Here’s what we looked at this week:
An ice cube alternative: Frozen titanium spheres.
Chinese cars are now achieving 5-star safety ratings (in Europe, where standards are stricter than in the U.S.).
Konstantin Grcic’s industrial-looking grinder for Alessi.
Cea Design’s incredibly Modernist hideaway toilet.
How much should you weigh? This 1970s scale told you.
The Rainwater Wall: A space-saving water harvesting tank.
Strutt’s awesome powered wheelchair is not a wheelchair (for legal reasons).
Industrial designer Erina Caldeira’s steel twist on woven baskets.
Examples of well-worn objects. Ideally, we’d see everything we own reach these states.
Why did the aerodynamic look go away, and will it come back? Volkswagen’s Mission Efficiency suggests it will.
Furniture designer Chiara Verde’s cork lounge chair.
Pedestal’s power strip accessories, by Swiss industrial design firm Big Game.
Allround, by industrial designer Hirotaka Tako, is a minimalist wheeled stool that doesn’t look like a wheeled stool.
A 1973 Fiat pickup truck.
