Designer Greg Papove has created possibly the most hefty laptop peripheral, a concept laptop stand of considerable presence. Constructed from a concrete block, the Laptop Stand Foundation is designed to hold up the 13" MacBook, an iPhone, and even hide a large external hard drive in a roomy back section all with industrial style... More

Baby gates are perhaps the final frontier when it comes to products for children that are functional and beautiful. We've all grown so accustomed to the bland, bordering-on-institutional look of them that it kind of feels like how things should be. Safety comes first and we seem to collectively accept that it's okay if safety products are also ugly.

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This is one espresso maker that would look right at home in an urban loft: Espresso Solo, a cool conceptual project by Israeli designer Shmuel Linski, which uses concrete as its primary material. More

Favorite design blogger, Andrew Kim of Minimally Minimal, is back again with another "what if" design. This time Andrew imagines a mirrorless camera through the design philosophies of Naoto Fukasawa, resulting a camera design where simplicity takes front stage in form and function... More

Name: Sara Czosnyka
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Browsing the popular crowd funding site Kickstarter, I recently came across Sara Czosnyka and her unique home decor product, HEX6AGON. Great design often means applying simple concepts to achieve big impact. Playing with light and simple geometric form, HEX6AGON provides a clever, customizable system of vinyl tiling for bringing color into your home. More

Here's the scenario: you're hosting a dinner party with friends when you're inspired to liven up the mood with some music and some sing-a-long Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" at the dinner table. Imagine your guests' surprise (aside from your choice in music) once they realize the music is emanating from the...table itself! More

Proving once again the community of developers/designers working with iOS devices are the iPhone and iPad's greatest strength is this inventive combination of today's digital technology with old fashioned hand-cranked interactivity... More

Remember when we used to sit inside cardboard boxes as kids, and pretend they were planes, trains or automobiles? Israeli designer (and cycling enthusiast) Izhar Gafni takes that whimsical idea one step further by making a bicycle almost entirely out of cardboard — and riding it through the streets! More

I love, love, love Edison bulbs. Even though most of our apartment is mostly illuminated by a combination of energy efficient CFL and LED bulbs, I've left two occasional lights with the moody orange hint of illumination only an Edison bulb can offer. Or so I thought, until I saw this LED light bulb with an old fashioned glow... More

Researchers in France have developed a wall covering which blocks wi-fi signals without blocking cell phone or other radio communications. More