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  • John F. Kennedy’s Watch

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    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 ›

  • Marchi Mobile INNOTRUCK BY LUIGI COLANI

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    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 ›

  • Atget’s Paris, 100 Years Later

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    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 ›

  • Pac-Man | Design Icons

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    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.

  • Bulova offers more gimmicks

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    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 ›

  • Inside Twitter’s Decision to Fact-Check Trump’s Tweets

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    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 ›

  • Spiderman-inspired wearable sanitiser

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    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 ›

  • Ressence & Sotheby’s Design Competition’s Winning Watch

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    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 ›

  • A £339 anti-5G USB stick

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    A device costing more than £300 promises to protect your family from the supposed dangers of 5G, using ground-breaking quantum technology – but does it work? Of course not. The rollout of the new 5G mobile networks began in the… Read More ›

  • The Tutima M2 Coastline Chronograph

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    The deep-set dial features a sloping chapter ring for the minutes/seconds with clear white markings and Arabic numerals. The thick rectangular hour markers printed on the dial are shortened at 12 o’clock to accommodate the 30-minute elapsed time counter, at… Read More ›