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STROOOP! Is a Healthier Take On a Classic Delicacy

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As part of Dutch Design Week 2016, food designer Chloé Rutzerveld created a modern take on the classic Dutch stroopwaffle treat. For those who aren't familiar, the stroopwaffle—translation "syrup waffle"—is a popular delicacy in the Netherlands made from two thin layers of waffle cookie sandwiched around a caramel-like syrup filling.

Ms. Rutzerveld developed her STROOOP! project to explore new ways of working with the natural fiber and sweetness of root vegetables, specifically beets, carrots and celeriac. The project is also an exercise in waste reduction, as the waffles are made using by-products of the vegetable industry.

Waffles made from carrots, celeriac and beet roots. 

To source her ingredients, Rutzerveld works with a local vegetable processor based close to her studio in Eindhoven. Carrots are peeled and packaged for the supermarkets, while the left overs and oddly shaped ones get juiced. After the juicing, the fiber is left as a by-product (basically a by-product from the by-product)—the waffles are made from the fiber, and the syrup is made from the juice. One waffle contains 100 grams of carrot or beetroot, the same amount as in the entire vegetable. The waffles and the syrup are 100% vegetable based, with no added sugar, and are gluten free.

At this time, the STROOOP! waffles are in prototype phase and are not commercially available. Based on the success of her showing in Eindhoven, Rutzerveld is pursuing bringing them to market. Her previous work was more speculative and conceptual, so the challenges of successfully developing a consumer product will present a interesting learning curve. However, her start is very promising, with interest from grocery chains, hotels, airplane catering companies, and restaurants. 


Reader Submitted: The lttl Tumbler Is a No Spill Solution to On-The-Go Coffee Drinking

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Impel Studio's first independent product launch is the lttl tumbler—a sleek new take on the quotidian travel mug. They've flipped the mug's lid so it nestles down inside the vessel, solving many of the problems that existing travel mugs have. You can sip naturally from the top edge, 360° around, just like a normal cup. It's designed from the ground up to be super easy to clean, so your drinks always taste the way they should. It seals without leaks so you can carry it in a bag, and of course it keeps drinks hot or cold for hours.

View the full project here

Electric Scooter Sketched by 10-Year-Old Girl Goes Into Production

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This is one of the more fun transportation designs we've seen in a while. Here's the Motochimp, a tiny electric scooter manufactured by Singapore's Vanda Electrics:

Looks like something a child drew, doesn't it? That's because it actually is. "In designing Motochimp, our original concept was inspired by a sketch from a 10-year old girl," Larissa Tan, Vanda Electrics CEO, told The Daily Mail.

The Motochimp can be plugged into a regular wall outlet (the power cable is hidden under the tiny seat) and takes an hour to reach full charge. It's then ready to travel up to 40 kilometers and has a top speed of 30 k.p.h.

It's going on sale in Asia first, followed by the UK and Europe. There's no word on whether it will make it to U.S. shores.

In any case, we're a little sad that the aforementioned girl is not named; someone should give her a scholarship to a design school, no? Who the heck gets a design into production at the age of ten?!?

How Trump's Victory Will Affect Footwear Industry Stomping Grounds

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The footwear industry is currently abuzz over yesterday's US election results, particularly when it comes to trade. Industry leaders are concerned that Donald Trump's seemingly tight trade policy will hurt relationships with outside countries. Trump has made his strong feelings against trade deals, including the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)—supported by mega footwear brands like Nike—very clear. It's no secret that the footwear industry heavily relies on international trade, so this could lead affected parties into confusing territory very soon.

Yesterday, Matt Priest, President of Footwear Distributers & Retailers of America, spoke out about what the industry's next steps should be. According to Priest, the footwear industry was pushing for TPP approval before the inauguration, but that clearly wasn't achieved. He believes the footwear industry needs to start building relationships with the Trump administration now in order to establish common ground early on. Since many of Trump's opinions are still unclear, Priest seems to be keeping a fairly positive attitude.

