Here's what we looked at this week:
Maya Barkai's "Walking Men" public art installations.CMF's milk-carton-inspired affordable portable speaker.Industrial/computational designer Joram de Haas' FilaLoom project combines 3D printing with weaving. The simple, beautiful interface on Braun's 1960s portable fan/heater.A creative, low-tech way to cantilever a movable lamp.Clandestine Design Group's Cellcius C-01: An electric motorcycle concept with modular, scalable power.
Work Sharp's diminutive, flexible knife sharpener.
A transforming Mid-Century chair, and fun Knoll facts.
Toyota releases video of wheelchair-alternative mobility concepts in action.
Manual Golub's Tachomesas: 5-gallon-bucket rolling end tables.This design for a low-cost manual washing machine has improved the lives of over 100,000 people.
Furniture Design student work: Felix Sand Sørensen of the Royal Danish Academy pushes the boundaries of molded wood.
A spherical computer monitor pays homage to a 1970 JVC design.
A clever design for waste-reducing bottles, by industrial designer Rock Wang and Agoood.