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The Pon: A U.S.-Made Combination Pushpin/Paper Clip
Last year we saw the Pinclip, a combination paper clip/thumbtack, which allows you to...
By Rain Noe - February 4, 2015
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The Stephens Brothers' Wooden Ambici Watches
Today ends, successfully, the Kickstarter run of the Plug & Feather watches we wrote...
By Rain Noe - January 2, 2015
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This Watch (is Made of) Rocks
When watchmaking startup Plug & Feather says their timepieces are "built from timeless materials,"...
By Rain Noe - December 24, 2014
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Only Three Days Left to Kickstart "Design for People"!
Scott Stowell's Design for People was one of our Gift Guide picks this year,...
By Rain Noe - December 19, 2014
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The Last Mechanical Pencil You'll Ever Buy?
"I noticed I was using packs and packs of mechanical pencils at work as...
By Rain Noe - December 10, 2014
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HashKey: Ironic Accessory Makes a Stand Against Qwerty Orthodoxy
On first glimpse of the HashKey—perhaps as a result of Kickstarter overexposure—my heart sank...
By Sam Dunne - December 1, 2014
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Smart Luggage Re-Design That Addresses Modern-Day Needs: The Trunkster
One could argue that luggage design hasn't kept pace with modern-day travel needs. Thus...
By Rain Noe - November 27, 2014
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BIY Bikes? Build Your Own Bicycle With Bamboobee
Forgive me, actual bike mechanics of the world, for what I am about to...
By Kat Bauman - November 17, 2014
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The Bruvelo Makes Coffee Smarter
Premium coffee is kind of a thing these days, thanks largely to the likes...
By Ray Hu - November 7, 2014
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With the Successful Funding of the iBox Nano, 3D Printers Just Got a Lot Smaller and Cheaper
Surely some of you remember the toy called Shrinky Dinks, the polystyrene toy that...
By Ray Hu - November 4, 2014
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The Undress Allows Women to Change Clothes in Public, Without Exposing Themselves
A professional photographer whom I know told me he'd never own any car that...
By Rain Noe - November 3, 2014
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Designers of Organizing Products Look to Kickstarter
What kind of organizing products get funded (or try to get funded) on Kickstarter?...
By Jeri Dansky - October 30, 2014
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Sitpack and Relax on This Pocketable, Pop-Out Chair-in-a-Tube
Hot on the heel-plate-attachment-points of Noonee's "Chairless Chair," the team at Mono+Mono has launched...
By Ray Hu - October 30, 2014
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The Wolffepack: A Backpack Designed to Flip Around to the Front!
Messenger bags make you sore on one side. I can just about guarantee those...
By Rain Noe - October 29, 2014
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Picture This: Billed as Pandora for Photos, Fireside Offers a Smarter Digital Frame
Just launched on Kickstarter, Fireside is bicoastal startup that promises to revolutionize digital photography—not...
By Ray Hu - October 28, 2014
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A Kickstarted Hoverboard! With a Catch
With a lot of folks buying the Back to the Future 2 hoverboard prank...
By Rain Noe - October 22, 2014
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Inventables Launches 3D Carving Machine on Kickstarter, Reaches Funding Target in Minutes!
These are exciting times for those looking to get into digital fabrication, as the...
By Rain Noe - October 21, 2014
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This Week in Aerial Imagery: Top-Down Typography and Killer Whalewatching
We've long been enamored with the Eames' Powers of Ten short film, which is...
By Ray Hu - October 17, 2014
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Kickstart Radiotopia for Kickass Storytelling Radio
Do you like feeling you're on the right side of history? Do you value...
By Kat Bauman - October 16, 2014
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Will This Successfully-Kickstarted "Air Umbrella" Turn Out to Be the Real Deal for 2015?
Industrial design student Quentin Debaene's Dyson-Powered Invisible Umbrella concept generated strong interest when we...
By Rain Noe - October 14, 2014
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Communitere - A Nonprofit Organization That Literally Gives Locals the Tools to Empower Themselves
When I write about projects and people that I find interesting, I often wonder...
By Moa Dickmark - October 14, 2014
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And Now, an Origami-Based Minimalist Umbrella
TIL, in a 2008 New Yorker article (via Wikipedia of course), that "There are...
By Ray Hu - October 8, 2014
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What Do You Get When You Cross an Oven Mitt with a Neck Pillow?
Having just spent a week in China, my circadian rhythm is pretty much entirely...
By Ray Hu - October 1, 2014
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Aerospace Engineer Designs the Perfect Ice Cream Scoop
If only all industrial designers paid as much attention to ergonomics as this engineer.Michigan-based...
By Rain Noe - September 25, 2014
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Seriously? Test Case: Seatylock
Weird Crap On Kickstarter can be a pretty depressing beat, but sometimes the odd...
By Kat Bauman - September 22, 2014
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The Standards Manual: A Veritable Grail of Visual Communication Available for 30 Days via Kickstarter
The new Apple Watch may offer navigation via a paired iPhone's GPS system, but...
By Ray Hu - September 10, 2014
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A Vibrating Fork, and an Anti-Vibration Spoon. Which Would You Rather Have Designed?
The phrase "First World problems" was trenchant the first time I heard it. Now...
By Rain Noe - September 4, 2014
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Wave Hello To Minimal Music Posters: Kickstart Your Favorite Waveform Dance Tracks
Second verse, better than the first. Alex Szabo-Haslam made delicate waves last year with...
By Kat Bauman - August 19, 2014
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Brilliant Butter Knife Re-design
From Australia comes this clever re-think of the common butter knife. Sydney-based industrial designers...
By Rain Noe - August 18, 2014
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How a Failed Kickstarter Campaign Returned, Succeeded, and Spawned a Transportation Subculture
Price inflation doesn't usually make a physical noise, but it did in 2008, in...
By Rain Noe - August 15, 2014
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Lousy Non-Industrial-Designers Eating Our ID Lunch. To Hell With Your Affordable, Cleverly-Designed Standing Desk
David Yamnitsky and Isabella Tromba are grad students at MIT, with degrees and degrees-to-be...
By Rain Noe - August 12, 2014
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For Ears That Deserve the Best, Kickstart OwnPhones
Do your off-the-shelf earbuds fall out during javelin practice? Did the wings you taped...
By Kat Bauman - August 11, 2014
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The Mininch Tool Pen: What Makes This Design Such a Funding Smash?
When a product design asks for $7,000 on Kickstarter but nets $228,000, it's worthy...
By Rain Noe - August 7, 2014
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