Here's what a couple other footwear executives have to say on the matter:

“Fortunately, [President-elect] Trump has a very strong vice president that understands Congress and Washington. I think he could leave a lot to Mike Pence. I think Trump will do what has to be done first. I don’t think he’s going to think trade is No. 1 — the economy and jobs are No. 1.” —Bob Campbell, Chairman & CEO, BBC International LLC

“Footwear is one of the most traded products globally, and so much of the industry depends on access to consumers and access to supply chain in order to stay competitive. We have a lot of high duties and trade barriers in the U.S., and so we’re going to be looking for ways that we can tackle those duties and barriers. Brand protection [is also important], and making sure that the value that we attribute to innovation and to our brands and to the intellectual property is protected in both the United States and around the world. I would hope that President-elect Trump — as someone who understands the power of a brand — would really see this as an area where he could spend some time.” —Stephen Lamar, EVP, American Apparel & Footwear Association

The only footwear company currently known to be supporting Trump's victory is New Balance—and they're taking major heat for it. Really though, here's a video of someone burning their New Balance sneakers.

Once Trump is in office, if things pan out the way many footwear executives are expecting, footwear won't be the only design industry affected. Stay tuned.

Oh, by the way, winter is coming faster than Trump's inauguration. You might want some of these cool winter boots. With the flip of a switch on the inside of the sole, Gripforce boots magically transform into ice boots. They definitely could have used these in Game of Thrones.

Hand Tool School #9: Why Tables Are My Favorite Furniture Form to Build

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Image courtesy of Kari Hultman

I like tables. Dining tables, side tables, hall tables, you name it, I like it. I have a folder on my computer that I keep images of pieces I would like to make or that inspire me in some way. I was looking through it last night, only to discover that 80% of what was in there is some form of table.

Hall Table by Robert Ortiz

And why not? Tables are highly functional, use little material, and with such a basic form, are open to so much interpretation and embellishment. Heck, even a workbench is a type of table, and we all like those!

The skills required to build tables vary widely as well.

Coffee Table by Seth Rolland

From the rank beginner cutting their first mortise and tenons, to a polished master carving intricate details into the knee of a shaped leg, one could trace the progress of their skill using tables alone and get to tackle a different challenge in every project.

I especially like how you can explore different styles from different time periods, or even the same style but from different makers. With each foray, you learn a little about the maker, the time period, and your own skill limits.

The Arts & Crafts philosophy has always been appealing to me. So I took the opportunity to build this simple Stickley Tabouret. My wife wanted a square top, so I complied but longed for more curves. Later, giving into the curve bug, I built a similar tabouret but in the style of Charles Limbert, a contemporary of Stickley. Using the same form, I explored different kinds of joinery, finishes, and shapes. Both tables show off elements of the Arts & Crafts period, yet express themselves in such different ways. Moreover, they were built in very different ways, one using modern machines and the other entirely by hand power.

The basic Shaker side table is a fun build, and the simple construction and clean lines makes it a timeless piece. In an attempt to tackle eccentric turnings and satisfy my love of Queen Anne furniture, I built this same table and added stylistic elements, transforming it into a new experience. It is the same form yet, like the Arts & Crafts example, conveys a very different emotion. Likewise, the Queen Anne version challenged me in new ways, which was a lot of fun.

Expanding on the Queen Anne form, simplifying it a bit and changing the size, you end up with an even different product like this Tavern Table from Charlton's Coffee House in Colonial Williamsburg. The turned legs are similar, but without the eccentric aspect and pad foot, a different feel is again conveyed. I think this will be a good next step in following this specific evolution.

What intrigues me about the table is that I can experiment with so many different aspects while keeping many the same. This provides a certain comfort zone with small doses of scary that keep you engaged, yet not paralyzed. I guess the problem is that in reality, the average household can only use so many tables, so I'm either going to have to start selling some of these or add some rooms onto my house.

Of course, once I'm done with tables, I can always move on to the more complicated big brother: Desks!

(Sigh). So many projects…so little time.

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This "Hand Tool School" series is provided courtesy of Shannon Rogers, a/k/a The Renaissance Woodworker. Rogers is founder of The Hand Tool School, which provides members with an online apprenticeship that teaches them how to use hand tools and to build furniture with traditional methods.


From Nazis to Potsies

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After a country has been ravaged by war, there is a need for life to return to normal and for the economy to get back on track. But raw materials can be hard to come by in such times. That's why following World War II, Germany took the concept of beating swords into ploughshares and ran with it—by turning Nazi helmets into kitchen items, like colanders and pots:

Stripped of its ideology, what was once a symbol of harm and terror thus reverts to its material state and is transformed into a peaceful, useful object.


Design Job: Get Tough: ToughBuilt Industries is Seeking a SolidWorks Modeler in Orange County, CA

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ToughBuilt Industries Inc. is an innovative, fast-paced company dedicated to innovation. At ToughBuilt we control the entire product development process, from initial concept and design, through manufacturing, to selling directly to the world. We work in small, focused teams that are expected to be agile and efficient. We are committed to excellence and are seeking the best talent to add to our rapidly growing company.

