When a Charging Cable Clocks $600K Because It's Actually Durable

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rollingsquare/incharge-life-240w-usb-c-modular-cable-kit-lifetime-system/widget/video.html

What does it say about our product landscape, when a charging cable lands over $600,000 on Kickstarter because it's guaranteed to last?

I can see the allure, as we've all gotten so used to cheap crap that breaks. Swiss company Rolling Square says if you buy their inCharge Life cable, what you're really purchasing is a "lifetime right to own a cable," which makes me a bit queasy—there was a time, though not in this century, that most things were built that way.

The cables are said to be extremely durable, being reinforced with graphene,...

Radiant Sculptures by Arghavan Khosravi Meditate on Subconscious Terrain

Known for addressing issues of censorship and inequality, Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi (previously) has long utilized her bold, fragmented works to confront large-scale problems relevant around the world. Her alluring color palettes and delicate motifs catch the eye and are paired with distinct symbols of tension: a chain lock, cords binding body parts, and roiling flames.

While her concerns are global, Khosravi has always considered her practice somewhat of a balm that helps her cope with trying times. And so the inward turn of her latest body of work perhaps ventures farther into this territory as she allows herself to delve...

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Twelve products for home offices and workplaces to improve concentration

Dezeen Showroom: from wellbeing-enhancing office pods to products that covertly control noise, the following pieces are designed to make workplaces more design- and comfort-forward.

Designers are increasingly enhancing both the function and form of products intended for use in offices, acknowledging the need for furniture and accessories that create more productive and appealing interiors to work in.

Among the following selection are items catered to both home offices and communal workplaces. This includes an office pod designed with neurodivergence in mind, a system of curtains that have acoustic properties, and a task chair created in collaboration with eminent names in the design...

An Architecture Student Project Disaster and Recovery

This reminds me so much of ID school, when last-minute disaster would strike in the studio.

Here we see the Fabrication Workshop, a 7,000-square-foot facility at SUNY Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning.

Students taking the Structures III course investigate structural members as design elements themselves, and build their projects in the Fabrication Workshop in teams.

Student Team Group 04 had an unlucky break this week, with their Tensioned Sheet project: They were attempting to cast concrete using a burlap form, hoisting the form upright from a ring as the concrete set. Then disaster struck:

Island Retreat / The Ranch Mine

© Dan Ryan Studio architects: The Ranch MineLocation: San Pedro, BelizeProject Year: 2024Photographs: Dan Ryan StudioArea: 4871.0 ft2

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Fifty-metre-long skylight spans length of Kitaoka Group headquarters in Japan

A fifty-metre-long skylight cuts through the centre of Kitaoka Group Head Office Building, renovated by Tokyo studio Wataru Architects in Mima City, Japan.

Wataru Architects redesigned the 40-year-old building belonging to construction company Kitaoka Group into an open, light-filled office with a strong connection to the surrounding landscape and local community.

"The project aims to redefine the values of working environments in Japan, starting from the local context," Wataru Architects principal Wataru Sato told Dezeen.

"This integration embraces the surrounding natural landscape and fosters communication among employees, their families and the broader community," Sato said.

BIG designs Hamburg State Opera as "landscape of concentric terraces"

Architecture studio BIG has unveiled designs for a waterfront home for Hamburg State Opera, which will be enclosed by a series of interconnected terraces.

Set to be built on a peninsula within the German city's HafenCity quarter, the 45,000-square-metre venue will contain production and performance facilities for the State Opera and Hamburg Ballet.

BIG described its design as a "public building within a park" – consisting of a main volume and landscaped garden that will rise to meet elevated terraces on its upper floors.

"The opera will appear like a landscape of concentric terraces...

Преодолеваем телеграмный запрет на войсы

Сегодня я хотел отправить коллеге голосовое сообщение с размышлениями о том, как сделать задачу, но оказалось, что у него отключён приём голосовых. Тогда я пошёл в ЧатГПТ, попросил распознать мою запись и чуть-чуть привести её в читаемый вид. В итоге отправил ему уже текст. Такой вот лайфхак на случай, если очень хочется отправить голосовое, а тебе не дают.

Полагаться на телеграмовское распознавание речи не стоит. Если наговорить полторы минуты, а Телеграм превратит это в одну простыню, читать будет невозможно. А ЧатГПТ умеет разбить текст на абзацы и убрать чисто голосовые особенности.

Кстати, эту заметку я тоже наговорил голосом, пока шёл по городу, а ЧатГПТ её привёл в порядок.

Fold Oslo creates lighting from kitchen utensils and demolition waste

Members of Norwegian design collective Fold Oslo have unveiled an assortment of lamps made from found objects and waste materials.

Named Nytt Lys, the collection contains six lighting designs, incorporating old kitchen utensils, demolition waste and the coarse wool of Norwegian sheep.

The works were produced by five members of Fold Oslo, a collective of young Oslo-based designers who share an interest in responsible design and material exploration.

Tobias Berg made two lamps, both by repurposing aluminium products originally created for the kitchen.

Krans is a terracotta-hued table...