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Eindhoven design studio OS & OOS has created a range of furniture based on architectural constructions, which are built from individual steel ribs fixed in a gridded structure.

Dutch design duo Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen from OS & OOS constructed their Matrix furniture range using multiple strips of laser-cut steel, which are then assembled into lattice frameworks.

The collection includes a series of benches and lights, all designed with a minimal aesthetic.

When viewed from different perspectives, the thickness of the steel-cut gridded sections give the impression of different transparencies.

This structure also playfully interacts with light, as each lighting piece casts unusual, geometric shadows onto the projected surface.

The build of each piece was inspired by the principle of “form meets function”, OS & OOS told Dezeen.

As each strip of steel is cut from a sheet, they can be customised to fit particular purposes such as seating or surface use, making the matrix structure highly versatile, they added.

“The Matrix project is, and began as, a system to allow for endless configurations and constructions. As the construction of the Matrix is built up of individual ribs, the ribs can be designed any which way,” said the studio.

“This allows the system to be applied to products as well as interior features, or even architectural structures themselves,” they added.

According to Peet and Mensen, the construction works like a puzzle, as each of the strips slot into each other and are then tack-welded together at every second square to ensure that they stay in place. The steel slots are finished with cap strips.

After assembly, the furniture is powder-coated in various colours, including white and umber.

Powder-coating also makes the products durable and weather-resistant, making it possible to place them both indoors or outdoors.

The design duo first used the gridded system to create screens for the Ace & Tate flagship store in Eindhoven. They then manipulated these single surface structures to create different shapes suitable for furniture and lighting pieces.

“We have tried to showcase a broad spectrum of solutions with the structure, as almost anything is possible with it. We see possibilities to work with architects, interior designers, and city planners to create specific solutions both functional and well designed,” the studio told Dezeen.

OS & OOS was founded in 2011, after Peet and Mensen graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven. Alongside the Matrix range, the duo also released their Tunnel collection, which uses aluminium pipes to create sawhorse-inspired furniture.

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The Nintendo Wii changed gaming. While everyone is still married to the joypad, the Wii kicked off a movement that made game control more natural more intuitive. It spawned the Kinect and eventually was poised to become the way we interacted with VR. It’s high time that natural sense of control got extended to drones too. Controlling a complex flying piece of electronics with a joypad is just about as counterintuitive as typing on the iPod’s click wheel.

The KD Aura Interactive Gesture Drone does exactly what you think it does. It ditches the remote for gesture control. The drone comes with a glove that tracks your hand movements and even gestures that help send controls to the drone. Feeling almost like telekinesis (Jedi mind-tricks?), the glove offers control so smooth and intuitive, it’s far easier to use than a remote. Allowing you to simply ‘push and pull’ your drone in midair and waving for altitude changes or performing gestures to have the drone doing barrel rolls and flips, the KD Aura promises to give you more than the joy of drone flight. It gives you the joy of actually “controlling” the drone!

Designer: KD Interactive

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Yes, virtual reality is a rather wonderful piece of technology that lets you immerse yourself in digital surroundings, but it’s important to remember that it’s also a wonderful window into experiencing things we can’t. Whether it’s used for tourism or as an empathy machine, VR has a massive role to play in education, by allowing people to use their most powerful sense to experience something. Beyond VR aims at taking that approach by letting children use VR as not just an entertainment device, but almost like an experiential encyclopedia.

Made for children from ages 4 to 12, the Beyond VR is a headset and camera kit that allows kids to interact with and socialize with children across the world, allowing them to experience life across different countries and cultures. Beyond VR is designed to be a social tool that revolutionizes social networking, taking the traditional keyboard an UI away from the experience and allowing people to truly live in each other’s shoes.

The Beyond VR is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2017.

Designer: Daizo Industrial Design

We’ve been very vocal about how much respect we have for designers who take up challenges in the medical domain. There’s always a lot at stake and with such a small margin for error, Design for Medicine or Design for Special Needs may just be one of the most challenging (and if done right, rewarding) design disciplines out there. Fast.Co lists Inclusive Design as a trend that will shape 2018, and our favorite posts from 2017 have only been a testament to the rise of that trend.

