Design

Samsung’s smart windshield concept is both a great and terrible idea

By James Vincent 10

New Zealand's flag isn't changing after all

By Amar Toor 44

The art of Pee-wee

By Eric Ducker 4

Remote, Controlled

Nilay Patel March 22, 2016 09:00 am03.22.2016 370

Matt McRae is fired up about remote controls. Or, more specifically, about getting rid of them.

McRae is the chief technology officer of Vizio, a company that sells more TVs — and with them, remotes —...

Has Vizio invented its last TV?

Android apps are about to look more like iOS apps

Jacob Kastrenakes March 15, 2016 01:09 pm03.15.2016 91

Android apps are going to start looking a bit more like iOS apps in the near future. Google updated its Android design guidelines yesterday telling developers that, in some cases, they should place a bar...

Google wants apps to adopt the bottom navigation bar

This connected pot will use your loved one’s ashes to grow a tree

Amar Toor March 18, 2016 01:31 pm03.18.2016

A startup in Spain has come up with a new way to grow trees from the ashes of the deceased — and to stay "connected" with them at all times. That's the idea behind the Bios Incube, the latest creation from...

The Internet of Death

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 makes it a design leader

Vlad Savov March 15, 2016 08:00 am03.15.2016 299

When Nokia’s cellphone star faded, it was Samsung that stepped into the role of the world’s biggest phone vendor while others took over the mantle of being design leaders. The most copied designs today...

Finally filling Nokia’s big shoes while trying to avoid its missteps

Using this music app would be like trying to win a staring contest with God

By James Vincent 12

One poster contains the history of space exploration

By James Vincent 3

Star Wars, from the comic world's greatest artists

Polygon Staff March 7, 2016 05:28 pm03.07.2016

In the early 1990s, The Topps Company was looking to recapture the magic of its Star Wars trading cards, one of its most successful lines ever. To do it, they asked some of the film and comic book...

Exclusive images by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others from the Topps archives

This art deco PC mod looks like a miniature mahogany skyscraper

James Vincent March 7, 2016 11:20 am03.07.2016 12

Case modder Jeffrey Stephenson creates the type of extravagant PCs you want to construct a whole room around. His latest is the art deco-inspired SkyVue, which uses mahogany-like sapele wood and aluminum...

with a water-cooled CPU

How The Division uses fake ads and graffiti to make a more realistic New York

Andrew Webster March 7, 2016 11:00 am03.07.2016

The Division is an upcoming shooter that takes place in a near-future version of New York City that’s become overrun by chaos in the wake of a global pandemic. But even though the fictionalized version of...

Small details, big focus

The art of Pee-wee

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BMW’s insane car of the future replaces dashboards with augmented reality

Chris Ziegler March 7, 2016 08:53 am03.07.2016 53

BMW is in the midst of celebrating its 100th anniversary, and to mark the occasion, it just rolled out the Vision Next 100 concept at its Munich headquarters. By all appearances, it's one of the most...

Is this the future of driving?

Inside the Oculus, New York's insane-looking, $4 billion train station

Andrew J . Hawkins March 6, 2016 12:00 pm03.06.2016 56

On Thursday, March 4th, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Lower Manhattan officially opened to the public. The hub replaces the PATH train station that was destroyed during the 9/11 terrorist...

The surreal sci-fi art of Christian Ward

Andrew Webster March 5, 2016 01:45 pm03.05.2016

“As soon as I could conceptualise being anything,” Christian Ward says, “I wanted to be a comic artist. I would draw comics at primary school that I'd photocopy and sell in the playground. It was having...

An epic ODY-C

Tokyo Thrift: that time Marc Newson designed a phone

Sam Byford February 28, 2016 11:00 am02.28.2016 42

Along with his Apple colleague Jony Ive, Marc Newson is one of the most famous and influential industrial designers in the world. The Australian has put his name to everything from furniture to aircraft...

Slick concept shows how Apple could upgrade Control Center with 3D Touch

Dante D'Orazio February 27, 2016 05:40 pm02.27.2016 37

Control Center was a welcome addition when it was added to iOS in 2013, but if Apple's engineers are looking for some ideas, they may want to take a look at this extremely well-done concept from British...

The Control Center customization we've always wanted
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