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From High-Speed Bug Removal to Hydration, F1 Helmets Have a Crazy Amount of Design in Them

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Imagine you're a Formula One driver doing 240 m.p.h. when a bug slams into your helmet's visor. By chance the smear is directly in front of the pupil of your dominant eye, and this obstruction of your vision is enough to cost you the race (and maybe much more). That's why F1 helmets have four layers of transparent tear-off strips over their visors. The drivers rip them off and let the wind take them, their act of littering forgiven in the name of chasing millions of dollars worth of glory.

In addition to the pull-off strips, there is an impressive investment of design and materials science in the modern-day F1 helmet. First off they're freakishly light, weighing just 1250 grams (under three pounds). This is to avoid burdening the driver with an extra-heavy head as they can experience as much as five G's while cornering and braking.

Despite the low weight, there's an insane amount of material in them—according to F1 Technical and Formula1.com, some 17 layers that can include carbon fiber, titanium, aluminum, magnesium, epoxy resin, polyethylene, polycarbonate, Kevlar, Nomex for fire resistance, and a secret blend of herbs and spices that manufacturers are secretive about.

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Small vents are designed to allow airflow into the helmet. As it's the driver's only source of fresh air, there are filters in place to keep out brake dust, splashes of motor oil and the like.

The rest of the helmet, though, is designed to channel air around it, making it as aerodynamic as possible. F1 cars are traveling at such speeds that an overly wind-resistant design would snap the driver's head backwards.

Alongside the chin-mounted comms microphone you'd expect is something more surprising: An in-helmet drinking straw that leads to the driver's beverage of choice. A handy button on the steering wheel lets the liquid start flowing.

On top of all this the helmet is of course designed to provide protection, and this functionality is updated as the designers learn more. For example, at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, Brazil's Felipe Massa was knocked out by a suspension spring that flew off of another driver's car. Watch it in CG:


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Design Partners in Dublin Want You to Be Their New Model Maker and Creator

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Work for Design Partners!

If you are naturally creative and express yourself through fluent craft and hand work rather than through a computer, Design Partners in Dublin has a very exciting new opportunity for an innovator and prototype maker who is ready to broaden the fluency and creative output of their model shop. Design Partners is a product design and strategy consultancy that tunes in to ambitious clients and brings bold, unique product visions to life. Are you the new Model Maker & Creator on the Design Partners team?

They are looking for someone who is organized, precise, highly creative, motivated and ambitious. Hopefully you will have a technically diverse background with experience in the design industry and you will be ready to take on this leadership role in their new purpose built model shop and R+D lab at their Dublin studio. Don't wait, Apply Now.

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Designing for a More Creative Apocalypse

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It's that time of the year. Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, it's growing cold and bleak. Though you may be beginning to think of snowy holiday cheer, delicious food roasting amid family and attractive gifts, I have a better option. Reflect on the demise of society as we know it with the New Survivalism project by Parsons & Charlesworth! This semi-sinister art project takes planning for post-apocalyptic living out of the bunker and into a more convivial, personal type of conjecture. What types of preparedness would we need, beyond mere survival?

The project's alternative bug-out bags offer six personal preparedness kits for modern survivalists whose water+rations are already taken care of. What upper-level essentials are there? In case of emergency, as in normal life, our priorities differ along very personal lines. While apocalyptic movies have their standard canon of character types, these packs and their owners' "mini manifestos" push outside of the tropes.

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The first bag belongs to the Object Guardian, and it's more of an archival box. In a time after civilization's peak, who will keep the stories of our ancient objects and ways of life? Well, the guardian may be able to help. As a collector of all manner of old objects, the Guardian's bag protects an amalgamated ball of... stuff, seemingly cribbed from a history museum. From the mini manifesto:

Trying to memorize just some of them seemed ridiculous but what if I am the only one left to remember? Sure, they've got their Integrated Emergency Management plan all tied up but who is the real guardian? Who is taking the memories of these artifacts to the people, when the people can no longer come to them?

What happens to curators when the museums are abandoned? What happens to the millennia of learning?

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Open Toys by Paris's Le FabShop: Saving Plastic... Wasting Vegetables?

