Three dead Wii Remotes, one controller willing to come back
Three Wii Remotes damaged by leaking alkaline cells, insects and corrosion become a triage exercise: identify salvageable boards, clean, measure and rebuild one usable controller.
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In Toronto, public furniture starts with a pile of bricks
On Ookwemin Minising, GXN and Ha/f did not design a pop-up first and order the materials later. They began with what Toronto already had available.
The box gets two seconds to teach the game
For What The Sketch?, Luke McConkey was not just drawing a funny box. He had to make a game of shapes, speed and guessing feel legible before anyone opened the rules.
The drone was not recharged in flight. The real result is what 38.49% leaves out
A new receiver converts 38.49% of green laser light into electricity. That is a strong result, but its denominator begins after several losses a complete system still has to absorb.
This transparent CD player puts the act of playback back in view
Syitren's RM1 puts its disc and mechanism on display. But this CD player is still a campaign: seeing the mechanism is not the same as owning the object.
A robot can look less futuristic when you photograph it like a machine
Mattia Balsamini photographs robots without adding a ready-made storyline. By keeping the bodies, places and people around them, he replaces sci-fi spectacle with an image of work.
This bench stays dry because its normal position is closed
In Lausanne, a seat folds under a small roof as soon as you stand up. The passive mechanism protects the wood, trading rain and dirt for springs, a hinge and one extra action from the user.
Can a repairable vehicle begin with a 17-centimetre handle?
ANURA organises its body around the distance between two handle holes. The grid makes disassembly legible, but it does not yet solve parts, diagnostics or mechanics.
They Don't Want Your Brief. They Want a Week in Your Vineyard
Andstudio is offering wineries an unusual exchange: no agency fee, but a week on site before four to six months of branding work. The real experiment is replacing the initial brief with fieldwork.
Felice Varini builds an image from one point. Then he asks you to move
Felice Varini's perfect circle is not painted on one wall but distributed across a room. A projector turns a chosen viewpoint into a construction plan.