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Design Magazine Blog

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

 

Tri

Tri is a wooden construction toy that offers the possibility of creating unlimited shapes. It combines the tradition of wooden toys with contemporary design. Classic carpentry meets today's sustainable materials, technologies and techniques. It is both a creative game, made for fun, and a design object created to inspire art lovers. Tri prompts imagination, motor skills, decision-making and concentration. It explores geometry, balance and spatial composition. Each piece is hand-finished with non-toxic natural oils, providing a smooth effect that highlights the wood's natural grain.

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Dunhuang Lute

The pipa (Chinese lute) is one of the most frequently depicted instruments in Dunhuang murals, with 689 different representations. The pipa's performance evolved over time, from the powerful plucking style of the Tang dynasty to the more delicate finger plucking that expressed deep emotion. This evolution inspired the toy design, combining cultural heritage with a modern, engaging format to introduce the rich history and expressive power of the pipa to younger audiences.

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Hot Wheels Monster Truck RC

Launching in 2025, Mattel's new Hot Wheels Monster Truck RC Controller ups the excitement of RC play for core fans, while being inclusive of new users who may have a variety of unique mobility and dexterity needs. The core innovation HW design teams uncovered is based on consumer insights, specialist input, and user testing, and aligns with Mattel's mission to create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play.

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Tenki

Tenki is a spliced children's toy with digital intelligence, which consists of three parts: power generation module, power consumption module and connecting building blocks. The toy adopts the form of magnetic attraction and conduction, which avoids the potential safety hazard caused by the exposed wires. In the form of low threshold, this design effectively connects the relationship between children and digital intelligence life.

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Piks

This creative construction with its fresh and colorful cones as its natural eco-friendly wooden boards helps children to develop concentration skills and to develop logical thinking. The aim of the game is to build a truly inventive structure using all the pieces without any falling down. The wooden boards and silicone cones in different sizes allow kids for a myriad of construction possibilities and enhance them to imagine their own world.

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Turning Luck

The Turning Luck collection brings global good fortune to life through a series of interactive DIY automaton toys. Each model features a renowned lucky charm from diverse cultures, including the Maneki-neko and dreamcatchers, fostering a sense of cultural discovery. Vibrant colors and intricate illustrations represent each charm's unique heritage, while dynamic mechanical movements bring their symbolic luck to life. This all-in-one design minimizes waste by eliminating external packaging, contributing to a more sustainable user experience.

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World's greatest design teams.

Sometimes you need a very big team of talented designers to come up with truly great designs. Everyday, we feature a distinct award-winning innovative and creative design team. Explore and discover original and creative architecture, good design, fashion, graphics design and design strategy projects from design teams worldwide. Get inspired by the original works by grand master designers.

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