Matthew Burgos’s stories for designboom
His most read designboom stories, with reads counted on 10 July 2025. The numbers may have grown since.
- lightyear 0 can drive for months without charging – 396,000+ reads
- world’s narrowest fiat panda drives around as fully functional, single-seater electric car – 279,000+ reads
- MIT engineers built an airplane that flies without any moving parts – 253,000+ reads
- flying car ‘switchblade’ transforms from road-legal vehicle to aircraft in under 3 minutes – 227,000+ reads
- miniature casio watch rings are small enough to fit around fingers – 181,000+ reads
- ferrari reveals hypersail, a 100-foot monohull yacht that can fly over water without using fuel – 133,000+ reads
- mansory’s flying supercar ’empower’ ditches wheels as it floats in the air when idle or parked – 152,000+ reads
- budget-friendly ‘ox patagonia’ fully charges in five hours and rides up to 110 km/h – 140,000+ reads
- house-shaped, portable tent ‘air architecture’ inflates in a few minutes for easy camping – 134,000+ reads
- this couple built their tiny home in australia – 137,000+ reads
- under 400kgs mini-caravan can be towed anywhere – 134,000+ reads
- japanese teams develop an artificial gravity architecture to make outer-space living possible – 113,000+ reads
- fancy driving world’s lowest car? fiat panda cut in half still rides & drifts as road-legal vehicle – 109,000+ reads
- portable and rechargeable microwave by makita heats up cold meals and drinks anywhere – 108,000+ reads
- these 36 cities in the world will be the first to sink underwater based on this research – 108,000+ reads
- lightweight & electric backpack helicopter ‘copterpack’ flies with self-leveling autopilot – 108,000+ reads
- IKEA launches first-ever workout collection with 19 smart, multi-functional products – 103,000+ reads
- wearable robot arms that move like spider legs prepare human interaction with cyborgs – 78,000+ reads
- eVTOL LEO coupe is a jet turbine-propelled, 3-seater flying car – 77,000+ readsSelected Stories
- julian bedel of fueguia 1833
- daniel arsham launches ‘objects IV life’
- frank lloyd wright designed a doghouse
- artist anne butler
- marlene dumas explores human emotions
- brothers design ‘mtrl’ bike from plastic
- guy bourdin’s exclusive photographs
- james turrell debuts green mountain falls skyspace
- homo faber: bouke de vries
- homo faber: 12 national living treasures – I wrote the article, and my dear colleague Christina Petridou uploaded the images and video.
- hiroshi nakamura’s ueno toshogu shrine
- coffin-shaped office chair design
- student invents pool float so kids with cerebral palsy
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September 2022
- carbon fiber concept IMSA AAGT cuda
- solar-powered ‘hymer venture S’
- ‘the soul trembles’ surveys chiharu shiota
- 1974 porsche 911 carrera targa
- hermeus acquires velo3D printers
- one-seater concept ‘polestar 1:1’
- interview: tadao ando receives award
- researchers print wood flour
- giant tree sculptures x THISS studio
- electric, land-and-water ‘caracat’
- rechargeable ‘PEDAYAK electric’
- IAAC constructs 3D-printed building
- eVTOL ‘axe by skyfly’
- influences of queen elizabeth II on culture, art, & architecture
- hiroshi nakamura’s ueno toshogu shrine
- electric cruiser ‘x shore 1’
- BRABUS shadow 900 black ops
- coffin-shaped office chair design – 9,500+ shares
- offshore floating wind turbine ‘seatwirl’
- student invents pool float so kids with cerebral palsy
- studio terpeluk x redwood house
- building inflatable greenhouses on the moon
- hypercar ‘pagani utopia V12’
- unveiled ‘salmon eye’ forum center
- blue light from LED risks health
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August 2022
- e-bike noordung
- olafur eliasson uses 832 colored glass tiles
- tiffany & co. enters the world of NFTs
- new rare jellyfish filmed by a scuba diver
- colored steel pipes drip like paint
- low-cost toilet ‘sandi’
- UFO-shaped ‘woyun platform’
- gaetano pesce’s monumental intervention
- the pediatric medical center by UNStudio
- designer turns playing cards into a flip clock
- custom subaru 360 beach van
- seashell-shaped floating pods
- vibrant inflatable concept shoes
- xiaomi’s humanoid robot ‘cyberone’
- nude-colored wagamama bowls
- flying chair ‘jetracer’
- electric backpack helicopter ‘copterpack’
- MIT researchers use air in 3D-printed material
- NOOCI’s traditional chinese medicine
- concèntrico & mi pan bakery
- mercedes-benz x project MAYBACH
- electric 1980 comuta-car
- concept 4-seater AUDI vista
- ray kappe’s first single-family house
- smartwatch casio G-SHOCK GA-B001
- dual-mode IKEA ÅBÄCKEN
- serlachius museums’ art sauna
- slim & titanium-cut pocket watch ‘mecascape’
- large-scale gemstone artworks
