Thumm by Pana Objects: An eye-pleasing beech wood iPhone dock that amplifies your tunes acoustically, with no plugs required

Thumm by Pana Objects


While many of the latest speakers for smartphones rely on highly specialized tech like Bluetooth or Airplay connectivity, a group of Thai designers chose to strip it all down to one material—beech wood. The result is a simple, beautiful speaker that uses natural…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Odor-proof underwear, 40 years of Virgin Records and a DIY digital microscope in this week’s look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Scents and Flavors from Re-Engineered Yeast Engineers at Amyris are growing the products used to make exotic scents and flavors—like patchouli, saffron and vanilla—from yeast, and at a very large scale. Makers are saying that the ); return…

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Pillow by Snarkitecture: Hand-cast from gypsum cement, the design firm’s latest concept fools the eyes and cradles your phone

Pillow by Snarkitecture


Founded by architect Alex Mustonen and contemporary artist Daniel Arsham, design firm Snarkitecture has a history of making work from the unexpected. Their latest product, a resting dock…

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