; these companies don't have web presences that I can find. They're the kind of thing you have to order by DM'ing shady Instagram accounts. We're seeing that more and more these days, where the lack of brand longevity and trust means there's no guarantee you'll receive what's shown in the videos.

But it is a nifty and useful mechanism; hopefully a...