Canadian mechanical engineer Robert Button is an avid backcountry skier. Taking to the slopes where there are no chairlifts means you must hike back up the mountain after each run. Growing tired of this, Button spent three years developing his own portable rope lift. He came up with is a 10.5-lb device that fits in a backpack and uses 550 paracord as the line.
Here’s how you use it:
At first it sounded ridiculous to me, but on video, it looks pretty wicked:
The device can also be used to neatly gather the paracord into the included rope bag, ready for the next deployment:
As for how many times it can pull you back up on a single charge, that of course depends on the distance, your weight and the angle of the slope. Button put together a chart laying out the permutations:
Button and his brother Eric formed a company called Zoa Engineering to commercialize the product. The PL1, as the device is called, isn’t cheap at CAD $1,450 (USD $1,151). Despite that, it’s been successfully Kickstarted, and at press time there was still 28 days left to pledge.
Mini has announced a new service that many owners of older cars would probably be interested in. For an unspecified fee, owners of classic Minis in the UK can have them converted to electric under the Mini Recharged program. The company swaps out the original gas engine for an electric drive system, with batteries offering an estimated range of 160km (about 99 miles).
A charging port is added to the rear.
The classic dashboard layout remains…
…although the fuel gauge is replaced with a gear indicator, and the oil gauge is swapped out for a range indicator.
Going electric doesn’t mean you’ll get neck-snapping acceleration; 0-100km times for Recharged Minis are in the 9-second range. But in addition to not having to pay for gas, a benefit to the owner is that they can now drive the car for free within UK city centers that charge environmental taxes for gas-powered cars.
Interestingly, Mini anticipates that some owners might later change their minds about switching drive systems. “Only reversible changes are made to the substance of the vehicle during the conversion as part of MINI Recharged,” the company writes. “Careful handling of the historical heritage is an important part of the concept. This makes it possible to restore the classic Mini to its original condition at a later date. During the conversion, the original engine of each vehicle is marked and stored so it can be reused in the event of a future retrofit of the classic Mini.”
The company also points out that electric conversions save emissions not only from the car, but from the factory. “For this project, no new vehicles are being produced. Instead they are being created from much-loved, existing cars. It allows a classic Mini to begin a second, more sustainable life.”
For now at least, Mini Recharged is offered only in the UK.
Steering the French heritage candlemaker into a fragrant future
“We’re an old-new brand,” Julien Pruvost, creative director at Cire Trudon says of the French candle and fragrance company, which was founded in 1643 but refreshed in 2006. Pruvost, who has been with the luxury maison for more than a decade, stewards their illustrious history as he expands their collection of beloved, sophisticated scents. From a store on rue Saint Honoré in the 17th century to the halls of Versailles under Louis XIV, the brand’s early reputation was built upon their use of the most pristine beeswax. Today, Trudon—which was recently awarded a living heritage honor from the French government—offers not only candles but also room sprays, perfumes (including last year’s exquisite Aphélie introduction) and recently released diffusers. A design poetry unifies it all.
“As the creative director of Trudon, I like to bring sincerity to the table,” Pruvost says, virtually guiding us through his office in the second arrondissement of Paris. “This includes infusing meaning into the product names and introducing concepts that bring us forward. When possible, I like to infuse spiritual aspects, as well.”
In 2020, Trudon debuted their first diffuser, called L’Œuf. “It’s an imitation of an ostrich egg in ceramic. It sits on top of black milled wood. The design was done by Dimitri Smilenko, a Paris-based designer. It’s meant to be reminiscent of something you’d find in a 17th or 18th century curiosity cabinets, where birds eggs were considered exotic and collectible. In some cases, they were even encrusted with precious stones,” Pruvost says. “Our position here was more of a design editor. L’Œuf is not necessarily recognizable as a Trudon piece but it’s very much aligned with our history.”
Last year, Trudon introduced a diffuser more closely aligned with their established design language—crafted from ribbed green glass. They utilized the same manufacturer in Tuscany that makes all of their candle vessels, even the ornately decorated ones. “You understand the continuity of the shape—its logic with the rest of our lines,” Pruvost says. Anyone familiar with the brand’s historic crest will easily identify the pieces.
“We are not pretending we are inventing something new,” Pruvost continues of the role the diffuser plays in the brand’s repertoire. “It is meant to fulfill a functionality that we did not have yet in the Trudon family: it is something that welcomes you automatically when you arrive home or to your office. As soon as the diffuser is activated, it will continue to welcome you.” Each diffuser lasts roughly three months.
