Linha Combine Portable Table Set

Bamboo rounds stack up in an eco-friendly approach to picnics

Brazilian design company Bold announced this week Linha Combine, an all-in-one set for transporting family-style meals. During the presentation at Rio+Design, we were struck by the combination of sharp design, eco-consciousness and material innovation. Linha Combine features Bambootube, a fibrous material made from bamboo and rice husks, and the design looks to be riffing on the ubiquitous Indian dabbawala lunch tin. Cups, plates and bowls …

Sheryl Connelly’s 2013 TED Notes

Conference veteran and Ford futurist Sheryl Connelly shares her brilliantly illustrated synopsis

Each year we travel to Long Beach, CA for TED and each year, though armed with inspiration anew, we’d leave with scattered notes—hammered out on an iPad or illegibly scribbled alongside speaker bios in the TED program—that hardly do justice to the knowledge we’ve gleaned. That was until our friend Sheryl Connelly—Ford Motor Company Futurist, TED alum and note-taker extraordinaire—began sharing with us her illustrated …

Ressence Type 3 Watch

The crown-free wonder from Benoît Mintiens overhauls horological user experience

Benoît Mintiens—founder and designer of Ressence—released today the Type 3. Yet another reason to get excited for Baselworld, we’re blown away by the visual appeal and remarkable mechanics that Mintiens and team have given to the growing community of craft watchmaking. Ressence balances Dieter Rams level aesthetic simplicity with Max Büsser inspired genius in engineering to deliver watches that are simultaneously crisp and whimsical. On …