Whether it’s technological advancements to make better and more accessible medical products, or just redesigning medical and special-need products look more fashionable and inclusive, our top Medical Design posts for the year 2017 are pretty indicative of how big health care in 2018 is going to be!

This hospital bed can be folded and transformed into a wheelchair in a matter of minutes without disturbing the individual.

This wheelchair enhances mobility thanks to its scissor-inspired structure. It sports an innovative adjustable seat-height feature for better ergonomics. It also has two distinct riding positions: one that is ideal for cruising and maneuvering and the other for putting the user at eye level with standing individuals.

OH is at once a hearing aid and a fashion accessory. It allows the user to customize the product by changing the external ring’s range of textures and colors. It can also be used as an earring or attached hearing pin.

This smart thermometer is the embodiment of portability and compact design being just 5cm long and weighing a total of only 13g. The thermometer simply plugs into one’s smartphone audio jack.

Clevu is a wearable system that can not only work as traditional reading glasses but is capable of enhancing a variety of other sight situations. Enjoying the outdoors? There’s a setting for that. Watching TV? There’s a setting for that too.

This ergonomic smart cane comes as just a joystick handle with an automatic telescoping stick that shoots out when switched on. However, the walking stick doesn’t stop there. It connects to an app on the smartphone, actually guiding the user to destinations they set.

Simple and desirable, these black and white inhalers don’t just break the stigma of carrying an inhaler, they also look striking enough that you’d instantly spot it on the shelves (helping the brand reach customers).

This new EpiPen design, called Epipi, really makes things as simple as unscrew, press, and go! Just twist to arm it, hold against the skin, and press the button to release. A clear window into the medication reservoir will indicate that the contents have been emptied which enhances the confidence of the user that they performed the function correctly.

The Hue inhaler is completely 3D printed (note the transition from mottled color to transparent) and comes with a dazzling set of color combinations that are bound to break the monotony of medical product design. There’s even a woven paracord for easy access, or clipping/strapping to your bag/pants.

One Drop is a completely exhaustive diabetes fighting system that could easily be a part of any diabetic’s EDC kit.

The Kardia is a tiny ECG (or EKG) reader that works in conjunction with your iPhone to give you heart-rate readings. Simple in its design, with just two textured sensor-pads for your fingers, the device takes readings and its partner-app guides you through the process, showing you your current heart rate.

Meddsy isn’t as much a first aid kit as much as it’s an emergency aid kit. It contains dedicated units for everything from medical goods to any instruments one may need to treat themselves.

Don’t forget to check out YD’s best car designs from 2017.

Apple has been hit with eight lawsuits, including one for almost $1 trillion, after revealing it purposefully slowed down older iPhone models.

According to Reuters, the suits – filed in several federal courts across the US – claim that the Tech giant defrauded iPhone users by not disclosing its actions sooner.

Last week, Apple admitted it has been slowing down the ageing smartphones via a software change that occurred a year ago – confirming speculation from users.

The company said the move was to preserve battery performance in the devices – which include the iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, iPhone SE and iPhone 7 – and prevent them from shutting down unexpectedly.

The lawsuits allege that this misled consumers into thinking they needed to purchase new devices, rather than just replacing the batteries at a fraction of the cost.

The largest of the demands is for a whopping $999 billion (£743 billion), filed by Violetta Mailyan, who alleges fraud through concealment and unfair competition under one of California’s Business and Professions Codes.

Suits in New York, Illinois and another in Israel have also been filed so far, including one by Raisa Drantivy and her legal team demanding $100 million (£74 million).

Each represents the potentially millions of iPhone owners affected by Apple’s actions, but varies slightly in requests for damages, reimbursement, and/or barring the company from meddling with computing speeds in this way.

Apple released its newest smartphone models, the iPhone X and iPhone 8, in September 2017 to mark the 10th anniversary of the hugely successful line of devices.

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