Here's what we looked at this week: Industrial Facility designed this Powerbox mobile charging system for Herman Miller. How architects could help custom fab shops: Let them sell products from projects. Fantastic Industrial Design student work: Charlie Humble-Thomas asks "How long should objects last?" He pursues the answer by creating three...

These days an ID firm might be called on to design a system, rather than a product. Package Solutions is a company seeking to solve the problems of delivering packages to multi-resident buildings and student housing. They hired Formation Design Group to work out the solutions. "The rapid growth of e-commerce has overwhelmed last mile package delivery,...

I wear a face shield in the mornings. On a farm, when you're blasting out muck buckets with a hose, you only have to get liquid feces up your nose once before you seek solutions. The face shield I've got is the polycarbonate 3M kind that you'd wear if using a lathe. It's overkill, bulky and you can't get a baseball cap over it, which is annoying when...

These MagPower Tables were designed by Carl Magnusson. The legs feature one USB-A and two USB-C ports. You may be wondering where the power comes from. In Magnusson's sketch, we can see where the power cord would be plugged into the back of the leg: However, there's also an option to install a wireless rechargeable battery. An office manager or intern...

In the 1950s, German manufacturer Hailo produced step trash cans.Nowadays trash cans (at least in Europe) are no longer standalone items in kitchens, but are hidden within cabinets. Keeping pace is Hailo's modern offering, the Libero. It's a super low-profile hands-free cabinet door opener consisting of a laser sensor and a motor: Installing one does...

This Help Universal Light is by German industrial designer Rupert Kopp. A sort of task lamp for everyday life, the graphic, playful shape is meant to encourage you to jury-rig it into places where you couldn't get an ordinary lamp.The dimmable LED puts out up to 1,900 lumens. The diameter is 26cm (10 ¼") and the cord is 360cm (11.8') long. "The light...