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It's about this time of year that you start to see stall owners gearing up for Christmas in the local high street markets in East London—every inch of wall and ceiling space weighed down with yet more shining dancing Psy action figures, Angry Bird backpacks and fluorescent loom-band kits. Although you have to admire some of the inventiveness (in design as well as IP-dodging), walking past these sellers never fails to give me a niggling feeling of waste in the depths of my stomach—what will have become of all this plastic and electronics by this time next year?

Samuel N. Bernier, Creative Director of leFabShop (and 2012 Core77 Design Award honoree and longtimeDIYer/hackerextraordinaire) had the idea for Open Toys when he realized he could create toys from scraps of wood and cork he found in the workshop when combined with simple parts made on a 3D printer. Having gone on to design a small selection of pieces that could be used to make cars, planes, boats and helicopters, Samuel was later inspired whilst gardening to replace wood and cork (difficult to drill without tools) with fruits and vegetables.

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Being pronounced as some as a "Mr. Potato Head for the era of digital fabrication," it's certainly interesting to see how the bulk of disposable toys plastic can be designed out whilst perhaps also encouraging a little creativity in our digitally addicted toddlers. The question remains however—should we be playing with our food?

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Sam Jacob on His New Design Studio, the Demise of FAT Architecture, and 'the Long-Term Benefits of Messing Around'

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This is the latest installment of our Core77 Questionnaire. Previously, we talked to Brad Ascalon.

Name: Sam Jacob

Occupation: I'm the principal of Sam Jacob Studio, a design, architecture and urbanism practice based in London. At the same time, I'm a professor of architecture at Yale and at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Director of Night School at the Architectural Association; and a columnist for Art Review and Dezeen. And until recently I was a co-director of FAT Architecture, which closed this year in a blaze of high-profile projects at the Venice Architecture Biennale and a collaboration on a building with artist Grayson Perry.

I've always pursued an idea of design practice as a combination of criticism, research and speculation that all feed directly into the design studio. So that ideas cross-fertilize, find connections and directions that make the practice stronger, more agile and able to respond intelligently to the problem at hand.

After 20-odd years as co-director of FAT Architecture, it's been exciting to establish a new kind of practice, to work with new people, with new kinds of projects, with different angles of attack.

Location: London (mainly) / Chicago (sometimes)

Current projects: I'm really excited about some collaborative projects that are happening at the moment. The first is developing ways to reinvent the business park—taking the outmoded 1980s model and revitalizing it. The idea of work has changed so dramatically in recent times, so it seems right to be imagining new ways to spatialize and organize new kinds of work patterns. For me it's the perfect combination of research, speculation and design.

Secondly, a big master planning project that's trying to invent a new kind of community—one that's not urban, not rural but also non-suburban, a new kind of hybrid between the rural and the urban. A techno-eco idyll, in other words.

And lastly, designing my own house—the fantasy of any architect, but a daunting one too. Any architect designing his own house is inevitably also writing a manifesto.

Mission: To use design as a form of real-life science fiction—to invent new ways of being in the world, or new kinds of worlds to be in.

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SamJacob-QA-11.jpgThe Hoogvliet Villa, a cultural center in Rotterdam designed by FAT. Photo by Rob Parrish

When did you decide that you wanted to be a designer? It just kind of happened... I think it was a real fascination with the idea that architecture could be a combination of many things—that it was artistic, sociological, technical and so on, and that it was all these things at the same time. It's a naïve idea perhaps, but one I still believe in. One lesson I've learnt from older generations is to try to remain as naïvely optimistic as possible in the face of the endless array of problems that beset any design project.

Education: I studied at the Mackintosh in Glasgow, then at the Bartlett in London. It was—totally accidentally—a great combination. First being embedded in the Glasgow School of Art, the serious Modernist tradition of the Mac, then the freedom of the Bartlett gave me a really broad exposure to different ideas of what architecture and design could be.

First design job: Straight from school into FAT. Actually, doing both while I was in my last year. In other words, I've never really had a proper job in design—which is both a blessing and a curse. Not having a model of what an office should be or how it should work has given me a real freedom to invent something that works for me. But at the same time, I'm sure there are a few shortcuts it would have been good to learn faster. Nothing like learning on the job, though.

