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Machined from a single piece of titanium, WESN’s Carabiner promises to last a lifetime

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What if a Lifetime Warranty was baked right into your company’s ethos? How would it define or determine your design choices? Well, for WESN, the approach is simple. Make stuff using the highest quality materials and in a way that is damn near destruction-proof. Meet The Carabiner, WESN’s take on the humble EDC clip that people use for everything from securing their ID Card to their belt-loop, or their body-harnesses to a bungee rope. The construction of a normal carabiner is simple and involves broadly four parts – a hook, a clip, a rivet to hold them together, and a spring that allows the clip to stay shut, so things don’t accidentally unhook or slip off. WESN’s Carabiner, however, comes with just one part… itself. With its unique monolithic design, machined out of a single billet of titanium, WESN’s Carabiner does everything a carabiner clip can do, but also looks visually interesting and lasts far longer than other clips can.

A machined pattern on The Carabiner replaces the need for a spring and rivet, allowing the clip to open and close on its own by making the metal bend and flex. The titanium construction ensures the spring-action never weakens (even after hundreds of years), while giving the clip the durability to last a lifetime, making it easily one of the most stylish and robust pieces of EDC you’ll ever have the pleasure of owning.

Designer: WESN

The Rimac Scalatan is a stunning concept car with a 3D-printed chassis that ‘breathes oxygen’

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Built for the year 2080, the Rimac Scalatan concept by Max Schneider gives us a unique window into what our world and the transport industry could look like over half a century from now. Known for their advanced hypercars powered by cutting-edge innovations and technology, Rimac’s brand image literally screams futuristic… and the Scalatan concept capitalizes on that, with a combination of features that make it incredibly enticing. The car comes with a stunningly aerodynamic carbon-nanotube graphene outer surface that sits coolly on top of a generative-design chassis made from 3D-carboprinted titanium graphite. This organic looking chassis gives the car its structure and strength, while also being hollow on the inside to store the car’s lithium-oxygen batteries. These batteries react with oxygen (from air that passes through the chassis as the car drives) to produce lithium oxide that’s converted into energy… in short, the Scalatan actually BREATHES air like a living organism.

The Scalatan champions renewable energy like all of Rimac’s hyper-mobiles… the concept runs on air-powered lithium-oxygen batteries, but also features a unique induction-charging aero-fin base that has the capability of charging itself through the road as it drives, a feature that supports the Li-O batteries by offsetting some of the car’s energy demands and pulling electrical energy right from the induction-ready road. The car’s wheels embrace futurism too, and while the chassis relies on being hollow to allow air to fill it up and charge the batteries, the wheels don’t share the same distinction. The Scalatan’s airless wheels (like most of the car) come 3D-printed too, using a unique lattice structure to absorb shock, just like air-filled wheels; while resisting wear-and-tear and being completely puncture-proof.

Schneider’s design process for the Scalatan involved a two-pronged approach – A future study, to understand how a car in 2080 would be built and how it would operate, as well as a detailed study of Rimac’s own design language, in order to help the car capture the Croatian automotive company’s brand DNA. The Scalatan, in that regard, does a pretty remarkable job of showcasing future technologies while entirely embracing Rimac’s design playbook. It comes with the unique cutaway shape in front of the rear wheel, a detail that’s common to all of Rimac’s cars, while going for the sleek headlights, and amping up the beauty with edge-lit floating taillights that look mesmerizing from any and every angle. The Scalatan, like all of Rimac’s cars, also packs doors that give you a dramatic entry and exit to and from the vehicle. The doors form a part of the car’s front surface panel, and open upwards from the front, instead of from the side. This reveals the car’s aggressive chassis, almost like a predator revealing its teeth before it attacks its prey. Gaps in the side of the chassis (as well as the front) allow you to enter the car’s interiors, which seat the driver and passenger one behind the other in a 1+1 arrangement, much like a fighter jet… which seems like a pretty apt metaphor for a car that’s designed to absolutely ‘take-off’ on roads, leaving nothing but a cloud of dust behind. If the future is even half as cool as Max imagines it to be, I have a vested interest to live till I’m a hundred.

