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Find my friends

Find my friends, an app native to iPhones, highlights the importance of social proof and liking. Users follow their friends on the app to see where they are at all times. The app lets you get directio

Avocado tool

This multi-use avocado tool invokes physiopleasure and ideopleasure. It encourages eating healthy (avocados) because it is so easy to use and it gets rid of the danger that comes from chopping the pit

The Ordinary AHA Berry Peel

The Ordinary is an affordable science based skincare brand that makes high end skincare more accessible. Many people are intimidated by the word “peel” and imagine hundreds of dollars spent at a facia

Billie

Billie is a women-targeted razor subscription. The razors are supposedly designed for women’s bodies and uses rather than men’s face shaving. Their advertisements show many diverse women using their

Forest app

Forest uses the commitment and consistency concept to make you focus. You plant a tree for the desired length of time to not be on your phone, and if you leave the app, the tree dies. It’s a great rem

Quip

Quip is a toothbrush subscription that utilizes social proof via its referral program. I love my quip toothbrush so much that two of my roommates bought Quips as well, proof that it works. It’s an ele

Better Than Sex Mascara

Too Faced’s Better Than Sex mascara is a cult classic makeup product that engages with physio-pleasure and reflective design. The tube itself is a rose gold color, and the product is easy to apply wit

Go The Distance: Responsible Outdoor Running

In an interview, Tian Wei, a graduate student at the GSD, expressed a problem she faces during this pandemic. Living a healthy lifestyle and exercising is important to her, but she also wants to follo

Louisiana Art Museum, Giacometti Room

In one of my favorite art museums, the Louisiana Art Museum, near Copenhagen, a large room with floor to ceiling windows contains nothing on the floors except one Giacometti sculpture. The room, thoug

Longitute 131 Hotel

In the Outback in Australia, a hotel called Longitude 131 embodies multiple aspects of inspiration. In the above photo, one of the hotel rooms has a hot tub overlooking the bright orange sand and giga

iFashion: Fashion design in your pocket

Fashion design takes skill and practice: the process is rife with opportunities for mistakes. How does one design a pattern? What type of stitch should I use? What’s an inseam? How do buttons work? Ev

Cameo

Cameo was designed pre-corona but is especially useful now to bring joy to people in a time where the entertainment industry is mostly halted. People can purchase virtual “cameos” from their favorite

Ring light with phone stand

Producing videos often requires multiple people to set up, light, and shoot the shot. In quarantine, many content creators, producers, and videographers are alone without the help of others. This ring

Earring organizer

Within the past two years, I started purchasing dangly earrings which led to the question of how to organize them. I made a holder out of cardboard, which worked but wasn’t particularly beautiful. The

Lola

Typically, periods are not thought of as design-related or exciting. Lola offers completely customized period products on a subscription model. Oftentimes, tampons include synthetic chemicals and frag

Rose Gold Magnetic Dry Erase Monthly Calendar

This wall-mounted calendar provides an easy way to keep track of upcoming due dates, appointments, and assignments. Due to its large size, it’s easy to write on, and each date has space. The month and