Apple kicked off its hardware event today with a charming little video that did double promo duty, both introducing the event in a lighthearted way and giving a quick curated tour of the company’s new “spaceship” headquarters. We don’t always post Apple advertisements here at TechCrunch, but when we do, it’s because they actually show off something new. Well, kind of new, anyway. It’s nice to see it all in motion.
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Watch Apple’s ‘Mission: Impossible’ style spaceship HQ tour
Apple kicked off its hardware event today with a charming little video that did double promo duty, both introducing the event in a lighthearted way and giving a quick curated tour of the company’s new “spaceship” headquarters. We don’t always post Apple advertisements here at TechCrunch, but when we do, it’s because they actually show off something new. Well, kind of new, anyway. It’s nice to see it all in motion.
View More Watch Apple’s ‘Mission: Impossible’ style spaceship HQ tourThis unique vacuum-extraction coffee maker is Colombia’s own
If you had a cup of coffee this morning, there’s a good chance those beans came from Colombia, which has been growing and selling them for centuries. But the country hasn’t produced any coffee makers — until now, anyway.
View More This unique vacuum-extraction coffee maker is Colombia’s own10 online courses and tools to make you a design pro by the end of Labor Day weekend
If your only plan this Labor Day weekend is to breeze through your Netflix watchlist, why not make your vacation more worthwhile by feeding your brain with new knowledge?
We’re rounding up deals on design tools and training that can boost your …
Distributor of plans for 3D-printed guns puts his product back in circulation
Cody Wilson, the self-described crypto-anarchist who on Monday was blocked from distributing schematics for 3D-printed guns online, is making good on his promise for “one hell of a week.” I am about to give you one hell of a week. — Cody R. Wilson (@Radomysisky) August 26, 2018 Exploiting what Wilson says is a loophole […]
View More Distributor of plans for 3D-printed guns puts his product back in circulationTowering, twisted skyscraper proposed to be Australia’s tallest building
A towering, twisting skyscraper with vertical green space and a public rooftop garden is set to become Australia’s tallest building.
Dubbed the “Green Spine,” and set to stand 356.20 metres (1,168 feet) high, the design for the striking cantilevered …
Paris residents are pissed over rather public eco-friendly urinals
New supposedly eco-friendly urinals in Paris have (literally!) pissed off locals, due to their rather public nature.
Installed on the Île Saint-Louis sitting on the Seine river, the uritrottoir (the combined French words for urinal and pavement)…
As product development incorporates more feedback, development toolkit productboard raises $8M
Since its debut on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage in September 2016, demand for a service like productboard, which gives companies a wholistic view of product development and encourages input from across an organization, has only gotten more acute, according to company chief executive Hubert Palan. Now, with an $8 million commitment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers […]
View More As product development incorporates more feedback, development toolkit productboard raises $8MThis 3D-printed “gill” wants to help you breathe under water
Amphibio is a concept gill garment designed by Jun Kamei, inspired by the future sea level rises. Amphibio is designed to help humans survive a world submerged in water, but it may be unlikely for humans to live underwater. Read more…More about Desi…
View More This 3D-printed “gill” wants to help you breathe under waterThe pink coffin pool toy is this summer’s most relatable accessory
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Your antidote to the Taylor Swift swan float is here.
Behold the pink coffin pool toy— a summery, macabre float created by Canadian designer Andrew Greenbaum.
“Had the idea to start this project almost three years ago, with my guy @ian__felton,” he wrote in a post about the float on Instagram. “I found someone who could make me a sample recently and pulled the trigger. Super hilarious project.”
It looks like the dark souls of Twitter are into it. After Greenbaum shared a photo of his pink coffin float online, it quickly made the jump to the tweeting world, where people are relating hard to its “cheerful death” vibe. Read more…
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View More The pink coffin pool toy is this summer’s most relatable accessoryFinally, a mobile guide that makes pulling your phone out in a museum worth it
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If you’ve ever gazed at a giant Jeff Koons ballon dog and thought, “what the heck was Koons thinking?” now there’s a way for you to get answers to that question, instantaneously.
On Saturday, the Hirshhorn Museum, which is the U.S. national museum of modern art, launches a new smartphone museum companion called Hirshhorn Eye (or, Hi). Hi allows museum visitors to scan pieces of art with their phones, and generate videos featuring iconic artists like Koons or Yayoi Kusama talking about their work. The best part? It’s Not. An. App.
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View More Finally, a mobile guide that makes pulling your phone out in a museum worth itArt collective turns street covers into unique patterns for clothes
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“raubdruckerin” is an art collective turning manhole covers, grids and street tiles into printing presses that capture the unique footprints of European cities.
The word “raubdruckerin” literally translates as “pirate printer”. The group’s main goal is to explore the overlooked surfaces that give a city character. Read more…
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View More Art collective turns street covers into unique patterns for clothes