Who is your design hero? For his ability to conjure arguments and propositions out of the thin air of everyday culture: the British critic from the '60s and '70s Reyner Banham

For the relentlessness of investigation: Rem Koolhaas

For his belief in the connection between politics and design: William Morris

For beauty in the face of the inevitable tragedy of design: Borromini

SamJacob-QA-4.jpgAbove and below: Drawings from Sam Jacob Studio and Hawkins\Brown's master plan for an Eco Ruburb, a community hybrid of the rural and the urban

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Marc Newson Designs Follow-Up to Beretta's 486 Parallelo Shotgun

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When shotguns fire "shot"—a multitude of small pellets as opposed to a singular slug—the wielder gets "a good spread" with a single pull of the trigger. Depending on what your priorities are, this may or may not make it a good weapon for home defense; in the words of comedian Bill Burr, "I don't want to have to do a bunch of drywall work [after repelling an invader]."

But that "spread" is what a particular type of shotgun—originally called a "fowling piece"—was designed to produce, and specifically for hunting birds. Beretta's updated 486 shotgun, designed by Marc Newson, pays homage to this with artsy patterns on the laser-engraved receiver.

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The engraving is a clear homage to Asia as the homeland of the pheasant. This unique design is made possible by the high-tech laser technology used in the manufacturing process. This ensures the best texture wrap over the entire surface of the receiver and also allows for a deep contrast and sharp resolution in all the details of the engraving.

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The receiver is edgeless, following the current trend in "round body" shotgun designs enabled by precision machinery. But in terms of original flair, the sexy opening lever is pretty Newsonesque:

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Unusual Apertures in This Industrial Designer/Mechanical Engineer Couple's House

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Flipping through architecture blogs, I'm used to seeing modernist houses with the de rigueur Le Corbusier chaise longue and the Eames chairs inside. But this particular one jumped out at me because it's owned by an industrial designer married to a mechanical engineer. San-Francisco-based ID'er Peter Russell-Clarke and mech-eng wife Jan Moolsintong contracted architect Craig Steely to design their house, with some input, and the resultant structure has some very unusual apertures.

First off the garage. You've seen bi-fold doors before, but none like this:

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And yes, those shots are mid-opening, that's not how the door looks in its final closed position. Here's its full range of motion:

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And a shot from the inside, where you can see the yellow webbing on either side attached to a crankshaft and the motor:

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An Introduction to Appleboxes [Core77 ShopBot Series, Ep. 08]

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Appleboxes are simple, sturdy plywood boxes that are mainstays of the photography and film production industries. And because they are durable and come in a variety of very specific sizes, I've found they can also come in quite handy in a small-shop setting:

Appleboxes are typically made the old-school way—with a table saw and router table rather than a CNC mill—but by walking you through how to make a full set of them on the ShopBot, it will give you an idea of how to execute a basic, practical project via CNC. We'll dive in next week!

Previously: Episode 7 - Desktop CNC Milling: The Point Cutting Roundover Bit // All Core77 ShopBot Series posts →

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Presenting the 2014 Core77 Ultimate Gift Guide: Curators' Delight

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Once again, we're pleased to present our annual gift guide for all of your gift-giving needs this holiday season. As with last year's guide, the list comprises 77 items—a lucky number if we say so ourselves—selected by our seven guest curators, each a luminary in his or her own right. The 2014 Ultimate Gift Guide is a collective effort from Randy Hunt, Creative Director of Etsy; Jill Singer & Monica Khemsurov, Founders/Editors of Sight Unseen; John Maeda, Design Partner at KPCB; Chris Wu, Associate at Project Projects; Richard Sachs, bicycle framebuilder; and Sam Vinz, co-founder/director of Volume Gallery.

From tasteful consumables and future heirlooms to ultra-contemporary apps and accessible art editions, our esteemed guest curators have compiled six lists of distinctive gift items, 77 in all.

