A smile in product design can so easily become a trick: a friendly curve added to soften a hard thing, a marketing gesture disguised as emotion. Designers have learned, sometimes too well,…

Light with a Gentle Waddle Some sources of inspiration survive the design process almost intact. Others dissolve until only their behavior remains. Duke belongs to the second category. Its…

There is a particular kind of optimism embedded in objects that depend on air. They borrow their form from something invisible, trusting pressure and containment to create presence. In this…