Hasta La Ideas

Here’s what we looked at this week:

The Travel Heavy, an aluminum 12″ LP carrier for traveling DJs, is an upgrade from milk crates.

Nifty tool: A tiny universal workholding device for watchmakers.

Now available in the U.S.: This electric-assist screwdriver from Japan.

An impressive exploration of material: This monomaterial bamboo projectile weapon.

Forever object: This minimalist Mark Two pen, by Studio Neat, is a beautiful piece of industrial design.

The cuckoo clock’s unlikely origin story, plus a more modern interpretation of the design.

Steller Floors produces a hardwood floor system where you can actually remove one piece at a time.

Annabell, by industrial designer Elizabeth Salonen, is a pendant lamp inspired by Finland’s natural light.

Sony’s Afeela 1 is a car that’s not so much about driving.

A small design touch by Yardsale improves the UX of ski poles.

Not good: Robot vacuums are now growing arms.

A desk for industrial designers who sketch? Basically a drafting table with a monitor mount.

To tackle unusually narrow French vineyard rows, tractor manufacturer turned to Pininfarina for a solution.

The g.stand, by ID firm grape lab, is a laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper.

This Nyala Chair, by industrial designer Jomo Tariku, warns of the extinction of the antelope that inspired its design.

Design for how people actually behave: The Stupid Car Tray.

Similar functions, different forms: Umbilical cord scissors vs. PEX cutters.

Swippitt: A system that fully charges your phone in two seconds.

ID firm SGW Designworks explains how to design military-grade products.