Check out the 2014 Core77 Gift Guide, "Curators' Delight"→

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Smart Luggage Re-Design That Addresses Modern-Day Needs: The Trunkster

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One could argue that luggage design hasn't kept pace with modern-day travel needs. Thus entrepreneurs Gaston Blanchet and Jesse Potash, both of whom travel a lot and were dissatisfied with current luggage offerings, set out to produce a contemporary, aluminum-and-polycarbonate carry-on and full-sized suitcase called the Trunkster line. Here's how they approached it:

Problem: Your phone battery's dying, leading you on one of those where's-a-free-power-outlet search across the airport.
Solution: On-board battery with enough juice to charge your phone nine times over.

Problem: You packed too much weight and got hit with overage fees by the airline.
Solution: Digital scale (both Imperial and Metric) embedded in the handle. Pick it up and the readout tells you the exact weight.

Problem: The airline lost your bag. They're not sure where it is.
Solution: Built-in GPS means you can see whether your bag is somewhere in the terminal and worth waiting for, or if it's back at Dallas-Fort-Worth and you should just expect it later.

Problem: Unzipping both sides of the front flap on the typical carry-on, then swinging the flap open, can be an awkward operation in tight spaces.
Solution: The Trunkster has a roll-top front that opens like a secretary desk.

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I'm not totally sold on that last one, as the flap on a carry-on provides me with useful storage space, both on the inside and out of it. The outside pockets on the flap are where I dump the contents of my pockets during the TSA screening, and the inside pockets are where I sort my toiletries.

Another Trunkster feature I'm not 100% on is that they've moved the handle supports to the side of the suitcase, citing the following:

We can think of few worse elements of luggage than flimsy telescopic handles. They break, get in the way of packing, and are nearly useless when moving heavy bags. Trunkster features a robust, side-to-side handle that gives you absolute control and enhanced balance through many grip positions. Plus, the handle's special design allows for an uninterrupted cargo space for optimum packing capacity.

In my eyes, the channel for the handle supports take up the same amount of interior volume on the sides as they do on the rear.

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Designing for Earbud Cord Control

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We've written about controlling cable clutter on the desktop—but what about controlling the earbud cords that end-users carry around?

One of the simplest ways to keep the cords from becoming a tangled mess is a simple wrap for the cord, like the Cord Taco from This Is Ground. The end users can create neat bundles by wrapping the cords around their fingers and then using the Cord Taco to keep everything in place.

When Mike Macadaan created the Cord Taco, he feared it might be too simple: a simple leather disk with a metallic snap closure. But many end-users don't have the skill, tools or time to create a product like this for themselves.

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The *cordctrl, made from high-grade liquid injection silicone, is another simple answer to the earbud cord control challenge. End-users just wrap the cord around the *cordctrl, locking the cord in place by running it through the notches at either end. This is the same approach used by the Sumajin SmartWrap, which we wrote about previously.

Both of the items listed above are fine for end users who just want an organized way to carry the cords in their pockets, computer bags, etc. But adding a clip to the products, as Dotz did with its Earbud Wrap, gives the end user the option of attaching it to a bag strap, a shirt, etc. Since not all end-users have clothes with pockets, this could be handy. But the clip does add a bit more bulk to the product—there are always trade-offs!

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Flying Collection: A Dystopian Vision of Black Friday's to Come

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To Brits, the frenzied shop-fest of Black Friday (a phenomenon slowly spreading to our shore) seems like an odd tradition to follow on from a day of giving thanks—a sentiment shared by counter movements such as Buy Nothing Day and, I dare say, by a number of our American readers. The absurdity of the custom is illustrated eloquently by British comedian turned political activist Russell Brand in a video lampooning Fox News coverage of the "pilgrimage of capitalism that has found its way to the forefront of American cultural life" in the light of planned Black Friday strike action of Walmart staff for the third year in a row.

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If scenes of consumers and striking shop assistants staking out retail centers in the early hours of a winter morning wasn't distressing enough, a Brazilian clothing brand has taken it upon themselves to envisage a future where Black Friday deals are inescapable. The video campaign by Brazilian creative director Antonio Correa for Colombo expounds the problem of high flying executives simply too busy to step out of the office to take advantage of Black Friday savings (ah, Capitalism eh?). The solution to this troubling situation? Fill the skies of Sao Paola's Business District with the apocalyptic sight of headless, poorly articulating human figures hanging limp from whirring drones, of course—completing the picture with price tags on their clothing for our deprived protagonists to glimpse through the windows of their corporate prisons.