For a luxury brand that’s been making candles for centuries, it marks a development that they were opposed to at first. “But,” Pruvost says, “it’s faithful to many Trudon values. It even introduces some.” Regarding the former, Pruvost refers to their commitment to premium materials. The diffuser’s components are natural rattan reed sticks, 100% aluminum and glass (20% of which is recycled). Further, the diffusers are meant to be refilled. This announces in a new commitment from Trudon: a greater focus on the environmental impact of their products.
Another recent range underscores their commitment to materiality: the Alabasters. “We asked, ‘What can we do in addition to glass?’ We found this quarry in Spain and this related manufacturer. They transform alabaster into all kinds of shapes—now including these Trudon vessels.” Pruvost was drawn to the fact that alabaster is a historic material that runs through various ancient civilizations. Further, he adds, “It’s very touching to see this rock being morphed into a candle vessel. It’s very soft and easy to sculpt, yet fragile. You need to know what you’re doing. It’s also translucent and captures light in a very particular way. There’s a glow to the object that’s different than your usual candlelight. It’s simply beautiful.”
“When it comes to the Alabasters,” he continues, “the shape of one vessel is almost exactly the same as any other, but because you’re pulling this rock from the earth, there’s not one single part of the rock that’s similar. When there is a line of these vessels in the factory during production, it’s mesmerizing to see the various shades, some with spots. Only the material used for toppers and their vessels comes from the same area of the rock.”
For the Alabaster line, Trudon launched with some of their signature scents and two exclusives to this range. For scent development, Pruvost develops a brief that includes everything from historic reference points to conceptual themes, sometimes astrological and other times mythological. “We are exploring a complex level of fragrance when it comes to our candles,” he says. “We trust our perfumers with these briefs and we push them further.”
Trudon’s latest release is a collaborative one, crafted in partnership with Olivier Rousteing, French fashion house Balmain’s creative director. Working with Trudon’s perfumers, Rousteing evolved the brand’s popular Ernesto scent, adding black rose to its cedar wood and cigar base. The striped glass container marries the aesthetics of both brands. Collaborations and creative advancements are key to the future of Trudon.
“I feel pressure to live up to certain achievements of the past,” Pruvost says. “During the 17th and 18th century, we were the royal wax manufacturers. Under Louis XIV, that’s when the idea of luxury from craft brought to its epitome was born. We owe so much to that era and must pay tribute to this. To do so, we must continue to be the manufacturer of our products. We must strive to make the best products possible.” To nose any of Trudon’s fragrant wonders or simply to hold them reveals that Pruvost does not disappoint.
K-Campers are known for packing a lot into a tiny space. Unique to Japan, the K-Campers is a type of Kei car, a Japanese vehicle category for the smallest highway-legal passenger cars that are built with restricted dimensions and engine capacity.
The ultimate microcar, K-Campers host an array of multifunctional features that help make the tiny space feel a lot roomier. Upgrading from the Vamos and Acty vans, Honda Japan released the N-Van Compo, a Kei Van Camper that sleeps four with the help of an expandable roof.
Reaching 133.7 inches in length, the N-Van Compo is 20.4 inches shorter than Mazda MX-5 Miata, but the size can be deceiving. Converting the classic N-Van into a compact camper van, the N-Van Compo finds space with modular and multifunctional interiors. When driving, the N-Van Compo can be operated like any other motor vehicle only to transform into a sleeping space when put in park.
When camping, passengers of the N-Van Compo can create sleeping accommodations by turning the driver’s seat around and spreading the mattress modules out in line to make room for one taller and one shorter person to sleep comfortably. When it comes to the van’s interior configuration, interested buyers have three options: Style-One, Style-Two, and Cabin.
Getting the most bang for your buck, Style-One provides some overhead storage, two sinks, a freshwater tank, microwave, small refrigerator, solar panel, foldable table, and a set of screen doors. The expandable roof can be accessed from the van’s sleeping area and is also included in the van’s Style-Two configuration.
Only changing the location of the kitchen to be on one side entirely, Style-Two hosts the same array of amenities as Style-One. The final option, Cabin, gives buyers the option of keeping the expandable roof, microwave, and refrigerator, but ditches the sink to make room for sleeping and storage.
