A $39,900 argument that watchmaking should never take itself too seriously H. Moser & Cie is the Swiss watchmaker most likely to make you laugh. The Swiss Alp trolled the Apple Watch. The Swiss Mad put the movement in an Emmental cheese case. This is a company that takes theContinue Reading
A 1936 Bauhaus lamp and a 1970s turntable found their color Copenhagen, June 10, 2026. At the Fritz Hansen Sound Club installation during 3 Days of Design, two objects sat in the same room. One was a lamp. One was a turntable. They shared exactly one thing. A color. TheContinue Reading
Mac and iPad prices up by as much as 25%. iPhone untouched. For now. On June 25, 2026, Apple’s online store went dark for a few minutes. When it came back, the price tags had changed. For the first time in the company’s history, Apple passed memory and storage costContinue Reading
The OG Green is back. This time, you can see straight through it. November 15, 2001. Microsoft entered the console market for the first time. A heavy black box. A green X. A challenge thrown at a market PlayStation owned. That challenge has run for 25 years. June 7, 2026.Continue Reading
The Copenhagen brand that changed the rules, and what Spring 2026 brings In 2003, Rolf and Mette Hay opened a small store on Pilestræde in Copenhagen with a simple conviction: good design doesn’t have to be expensive. At the time, Scandinavian design was largely the territory of luxury brands andContinue Reading
Every spring, dandelion seeds are harvested by hand from fields in the Netherlands. One by one. With tweezers. Each seed is attached individually to an LED — a hair-thin wire connecting nature to current. When the light turns on, the seed glows at its tip. It appears to float. ThisContinue Reading
Let’s start with the honest version. The Leica Sofort 2 is manufactured by Fujifilm. It uses Instax Mini film. Its specifications mirror the Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo almost exactly. The price is double. $399 versus $199. And yet people choose the Sofort 2. Understanding why requires a different lens thanContinue Reading