Donald Trumps selection on Tuesday of Howard Lutnick as Commerce secretary brought cheers from the cryptocurrency sector.Little surprise there. Lutnick has long advocated for cryptocurrency to be treated on equal footing with other financial assets. Bitcoin is like gold and should be free trade everywhere in the world, he said at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville in July. And as the largest wholesaler in the world, we are going to do everything in our power to make it so. Bitcoin . . . should trade the same as gold everywhere in the world without exception and without limitation.As commerce secretary, Lutnick will also be in regular talks with CEOs and the business community and could be an influential evangelist of crypto acceptance. He has certainly made no attempt to hide his enthusiasm over cryptocurrency. His investment firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, oversees some of the reserve funds for the Tether stablecoin, while many other Wall Street firms have shied away from crypto. Hes also quite bullish on Bitcoin, though has been dismissive of other tokens, saying theyre just not a thing.At that same conference, he bragged that Cantor owned a shit load of Bitcoin and announced the launch of a Bitcoin lending program, meant to give leverage to those who own Bitcoin. He committed Cantor Fitzgerald to $2 billion in loans as part of the program.Two months after the conference, Lutnick went on Fox Business and urged regulators to classify Bitcoin as a commodity, which would allow it to be treated the same as gold and oil. In that same interview, he expressed concerns that regulators in the Biden administration were unable to grasp the importance of Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry.Lets face it: they dont even know how to do crypto and digital at all, and they have no idea; they still dont understand how important it is to get it right, he said.Lutnicks appointment as co-chair of the Trump transition team, before the commerce secretary announcement, was heralded by Alex Grieve, head of government affairs at Paradigm, a crypto investment firm, who wrote in a post on X that Lutnicks inclusion in the team is huge for crypto.https://twitter.com/AlexanderGrieve/status/1824435126119567731Now, Lutnick, if he is confirmed by the Senate, will oversee Trumps tariff and trade agenda as well as divisions such as the Census Bureau and the Economic Development Administration. Thats an important financial role, but one that doesnt have a direct impact on the future of cryptocurrency. Its not exactly powerless, though.The Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2023, which passed the House earlier this year, would give the secretary of commerce the power to take actions necessary and appropriate to promote the competitiveness of the United States [in] blockchain technology or other distributed ledger technology. The bill is currently in the Senate.Regardless of the bills outcome, Lutnick is a longtime close associate of Trump and his enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies likely had an effect on the president-elect. In May, the Trump campaign began accepting crypto donations and began building what he called a crypto army to win over young voters.He has also won the support of fellow crypto enthusiast Elon Musk, who had lobbied for Lutnick to become Treasury Secretary, writing he would actually enact change if he got the job, adding Business-as-usual is driving America bankrupt, so we need change one way or another.Robert F. Kennedy joined in the praise, as well, writing Bitcoin is the currency of freedom, a hedge against inflation for middle-class Americans, a remedy against the dollars downgrade from the worlds reserve currency, and the offramp from a ruinous national debt. Bitcoin will have no stronger advocate than Howard Lutnick.

Media company Highsnobiety and organisation Bauhaus-Archiv have collaborated on a collection that includes homeware, a clothing line, and an embossed Marcel Breuer D4 chair.The collaboration celebrates the "shared German heritage" of Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv, as both are based in Berlin, where the latteroversees a museum and archive containing "the world's largest Bauhaus collection".Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv have released a second collaborationIt is the second collaboration between the two and contains branded clothing, as well as homeware ranging from a coffee kettle to a D4 chair and ottoman originally designed by German designer Marcel Breuer and reissued by German manufacturer Tecta."The Highsnobiety x Bauhaus-Archiv capsule collection pays homage to the Bauhaus legacy through a thoughtful selection of apparel, daily living objects, and homeware," said the team.The capsule collection encompasses homeware and clothing"Together, Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv are celebrating not only the movement's enduring impact on design but also their shared German heritage."A seminal creation by Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer, the D4 chair was created in the 1920s and is characterized by its steel frame and black belt backrest, armrest and seat.It celebrates the brands' shared German heritageFor the Highsnobiety x Bauhaus-Archiv collection, the piece was embossed with the words Neue Baukunst (New Building), which refers to a label given to the modern architecture of the 1920s, across the front of its backrest and leather straps and buckles close the back.The chair, as well as an accompanying stool, was made using vegetable-tanned cow leather and a nickeled steel frame.Read: Dezeen's guide to Bauhaus architecture and designA rounded side table is also part of the collection, which features the same steel frame as the chair.Homeware pieces in the collection include a black Fellow coffee grinder, kettle, and water bottle, all of which feature the collaboration's Highsnobiety x Bauhaus-Archiv branding.Clothing ranges from t-shirts and long sleeve shirts to a varsity jacket and knit sweaterClothing and accessories are also part of the limited release and include items such as a knit sweater with an image of the D4 printed chair across its front, a sweatshirt, a varsity jacket and t-shirts with various branding, and a large black tote.According to the team, the collection's imagery was captured at the Tautes Heim in Berlin, a small home and museum designed by architect Bruno Taut, which emphasises "the collection's commitment to authentic aesthetics of the 1920s".The limited release also pays homage to the Bauhaus legacy"The Bauhaus school and subsequent movement were all about breaking tradition, re-shaping ideas of what art, architecture, society, tech, and education mean in the collective consciousness," said Highsnobiety in an Instagram post."This mindset provided the inspiration for Bauhaus-Archiv x Highsnobiety capsule-collection."Recently, an exhibit that featured Lucia Moholy's photographs of the Bauhaus movement took place in Prague and furniture brand Knoll released new colours of its Bauhaus-era designs.The photography is courtesy of Highsnobiety.The post Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv release collection that features Marcel Breuer chair appeared first on Dezeen.

