Samsung’s ODM pivot, SK’s exit, and why LG is still standing Why Korea’s Conglomerates Are Abandoning Home Appliances — The House Is Getting Smaller Samsung’s ODM pivot, SK’s exit, and why LG is still standing by Kayjay · Founder & Editor, OFF PLAN I work in interior design and construction.Continue Reading
The 1996 question returns to Copenhagen with a modern answer When a brand disappears and comes back, there are two ways to do it. Attach an old badge to a new box and hope no one asks questions. Or pick up the original question and actually try to answer itContinue Reading
80 years of horn DNA meets 20 years of obsession. 600 pairs. That’s it. April 2026, Milan. During the week of Salone del Mobile, when furniture and fashion take over the city — Klipsch brought a speaker to the Fondazione Luigi Rovati museum. An audio brand choosing a museum atContinue Reading
Where Nigerian masquerade meets Texas cowboy culture, a table refuses to stand still April 2026, Salone del Mobile. Knoll — the furniture company whose catalogue carries the names Mies van der Rohe and Eero Saarinen — placed one artist’s first commercial furniture collection at the center of its booth.Continue Reading
Bond’s first chronograph in 31 years didn’t come from a film. It came from a PlayStation. 1995, GoldenEye. Pierce Brosnan wore an OMEGA Seamaster on his wrist, and from that moment, every Bond film has had one. Thirty-one years, ten films, a partnership that has never once broken stride. ThisContinue Reading
Solid ash wood, a three-tone sunburst, and a driver tuned for strings Everyone has seen a sunburst finish. Starting with 1950s Fender Stratocasters, carried by Hendrix, Clapton, Page — that gradient from bright center to dark edge is the most enduring finish in guitar history. Audio-Technica put it on aContinue Reading
The headphone that started a revolution comes back in leather and metal Sony launched the MDR-1000X and rewrote the rules of the headphone market. That combination of noise cancellation quality and wireless audio at that price point hadn’t existed before. Every generation since has debuted at the top of everyContinue Reading