The lamps in my house(arslan.io)
315 points by farslan | 118 comments
Personal blog post by Fatih Arslan describing the designer lamps he uses in his home, illustrated with photos.
#industrial-design on Hacker News
13 stories tagged industrial-design, newest first.
Before pixels: Modular industrial dashboards(unsung.aresluna.org)
262 points by leephillips | 47 comments
A blog post on the Unsung software craft blog about modular industrial control dashboards and interfaces that predate pixel-based screens.
Strutt's Powered Wheelchair Is Not a Wheelchair (For Legal Reasons)(core77.com)
8 points by surprisetalk | 11 comments
Core77 article about Strutt's powered mobility device, which the company says is legally not classified as a wheelchair.
Best of British Design(best-of-british-design.vercel.app)
52 points by ArisC | 29 comments
An interactive bracket tournament where users vote head-to-head among 64 iconic British designs across transport, graphics, objects, and buildings to pick a winner.
Nokia Design Archive (2025)(repo.aalto.fi)
239 points by pillars | 129 comments
Aalto University's Nokia Design Archive, an interactive online collection of Nokia design materials, concepts, and products browsable by network or timeline view.
Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice(github.com)
435 points by stingraycharles | 133 comments
GitHub repository from Keychron publishing industrial design CAD files (STEP, DXF, DWG, PDF) for 100+ keyboard and mouse models under a source-available license.
Why so many control rooms were seafoam green (2025)(bethmathews.substack.com)
983 points by Amorymeltzer | 198 comments
A Substack essay by Beth Mathews explaining the color theory and history behind seafoam green paint in industrial control rooms.
Repairable Flatpack Toaster(kaseyhou.com)
799 points by t-3 | 241 comments
Kasey Hou's portfolio page for a repairable flatpack toaster, a design project exploring repair and flatpack assembly to reduce electronic waste.
The subtle art of designing physical controls for cars(theturnsignalblog.com)
333 points by vsdlrd | 197 comments
Blog post on building a rotary dial with dynamic haptic feedback for in-car climate controls, covering haptic design principles and comparing carmakers' approaches.
A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper(core77.com)
332 points by surprisetalk | 239 comments
Core77 article about the g stand, a laptop stand by ID firm grape made from a single folded sheet of recycled paper.
I designed a Dieter Rams-inspired iPhone dock(arslan.io)
1431 points by farslan | 335 comments
Fatih Arslan's blog post describing how he designed a Dieter Rams-inspired iPhone dock, shown as an orange printed stand.
East Germany invented 'unbreakable' drinking glasses(theguardian.com)
479 points by n1b0m | 273 comments
Guardian article on Superfest, the 1980s East German company that made extra-strong 'unbreakable' drinking glasses, which vanished after reunification and is now returning.
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I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video](youtube.com)
1169 points by anonymfus | 407 comments
YouTube video by Simone Giertz explaining why she spent three years designing and developing a coat hanger product.