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This $59 Cork Wallet Makes Your Overstuffed Bifold Look Embarrassing
Most wallets don’t start out bulky. They get there one receipt, spare card, and folded bill at a time, until slipping one into a front pocket feels like packing a book. Corkor’s slim card holder asks you to carry less, then makes that decision feel less austere with a cork exterior. Its appeal lies in the material as well as its size.
Cork is something you pull from a bottle or pin notes into, not what you reach for when paying for coffee. Here, its irregular grain gives the wallet character without needing decorative hardware or branding. Stitched edges and stacked pockets keep the shape familiar, but the surface feels different from the smooth leather and synthetic finishes that dominate everyday carry.
Designer: Corkor
The layout keeps your most-used cards in three slots, with an ID window and two compartments for folded bills. A small opening on the front helps you nudge a card upward rather than digging at its edge. Keep only the cards you actually use, though, because squeezing too many into those pockets would inevitably change how slim the wallet feels in your pocket.
At 4.3 inches tall, 3.2 inches wide, and 0.4 inches thick when empty, the holder takes up less room than a traditional bifold. It weighs just 0.70 ounces before you add anything. You can leave home with a payment card, an ID, and a little cash without carrying a stack of compartments you’ll never open during a long, busy day away from home.
Cork has a purpose beyond its unusual appearance. The thin, pliable material lets the holder bend gently instead of feeling like a rigid little case, and Corkor describes it as water-repellent and easy to clean. For someone who wants an animal-free alternative to leather, that makes the material choice part of the daily experience rather than a claim printed on a label.
The cork comes from Portugal, where Corkor also makes the holder in-house. That doesn’t mean a wallet can settle every question about sustainability, but it does give this one a clear material identity. Corkor says its packaging is recyclable or compostable, and the card holder is certified vegan. Those details matter most when they’re paired with something you actually want to keep using.
Of course, minimalism has limits. There’s no coin pocket, and those folded bills won’t be as quick to sort through as cash in a full-size wallet. RFID-blocking construction is included to help protect compatible cards from skimming, but it won’t prevent other kinds of theft. This is a holder for an edited pocket, not a place to stash whatever the day hands you.
Corkor prices the holder at $59, which might seem steep for something designed to carry so little. That small footprint is precisely the point. The soft, mottled cork makes a familiar stack of slots feel unexpectedly personal, while the slim layout encourages you to leave the clutter behind. Once you’ve pared things down, that front pocket might finally have room for more than your wallet.
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Bloom Built a Cat Tower Around the Cat You Haven’t Got Yet
A kitten might be happy with a hideaway, but give it a few months and that same nook starts looking cramped. Add another cat, and a single perch becomes contested territory. Bloom takes that problem literally, building a cat tower from separate cylindrical modules that can be arranged as its occupants grow. It starts small instead of demanding space for a feline family.
Most cat towers arrive as a collection of platforms, posts, and houses, whether your cat needs all of them or not. Their bulk can make a living room feel as if it has been furnished around the pet. Bloom swaps that predetermined silhouette for a cluster of open tubes, each one a place to curl up, climb through, or watch the room.
Designers: Joonseo Choi, Taewoon Kang
Those cylinders come in several diameters, so arranging them feels closer to stacking play objects than assembling pet furniture. A smaller cat can settle into a tighter opening, while a larger one has room to stretch out in a wider tube. The circles also give Bloom its character: soft, repeating forms that can take different shapes instead of committing your room to one tower.
Of course, loose tubes wouldn’t make much of a cat tower once the occupants started leaping about. Bloom uses orange straps to hold the modules together, with hook-and-loop fastening that makes them easier to attach and detach. The straps add a punch of color to the pale cylinders, but their important job is letting you change the arrangement without committing to a rebuild.
You might begin with two tubes near the sofa, then add another when your kitten starts climbing above everybody’s heads. If a second cat joins the household, a wider cluster could give each animal somewhere to pause without fighting over the same opening. The exact layout can follow the cats, rather than asking them to adapt to whatever configuration came in a box.
The holes along the sides serve another purpose beyond giving the straps somewhere to attach. Slide a toy toward one, and a cat tucked inside has something to investigate, while you get a way to join the game without reaching into the tube. It’s a detail, but it turns the enclosed space into somewhere for interaction rather than just another hiding place.
There are still questions a concept can’t answer. A tall arrangement would need to stay steady under a cat’s weight, especially if one launches itself at an upper opening. Bloom doesn’t specify load limits or explain how every possible configuration would be supported, so that flexibility shouldn’t be mistaken for unlimited stacking. For now, its flexibility remains an intriguing, unproven design proposition.
Still, Bloom understands something about cats that a fixed tower often misses: the creature you bring home won’t always be small, and it might not always be alone. Its tubes can be rearranged as that story changes, while its openings leave room for curiosity. The furniture doesn’t need to grow overnight; it can take shape alongside the animals that claim it.
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We now have images of the smart home products that Apple and LG are reportedly cooking up
These include a lock, a thermostat and a temperature sensor.
25-foot motorhome with flexible interior has private shower, murphy bed, and home office on the road
Looking for a motorhome that has two living areas, a private bathroom with a stand-up shower, a big bed to sleep in after a long day, and still has room to fit in a desk to work on the move? Welcome the new Wonder Series Motorhome for 2027 from Canadian builder Leisure Travel Vans.
