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  • Zipline Wants a Tiny Autonomous Drone to Lower Your Delivery Into the Garden

    Zipline's newer home-delivery system separates long-range flight from the final drop, using a smaller delivery component to lower packages precisely to a destination. It is logistics redesigned as a robotics experience. — via zipline.com

  • The Eames Lounge Chair Still Looks Modern Nearly 70 Years Later

    Charles and Ray Eames designed the lounge chair as a more comfortable, refined take on the club chair. Its moulded shell, leather cushions and instantly recognisable profile have made it one of modern furniture's defining objects. — via hermanmiller.com

  • The Robot Dog That Escaped the Lab and Went to Work

    Spot is Boston Dynamics' agile quadruped platform for inspection, sensing and remote work in environments built for humans. Its instantly recognisable gait and real-world deployments make it one of modern robotics' defining objects. — via bostondynamics.com

  • This French Cooker Can Be Configured More Like a Bespoke Car

    La Cornue's Château ranges are hand-built cooking centres offered with extensive choices of colours, trims and configurations. They turn a functional kitchen appliance into a piece of furniture and status object. — via lacornue.com

  • This Desk Lamp Reconfigures Itself for Four Different Kinds of Light

    Dyson's Solarcycle Morph can pivot between task lighting, indirect illumination, feature lighting and ambient modes. Its mechanical transformation gives an otherwise ordinary home object a much more interesting visual story. — via dyson.ae

  • This Four-Legged Robot Goes Into Industrial Sites Humans Would Rather Avoid

    ANYmal is a rugged quadruped built for autonomous inspection in industrial environments. Its ability to climb stairs and move through complex facilities makes it a far more interesting story than a robot simply walking across a lab floor. — via anybotics.com

  • This Screen Rolls Around the House Instead of Living on a Wall

    LG StanbyME mounts a touchscreen display on a wheeled, height-adjustable stand so it can move between rooms and rotate for different uses. It is a television rethought more like a piece of flexible furniture. — via lg.com

  • Kohler Built a Bath That Fills Until Water Disappears Over the Edge

    Kohler's Stillness Infinity Experience treats bathing as a full sensory installation, using an overflow design, lighting and surrounding platform to make the tub look more like a private spa pool than normal bathroomware. — via experience.kohler.com

  • Even a Toilet Can Be Beautifully Designed

    TOTO's Neorest WX hides a large amount of washlet technology inside a smooth, unusually restrained form. It is a useful reminder that BEST OF design does not need to be glamorous — ordinary objects can be made dramatically better. — via toto.com

  • This Two-Person Submarine Is Small Enough to Live on a Yacht

    U-Boat Worx designed NEMO as a compact personal submersible capable of taking two people below the surface without the footprint of a conventional tourist submarine. Its clear pressure hull makes the passengers part of the image. — via uboatworx.com