By Emily Engle - Aug 31

Michael Graves Teams Up With Landscape Forms to Create New US Open Courtside Furniture

An excuse to watch tennis

If you've been watching the US Open, you may have noticed a couple of new courtside additions: For the 50th anniversary of the US Open, Michael Graves Architecture & Design and outdoor furniture specialists Landscape Forms were tasked with reimagining and designing the courtside furniture at the USTA Billie Jean

By Emily Engle - Aug 30

Nike and Virgil Abloh's Powerful Collection for Serena Williams Includes Three New Sneakers

Another win for Serena, and another win for women who love sneakers

Serena Williams recently stepped onto the US Open court wearing the much anticipated "The Queen Collection", designed in collaboration between Virgil Abloh for Off-White, NikeCourt and the tennis star herself. Abloh has gained quite some traction lately, especially due to last year's successful "The Ten" collaboration with Nike. The designer

By Tanya Weaver - Aug 22

The design story behind the 2019 Trek Madone SLR

When Trek released the 2016 Madone they dubbed it "the ultimate race bike". Yet as soon as that bike hit the streets, the design and engineering teams got to work on topping their efforts in the development of its successor. The 2019 Madone is available in both disc-brake and

By Emily Engle - Aug 07

Real Madrid and adidas Announce New Jerseys Made from Parley's Ocean Plastic

Yesterday morning, adidas Soccer revealed the first Real Madrid CF kit ever from the club to be mass-produced from Parley's Ocean Plastic material. The new coral-hued kit will be worn during the 2018/2019 season. The jersey's coloring represents various shades of coral, paying homage to the beauty of the

By Emily Engle - Jul 11

RUNVI: Smart Insoles that Track Performance & Help Reverse Bad Running Habits

Only 20 hours left to pledge on Kickstarter

Knee injuries, ankle injuries and straight-up laziness are three common excuses for living a lifestyle without running, but according to NWTN Co-Founder Daniel von Waldthausen, two of those three excuses can simply stem from running improperly our entire lives. While NWTN's smart insole, RUNVI, can't help in the laziness department,

By Emily Engle - May 30

Our Favorite Skateboard Designs from frog's DECKxDESIGN Challenge

NYC-based design studios were tasked with rethinking the traditional skateboard

For this year's NYCxDesign, frog partnered with Art Start for the second year in a row to help bring creativity to NYC's homeless and at-risk youth through their DECKxDESIGN challenge. Following a successful inaugural year focused on dart boards, this year pivoted focus towards a different type of board—the skateboard.

By Emily Engle - Dec 21, 2017

The Best of Footwear Design in 2017 

Funky closures, space-grade materials and performance insoles

This year proved to be a materials-focused year in footwear. As opposed to last year's 3D printing frenzy, this year saw more of a focus on using high-performance materials in unexpected ways. Our list of top ten footwear stories from this year includes everything from sneaker sketching to Nike's Flyknit

By Rain Noe - Nov 06, 2017

Student Turned Entrepreneur Develops DIY Backyard Ice Rink System

Dylan Gastel's clever "EZ ICE" design uses modular panels, tension, water and the weather

As a high school student, Dylan Gastel started a company that built backyard ice rinks in Rhode Island. Unlike building, say, a basketball court, an ice rink is a relatively easy affair that doesn't require pouring asphalt; with construction lumber and a waterproof membrane, you can build a structure, fill

By Rain Noe - Aug 07, 2017

Travel-Loving Dad Invents Car-Top Tent That Sets Up in 30 Seconds

The Skycamp provides King-size comfort, minus the set-up hassles

In 2009, roadtrip-loving Soon Park took his wife and two daughters on one heck of a camping journey: They drove all over America, racking up 58,000 miles over a span of three years. Park found himself dissatisfied with the UX of the conventional camping trailer they were towing, and upon

By Rain Noe - Jul 20, 2017

What Happens When You Combine a Floating Dock with Surfing?

Kinda surprised no one's thought of this before

For a concept shoot in Bali, surfing rag Stab Magazine towed a floating dock out to where the waves break, then set Volcom's surfing team loose. Here's what happened, and it looks as fun as it does dangerous: The Dock from STAB on Vimeo.

By Rain Noe - Jul 18, 2017

A Glass Pool Table (With a Catch)

Designing for novelty, yea or nay?

As I've mentioned here before, when I was studying ID one of my (famous) design professors hated when people redesigned an existing object to be made from a different material. He'd surely hate this table, but I'd like to hear what you think. Australian company Elite Innovations is selling, in

By Rain Noe - Jul 17, 2017

The ShapeScale: Personal 3D Bodyscanning Device Shows You How Your Body has Changed Over Time

Creates a photorealistic 3D model of you in under a minute

After several weekends of too much beer and barbecue and not enough exercise, I go with the Bill Burr body image motivational system: I take my shirt off, look at myself in the mirror and start fat-shaming myself. This method isn't for everyone, of course, and die-hard fitness nuts

By Core Jr - Jul 17, 2017

Bro Tip: the FLEXR Folding Pullup Bar

Lump this into the "how has someone not thought of this yet?" category

You know a product has been missing from the market when it goes up on Kickstarter and receives 10 times the amount of funding it requested. Recently, that product turns out to be the FLEXR pull up bar, very surprisingly from our research one of the first of its kind.

By Emily Engle - Jul 12, 2017

Nike Brings Flyknit Technology to Clothing with the FE/NOM Flyknit Sports Bra

This one's for the ladies

Ask any woman—no matter what their size or shape may be—what their main challenges are during a workout. I guarantee the conversation will start with sports bras nine times out of ten. Often times, sports bras lack support, and the materials used are not as sweat-friendly as promised. This leads

By Emily Engle - Jul 11, 2017

Storelli's Internal Approach to Protective Athletic Apparel & the Release of their Performance-Enhancing Insoles 

Translation: Protective apparel that doesn't suck to wear and insoles that don't slip (ever)

Bulk and inconvenience instantly come to mind when thinking of protective athletic gear—especially when it comes to positions that require more than shin guards, like goalies. This frustration was the foundation of Storelli Sports, a Brooklyn-based athletic company co-founded by a group of four soccer players understandably fed-up with injury

By Emily Engle - Jun 27, 2017

Nike Has a New 150,000 sq ft, 6 Floor Headquarters in the Middle of NYC

Complete with full basketball court, outdoor terrace, food truck and tree wall

Take a moment to imagine what a Nike headquarters in the heart of NYC would look like. Now picture that times 10, and that's what it actually looks like in real life. This week marks the first week Nike employees get to work in their new NYC home. After the