Design Engineering

Pino is a simple kitchen appliance designed to enable electricity-free, human-powered kitchen tasks, such as whisking, beating, mixing and grinding.

Inspired by traditional marine chronometers, Swiss design firm MB&F has teamed up with manufacturer L’Epée 1839 to create a marine-themed, high-end table clock called the Octopod, with the inner movements contained inside a bathysphere-like bubble and mounted atop a set of eight articulated legs.

London-based architectural outfit D*Haus has been proposing unconventional transformer house designs for a few years now. The latest proposition is called Devon House, a circular abode with a triangular rotating upper floor.

Having given us a glimpse of its future design direction with last year's 20V20 SUV Concept, Spanish carmaker SEAT has now provided an insight into how its designs are actually brought to fruition. The whole process takes about four years, meaning that work on the 20V20 likely began in 2011.

Architect and designer Behnaz Farahi has installed a kinetic ceiling at the University of Southern California that moves in response to the people walking beneath it.

Chevy has worked closely with Disney to update the Test Track attraction to allow guests to design and test their own automotive designs.

The SpacePilot PRO might look like the ultimate game control but is in fact a powerful tool for design engineers working with 3D computerized environments.