Wireless Charging, Now in Linen and Leather

When I was in design school, a professor told us that technology would reduce the amount of objects in our lives. To some extent, that has happened; the smartphone took the place of cell phones, media players, cameras and daily planners. But the smartphone then spawned additional product ecosystems of its own. Take wireless charging. The thought was to get rid of the cable. Reduce, right? Wrong. Wireless charging means we've now got objects that would've looked strange a decade ago, like...