Bibliothèque

London's book-obsessed design studio shares their top six rare reads

As their name implies, London design firm Bibliothèque take an avid interest in books. The creative trio recently outlined how their obsession with printed matter informs their practice at the Design Indaba conference, explaining “it’s easy to cherry-pick inspiration in the digital era; we are pre-digital collectors with a fascination in the communication of images.” Their bibliophile ways have clearly paid off with a host …

Kor Vida

Win the latest "Perfect Spout" water bottle

Kor has been producing quality reusable water bottles since their inception in 2008. With forward-thinking design, they excel at creating functional H20 portage and are committed to changing the habits of the Dasani-swilling masses, The release of their newest vessel, the Vida, does nothing less than reinvent the steel water carrier. Kor’s steel bottle uses Kor’s “Perfect Spout” technology, which is designed to feel smooth …

The Power of Babble

Rapha rides for Japan, Maeda on craft, dry-transfer Field Notes and more in this week's online snapshot

Deb Roy of MIT, has been videotaping the last three years of his son’s life. In an effort to better understand how humans learn language and how to improve the ways we can teach it to machines, Roy has logged over 120,000 hours of footage from cameras placed all over his home. Wired talked to Roy about how the project has helped learning about speech …