Meta’s camera-free Ray-Ban Audio glasses remove the lens, not the consent problem. What should wearables reveal about listening and data processing?
Bentley’s electric Torcal puts luxury at a crossroads: preserve craft and longevity, or simply give resource-intensive excess a cleaner powertrain?
Zuckoff detects nearby smart glasses. Should visible recording signals and bystander consent be built into wearables, rather than outsourced to defensive apps?
Could cafés turn coffee grounds and other waste into local interiors? A speculative materials network puts hygiene, energy and labour before circular hype.
Could neighbourhood workshops grow mycelium lampshades that meet fire standards, arrive on time and cost less to replace? A radical local-production model.
Emeco’s lawsuit against Zara Home exposes the fault line between protected furniture design, mass-market imitation and the right to borrow.
OMHU's cheaper Tedy sofa dupe weaponizes copy culture—but does parody expose design's problems or normalize stolen authorship?
When restoring vintage superyachts costs more than new build, is it preservation—or luxury performance?
Inflatable air-conditioning fashion and reactive objects signal a future where comfort becomes portable, intimate, and unequal.
Bao Fast Foods turns fast food into a modular brand system. Can speed, consistency, and local adaptation coexist without losing soul?