View the full design job here

Design Ballendat's Hyper-Efficient Stacking Chairs, Benches and Tables

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The issue with the design of most stacking chairs is that, when stacked, they look like this:

That is to say, each stacked chair nests slightly forward of the one beneath it. That's fine for homes or offices that only require a half-dozen of these. But for institutions and convention centers that need to provide hundreds or thousands of chairs on demand, then store them away afterwards, parallelogram-shaped stacks are unsuitable.

It is for this latter type of client that Austria-and-Germany-based Design Ballendat created the VLEGS chair for manufacturer, Begasit

By manipulating the elliptical-cross-section tube legs into a "technically demanding 60° angle," industrial designer, Ballendat, has created a self-centering nesting design that's extraordinarily space-efficient: Some 25 chairs can be stacked in only two meters of height.

The chairs can be linked side-to-side, and fitted with optional armrests.

The armrests do not interfere with the stacking, due to their design:

Ballendat has also created companion tables and benches.

The benches, as you might expect by their legs that are mounted outside the footprint of the seat, stack. But what's impressive is that the tables also stack. You might wonder how this is possible, since you can see in the photo below that the table legs are recessed beneath the tabletop.

Well, this is how they stack:

Very clever design, and a fantastic example of designing for space efficiency.


Core77 Pick 5 Ultimate Gift Guide

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It's that time of year again! The holidays are coming up, and we want to know:

What's on your design wish list?

This year, Core77 is asking you to Pick 5. Whether you're a skater dad, a wood shop whiz or a tech junkie, pick your top 5 gift ideas, share them with us between now and December 9th, and you'll be in the running for some amazing prizes.

Here's how it works:

1. Create a Gift Guide
2. Get your friends to vote for you!
3. On December 12th, one community choice winner and one winner selected by our editors will get to choose between two prizes: a GoPro Hero 4 or an Amazon Echo!

WEEKLY WINNERS!

Each Friday, our editors will pick 3 Weekly Winners to receive prizes ranging from Hand-Eye Supply & Areaware gift cards to fun MiiR and OTHR products.

THE BIG ENCHILADAS!

One Editor's Pick and one Community Choice Winner (the guide with the most votes) will get to make the tough choice between a GoPro Hero 4 and an Amazon Echo. Winners will be announced on December 12th.

Ready, Set, Go! 

Chopster: A Chopper for Beginners

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Pulse Performance Products was looking to add an authentic-looking electric chopper to their line that gives beginners an authentic riding experience. We diligently researched full-sized chopper motorcycles and sought to make the the Chopster E-Motorcycle as genuine as possible, from the radically modified steering angles and lengthened forks, to the high handlebars and sissy bar. To stay true to the chopper styling, we gave the the Chopster E-Motorcycle a sleek, custom look that distinctly differentiates it from other models.

View the full content here

Core77 Test Kitchen: WHISK WIPER Vs. Cornbread Batter

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I've been on a mission to discover the best new kitchen products on the market through my own rigorous baking tests. This week, I put the Kickstarter smash hit, WHISK WIPER, through the Core77 Test Kitchen: Cornbread Challenge. WHISK WIPER has raked in over $67,000 on Kickstarter, blowing way past their $10,000 funding goal in just one day. With 20 days still left to go—that's not too shabby. What does WHISK WIPER do? It aims to solve a baker's worst nightmare—a messy, gooey kitchen workspace. 

WHISK WIPER is a thick, palm-sized slab made of elastomers that attaches to just about any whisk on the market. To use the charmingly low-tech device, you insert the whisk's loops into WHISK WIPER's meticulously placed slots. Slide WHISK WIPER up to the part where the handle and prongs join, and you're ready to go. Once you've finished whisking your batter, icing, ganache, etc., slowly slide WHISK WIPER off of the whisk to get rid of extra gunk. Then, wipe the gunk left on WHISK WIPER back into your bowl to save ingredients.

I ran WHISK WIPER and its accompanying 11" stainless steel whisk through various baking scenarios, keeping their Kickstarter claims in mind throughout the entire process. Here's my full commentary of what went down paired with each claim. Let's get baking:

Ease of Use—Getting WHISK WIPER on My Whisk

The first time around, this step was a bit of a struggle—whisk loops move around easily, which makes them difficult to work with. I spent a few minutes taking WHISK WIPER on and off of my whisk to see how quickly it would become natural. After just the fourth try, it was a no-brainer. The only thing that kept tripping me up during this step was the slot points' occasional rogue attitude (shown to the left). This was an easy fix, though—it just took an extra second to direct them. Once you figure out the process, it's easy as pie... or cornbread. 