Chinese studio Domani Architectural Concepts has completed a real-estate complex in Foshan, Guangdong province, featuring a facade of lattice brickwork overlooking two large circular pools intended to create a “sense of ceremony”.
Called the Times I-City or TIC after its developer Times China, the complex was conceived as a “Global Maker Town” containing public showrooms, sales areas and offices alongside a public lounge, bar and children’s area.
A brickwork lattice covers this real-estate complex in Foshan
Two blocks wrapped in a brickwork lattice and connected by small walkways contain these spaces, sited along the back of an extensively landscaped site featuring pools, planting, walkways and white, pillow-shaped installations by design studio A&V.
“The landscape, a prelude to the building, emits a magnificent atmosphere,” said Domani Architectural Concepts. “Red ceramic bricks were utilised to create a sense of ceremony and provide a clear guide towards the building for people entering the space from different directions.”
This porous brick skin wraps an inner envelope of glass
“Meanwhile, the black gravel-paved garden provides a more open and freer area to stop and rest, giving visitors another option for diverse experiences,” it continued.
The red brick of this landscape matches the building’s facades, which are constructed using a curtain wall system of ceramic brick triangles connected by concealed aluminium fixings.
The external landscaping includes walkways and pillow-shaped installations
This porous brick skin wraps an inner envelope of glass, creating glimpses into the interior during the day and creating a pattern of light from behind the brickwork lattice at night.
After crossing the landscaped area, a series of wide arches at the base of the centre – the largest spanning 29 metres – lead into a large ground-floor atrium. A reception, lounge and coffee bar sit among the exposed steel and concrete structure of the building.
Light fittings informed by clothes lines reference the arched forms of the entrances and are positioned across the space. The lighting outlines areas of tables, which are fitted to tracks that enable them to be moved into different positions.
“The reception area emphasises a transparent boundary between architecture and landscape…the interior materials are directly derived from the architectural elements, bonding between interior and exterior while greatly reducing the construction costs and risks,” explained the practice.
Arches open up the base of the building
On the first floor are a series of “sample rooms” displaying various finishes and designs, with the two floors above containing a mixture of offices, meeting rooms and display areas with masterplan models.
These areas are linked by the “valley”, a dramatic full-height passageway at the rear of the building containing stairs and lifts, and connecting to the beam bridges between the main building and its annex.
The upper floors contain offices and display areas
Domani Architectural Concepts was established in 2005, and is owned by Domani Group Limited. It focuses on spatial design, corporate planning, business consultancy and product development.
Other recent projects by the firm include the Milan Music Studio at the Zaha Hadid-designed Guangzhou Opera House, which features an interior covered in jumbled wooden panels.
Architecture firm Populous has unveiled the National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the Ice Ribbon, the only new building created for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Boasting a facade formed of 22 giant, illuminated ribbons, the 12,000-seat arena is expected to become a focal point of the games, which start next week. Its 400-metre race track will be the venue for all speed skating events.
The Ice Ribbon will host speed skating events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Tiric Chang, principal of Populous China, recalled the game involving high-speed spinning “ice top”, which he played with friends in the Shichahai Park ice rink.
The facade is wrapped by 22 ribbons that can be illuminated
“The traditional ice game in old Beijing involved a high-speed spinning and leaping ice top that seemed to have infinite energy and possibilities,” he said.
“That’s what I thought of when reflecting on the characteristics of Olympic speed skating. So, the ice tops became part of the design inspiration injecting a strong Chinese memory into the venue.”
The design is based on a spinning ice top
This developed into a design involving 22 huge light strands, which flow around the oval-shaped stadium to create the impression of fast motion.
The shape of these ribbons is based on another of Chang’s childhood memories.
“The ribbons of the design make reference to the floating silk ribbons of the artwork my family had dedicated their time to – which was the study and preservation of the Dunhuang Grottoes, a significant collection of Buddhist art from the Tang dynasty,” he said.
The ribbons create a 33.8-metre-high cocoon around the arena, designed to create a more immersive experience for spectators. They can be programmed with dynamic lighting, which will bring the facade to life at night.
The Ice Ribbon is located in the Beijing Olympic Park
With Beijing becoming the first city in history to host both a summer and winter Olympics, the Ice Ribbon has been built in the existing Beijing Olympic Park.
