Hasta La Ideas

Here’s what we looked at this week:

Luxury screwdriver, anyone? Arrowmax’s designey hand tools.

The Brabus Big Boy 1200, a luxury motorhome, is vanlife for the 1%.

The Bikerguard: a windshield wiper for motorcycle helmet visors.

Silence Corner’s versatile Mambapod is a mini tripod with an F-style clamp in one leg.

A genetically-engineered spider silk scarf, by industrial designer Sruli Recht.

Nice design touches in Cathay-Pacific’s Premium Economy seats, upgraded by design firm JPA.

A compact rearview mirror for bikes, hidden in the handle.

Formlabs held their annual 3D printing user conference.

Industrial design case study: Nike’s accessible backpack, originally designed for Paralympians.

This week Otherlab unveiled Lightfoot, a solar-powered scooter.

Steelcase and Logitech’s Ocular View videoconferencing solution.

Furniture design history: Willy Guhl’s Loop chair. What the Eameses did with plywood, Guhl did with fiber cement.

Kingspan’s Microhome design competition.

Industrial design case study: This Sherman bag, designed by StudioFAR, is a backpack for carrying odd-shaped items.