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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 42
The next big creators will be experts
When I started hosting a podcast this year, I assumed the guests whose message would travel furthest would be the ones with the biggest followings. That’s how I’d been taught to think about talent for 20 years, since the MySpace days, but it turned out to be the other way round.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 41
‘I am a writer who wanted to be a painter’: Tobias Frere-Jones on the creative mash-up that led him to typeface design
Tobias Frere-Jones has designed typefaces for clients like Martha Stewart Living , the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Carnegie Hall, Stacey Abrams, Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral office, the American Civil Liberties Union, New York…
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Magnetic-Footed Spider-Bot That Can Climb and Weld
The Diden Spider is a robot that has magnetic feet and can weld. Developed by South Korea's Diden Robotics, the four-legged 'bot uses electric pulses to switch its magnetic feet on and off; once attached to a surface, they draw no power.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Made in Search's Midcentury-esque Hearth Lamp
This simple, elegant Hearth Lamp looks like a Midcentury Modern design that's turned up in some Danish thrift shop. But in fact it's a new object, by British homeware brand Made in Search .
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Can You Guess How This Hollow Clock with Floating Hands Works?
This Hollow Clock was designed by Shinsaku Hiura , an engineering professor at the University of Hyogo. It was then 3D printed and assembled by content creator MechDesign98 . As the clock's name suggests, there is no pane of transparent material filling the circle.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Kate Schroder's Illuminated LED "Chandeliearrings"
These chandeliearrings are by Kate Schroeder , a Missouri-based ceramic artist and jewelrymaker. They contain LEDs powered by LR41 button batteries, which provide about 30 hours of life (though the brightness dims over time).
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Redneck & Designey Ways to Stop Vandals from Smashing Your Mailbox
I live in rural America, and can say that the 20th-century sport of "mailbox baseball" is still alive and well. While these photos aren't mine, this is a common scene on my local roads: This is a problem all around the country.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Table that Goes from Round to Square
This transforming table is by Polish company Bauhausly . Its signature trick is that it goes from round to square: Beneath you can see the concealed hinges that make it work.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 43
The Rubik’s Cube just got its first major redesign in 50 years
The Rubik’s Cube is perhaps one of the most universally recognizable objects in the modern world. It’s the world’s best-selling toy ever, having sold more than 500 million units. It’s appeared on The Simpsons , in two Spider-Man films, and in Disney’s animated hit WALL-E .
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Sponsored: Announcing the Winners of Fusion Forward: Design for Home
Fusion Forward: Design for Home , Core77's competition with Autodesk Fusion , asked designers to rethink everyday products for the home across three categories: Smart Home Devices, Personal Fitness Wellness, and Home Yard Maintenance.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Chemical-Free Anti-Mosquito Solution: Wearing Fake Dragonflies
In the English county of Cornwall, a contracting firm called Cormac handles construction, road maintenance and environmental services. On a job last summer, a Cormac crew had to clear riverside vegetation, and were getting eaten alive by biting insects.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
These Ascender Gadgets Let You Walk Up a Vertical Rope
This peculiar-looking object… …is a Quick Step Foot Ascender that you wear around your feet. The contraption contains a movable, ratcheting jaw that bites onto rope.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Food-Safe, Residue-Free Fire Extinguisher for the Kitchen
This Firemill object, by Swedish industrial design firm Propellor , is a food-safe fire extinguisher that leaves no residue. "The majority of home fires begin in the kitchen," Propellor writes.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 41
Farewell to the electoral college? Democrats now control enough states to elevate the popular vote
Eighteen states run by Democrats have already joined an interstate compact to award their Electoral College votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the national popular vote.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Singapore wants a bigger slice of the global gold market. Is it too late to the party?
Singapore is stepping up efforts to become a key player in the global gold market, betting that vaulting service and tax incentives will help it attract flows.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Lehners Seeder: A Manually-Operated Automatic Seed Sowing Contraption
This Matrix-looking contraption was invented by German nursery business Lehner. Planting seeds in neat rows had become a production bottleneck for the company. Mechanical seed planters exist, but they rely on electricity or compressed air, and thus require maintenance.