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What Happens When GM Lets Their Designers 'Cut Loose?'

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Transportation Design is undoubtedly one of the more glamorous subsets of Industrial Design. But the sheer complexity of designing a performance vehicle that must be safe, attractive, durable, and affordably mass-produced must present terrific restrictions. So this recently-unveiled, blue-sky project undertaken by GM's Advanced Design Studio must have been exhilirating to work on.

"[The Chaparral 2X VGT is] an example of what our designers are capable of when they are cut loose, no holds barred," said Ed Welburn, Vice President of GM Global Design. "A fantasy car in every sense of the word." That's because VGT stands for Vision Gran Turismo, the 15th-anniversary edition of the PlayStation videogame.

The game is where the Chaparral concept will "live," but despite it being a virtual project, it's cool to see GM's design staff--and members of longtime collaborator Chaparral Cars--speaking with such passion about the project. And the footage of it is pretty nuts:


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GoPro is Going to GoDrone

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This AirDog drone may soon have a bit of unwelcome competition

The web is abuzz with news that GoPro is expanding beyond cameras into aircraft. As drone-loving videographers already attach GoPros to their own quadrotor rigs, the San-Mateo-based company figures they may as well get in on the action by producing and selling their own drones. The specs are vague, but the Wall Street Journal reports that GoPro is working on "multirotor helicopters" that will ship late next year, reportedly for more than $500 but less than $1,000.

It's possible that the move came about in reaction to China's SZ DJI Technology Co., the world's largest drone manufacturer. DJI observed that many of its customers were attaching GoPros to their products; that company then started producing their own small cameras and selling them along with the drones.

It's also possible, however, that GoPro was working on this before DJI started to muscle in on their territory. The Journal, by the way, warns that when GoPro goes drone, competing drone manufacturers may be motivated to stop supporting the GoPro in favor of going the DJI route. Ah, competition.

Here's the report:

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HashKey: Ironic Accessory Makes a Stand Against Qwerty Orthodoxy

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On first glimpse of the HashKey—perhaps as a result of Kickstarter overexposure—my heart sank under the weight of my tumbling faith in humanity and fear for its future. Fortunately, on closer inspection, I found sweet salvation in the realization this was, of course, a product conceived with an eyebrow raised and a tongue in cheek (see also).

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Whilst, of course, nobody in their right mind is going to dedicate one of their ever decreasing number of USB ports to such a device, the HashKey makes an amusing observation of the low prioritization of the hashtag key on traditional Qwerty keyboards, especially in contrast to their mobile equivalents—I dread to think of the number of fledgling Twitter adopters copying and pasting the symbol. Whether the (overhyped?) hashtag will ever be promoted to a higher prominence in keyboard culture is yet to be seen, but I can already hear the cogs in the brains of Microsoft's and Samsung's innovation teams turning.

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Brilliant Biz: Selling Other Peoples' Lost Luggage Contents

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This holiday season, buy the forgotten dreams of the young man in 22-D

More people than ever are flying these days. Which means more people than ever are forgetting stuff on airplanes and/or experiencing lost baggage. Did you ever wonder what happens to all of those belongings that go unclaimed?

Chances are it winds up on the shelves of a store in northern Alabama, perhaps the most unique retail outfit an American shopper could visit on this Black Friday. Unclaimed Baggage, as it's called, receives a staggering 7,000 items a day that never made it to their intended destination. The family-owned company then re-sells the best of the best, drawing a million shoppers a year to their sleepy town (population 15,000) out of a facility that "covers more than a city block."

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Before you think it's all junk like unwanted scarves, forgotten earbuds and cheap sunglasses, think again: They do a brisk business in laptops, cell phones and iPads. "We've become quite the Apple Store in our own way," Barbara Cantrell, the store's Brand Ambassador, told The New York Times. Other big-ticket items are designer-label clothing, jewelry and high-end watches, like a $60,000 Rolex. Then there's the weird stuff they've come across, like a batch of 50 vacuum-packed frogs, a 19th-Century replica suit of armor, a diamond hidden in a sock, a 4,000-year-old Egyptican burial mask, a live rattlesnake, and a freaking U.S. Air Force missile guidance system (which they returned to the government).