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a stretchable digital screen by LG Display. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.LG Displayunveiled a flexible digital screen, capable of stretching up to 50 per cent and bending into various shapes, after five years of development.Readers were intrigued, with one praising the "amazing engineering," adding, "it's just a matter of time until these screens are larger and smaller for even more diverse applications".The Great Exhibition adds "world's first office rollercoaster" to its Stockholm studioOther stories in this week's newsletter that fired up the comments section included the "world's first office rollercoaster" by creative studio The Great Exhibition, the latest Neom news from Saudi Arabia and a terraced London house with green window frames completed by architectural studio CAN.Dezeen DebateDezeen Debate is sent every Tuesday and features a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories. Read the latest edition of Dezeen Debate or subscribe here.You can also subscribe to our other newsletters; Dezeen Agenda is sent every Tuesday containing a selection of the most important news highlights from the week, Dezeen Daily is our daily bulletin that contains every story published in the preceding 24 hours and Dezeen In Depth is sent on the last Friday of every month and delves deeper into the major stories shaping architecture and design.The post Dezeen Debate features stretchable screen that showcases "amazing engineering" appeared first on Dezeen.

This Community Gravestones project is by Cameron Brentlinger, an Industrial Design student at Pratt Institute. Brentlinger put an incredible amount of thought and research into the work, which seeks to destigmatize a taboo subject: NYC's anonymous mass graves. The goal was to create "dignified memorials and ceremonies for unidentified or unclaimed people at the end of life."COMMUNITY GRAVESTONE is an equitable gravestone design for Potter's Fields. It is an impermanent memorial made from local adobe for individuals who are interred in mass graves. The ritual seeks to provide dignity, remove the stigma of these cemeteries, and create a space for collective grief by creating gravestones and arrangements for a communal burial space. Nature is used as a tool to acknowledge the cyclical quality of life and the interconnectedness of all beings to create a welcoming space for the living and the dead. ResearchHart Island is New York City's Potter's Field for the unclaimed and unidentified located off the Bronx. There are over a million unidentified New Yorkers buried on the island. Design Values How It WorksAfter identifying the core values for the design, I started storyboarding a concept for an interactive making ceremony and memorial that allows the public to acknowledge and pay respects to those who are buried. MaterialsHart Island is a burial site that goes through immense change. It felt necessary to find a material that also goes through change to symbolize the impermanence of these memorial spaces, our memories, our lives, and the change of our grief cycles. For this reason I decided to use local adobe (clay, sand, silt, and hay) which with break down into the soil overtime. Mold PrototypeThe mold was designed as simple and intuitive as possible to allow the grave making process to be easy for the cemeteries to output. Gravestone Prototypes and ArrangementsThe gravestones are laid out in the field with suggested pattern arrangements. People as well as plants and insects are invited to come and appreciate the forms and pay tribute to the members of the community who are buried there. ConclusionAnd so, For a moment's time these physical bricks will exist above the mass graves, slowly evolving as hints of lichen and bugs inhabit its crevices. Eventually, the brick will combine with the soil that is made up of those who were buried before. New life grows from the soil and the pattern continues. Interestingly enough, Brentlinger started out studying Photography at Pratt, but was drawn to Industrial Design after creating her own photography sets. "I realized Industrial Design was much more than just making things," she told Pratt News, citing the extensive research, problem-solving, and collaboration required in ID. "I fell in love with the design process. I feel like I can design or make anything as long as I go through these steps that I was taught."Community Gravestones won both a 2024 Change Agent and Activism in Sustainability Award and a Material Lab Prize.

Well folks, our society has "advanced" to the point where you can now buy accessories for your sneakers. These Superfinger Superstar kicks are a collaboration between Adidas Originals and Italian fashion brand AvAvAv: The strap-ons are a nod to AvAvAv's Finger Boots: Am not sure what's crazier: The fact that these run $280, or that they're sold out.

