Author Archives
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The Timex Metropolitan R
Timex hasn’t used Google’s WearOS on the Metropolitan series, and instead states the watch operating system and app are proprietary. The app has Timex branding and there is a long list of Timex watch faces too, but everything has a… Read More ›
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AirPods Pro vs Jaybird Vista
I am on my second stint with the AirPods Pro and the experience is a little better this time. A little better… I was advised by a friend recently that the issue with dizziness may have been reduced, presumably quietly,… Read More ›
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John F. Kennedy’s Watch
Today’s JFK’s Omega Ultra Thin sits in Omega’s museum in Bienne, Switzerland—the brand purchased the watch at auction for $350,000 in 2005. And as far as presidential watches go, it remains an artifact of a different time. With the exception… Read More ›
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Marchi Mobile INNOTRUCK BY LUIGI COLANI
The Innotruck is a milestone in automotive history. With this invention, Colani was 100 years ahead of his time. The futuristic extreme design was developed to reduce fuel consumption by up to 50 %. The model offered here was built… Read More ›
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Atget’s Paris, 100 Years Later
Freed of people, the urban landscape has evoked an older Paris. In particular, it has called up the singular Paris of Eugène Atget, an early 20th-century father of modern photography in his unsentimental focus on detail… More here. These photos… Read More ›
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Pac-Man | Design Icons
While a nascent games industry was laser focused on emulating the success of Taito’s Space Invaders, one designer tried to make something completely different – and ended up creating our second design icon: Pac-Man. Brilliant.
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Bulova offers more gimmicks
The first of the models in the Bulova Frank Sinatra Collection, the Bulova My Way, starts with an Art Deco style rectangular stainless steel case sized at 29.5 mm by 47 mm. Finished in either polished stainless or gold tone,… Read More ›
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Inside Twitter’s Decision to Fact-Check Trump’s Tweets
Within 48 hours of the fact-check, Trump was preparing to issue an executive order that would ban federal spending on social platforms that exercise certain editorial powers and encourage the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to launch investigations… Read More ›
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Spiderman-inspired wearable sanitiser
The designer wanted to solve the behavioral perception and usage when it came to traditional sanitizer bottles. He wanted to create something that was innovative, ergonomic, easy to carry, and made it hassle-free to sanitize frequently when you go outside…. Read More ›
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Ressence & Sotheby’s Design Competition’s Winning Watch
Speaking about the competition, Ressence founder and CEO Benoît Mintiens said, “Letting our community have the final say and be part of our project felt like the right thing to do. During the selection process, we discussed the feasibility of… Read More ›