The venue contains 8,000 permanent seats and 4,000 temporary seats
State-of-the-art technology features in the Ice Ribbo, in order to optimise its performance and reduce its environmental impact.
It will be one of the first venues in the world to feature an ice surface created using carbon dioxide transcritical direct cooling, making it more energy-efficient than a traditional rink.
The ice surface uses a pioneering technology
This system makes it possible to achieve a temperature difference of less 0.5 degrees Celsius across the surface, which results in a faster and stronger track.
Seating and acoustics have also been carefully designed, to ensure the movement and sound of the speed skating blades can be seen and heard from every seat.
The Ice Ribbon is the only permanent new venue at the Beijing 2022 games
Populous won a competition to design the National Speed Skating Oval (NSSO) in 2016.
The firm then developed the schematic design in just 12 weeks, to allow construction to begin on schedule. It involved collaboration between Populous staff from all around the world.
“The winning design for the Ice Ribbon was created in an intense time frame and was forged through several concepts and many iterations to develop a spinning concept into its final form,” said senior principal Andrew James.
The building is located alongside the Bird’s Nest stadium
“It became a global effort with our team in Beijing, Brisbane, India, London and America drawing on our experience from Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, and our design of Fisht Stadium in Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games,” he added.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics take place from 4 to 20 February.
The uniform, which comes in red, white, blue and navy colours is insulated with environmental organisation Parley for the Ocean‘s recycled marine plastic.
It is comprised of four “key” pieces for Olympic athletes, including a puffer jacket, a pair of women’s trainers, leggings and a lighter jacket for layering.
All of the garments feature a colour-blocking design, with the Union Jack flag appearing on the chest of the jackets and the leggings emblazoned with the letters GBR in white.
Top: Adidas designed the rain puffer jacket for Team GB. Above: the uniform will be worn at the Winter Olympics
The kit is designed to keep athletes comfortable yet warm with pieces made from thermal insulation material by PrimaLoft and Parley Ocean Plastic.
The Terrex Myselter rain puffer jacket is insulated with 100 per cent recycled plastic. Around 40 per cent of this is plastic that has been intercepted from coastal communities and shorelines by Parley for the Oceans.
The jacket is designed for breathability, thermal efficiency and to dry quickly, allowing for maximum performance.
The four key items come in red, white and blue blocks of colour
According to the brand, the lighter zip-up jacket is made from a fleece material that sheds fewer microfibres than traditional fleece.
It also incorporates the same technology found in Adidas’s Cold.Rdy collection, which is designed to insulate the body in cold weather.
Team GB’s female athletes will wear Ultraboost 22 trainers – a running shoe that the German brand recently released specifically for women’s feet.
The brand believes that the kit “represents boldness and celebration” and hope that it will help the team perform to the best of its ability.
“We always strive to create high-performance products with creative design – which is reflected in the new Team GB and Paralympic GB kits,” said Adidas.
“The kit fuses a contemporary representation of the Union flag with colour blocking design that represents boldness and celebration,” the brand continued.
Recycled fibres in the clothes keep athletes warm
The Winter Olympics is set to take place 4 February to 20 February this year.
Stacked volumes and space-saving floor plans feature in this roundup of 10 tiny houses around the world, from an Australian mobile cabin on wheels to a micro home in Tokyo with a pair of funnelled roofs.
Top: photo is by Studio Edwards. Above: photo is by Kai Nakamura
Japanese studio Unemori Architects built this corrugated steel-clad house comprising several stacked boxes on a 26-square-metre plot of land in densely populated Tokyo.
“You have to be experimental and clever with regards to its utmost usage and we looked towards how diverse and extendable the space could be within the tiny plot,” said the studio.
Base Cabin is a geometric micro home that features a sleek rubber skin and is mobile thanks to a set of wheels on which it can roll.
Melbourne-based Studio Edwards took cues from the recognisable A-frame hut for the cabin’s design, which was created in this shape for its structural efficiency as well as to give a neat and compact appearance.
With a floor plan of only 12 square metres, Casa Parásito is a tiny parasitic home that sits atop an urban building in Quito, on which it relies for support and services.
Architecture office El Sindicato attached the dwelling to the existing building with steel foundations and included a bathroom, kitchen, bed and living space in the design, as well as save-spacing storage areas.
Like Base Cabin, Casa Parásito is formed from an A-frame timber structure that aims to make the most of limited interior space.
