Magazine of Design

Magazine of Design featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 
Midnight Evtol

Archer Aviation Evtol Aircraft Sunday, 16 August 2026

Midnight

Midnight is a piloted electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft designed for urban air travel. The aircraft carries four passengers and one pilot and has a range of up to one hundred miles. Midnight is optimized for rapid back-to-back flights of twenty to fifty miles with short recharge intervals. Carbon fiber composites are used across the airframe to balance weight and strength. The cabin includes a partial divider between seats that shows the passenger name, destination and departure time. Full panoramic windows give passengers a view of the city below.

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Hinemosu 30 Computer Display

Yuichiro Katsumoto Computer Display Generative Saturday, 15 August 2026

Hinemosu 30

Hinemosu 30 displays letters and patterns by twisting five white elastic bands with thirty actuators to represent the passage of time. The computer software that controls the device generates dynamic images that evoke textile patterns, ocean waves, mountain storms, and falling snow, as well as the date and time. The mechanical sounds produced by the actuators are reminiscent of the sounds of water and wind in nature. The creativity and novelty of this device lies in the fact that it displays computer-generated information using line-like objects rather than dot-like objects.

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B. League All-Star Game 2023 Op Art

SonyMusic Solutions inc. Op Art Graphic Friday, 14 August 2026

B. League All-Star Game 2023

B. League All-Star Game 2023 is a key visual created for a basketball event held in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. The design uses op art, an abstract style calculated to create a special visual effect. The layout is based on the grid board and round pieces of Othello, a board game that originated in Mito. Each square shows an image related to basketball or a building or landmark that symbolizes Mito. Rotating shapes and colors form animations that are full of movement. The visual was made to draw the audience into an immersive experience.

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Formation 01 Bathroom Faucet

Kohler Internal Design Team Bathroom Faucet Sanitary Ware Thursday, 13 August 2026

Formation 01

Formation 01 is a limited edition bathroom faucet. The design combines a sculptural form with advanced engineering and is made from Neolast, a composite material that allows unexpected texture and rich, saturated color. Striking angles and a bold Haptic Orange finish depart from traditional expectations for a faucet. A 3D printed internal waterway creates a sheet flow of water. An embossed cast iron escutcheon plate refers to a long history of material innovation. The faucet measures 300 mm in width, 207 mm in depth and 135 mm in height.

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Muji Eco-pavilion in Emptiness Exhibition Space

Chenzhu Sun Exhibition Space Trade Show Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Muji Eco-pavilion in Emptiness

In 2023, during the China International Import Expo, Atelier Forth Force specially designed a pavilion consisting of 7,524 interlocking wooden components. That was the exclusive pavilion for Muji, dedicated to the brand spirit: Nature, Naturally and Muji. Throughout the 6 day exhibition, as the pavilion wall transitioned from existence to non existence, 1,254 visitors to the Muji pavilion took away the screen system. Following the dismantling of the wall, the wooden components would be reassembled into a set of storage systems suitable for home use.

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Melandb club Indoor Playground

Li Xiang Indoor Playground Interior Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Melandb club

Meland Club combines five major themes of Insects, Oceans, Land, Sky, and Jungle, to create a Wondrous Museum of Nature, full of futuristic mechanical aesthetics. Architectural logic, art installations, mechanical technological aesthetics, philosophy, and popular science education are unprecedentedly integrated into an exquisite, complex creative scheme, constructing a comprehensive indoor parent-child theme park encompassing family amusement, art appreciation, aesthetic education, popular science, and creative enlightenment, a fantasy universe transcending yet tangible to reality.

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