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Aplàt: The Tote Bag Designed to Hold Things Flat

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I dare say a fair majority of us here share a healthy designerly appreciation for bags and luggage, and, in all likelihood, are partial, on occasion, to the practicalities of a trusty tote. Knowing that, and the realities of carrying around the sorts of oddities and objects that a life creating demands, I'm might also pressume that you share my pain for difficulties of carrying things flat—be it ferrying a fragile prototype across town at speed by bike or safely transporting some home-made food to a friends, or perhaps some sort of picnic scenario.

If any of this does sound familiar, then perhaps you'll be able to share (or at least forgive) my bourgeoisie delight on stumbling upon something as clever (dare I say innovative!! Too far? Too far.) and well-crafted as the Aplàt—the tote bag for holding things flat. Meaning "for dishes" in French (and perhaps a signifier for the demographic this $44 piece of fabric is no doubt aimed at) Aplàt is the brainchild of San Francisco-based designer Shujan Bertrand, where the bags are also made by hand locally.

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Industrial Designers Not Consulted on Lightsabers, Resulting in Practicality, Ergonomics and Safety Issues

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These aren't the designers you're looking for

You would think the Jedi Order would hire a top-shelf ID firm to design their chief sidearm. Instead, Core77 has learned, Jedi individuals brazenly make them themselves, despite having no design or engineering training whatsoever. According to the Star Wars Wiki, lightsabers are "borne of the Force-user who created it and using whatever materials were at hand; typically... created over a span of months. [The creators] go into deep Meditation, poring over each individual component to be added and thus forging a connection with it through the Force."

The clear limitations of this designer-free approach are obvious to anyone who's viewed the Star Wars documentaries. First off, here's the lightsaber from Episode 4:

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It's a pretty simple, single-bladed design. But take a look at Darth Maul's double-bladed lightsaber from Episode 1:

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The double-bladed design predates the single, and yet we do not see any examples of a double-bladed model throughout Episodes 4, 5 or 6. It seems obvious the design was discontinued for safety reasons, presumably after a Jedi or Sith accidentally turned it on while holding it in front of them and stabbed themself in the stomach with the lower blade. This would never have happened had a proper design firm been consulted; while such a design was still in the blue-foam phase, even a model-shop intern would have spotted the ergonomic flaw.

The forthcoming Episode 7, meanwhile, shows another lightsaber design "evolution":

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Reebok Is Looking For a Passionate Sneakerhead to Join Their Team

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Work for Reebok!

ATTENTION ALL SNEAKERHEADS- your dream job is waiting for you. Reebok, the original fitness brand, needs YOU to design the next Reebok Pump. That's right - the next iteration of that iconic, custom-fit sneaker that links technology and style could come from your inspired mind. Reebok wants to pay you and give you a sweet list of benefits to apply your super-duper passion for footwear to their brand.

You're the right candidate for this role if you are over-the-top into sneakers, you possess a broad range of impressive design skills and you are fluent in the ancient arts of footwear construction. If you are also awesome with humans and machines, including Adobe Illustrator; Photoshop and 3D software at an advanced level, this could be the perfect job for you. Apply Now to find out!

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The Wrist Report: All the Latest in Forearm Fashion and Function

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Yup, our tech giant overlords and any number of hopeful startups are still in competition to develop increasingly novel applications for strapping technology to our limbs—a large majority of such devices still jostling for the prime wrist real estate, seemingly unperturbed by the loom launch of the Apple (i)Watch.

In a move unusual on a number of levels (though perhaps not totally unpredictably for a company so entrenched in hardware), Sony have taken a step away from the motion sensors and activity tracking hoo-ha of the smartwatch world and gone incognito on the crowdfunding scene to scope the demand for e-paper wristwatches. The FES watch launched on Japanese crowdfunding site Makuake under a slickly presented pseudo-startup Fashion Entertainments. Prototype photographs and this utterly cringe-worthy pitch video show a continuous form wristwatch with full e-paper surface, capable of switching styling (fairly subtly, it must be said) to imitate stitched leather, crocodile skin or linked metal straps—or indeed switch from black to white when raised to read the time (to the apparent amazement of your fellow partygoers, as the video clearly demonstrates).

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