British studio Koto and American homebuilder Abodu created their eponymous collection of identical prefabricated Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) for sites in San Jose, California.
With a limited width of 4.26 metres, the Koto x Abodu model is designed to be easily transported and features various save-spacing elements – from storage under the home’s only bed, to a built-in bench in the living room and a petite galley kitchen.
One-storey Jupp House was designed to replace an old garage and shed on a plot of land at the end of a suburban garden in Acton, London.
Local firm Phillips Tracey Architects clad the house in dark brick and grey zinc. Internal floor space of just 66 metres is made up of two connected wings that display an irregularly angled roofline.
Crowned emerging architecture studio of the year at the 2021 Dezeen Awards, Vietnamese practice ODDO Architects stacked five storeys onto a backland plot to create TH House, a family home in Hanoi.
Despite its only four-metre-wide and six-metre-deep site, the house is designed to feel bright and airy through the addition of lightwells and perforated walls that open out its interior spaces.
Brazilian architect Marilia Pellegrini demonstrated the potential of reusing shipping containers by designing a micro show-home inside a pair and decorating the interiors with minimalist Nendo furniture.
Created in São Paulo, the repurposed Casa Container is comprised of two 12-metre long containers that have been covered in sleek white Dekton, highlighting how industrial objects can be disguised and transformed to create luxury housing.
A skinny, L-shaped structure defines Jewel by Apollo Architects and Associates, a black steel-clad home in Tokyo that is just 1.4-metres-wide on its smallest side.
Building with a crowded site in mind is a common approach to contemporary urban Japanese houses, due to finite and expensive land. For this project, the architecture firm was especially limited by the “flagpole” nature of the plot – square with a narrow approach in a heavily populated neighbourhood.
Prompted by the desire to provide affordable housing for young people in urban parts of Australia, Grimshaw Architects designed a set of 35-square-metre micro homes for Kids Under Cover, a charity that supports the country’s homeless youth.
Called The Peak, the non-profit prefabricated homes are especially created to accommodate affordable IKEA furniture and have high ceilings in order to give occupants a greater sense of space inside.
Architect Takeshi Hosaka built a tiny Tokyo house for himself and his wife that features a pair of funnel-like roofs that tops a total floor area of only 19 square metres.
The height of Love2 House’s slanted ceilings opens out its compact interior, which features a dining table located in close proximity to the street, while skylights and a floor-to-ceiling sliding door connect indoor and outdoor spaces.
Handmade in Richmond, Virginia, these incense cones are formulated with a smokey aroma, achieved using toasted pipe tobacco and rare oud wood, both lightened through the addition of Moroccan rose. Together, the sensuous combination crafts a romantic and evocative fragrance that’s rich without being cloying.
Since its foundation in 1976, Apple has been always been at the peak of modern innovation! And let’s take a moment to appreciate all the awesome products and inspiration Apple has provided us with. The groundbreaking tech giant never fails to surprise us, we always find ourselves biting our nails and squirming with curiosity, whenever Apple announces a new product launch! Their ingenious and mesmerizing designs and design philosophy have inspired and influenced designers all over the world, resulting in some pretty unique Apple concepts! These Apple-inspired designs are the best of the lot and a dream for every Apple lover. And, we’ve curated a collection of designs that are hands down the best Apple concepts we saw in 2021! From an intriguing iPhone 14 slider concept to an Apple Ring concept that mimics the Apple Watch Design – these designs were the best of what 2021 had to offer. Enjoy!
1. The iPhone 14 Slider Concept
The renders and video of the iPhone 14 slider concept shared by ConceptsiPhone show the iPhone 14 in new and beautiful colors and revives the Touch ID biometric system under the display. In addition to the sliding design, the idea of a notch-less iPhone is what fans have been longing for Apple to adopt. That didn’t stand to change in the iPhone 13 – where the notch has been slimed slightly though – but if Apple can do away with it in the coming models, this concept shows how the phone could appear. While the sliding XDR display concept is a deal for some, it’s the triple camera on the back that we would definitely want Apple to take a leaf from. The camera array is extremely sleek, with no camera bump to show. Apple has a slight camera bulge in iPhone 13, in iPhone 14 we would love to see that go flat along the phone’s back.