Pizza and gaming go together very well. But many of us often get lost in the game only to find the pizza slices hard and cold. The walk to the microwave in the kitchen can be a long one when youre locked in the virtual tussle. This is when we want someone to go heat and give us a nice steaming pizza slice!If youre someone who owns a Play Station 5, your wish may just have been granted. Pizza Hut Canada has designed at least given us the design a PIZZAWRMR, that rests under a horizontally placed console and keeps the pizza inside of it warm by using the heat dissipated from the PS5. A nice warm pizza between games is not a dream anymore!Designer: Pizza HutGadgets especially game consoles can get really warm during long uninterrupted sessions. Loosely saying then, the PS5 could have enough heat emitted through its vents to keep a pizza hot. How hygienic is this option of heating the pizza, with the hot air released out of a device whose innards have not been cleaned for months, may be questionable; but between intense gaming sessions, who cares?Pizza Hut Canada revealed the idea of the PIZZAWRMR on YouTube last month. At first sight of the promotional video, you can be led into believing that the pizza warmer can be brought off the shelf. However, thats not how it is. The laptop-style warmer, with a flipping lid that reveals the pizza inside, has to be 3D printed. Its not for sale, you get 3D printing files on the Hut website to download and then print the warmer yourself.If you intend to give your 3D pizza warmer a try, Pizza Hut suggests you use food-safe PLA to print the parts. Since the pizza is going to rest inside this contraption you must avoid any plastic-related health concerns by not printing it from unsafe material. Be reminded that the PIZZAWRMR is only a promotional idea and not an officially licensed Sony product; printing it or using it close to the PS5s exhaust should all be done with caution.The post Pizza Huts 3D printed pizza warmer uses PS5 to keep slices warm while you play first appeared on Yanko Design.

3D-printed furniture is still not as common as regular furniture but were seeing a lot of movement when it comes to designs and concepts. Aside from the fact that its easy to adapt this in actual production, it can also be sustainable and eventually impactful. Most of these 3D-printing concepts try to create something thats recyclable or made from recycled materials therefore making it more sustainable than regular furniture.Designer: Ethan SolodukhinThe Revo Chair Concept, with Revo meaning revolutionary, is a collection of 3D-printed furniture and is powered by the PlastiVista Atelier program. The program actually encourages homes, schools, and communities to donate their plastic waste and those that can be used for 3D printing converted into filament. The collection includes the Revo Chair and the Stoool (yes thats not a typo). They are made from 100% recycled plastic.The Revo Chair uses a single-piece design and it can serve as both an actual chair but when used with a different orientation, it can also serve as storage. The photos show its a box-like storage although its not really shown how it can be turned into that although the surfaces can be something you can place objects on. The Stoool meanwhile just serves as a seat with its compact surface, although you can probably also use it as a side table if you want to.The renders of these chairs reminds me of those small, plastic phone holders that you can get for cheap. The question of course for these 3D-printed chairs would be if they are durable enough and comfortable enough for people to sit in for a long period of time.The post 3D-printed chairs are made from 100% recycled plastic from donation program first appeared on Yanko Design.

As you walk into Ataraxiadesigned by Nazarius Shoreevery element will invite you to breathe just a little deeper. The designer brings their vision of modern tranquility to life in just 70 square meters, showing us that space is really no constraint. Its the design eye that matters!Lets step inside and see how thoughtful design can turn minimalism into an art form The living room is muted with just the right balance of color. A curved boucle sofa makes the space cozy as a sculptural coffee table makes a bold statement. The vibrant artwork adds this bold punch. We love the addition of greenthrough the textured rug and indoor plant.In the open-plan kitchen and dining, the cabinetry seamlessly blends with the walls. The large, round pendant light over the dining creates a statement. Simultaneously, the dark dining table adds contrast. A smart addition is the curved wooden column you see segregating and hallway; this acts as a divider, but it also provides storage space!Ah, the bedroom. Its a modern minimalist haven with soft colorsand lots of natural light. The bed features soft pink upholstery, while the sea green nightstands add a beautiful contrast. Theres also plenty of wooden storage. And the floor-to-ceiling windows, of course, giving beautiful outdoor views.Were huge fans of this home office. A glass separation makes sure you can see whats going on in the home as you workwhile blocking out the noise. The sleek bucket chair pairs well with the mid-century modern style desk. And both of them wonderfully complement the herringbone flooring!In this bathroom, the arched mirror with a colored frame adds a sense of height. The wall-mounted sink and toilet are space-savvy (and stylish). A special mention for the grid pattern on the tiles and matte black fixtures factoring in luxury.This bathroom interior continues the style youd find in the rest of the home (were eyeing those soft hues of green and mustard)just with some addition of terracotta. The floating wooden vanity has soft edges while the open shower design defines the shower areaall without breaking up the space.

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