Tangeez Tangible Lights

Interactive, color-changing building blocks that let you play with light, by New York's Next Top Makers finalists

We first came across Tangeez—colorful, interactive, light-up building blocks—at this year’s Maker Faire. A long-anticipated reinvention of the classic toy, these mesmerizing, palm-sized objects change color as they’re stacked. Dubbed “physical pixels” by co-creators Emily Webster and Mustafa Bagdatli—two NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program Alumni—the internally illuminated lights are as entertaining for kids as they are for adults. Tangeez pack oodles of fun and myriad functions …

London Design Festival 2013: Hunting & Narud

The design duo draws from their native Norway to create functional but wondrously sculptural mirrors

by LinYee Yuan Rough quarry granite, matte steel and a highly polished copper mirror are the elements that make up one of the most visible design objects at this year’s London Design Festival. The sculptural Copper Mirrors series from Norwegian-born, London-based designers Amy Hunting and Oscar Narud were originally conceived for Fashion Scandinavia at Somerset House during the recent London Fashion Week. But their striking …

Joined + Jointed at LDF

A collective of celebrated designers produce meticulously crafted furniture from first sketch to final product

by LinYee Yuan A number of homegrown brands were launched during this year’s London Design Festival, but one of the standouts was the collection of wood furnishings from Joined + Jointed. The debut offering—which includes the striking Concave bookshelf from Simon Pengelly, the Lazy dining table and chairs from Freshwest, Linus sideboard from Wales & Wales and the Wood III chair from Henrik Soerig—highlights their …