Hasta La Ideas

Here’s what we looked at this week:

Zip-Tites are cable ties with improved UX: No nippers required.

This DX-1 robot picker uses giant chopsticks to handle packages. (Video at the link.)

The Eco Six Pack Ring, made from fiber, is biodegradable and compostable.

Here’s a primitive design for a user-driven cooling chair from 1786.

IBM’s ingenious design, circa 1961, for a typewriter with swappable fonts.

By industrial designer Stefan Diez, here are some prototyping shots of Herman Miller’s Fuld Nesting Chair.

For safety reasons, hot air balloon operators must decommission their balloon fabric after 400-500 hours of flight time. Do you have any ideas for how to repurpose 1,750 square yards of rip-stop nylon?

Photo by Kyle Hinkson on Unsplash

This aerating bowl design makes short work of mixing natto or beating eggs.

Canoo revealed their American Bulldog EV pickup concept. Looks cool but I’ve got a design gripe with it.

This week Humane starting taking orders for their Ai Pin, a wearable, talking AI personal assistant that projects info onto your hand.

Who knew? The iconic Genie telephone, designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates in the ’70s, came in a leather version.

The Compro Videoplexer was an aftermarket device that allowed you to more easily switch between games on an Atari 2600.

These Grand Ribaud chairs, by interior architect Thomas Defour, were inspired by catamaran trampolines.

Designed nearly 25 years ago, Marc Newson’s 021C concept car for Ford has aged extremely well.

Mad-Century Modernism: The sets of “Loki,” by Production Designer Kasra Farahani.

Here’s an impressive concept design for a computer inspired by Loki’s production design.

The P2 is an electric motorcycle built around a cargo cavity, rather than the motor.

This rapidly deployable venue seating is an impressive project done by Industrial Design and Engineering students at Georgia Tech.

Industrial Design case study: Los-Angeles-based Pulse Design Group did the latest redesign of this hybrid electric/gas oven and range.