Here's what we looked at this week:

Fellow Products channels Dieter Rams' design approach.

1X shows off NEO Gamma, their domestic servant robot. This is surely the beginning of the end.

Phaidon's forthcoming "Mid-Century Modern Designers" book covers 300 designers and goes way beyond furniture.

The Cuboid: A compact, designey power strip by new Swedish design brand Kord.

Helix: One AI brain controlling multiple robots.

Believe it or not, with Eskimo Design's Modernist towel heater, form follows function.

A brilliant design for a trailer that unloads the material for you.

This IQ Vise can hold anything in any position.

Sigma's minimalist, ultra lightweight BF camera is unibody, being milled out of a single block of aluminum.

Tech furniture: A stool that provides haptic feedback for musicians. Useful, or gimmick?

An unusual barbecue object from Japan: This mesh frying pan lets you cook rice and noodles over an open flame.

ColorPipes: Lightweight inflatable lighting, now with programmable colors.

A brief history of the briefcase, and a comeback version by Toyo Steel.

Industrial Design student work: Turning discarded carpet into comfortable furniture.

Choppy, by Latvian design brand Stum, is a bent plywood children's bicycle.

Why van racking company Sortimo made an automatic door.

Studio Ololoo's surprising Bubble Stool.

Humanscale's Float Micro is a minimalist, height-adjustable offset-leg cantilevered side table.

Industrial design firm Spitfire explains: "How to Develop a Product."