In most cases, sitting on a flat wood surface for hours at a time isn’t what most people would consider comfortable, but with an innovative new wood block cushioning system, they may be singing to a different tune. The Block System, which was masterminded by the mad geniuses at Los Angeles-based Sitskie Furniture Co, was designed to give users a soft and comfortable sitting experience while keeping all of the benefits of a solid surface – durability, cleanliness and the aesthetic qualities of a solid material. To date, Sitskie has integrated the Block System into both a chair and a bench design – both of which the designers scrutinized over…

Having already created a dashboard, a horse-drawn carriage, a helicopter, and various other items out of cardboard, sculptor Shannon Goff might have topped herself with her most recent full-scale cardboard replica project, Miles to Empty. Measuring in at 19′ x 6’5″ x 4’9″, Goff sculpted a full-scale replica of a Special Edition Collector’s Series 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V – a ‘land yacht’ that she closely associates with her grandfather, who purchased it when she was five-years-old. As anybody who has worked with cardboard knows, the constant act of measuring, scoring, folding, and gluing can oftentimes fee less like a task and more like a meditation. For Goff, this “meditation”…

With the latest installment in the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, arriving in theaters on December 18th, we’re already starting to feel the early ripples of yet another tidal wave of Star Wars mania. While some marketing teams have been busy developing strategies for jumping on the Star Wars hype train the past six months, the age of YouTube and Kickstarter has afforded independent creators the opportunity to the exact same thing – and often, better. More recently, French graphic designer Carlos Pardo has created what is sure to be a must-have for any engineering geek who grew up on a healthy dose of Star Wars: the…

Nature is often a great tool for inspiration for designers, except when the weather isn’t exactly cooperating. Rain storms, high winds, and falling leaves all work against those of us trying to get outside for a few moments of sketching or inspiration.

Thanks to many innovations in the tech world, prosthetic limbs are more efficient and sometimes even inexpensive, but the design is usually similar. What if you could get something vastly unique that makes you feel like a superhero? That’s where Bristol-based Open Bionics comes in.

The Glowforge laser cutter is the biggest crowdfunded 30-day campaign in history. $27.9M in 30 days. It didn’t launch on Kickstarter. It didn’t re-launch on Indiegogo. It launched on their own website, bringing in $27.9M in pre-orders alone. But even four months before the crowdfunding campaign, Glowforge had already secured $9M in Series A funding.