Here’s what we looked at this week:
Ex-McLaren designer Steve Nichols came out of retirement to design the N1A, a beautiful ’60s-style roadster.
This modular tiny truck from Texas, a “Low-Speed EV,” is called the Vanish.
ID student Winson Cheng designed this Unimo, an open-source wheelchair made from cast-off bicycles, office chairs and shopping carts.
This designey, asymmetrical NexMonitor features eye-level wireless phone charging.
For the National Week of Injection Molding, experts held online presentations sponsored by the Society of Plastic Engineers.
The Recover-E is a driveable Formula E car, made entirely of e-waste.
Here are some non-rectangular notebooks, in case you’re sketching apple turnovers or boomerangs.
From ESR, here’s a six-device charger for Apple devices.
Veteran graphic designer Allan Peters has written “Logos That Last: How to Create Iconic Visual Branding” as a how-to book.
Stitch Work, by Industrial Design student Alison Tooze, is a series of templates that teaches you to sew by hand.
This Tube Metal Hair Comb, by Dutch industrial designer Maarten Baptist, is laser-cut from a stainless steel tube.
The Re-Fire-Kit, by industrial designer Francesco Faccin, is a designey flint-free firestarting kit.
Toyota’s Land Cruiser is returning with a fresh, unique redesign.
Pininfarina unveiled their Pura Vision design concept, which they’re calling an e-LUV (electric Luxury Utility Vehicle).
Potentially big news for design-for-disassembly: Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science have developed a reversible adhesive.
The magnetically-attached SnapGrip is a more ergonomic SLR grip that wirelessly charges your smartphone.
Invented by mechanical engineer Rambod Radmard, this credit-card-sized gizmo folds into angle-adjustable phone stand.
From France, the Beez is a lightweight bicycle touring trailer made with laminated wood and steel.
ID consultancy HSD designed the gammaCore Sapphire, a handheld pain relief device.
