Editorial Discoveries
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LEGO Made a Typewriter With Keys and a Carriage That Actually Move
The LEGO Ideas Typewriter turns a nostalgic mechanical object into a functional-feeling model with moving parts. It is playful enough for children and design-led enough to appeal to adults who simply want it on a shelf. — via ideas.lego.com
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One Website Is Basically a Cabinet of Brilliant Internet Experiments
Neal.fun collects playful interactive projects that explain scale, money, space, design and absurd ideas by letting you manipulate them rather than simply read. Individual experiments can become recurring BEST OF Finds. — via neal.fun
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LEGO Turned the Titanic Into a 9,090-Piece Display Model
LEGO's Titanic recreates the ship at large display scale with thousands of pieces and interior/mechanical details. The length, cross-section views and build complexity make it far more visually interesting than a standard boxed set. — via lego.com
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This Live Globe Lets You Watch the Planet’s Wind Move
Earth Nullschool visualises weather and ocean data as animated flows across a rotatable globe. It turns complex environmental data into something beautiful enough to explore casually and useful enough to keep open during major weather events. — via earth.nullschool.net
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This Flat-Packing Fire Pit Turns Into a Proper Camp Grill
Snow Peak's Takibi Fire & Grill folds from a compact stack into a stainless-steel fire pit and cooking setup. It is beautifully over-engineered for a simple job and looks far better than most camping hardware. — via snowpeak.com
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Open a Random Window Somewhere Else in the World
WindowSwap turns ordinary views from people's windows into a strangely calming way to travel without moving. One click can take you from a rainy city street to mountains, rooftops or a quiet garden on another continent. — via window-swap.com
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A Block of Carrara Marble Lets This Lamp Reach Across a Room Without a Ceiling Hook
The Arco floor lamp uses a huge curved stem rising from a marble base to suspend light over a table or seating area. Its engineering solution became one of the most enduring silhouettes in 20th-century lighting. — via flos.com
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This 20-Metre Robot Ship Can Map the Ocean Without a Crew
Saildrone's Surveyor is an unmanned surface vehicle built to spend long periods at sea collecting mapping and environmental data. Its giant wing-like sail and crewless profile make it look unlike almost any conventional research vessel. — via saildrone.com
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One Piece of Plastic Became One of the Most Recognisable Chairs Ever Made
Verner Panton's cantilevered chair pushed moulded plastic into a continuous sculptural form without conventional legs. The silhouette is so strong that a row of brightly coloured examples can carry an entire feed card. — via vitra.com
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This Solar-Powered Machine Sits in Rivers and Catches Plastic Before It Reaches the Sea
The Ocean Cleanup's Interceptor is designed to collect floating river waste before it can flow into the ocean. The combination of autonomous operation, solar power and very visible results makes the engineering easy to understand. — via theoceancleanup.com
