Hasta La Ideas

Here’s what we looked at this week:

New production method for quickly building walls: Impact printing with clay.

The world’s underwater fiber optic cables.

From MIT, sustainable 3D-printed glass masonry.

Caroline’s Cart is a shopping cart designed for special needs individuals and caregivers.

Product-based inspiration for spaceship designs by Eric Geusz.

Designer on a sci-fi mission: Daryl Villanueva’s EVE Odyssey.

Master Forge: An ultra-fast chord keyboard with rather unfortunate aesthetics.

Unusual product design: The BedBox, a wildly popular Scandinavian suitcase / leg-rest for traveling kids.

BioLite’s incredibly easy, inexpensive energy backup system for homes.

Creative ways to decorate cars, by artist Rudy Willingham.

Embody gaming chair as pop art: Herman Miller x FAILE.

A minimalist take on the chandelier: The Cane Cluster, by AlexAllen Studio.

A space-saving year-round farm: Plenty’s vertical solution.

The Palletrone, a flying shopping cart.

In Germany, better package design that tells you the price of the product.

Nestout’s ruggedized power banks with a bottle form factor.

A clever design feature for rolling carry-ons. Sadly, designer unknown.

Metaform Architects’ beautiful Möbino espresso cup, made by combining digital fabrication with handwork.

Industrial design case study: An electric wheelchair controller by Australia’s 4design.