Prompted by the rise of COVID-19, tech start-up AIRTULIP has created the AIRTULIP SLEEP. This air-filtering headboard reportedly keeps users’ upper bodies enveloped in a bubble of clean air while sleeping. Inspired by the technology behind “clean rooms” in airports … Continue reading →

Nearly one year after putting out an international call for designs to imagine the newest building on its Portland campus, the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is preparing to pick a winning architectural team in January 2023. From the initial … Continue reading →

In early October, Maine furniture maker THOS. MOSER debuted the 1972 CHAIR, a commemorative design celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary. Named after the year in which Thos. Moser opened its doors, the chair combines design motifs developed by founder Tom … Continue reading →

Architect and builder Caleb Johnson never wanted to work for anyone else. “For better or worse, I was bullheaded about it: I would work for myself,” he says. “It started very early. I always imagined I would run a business; … Continue reading →

Taking a step into the electric age, German auto company VOLKSWAGEN has unveiled the ID BUZZ, an all-electric van with a 77-kilowatt battery and an electric motor mounted in the rear. The design harkens back to the company’s iconically groovy … Continue reading →

After moving out of its retail space at 42 Exchange Street in Portland last year and transitioning to primarily online sales, Maine children’s boutique LITTLE has announced that it will be reopening in a new retail space two doors down … Continue reading →

In early May the city of Prague announced that Danish architecture firm BJARKE INGELS GROUP (BIG) had been selected from a pool of 19 anonymous entrants as the winner of an international competition to design the European city’s VLTAVA PHILHARMONIC … Continue reading →

London design startup NOTPLA, short for “not plastic,” has released a line of plastic alternatives made from seaweed that are compostable, dissolvable, and, in a few instances, edible. Created with the goal of finding a solution for environmental and health … Continue reading →

As a notable step toward a future in which electric vehicles are the norm, AIRSTREAM has developed a prototype called the ESTREAM, an electric, solar-powered trailer that functions as a two-wheeled car that can be parked remotely with an iPad … Continue reading →

At the CES (CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW) in Las Vegas in early January, Swiss startup BIPED released the BIPED AI, a minimalist smart harness that uses autonomous driving technology to help visually impaired people avoid obstacles while walking. A far cry … Continue reading →