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ToyAug 2, 2026
Questioning the Shape of the Cup: What Meteor, the Distorted Kendama, Teaches
A kendama with an asymmetric, distorted cup. What breaking the standard form reveals about the essence of kendama as play.
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GadgetAug 2, 2026
Become a DJ with One Finger: The iPad App PlayGround
No instrumental experience required — just trace the pads. How PlayGround's design widens the entry point to making music.
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LifestyleAug 2, 2026
Press It, It Glows: The Simplicity of a Duck Night Lamp
No switch, no cord — just press the silicone duck and it lights up. Why the simplest possible interface can become a product's whole personality.
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LifestyleJul 30, 2026
Celebrating Without a Sound: The Twist-Open Confetti Cracker
No gunpowder, no bang. Just twist it open and watch the confetti fly, a party favor built for the photo-first era.
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LifestyleJul 30, 2026
The Glasses Straw: A Tool That Exists Purely to Make You Laugh
Almost no practical value, yet it never fails to get a laugh. A look at the glasses-shaped drinking straw.
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LifestyleJul 30, 2026
Only the Person Holding the Pillow May Speak
A look at Breaking Bad's family meeting scene and the Indigenous talking-stick tradition, and the simple invention of routing the right to speak through one object.
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ToyJul 30, 2026
The Second Skateboard That Lives on a Desk: Fingerboarding
A look at fingerboarding, the finger-sized skateboard that shares the exact structure of the real thing.
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LifestyleJul 27, 2026
A Ceramic Wind Chime from Kyoto, Shaped Like a Spinning Record
A craft object layering a record's shape over a wind chime's sound. How Kyoto's ceramic and glass workshops build 'spinning sound.'
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OtherJul 27, 2026
The Mystery of the Corrugated Tube That Sings When You Swing It
No battery, no reed — yet swinging speed changes the pitch. How a corrugated whirly tube turns swirling air into sound.
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InteriorJul 27, 2026
A Sculpture Moved by Gravity Alone: The Spiraling Kinetic Toy
No power, no mechanism — just gravity and a curved surface. Introducing GRAVIMORPH's kinetic toys where a ball spirals in slow motion.
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InteriorJul 24, 2026
A Magnetic Ball Rolling Around a Circle: The Sculptural Object Tukkun
A wooden object where a magnetic ball rolls around a circular groove and settles at the point of strongest pull — a tool for doing nothing.
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LifestyleJul 24, 2026
Turning Envelopes, Not Pages: What "Nininshou" Says About Reading as Experience
Using Yorushika's epistolary novel "Nininshou" as an example, a look at books where opening an envelope becomes part of the reading experience itself.
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