James Dyson Award 2021 Winning Projects
The James Dyson Award is an international design prize that aims to celebrate, encourage and inspire the next generation of design engineers. The multi-stage competition is aimed at students in […]
Jetson ONE. Electrically powered small aircraft from Sweden
Anyone watching the video of the flying scooter whizzing through the air will involuntarily think of some science fiction film or a gadget that Q developed for Agent 007 James […]
SpinLaunch. Start-up has launched a rocket into the air with a giant centrifuge
Access to space is becoming increasingly important – for nations as well as for companies. As a result, the demand for satellites is constantly growing. Whoever then wants to launch […]
Icelandverse. The Icelandic Tourist Board parodies Mark Zuckerberg
Renaming is one of those things. Often it’s like the global product harmonisation of a chocolate bar in 1976, which was announced with the slogan: “Raider is now called Twix, […]
Solar mini-refinery. CO2-neutral fuel from sunlight and ambient air
The demand for energy, it is predicted, will continue to rise both in industry and in private households. This also affects the mobility sector, among others. At the same time, […]
Happy Birthday: The Gucci fashion brand turns 100
Lots of glamour, wealth, intrigue, family feuds – the Gucci fashion brand almost broke down from too much of it. Now it is celebrating its 100th birthday. Numerous activities are […]
Pazzi Robotics. In Paris, a robot plays the pizza maker
The zeitgeist likes robots, even if the relationship between humans and their machines still needs further clarification. The fact that love for machines apparently also goes through the stomach is […]
Digital Life Index: Good user experience is the be-all and end-all of online shopping
The trend to shop online and have goods delivered to one’s home is unbroken. Not least the Corona pandemic has made it impressively clear how important digital sales channels are […]
Division of the Oetker Group completed
After a dispute that has lasted for decades, the owners of Oetker have now split the Bielefeld-based company into two parts. As both parts of the family have announced, corresponding […]
Promoting young designers with the sale of the BRAUN Wandanlage
The Braun wandanlage was one of the most popular hi-fi systems of the 1960s and represents an important step in the development of consumer electronics. It was designed by design […]
Sun-powered Textiles. Textiles as energy producers at Aalto University
The fibre material, the textile structure, the density, the colour and the type of post-treatment influence the optical properties of textiles. In principle, they can be designed to transmit sunlight. […]
End of the spare parts warehouse. Daimler Buses expands its 3D printing service portfolio
Many locations and long aisles full of well-stocked warehouse shelves everywhere. And a warehouse clerk who, when asked, sets out to find the spare part needed and bring it in […]
The Ocean Cleanup. Jenny collects almost 30,000 kilograms of rubbish from the sea
Huge mountains of rubbish exist not only on land, but also at sea. The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, an accumulation of rubbish on the Pacific Ocean almost twice the size […]
A film on Arte is dedicated to Marimekko and the designer Maija Isola
Many people are familiar with the large-scale floral patterns, the play with geometric shapes and many other colourful fabric designs of the Finnish company Marimekko. The Finnish artist Maija Isola […]
The man who made our lives modern. A short film about Sir Kenneth Grange
Do you know the Anglepoise Type 75 lamp? Or the Kodak Instamatic 33 camera that was widely used in the 1960s? Or have you ever seen the British Railways Intercity […]