Claim 1: Whisk Without Getting Stuck—Wipe the Loops as You Pull WHISK WIPER off, Gathering the Batter on Top

Next, it was time to put WHISK WIPER's main feature to the test—sliding it off of the whisk. I was nervous that the relatively big slots would let too much batter through, but this wasn't the case. WHISK WIPER held its own against both thin and thick batter (I tested it with two thicknesses and washed in between uses). This is how the whisk and WHISK WIPER looked post-slide for both thicknesses:

Pretty good! WHISK WIPER wiped almost everything off of the whisk, and it saved a TON of batter—about the equivalent of half a medium-sized corn muffin.

Claim 2: Your Frosting Belongs on the Cake, Not in the Sink—Return That Batter to the Bowl With a Simple Swipe

That's what I like to hear—I hate wasting ingredients! True to form, WHISK WIPER delivered. As I just mentioned, I was able to salvage a notable amount of batter. While the process was easy, the result was a little messy. Since you can't wipe it this way due to shape constraints:

you have to wipe WHISK WIPER on the upper edge of the bowl. This creates the potential for mess—having batter on the upper rim of your bowl makes it easier for batter to touch you or your clothes—but this is a very minor note. Saving batter is 100 percent worth it. In my opinion, this extra feature is what sets the utensil over the top. 

Claim 3: Focus on Baking, Not Cleaning—Catch Drips and Splatter, Keeping Your Hands and Counter Clean

I don't have to say much about this because it's completely true. I made sure to be extra sloppy during the whisking process to see if this would actually work. Here's proof that it did:

Once turned back around, the extra globs of batter dripped back into my bowl, and the rest was taken off when I was finished using WHISK WIPER.

Ease of Use—Cleaning

I don't own a dishwasher (it's hard out here in the city), so I was worried that it's tiny slots would cause issues during the cleaning process. I was wrong. I simply turned on some hot water and rinsed. WHISK WIPER is dishwasher safe, though, so you lucky folks that own one have it even easier. Here's what it looked like after about one minute of rinsing—some little bits of batter were left, but with another 10 seconds, they were gone:

The whisk was also easier to clean than expected. Since there were no globs of batter, hand washing was—dare I say it—easy. That's borderline impossible for a whisk, so this little slab of magic definitely does its job.

Extra Features

Here are a couple of bonus features worth mentioning: 

Sometimes when I use a whisk, my hand slips all over the place, touching the batter that I'm whisking—which is annoying and messy, to say the least. I found that WHISK WIPER fit so tightly to the whisk, that it actually held my hand in place. As soon as I felt WHISK WIPER start to move, I was able to reposition my hand without getting messy.

Even though WHISK WIPER can fit pretty much any whisk, the one it comes with is great. The material is sturdy, but here's why I like it: the part where the loops meet the base is coated in what seems to be silicon. This makes it much easier to clean than other whisks. When placed next to a whisk I already owned, you can see how batter could easily get trapped in the holes around the loops:

WHISK WIPER designer, Matthew Michel, aimed to reinvent the whisking process, which is very hard to do for long-standing kitchen utensils. Did his team succeed? Yes, they did. And they didn't do it by altering the whisk's original form. I personally despise using whisks while baking—I always chicken out and use a fork because whisks are so annoying to clean. Now, you better believe I will be using a whisk for everything. My final verdict? I'm sold.

Check out WHISK WIPER's Kickstarter here.

US History Through NARA's Collection of GIFs, How a Designer Reverse-Engineered the Sanitary Pad and Tussie-Mussies For Millennials 

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Core77's editors spend time combing through the news so you don't have to. Here's a weekly roundup of our favorite stories from the World Wide Web

NARA Gets Into GIFs

United States Forest Service mascot, Woodsy Owl, gets rid of some trash

Take a break from negative political commentary and remember some strange times in US history through the National Archives and Records Administration's new Giphy account. 2016 is weird.

