Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat

Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat

Most urban design conversations center on permanence: the building, the plaza, the park. Fixed, costly, and slow to adapt. Seoul-based studio BKID Co is thinking differently, and the result is the Seoul Shade, a compact, foldable sunshade that quietly challenges the idea that public comfort has to be built into the ground. BKID, founded by…

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Ferrari-inspired TESTaZERO is a flamboyant speedster for open air adventures, all-electric Luce better watch out

Ferrari-inspired TESTaZERO is a flamboyant speedster for open air adventures, all-electric Luce better watch out

Ferrari has finally entered the electric-powertrain domain with its Luce sports car, which some adore while others absolutely hate. The controversial performance car is the Italian marque’s maiden venture into clean, responsible transition, designed in collaboration with Johnny Ive. While the names involved are larger than life, I hope they have some vehicle planned for the near…

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Your Home’s Newest Resident Is a Tiny Blue Butler

Your Home’s Newest Resident Is a Tiny Blue Butler

Furniture, as a category, is not usually meant to make you smile. It holds things, supports things, stores things. Function dictates form, and form gets built around the assumption that your chair or side table should have as little personality as possible. That is the design orthodoxy, at least. The longstanding idea that objects in…

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Objects With Opinions: Ronen Kadushin’s Pieces

Objects With Opinions: Ronen Kadushin’s Pieces

There are designers who make beautiful things, and then there are designers who make things that make you think. Ronen Kadushin belongs firmly in the second camp, and his latest collection, Pieces, is proof that a home accessory can be both genuinely useful and quietly subversive. The collection consists of three objects: a candle holder…

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