And there’s even a Hyperloop-enabled version of the Scalatan that you can see on Max’s project page.

Designer: Maximilian Schneider

The Apple Cyber Watch would probably get a double thumbs up from Elon Musk

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This mechanically-textured CNC-machined titanium case makes your Apple Watch look like (and possibly be as strong as) the Cybertruck. Designed by the guys at Gray Inc., the watch-case gives the Apple Watch a certain sculptural quality that channels Tesla’s design aesthetic, opting for something more eclectic than Apple’s sleek aluminum styling. The Cyber Watch is equal parts rugged and modern, with an exterior that is as captivating as the watch’s UI and features themselves.

The Cyber Watch skin comes as a two-piece titanium structure that sandwiches the watch body in between, protecting it from both sides, while keeping the screen completely visible and the watch crown easy to reach. Each skin also comes with a complementary FKM® rubber strap that’s just as sculpted and beautiful to look at as the watch casing itself. You could opt for a Cybertruck-inspired raw metal finish, but there are also golden and PVD rainbow variants that are equally as eye-catching. Elon and XÆ A-12 would strongly approve.

Designer: Gray Inc.

The WESN Henry pocket-EDC is classy, classic, and will last a lifetime

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There’s something very evergreen in the way the Henry pocket-knife by WESN is designed. Whether it’s the curves, the blade, or the choice of materials, the Henry feels like a robust, classic knife that could easily have belonged to your grandfather as it could to you. The Henry measures 3 inches when closed, comes with a 2.35-inch spear-point blade and a slip-joint hinge that locks it inside its Grade 5 titanium handle. There’s even a handle variant with a cherry-wood inlay for people who want their EDC to have a classic appeal.

The Henry wasn’t designed to be overly aggressive like most knives. Instead, it comes with a robust, reassuring, timeless design… like a well-stitched suit, or a groomed beard. The Sandvik 14C28N steel blade fares brilliantly when it comes to performance, and the drop-point spear-point hybrid silhouette makes the Henry great for all sorts of activities, from cutting wood and fruits, to opening letters and slicing through cigars. Perfect for carrying around with you, the Henry fits in most pockets, and comes with a neat leather sleeve too. A lanyard hole is built into the handle design should you choose to run a carabiner clip through it, but trust me, that wouldn’t do this beautiful piece of EDC any favors.

The Henry comes with a lifetime warranty and you can even choose to upgrade to a Damascus steel blade.

Designer: Billy Chester (WESN)

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The pen that’s thin enough to be a bookmark…

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The very term CW&T uses to describe the Type-C Pen is indicative of how refreshingly cool the writing instrument is. Labeled as a Bookmark Pen, the Type-C is a flat, reliable writing tool with a form and deploying mechanism that are both one-of-a-kind.

Machined out of titanium, with a high-quality cartridge that promises to never dry or leak, the Type-C Pen is literally the kind that’s designed to be carried around anywhere you go. Its flat, 3.5mm design fits wonderfully inside notebooks, between pages, and even in pockets, while at the same time feeling great to hold. Type-C’s titanium construction gives it the strength it needs to remain incredibly thin, while a bent steel member sits around it, flipping forwards or backwards to cover or expose the Type-C’s 0.4mm black Hi-Tec-C Coleto ink cartridge.

The magic of the Type-C Pen is its ability to be both a serious writing instrument for everyday use, and a fun pen that you can fidget with, and grow incredibly fond of. Its lightweight and compact form factor is handy, quite literally, while its true purpose was to slide easily into books or in pockets without creating the bulge a conventional cylindrical pen would… And it won’t roll off tables either!

Designer: CW&T

The next Apple Watch may come in titanium and ceramic models

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Apple Watch Series 4 appeared to mark the death of the Edition line, but those luxurious models might be ready to come roaring back. iHelp BR said it has discovered animations in the watchOS 6 beta that reference not just the previously rumored retu...