Sometimes design firms are commissioned to do concept work that never sees the light of day. As one example, Berlin-based agency XOIO was asked by Daimler to envision future mobility scenarios. The project yielded few images and is only published on XOIO's site, but I find these two shots, depicting "the inner city distribution of goods" in Paris in...

The Hauptbahnhof (central train station) in Freiburg, Germany, has a Twenty47 Marktplatz. This is a 24-hour facility filled entirely with vending machines, selling everything "from coffee to champagne, sandwiches to delicatessen menus, dog biscuits, bandages, cuckoo clocks, schnapps, condoms," et cetera. There's also some Amazon delivery lockers. And...

Scott Constable, of California-based art/design collective Wowhaus, built this Orca sculpture several years ago. It's suspended over the entryway of Kitsap Middle School in Silverdale, Washington. The purpose of it was to draw attention of the local Orca's endangered status, while simultaneously honoring the region's boatbuilding heritage. The ribbed...

The innovative design of the Insta360 Go 3 sets it apart from other action cameras. The monitor can pivot forwards for self-shooting……but its biggest trick is that the pill-like camera is held within the housing by a magnet, so you can pop it out. That means you can shoot from one place and monitor the footage from another. The company also offers...

These Dynamic Mirrors are by sculptor/furniture designer Soo Joo. The impressively executed biophilic forms are typical of her work. CNC, you say? Nope; rasp and sandpaper."Soo Joo Studio's sculptural silhouettes are timeless and dynamic, bringing the essence of nature indoors. Inspired by traditional Korean ink calligraphy (? ? ?). The gestural form...

This easy-on-the-eyes Rounded Cabinet series is by a617, a Milan-based design firm. It was "born from the encounter between a functional need and the desire to bring the mid-century Milanese architectural style into domestic interiors," they write. The series consists of a two-drawer unit, a four-drawer unit and a two-door cabinet. Unfortunately,...