- fossils in an UNESCO world heritage site
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July 2022
- david bowie barbie doll
- concept car AKXY2
- julian bedel at DAAily bar
- autonomous-drone wasteshark
- flowers and plants as barricades
- ronan and erwan bouroullec x car shelter
- concept foam car of kanye west
- MUJI x Honda bike
- andrea zittel x five bench sculptures
- ‘the surreal world of elsa schiaparelli’
- ‘rebuilding ngarannam’ program
- stefano arienti’s rainbow strips
- artificial gravity architecture
- wooden, cushioned cat houses and beds
- glass house ‘restaurant ÄNG’
- NASA’s webb telescope
- Balenciaga x bang & olufsen
- two half wheels bike
- air architecture tent
- super thin speakers ‘hidden sound’
- fondation cartier & formafantasma x mondo reale
- MSCHF popsicles
- ‘ouca’ cargo bikes
- rechargeable baby chick night lamp
- MIT researchers on metal
- electric ‘moke america’
- all-electric ‘racebird’
- matali crasset + odabashian x ‘watershed’ rug
- eco-friendly ‘flint bioheater’
- VELLO e-bike folds in 8 seconds
- conrad chia laguna resort
- augmented reality in helmet RUMEN
- LEGO replicates atari 2600
- terracotta pipe installations
- a wheelchair bike
- damien hirst to burn ‘the currency’
- optical installation in beijing
- gucci & adidas debut gazelle
- inflatable stretcher
- artist slapped a mcdonald’s pickle
- tom sachs exhibits his furniture
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June 2022
- the largest spherical structure on earth
- ‘murena one’
- 1964 amphicar model 770
- this conceptual nature observation deck
- micro-sized robot crabs
- student-developed medical cast
- bosco verticale built using 2,980 LEGO pieces
- drone ‘astria’ has a rotating motor
- marlene dumas explores human emotions – 2,000+ shares;
- muller van severen and laila gohar for pigeon table
- brothers design ‘mtrl’ bike from plastic
- ‘mullet shoes’ bring the 80s hairstyle
- ralph’s milan for ‘palazzo collection’
- micro-VTOL ‘speeder’
- konstantin grcic designed ‘paladin’
- lightyear 0 can drive for months without charging – 4,800+ shares & 330,000+ reads;
- researchers develop ‘living skin’ for robots
- DIY kits offer for the smallest car in the world – 1,300+ shares & 18,000+ reads;
- drones use new localization algorithm
- lululemon launches workout hijabs
- guy bourdin’s exclusive photographs
- budget-friendly ‘ox patagonia’ – 23,000+ reads;
- BMW + superblue’s light installation
- ES7 SUV of NIO
- james turrell debuts green mountain falls skyspace
- tiny figures by PEJAC X WELCOME
- audi partners with a start-up
- grand orgel plays using a music box
- concept dual-use motorcycle
- adidas’ liquid billboard
- meta launches ‘meta avatars store’
- pagani huayra codalunga
- IKEA AI app replaces your furniture
- daniel arsham launches ‘objects IV life’
- frank lloyd wright designed a doghouse
- MIT scientists create robot fireflies
- laura casalis x FMR rebirth
- shipping containers to swimming pool
- eVTOL LEO coupe
- capsule-shaped electric scooter
- casa açucena
- dead people’s tattoos
- billboards show drought, homelessness, and wildfires
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May 2022
- exhibition ‘let’s get digital!’
- artist anne butler – profile
- puffy conceptual shoes from UV-Zhu
- a foldable and portable BBQ kit
- carsten höller replicates mushrooms
- self-cleaning sunflower solar panels
- japanese duo maywa denki
- adidas and nude women breasts
- betterlab develops eyeglasses for myopia
- fitness equipment made of marble
- alice in wonderland eye center interior
- google maps launches ‘immersive view’
- edible tape for burritos and wraps
- interview with julian bedel of fueguia 1833
- LOEWE for milan design week 2022
- under 400kgs mini-caravan
- reverse three-wheeled ‘afreda s6’
- UFO-shaped residence
- CCTV-shaped tube lights
- playing cards replicate fish skin
- milan design week 2022: DAAily fair and city guides
- artist rebecca szeto – profile – 3,000+ shares;
- electric 2×2 ultra bike
- MOKE auctioned off last petrol
- kanye west and naoto fukasawa
- electric bike BASH/MTN
- animated billboards of missing people
- ‘it’s our f***king backyard’
- volkswagen restores quad-axle
- IKEA x Swedish House Mafia redesign FRAKTA bag
- conceptual, inflated eyewear
- NASA releases sonification of galaxy NGC 1300
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April 2022
- homo faber: 12 national living treasures – I wrote the article, and my dear colleague Christina Petridou uploaded the images and video.
- u-boat worx nexus submarine
- artist max siedentopf for gucci
- malibu and a year-round summer mindset
- ‘grandi giardini italiani’ book
- ressence type 1 REV grail
- 3D-printed ‘stela basic’ by SCRY
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March 2022
February 2022