2. Apple Ring and Apple Ring Pro
The designer’s conception – Apple Ring and Apple Ring Pro – are the adaptation of Apple’s long-time vision of a smart ring and the Apple Watch as a ring. The Ring, in particular, is just about the same smart ring concept that Apple patented in 2015 while the Ring Pro is a nice recreation of the Apple Watch for a ring. The Ring band has a touchscreen running around it while the Ring Pro has a chiseled form factor and a display that matches the Apple Watch. The rings are both designed in solid metal for durability and owing to their free-flowing design should be pretty comfortable to wear. The Ring Pro may be on the bulkier side given its layout, but the sleek Ring should be a good device to check vital stats while workout or making or receiving calls on the go.
3. The Apple Magic Mushroom Mouse
This design upgrade makes Apple’s Magic Mouse more comfortable to use, and also gives it a new, highly-needed feature in the form of a wireless charging mousepad! Created by designer Kevin Clarridge who spent a good 3 months just reviewing the shapes and forms of various ergonomic mice, the Apple Magic Mushroom Mouse (I honestly just love the name) fixes two of the most nagging problems with the mouse’s current design – firstly, the horrendously ill-designed charging system, and secondly, its poor ergonomics. With elongated wrist support and a base that allows you to wirelessly charge the mouse, the Magic Mushroom Mouse positions itself as the ‘Pro’ in the mouse category.
4. The “Self-Actuating Hinge Mechanism for Electronic Device”
Titled the “Self-Actuating Hinge Mechanism for Electronic Device”, the new patent filed by Apple at the USPTO discusses how the Cupertino giant is potentially working on a line of notebooks that have motorized lids that open and close on their own. Designed so you never have to fiddle with a laptop lid again, constantly adjusting it to suit your angle needs, this potential new device would simply use the machine’s onboard webcam to track your face and angle the screen appropriately, so the display’s facing you at the right angle, and the webcam’s PoV has your face right in the center of its frame. I can just imagine Craig Federighi recreating his 2020 meme to show this new hands-free feature!
5. Apple Drone Design
This quadcopter has the classic Apple vibe to it – the curves reminiscent of the long-forgotten 2001 iMac G3 are a cheeky addition. Very poetically Huisman defines the creation as a combination of glossy white contrasted with “dark blacks that lend the drone a very noble and high-quality character.” The powerful rotors lift the drone in the air and keep it stable even in windy conditions. Of course, I’m expecting the flying machine to have next-gen collision avoidance tech too if it has to come anywhere near the market leader DJI.
6. Apple Car Concept
This surreal Apple Car concept by Vanarama is thoughtfully modeled based on the individual Apple patents and their practical viability in real-life. On their web portal, the concept car can be rotated 360 degrees for a comprehensive look of the front, side, and back sections! The concept renderings looking a tad inspired by the Cybertruck and Model 3 are quite detailed as they showcase the Apple Car in all its glory from the exterior as well as the interior. The pillarless design of the glass cover (with the sunroof and windshields) stems from the US10384519B1 patent that revolves around the philosophy of creating a vehicle sans the need to extend the chassis above the doors. The adaptive doors come courtesy of the patent US10384519B1.
7. Apple AirCam Concept
In coming up with the design concept for an Apple camera, designer Andrea Copellino tried to stick to known Apple design principles like simplicity and compactness. The squarish camera definitely hits those marks almost to an extreme degree. It has no display of its own, for example, requiring the use of an iPhone or an iPad as a separate viewfinder. Such a design isn’t exactly unheard of, though more often employed on 360-degree cameras than action cams. The designer’s justification for the existence of something like an AirCam would be to offer a higher-quality camera not just for content creators but for future users of Apple’s future AR glasses.
8. Apple Car Concept
This 360-degree movable autonomous car has a door that flings open to reveal a cocoon-like cockpit with two comfortable seats. Since it is designed from Apple’s perspective, it has a nice sheen and a clean finish. The renders suggest the nice reclining structure of the pod will house occupants comfortably whether on the city street or on the expressway.
9. The iPod Nano Concept
The iPod Nano concept has a bunch in common with the iPhone (although its drastic design change really sets it apart)- it runs Apple Music, Podcasts, Siri, among a bunch of other apps. It’s entirely portless too, working seamlessly with the AirPods, Pro, and Max, and charges wirelessly. Ingeniously enough, the iPod Nano is exactly the same width as Apple’s MagSafe charger, allowing it to line up perfectly while charging. Magnets on the back of the iPod let it snap to the charger perfectly, ensuring alignment every time.
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