—Emily Engle, editorial assistant

How an Indian Innovator Reverse-Engineered the Making of Sanitary Pads

A surprisingly touching read detailing the story of a man in India obsessively determined to reverse engineer an efficient sanitary pad for his wife and women within the country. It is also an interesting dive into how circumstance and context plays into innovation. As noted in the article, "'people who operate in a resource-constrained environment tend to seek the most efficient ways of solving a problem," says Calestous Juma, a professor of development at Harvard Kennedy School. 'For this reason, they rely on their creativity and resourcefulness more than those who have access to more assets. In such cases, innovation is an essential aspect of individual and community survival.'" 

—Allison Fonder, community manager

When the World Truly Stank, Tussie-Mussies Were a Breath of Fresh Air

Hold tight for the next Core77 One-hour design challenge: "Tussie-Mussies for Millennials" - seriously, start warming up.

—Eric Ludlum, editorial director

Trump Victory Jolts Automakers

This Reuters article describes what effects Trump's protectionist policies might have on the U.S. auto industry, which is reliant on Mexican production facilities and suppliers. "Mexico now accounts for 20 percent of all vehicle production in North America," and if that cross-border trade is shut down, it is U.S. consumers who would likely face higher prices. "(Trump's) trade policies could add $5,000 or more to the price of a small car from Mexico," said Charles Chesbrough, senior economist at the Detroit-based Original Equipment Suppliers Association trade group.

—Rain Noe, senior editor

An Unlikely Pendant Lamp, a Mobile Bandsaw Base, Better Clamp Storage & More

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DIY Wooden Baseball Bat Lamp

This build totally reminds me of ID school, where you use whatever tools you have to perform unlikely operations. Here Ben Uyeda improbably but successfully turns a baseball bat into a pendant lamp:

Mobile Bandsaw Base

Awesome build from Jimmy DiResta this week. He fabricates, practically from scratch, a rolling bandsaw base that can have the wheels disengaged with a flip-foot mechanism:

Not a Mechanized Wolverine Claw

Bit of a Trojan Horse here: Izzy Swan starts out supposedly building a zombie-killing Wolverine claw, but in fact shows you at the end that it's something else:

Big Bandsaw Build, Part 3

The amount of engineering that went into this is nuts. Matthias Wandel continues building his enormous bandsaw, rigging up the wheel mounts and blade-tensioning mechanisms, then makes his first test cut:

Closet Organization Solution

Jay Bates turns his meticulous approach on a domestic project this week, transforming a pantry into a more functional and organized storage space:

Building a Covered Patio, Part 1

April Wilkerson constructs her own respite from the Texas sun, extending the roofline of her house with a post-supported awning. As always, she manages to make it look easy and do-able with a step-by-step approach:

Clamp Storage Ideas

Steve Ramsey has outgrown his series of DIY clamp holders, and here upgrades his designs to accommodate the new additions:


How to Make Money on YouTube, More Bike Modifications, a Bench with a Surprise & more

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"Upcycled Skateboard-Cargo-Rack-Mudguard-Thing"

Laura Kampf continues upgrading her "Swiss Army bike," this time upcycling a battered skateboard deck to provide onboard storage:

Things Learned from Building a DIY Dust Collector

Matthias Wandel reviews the design of his first self-built dust collector, identifying flaws uncovered in regular use and explaining what can be done to rectify them:

Bike/Skateboard Ramp

A simple build from Bob Clagett this week, who builds a small bicycle/skateboard ramp for his kids:

$100 Off of a Mobile Tool Chest

Ron Paulk caught wind of an upcoming sale: For Black Friday, Costco is knocking $100 off the price of this rolling tool chest.

Ten Online Store Tips To Make More Money on YouTube

Not a build video, but a series of helpful tips for those of you looking to launch your own YouTube maker channel. Here Linn from Darbin Orvar runs down how to increase your YouTube income by selling things:

Quick Tip: Badge & Emblem Removal

Have you ever wanted to remove a company's logo/badge from a piece of equipment? Here Nick Ferry shows you how to do it quickly and easily:

Making A Set of Coasters

Philosophical maker Chris Salomone creates a set of coasters, complete with holders, for two of his favorite YouTube content creators:

DIY Concrete Weight Bench

This is an incredibly clever build. Ben Uyeda makes a handsome bench out of concrete and plywood that, surprise, turns into a functional weight-lifting bench!


RISD's 2016 ID Triennial Demonstrates What's Behind an Industrial Design Education 

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Once every three years, each department at Rhode Island School of Design is permitted three weeks to display the products of its curriculum in the school's historic Woods-Gerry Gallery. Last week marked the opening of RISD's 2016 Industrial Design Triennial show.

