Airbnb has acquired the lauded industrial design firm Lapka. And we have a few good guesses why.
Airbnb has acquired the five-person Russian industrial design firm Lapka. It may seem like a strange pairing: the $24 billion room rental platform buying a tiny, foreign company known for cult-classic objects, like an environmental sensor that fits on your iPhone, or a breathalyzer shaped as a stark, black ceramic tube.