Leisure Travel Vans is famous for packing in a lot of usable space in a Class C motorhome, which other manufacturers wouldn’t dare. Check, for instance, this new 2027 Wonder FX, which is a flexible mobile home measuring under 25 feet (24.9 ft) in length and 10 feet high. Arriving with a brand-new floor plan, the motorhome is designed to be a place where you will never miss your home. How? Let’s figure out together in detail below.
Designer: Leisure Travel Vans
An interesting display of transforming furniture, a dry bathroom, and a living room-like home theater setup, the Wonder FX comprises a floor plan that adapts to your needs. At the back of the motorhome is the nice L-shaped leather couch with a big awning-style window. A sizable TV can be mounted right in front of the sofa. Available for customization for clients, the Wonder FX comes with some premium color and material options that can be picked to personalize the interior. The option to transform the living area into a home office is my personal favorite choice on this motorhome. Desk or living area – the choice is yours!
The entire length of the motor home alley is well lit by light strips, while the ducted air conditioning and heat furnace installed maintain the temperature inside the premium finished interior. The AC and the power: USB and USB-C outlets in the living room are powered by the battery and the onboard inverter (details later). The living room is finished with pull-out drawers in the sofa, overhead curved storage space, also running in an L-shape, and a lagoon table which you can use for casual work, if you’re not going to work excessively when on the road.
The bathroom adjacent to the living room has a unique bendable door, opening up the space inside for a standing shower, sink, and a toilet. Upfront, just behind the entry door, is the galley area complete with nice deep drawers and cabinetry for storage, a two-burner induction cooktop, concrete countertop, stainless steel sink, and an exciting pull-out pantry. The fridge and microwave go on the opposite side of the kitchen prep area. When you have a group of people over, you get two additional lounge seats on the front alongside the fridge side of the galley, behind the driver. The two separate seats can also be used together as a chaise lounge or as a little dining space with a table in between.
The best part is reserved for last. At night, you can flat-fold these lounge seats and pull down the Murphy bed from the wall, and your walk-around bedroom with a 65-inch-wide bed is ready. Wonder FX is based on a Ford Transit Cutaway Chassis. It features an on-demand water heater and runs on a 270-Ah lithium battery. You also have a 3,000-W inverter and a 4-kW generator to keep the remotely controlled lighting powered up at all times. Options for Starlink and a solar array are not included in the starting price of approximately $200,000.
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The Jaguar Type 01 Marks a New Era at New York World Premiere
Jaguar Type 01: A Bold Step into the Future of Luxury EVs Jaguar has unveiled the Type 01, a luxury electric grand tourer that represents a significant milestone in the brand’s journey toward redefining its identity in the competitive luxury electric vehicle (EV) market. This highly anticipated launch, showcased during a series of exclusive events […]
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This Concept Lab Treats Its Black Hole the Way Others Treat a Skylight
Black holes are notoriously difficult to see, which makes designing a building around one a rather strange idea. The Black Hole Research Center, however, takes that invisible subject and gives it a place people could actually work in. Conceived for a hot, dry climate, the unbuilt research facility spreads its offices and laboratories through a spiraling structure around a dark, solar-powered center.
There is something almost mischievous about putting a black hole on a roof in a place that gets plenty of sun. Rather than swallowing light without a trace, the circular array of photovoltaic cells would turn it into electricity for most of the facility. The idea gives the central opening a practical purpose while keeping the building’s scientific subject impossible to ignore.
Designer: Michael Jantzen
The solar array wouldn’t sit flush against the roof. Raising it creates a gap that would let daylight and air reach the center, preventing the black hole from making the interior feel like an actual one. Around the outer edges, shaded glass doors and windows would admit light and ventilation. It’s a sensible response to a climate where sun can be overwhelming.
From there, the building unfolds into arms that hold the offices and labs. Half of those arms rise to two stories, adding space without turning the center into a conventional block. Researchers could move between work areas and the shared interior, while the curved layout gives the building its galactic outline. The metaphor becomes the organizing principle, not a shape pasted onto the roof.
Look up from that interior, and the underside of the solar array could become a giant interactive LED display. Instead of another ceiling, people working there would have a surface for images and sounds drawn from the center’s studies. It’s the kind of feature that could turn a conversation about distant, hard-to-imagine phenomena into something you can experience without leaving the building.
The rest of the roof would have a job. Rainwater could be collected from its surface and kept in underground containers for use inside and around the facility. The lightweight concrete-composite construction is intended to make the sculptural form practical to build. Neither strategy comes with performance figures, but they show how the design tries to answer its surroundings as well as its research brief.
The Black Hole Research Center might not yet host an experiment, but it offers a way to think about scientific architecture. Its dark center would collect sunlight, its raised roof would let air move, and its outstretched arms would house the research itself. For a subject defined by what we can’t observe, the proposal gives people a tangible place to start looking.
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Why the New Galaxy S27 Ultra Could Leave the iPhone 18 Pro Max Behind
The Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra stands as a formidable competitor in the premium smartphone market, offering a suite of features that distinguish it from the iPhone 18 Pro Max. While both devices represent the pinnacle of modern technology, the Galaxy S27 Ultra delivers unique advantages tailored to users who prioritize performance, versatility and customization. Below […]
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Cisco is bringing a new agentic framework to its Webex enterprise platform
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Ring’s smart lock has a hand crank so it works even if the power’s out
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