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LG Chem, the chemical branch of the South-Korean tech conglomerate, has just made two major breakthr oughs in OLED technology: They’ve begun mass-producing the world’s largest super-slim OLED panel, .88 millimeters (.03 inches) thick with a surface of 320-by-320 millimeters (12.5-by-12.5 inches), and selling engineering samples of a new super-flexible plastic OLED panel, perhaps the bendiest…
You spend all day staring at screens. Wouldn’t it be nice to occasionally look up and see a friendly face? Going against the current tide of all-too-smart automated kitchens, Moscow-based designers Tanya Repina and Misha Repin go low-tech with LO-LO, a simple suite of wooden “microkitchen” units ideal for storing refreshments around the office. Each…
Thanks to innovations in material and process, the age-old light bulb ain’t so bulbous anymore. Thes e days it twists, it oozes, it pops, it surveils. Netherlands-based designer David Graas, who specializes in quirky material experiments like flat-pack cardboard furniture and recycled-PET bottlecap tabletop accessories, just added a new form to the mix. His Stalaclights are…
A decade ago, when white LEDs began entering the architecture marketplace in force, early adoption c ame with misgivings. The new light source would drastically cut electricity consumption over many more hours of life — but the color temperature was cold, or brightness seemed insufficient. Like most disruptive technologies, LEDs promised to revolutionize the industry. Just…
The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture has announced that Aaron Betsky has been named dean of Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, an experimental architecture school with a main campus at Taliesin West, in Scottsdale, Ariz., and a summer campus at Taliesin, in Spring Green, Wisc. An influential writer, theorist, educator, and…
Thomas Edison’s light bulb is arguably the single most influential invention of the last several hun dred years. That doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement. Shanghai manufacturer Sengled has taken the bulb and brought it up to speed with our modern multi-tasking, energy-efficient sensibilities. The newly unveiled Sengled Snap, winner of the 2015 Consumer Electronics…
After dabbling in the interiors of New York’s Balenciaga flagship and a creating few small home acce ssories, fashion designer, icon, and darling Alexander Wang has officially made the big crossover into the world of industrial design. Italian furniture empire Poltrona Frau just launched a new Wang-designed collection that evokes the monochrome glam-banality of his eponymous…
In order to grapple with the new complexities that have emerged in the dynamics of the workplace, re tail, and learning environments, IE School of Architecture & Design has launched a new program with the capacity to stimulate innovation through creative design. The Master in Design for Work, Retail and Learning Environments program upends the traditional…
In Canada’s Yukon territory, where temperatures can regularly dip as low as -58 °F, a tiny case-stud y house is a model of efficiency even in the harshest climate: Laird Herbert of Leaf House Small Space Design and Build recently completed the third iteration of his tiny house design. While the house only occupies a 97-square-foot…