NASA’s Free Retro Mars Posters

NASA has taken a retro approach to promotion for its Journey to Mars program, and the results are enough to encourage you to sign up. Half recruitment posters, half travel advertising, the designs have an endearing, nostalgic vibe. Between NASA and Elon Musk, heading to Mars—once again—is at the forefront of our collective consciousness. You can download them all at mars.nasa.gov.

The First Futurecraft Shoe from adidas’ Speedfactory

The Made-For-Germany sneakers demonstrates the factory's sheer proficiency

Not only is adidas making a push toward decentralizing their manufacturing—a move that will make truly local products in record (robotically-powered) time—they’ve also unveiled the first-ever shoe from their flagship Speedfactory concept production facility in Ansbach, Germany. As the name implies, the Speedfactory constructs custom, high-performance footwear rapidly. A second Speedfactory will be opened in Atlanta at some point in 2017, but in the interim, …

Studio Visit: Reiko Kaneko

The Japanese-British ceramics designer discusses reactive glazes, her place in Stoke-on-Trent and her work outside the realm of pottery

At the softly sun-bathed studio of ceramics designer Reiko Kaneko, working with glaze is one big experiment. Occasionally, her steady process of trial and error includes herself, such as the first time she worked with a toxic raw lacquer and accidentally touched it with her bare hands: “I really didn’t think it was going to be that poisonous, but I got it on the skin …