Modular Storage System From Samsung Eco-Box

In this video, Dezeen x Samsung Out of the Box Competition finalist Abigail Whitelow explains how she created a modular storage and display system from the cardboard box of Samsung‘s The Frame television. Called Tessellate, Whitelow’s design comprises six modules, which can be arranged in different ways to create a coffee table, a sideboard, or a variety of different shelving […]

DIY Algae Kit Easy Science Experiment

In addition to cultivating the nutritious blue-green algae, the kit also helps to absorb the same amount of carbon dioxide as two young trees and provides the home with the same amount of oxygen as seven common indoor plants. Perhaps best of all, BioBombola allows children and adults alike to interact with nature from the comfort of their own homes. […]

Handmade Wood Cabin In North Carolina

This 400-square-foot cabin, nicknamed The Nook, can be found in the charming, forested area of Swannanoa, North Carolina, just outside of Asheville. The project was a labor of love by owner and professional photographer Mike Belleme, who built the cabin himself along with a rotating crew of local community craftspeople. Even better, he used locally sourced materials in the construction, […]

AR Earth Speakr App 

Artist Olafur Eliasson has developed an augmented reality app that allows children to digitally transplant their faces onto their environment to help give them a voice in discussions about the climate crisis. The app is part of a collective artwork, alongside a dedicated website, which gives a platform to those who are too young to be involved in the official […]

Foster + Partners Skyscraper Over Station 

Foster + Partners has released visuals for a 39-storey skyscraper that will be built above the Pitt Street metro station it is developing in central Sydney, Australia. Named Pitt Street OSD, the skyscraper forms part of Foster + Partners ongoing work to expand the Sydney Metro – Australia’s biggest public transport project – for which it is designing seven stations. […]

Updating Mac Os Big Sur

With its fresh, clean redesign and plethora of new features, MacOS Big Sur is the largest shake-up of Apple’s Mac operating system in years. But there is one feature that stands out above the rest: Control Center. This puts key settings into an easily accessible panel in your Mac’s menu bar. It may not seem like much, but this little […]

Having An Eco-Friendly Picnic

Summer is just around the corner, and that means it’s picnic season. But a picnic with juice boxes and individually wrapped treats creates a lot of waste that only contributes to the growing plastic crisis. Have an eco-friendly picnic this summer instead and spend time enjoying and protecting the environment around you in real ways that you can be proud […]

Pocket Printer

Polaroid has today launched the Hi-Print, a pocket-friendly photo printer that can turn smartphone snaps into 2.3 x 3.4-inch prints in less than a minute, which can then be stuck on lockers, laptop lids, backpacks, or scrapbooks. Digital image technology has not been kind to instant film photography, with Polaroid finally stopping production in 2008. But a group of fans […]