This Pivot Arc Lighter provides the reach of a wand lighter, but comes in a more portable form factor: It can be folded in half when not in use. It's made of die-cast zinc and finished with a brass coating. The juice comes from lithium-ion batteries, recharged via the USB-C port at the bottom. These are by Utah-based outdoor products company Barebones...

From an environmental perspective, responsibly managed wood is undoubtedly the best building material. It literally grows out of the ground, it stores carbon, and it can be endlessly regenerated. That being said, there's a lot of waste created in timber production. Not every tree that gets cut down is turned into usable timbers, and even the ones that...

Resurfacing a highway requires shutting down lanes, and this creates disruption. The Swiss don't like disruptions. Thus the Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) hired Marti Technik AG, a construction firm that specializes in cutting-edge technology and special equipment, to design and build a solution. Marti Technik's answer is this incredible Astra Bridge....

Etienne Constable of Seaside, California is a boat owner. It's parked on a trailer in his driveway, in plain view. The city government informed Constable that this was illegal; the boat would need to be visually concealed behind a six-foot visual barrier. Constable complied and had a six-foot gate built. Then he hired a local muralist, Hanif Panni,...

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,...