The show was publicized by the distribution of posters featuring an iconic butterfly and anvil image designed by former Industrial Design faculty member and pioneer of universal design, Marc Harrison, whose work exemplified department principles.

Named We Start from Making, the motivations behind the show were to demonstrate just that. As any industrial or product designer knows, the work behind the creation of a product is all too often taken for granted. The triennial not only communicated the steps behind product design, but provided insight into the exercises, and often monotonous assignments, behind an industrial design education.

The first room focused on the department's Design Principles assignments. With walls covered in the class's infamous cube drawings and other drawing techniques, the room's content emphasized the importance of early form development and iterations.

Upon entering the second room, visitors are greeted with the RISD Rover. 2016 marked RISD's sixth year competing in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Over the past six years, the RISD Rover team has acquired almost every trophy, except First Place. One of the most remarkable aspects of RISD's achievements in a rover competition? None of the team members have any engineering experience. Through a studio course and backed by countless out-of-class hours, the 2016 RISD Rover drove away from the competition, held at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, with two awards: the Featherweight Award, for the design's ultra-lightweight carbon fiber frame, and Second Place in the College Division.

The common thread tying the room's content together is the material usage of wood or metal, both required courses by the department.

Experiments with tin plated steel represent the first assignment in a Metals I class.
"Chisel Handles" by Grace Kim and Max Reice (ID '17)

Integrated with initial material experiments and beginner assignments, furniture made by students scattered throughout the room demonstrates skills, such as advanced joinery and welding, learned in level two wood and metal classes. In addition to technical skill, the process behind the furniture pieces demonstrates lessons in ergonomics emphasized in many of the department's advanced furniture studio courses.

Work by Sarah Crist
"Motorcycle Vest" by Carmen Schweizer (ID '17)

The third gallery room mainly consisted of wearables and soft goods designed and created by upperclassmen. Each product was presented as a final iteration. From cycling kits to 3D printed shoes to dresses for nursing mothers, each wearable clearly communicated intent and user through each respective final form. Many of the goods were made through the department's soft goods course, while others were made through a footwear design course. 

"3D Printed Shoe" by Althea Fyffe (ID '17)
"Breast Feeding Dress" by Christina Chen (MID '17)
Bicycles, back: Matthew Chen, left: William Zhang (ID '19), front: Micah Epstein 

In the gallery's lobby sit four precariously positioned bicycles, partially suspended by fishing wire. Three of the bicycles were made during a summer course—"Tokyo: Bicycle Design and Making"—taught by RISD ID faculty member, Khipra Nichols. The fourth was designed and produced during design studio, "Human Powered Vehicles."


An Ishobin Sake Bottle Pillow: Because Alcoholism Is Hilarious

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If you're anything like me, the U.S. election cycle and its aftermath are leaving an uncomfortable mark on your alcohol consumption, health, and sleep. Can't help you there, at least you can throw detractors off your boozy scent by adding this charming oversized sake bottle to your home decor. 

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Buying sake in huge ishobin bottles is usually reserved for celebratory occasions, but that shouldn't stop you from sobbing into this 1.8 liter plushie late into the night. Village Vanguard offers the sloshily themed pillow for just 2,700 yen—cheaper than most bottles and reusable? What a steal! It features realistic party-sized proportions (not that you'd feel like sharing with anyone), lifelike packaging, and a tasteful label that translates as Dead Drunk to really drive home how you're doing on the inside. 

Giftable! If you were sober enough to think about the future.
Even cozier than the real thing

Use it for hilarious yet uncomfortably accurate selfies, or as a decoy so you can take the real deal to bed. I won't judge, for my own sake... or sake. 

Everything is fine
Juuust fine

Update: this item is now out of stock, so even alcoholic novelty items can't help you now! But it may be coming to Rakuten and Amazon if your fix can wait.

A Hoverboard Upgrade

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KIWANO was a revolutionary product designed to take a good idea to the next level! The "hoverboard" craze grew intensely over the last year and we wanted to elevate the possibilities and design a powerful premium product amongst cheap competitors. We created the All-Terrain Smart Scooter with APP from the initial pencil to paper first step into full execution and product launch through use of our highly successful Pre-Order Launch Campaigns!

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Participate in "The Fight Club of Design," Take an Inside Look at the Design Development Process and Enter an Autonomous Vehicle Competition

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Jumpstart your week with our insider's guide to events in the design world. From must-see exhibitions to insightful lectures and the competitions you need to know about—here's the best of what's going on, right now.

Monday

Image via Wikimedia

Start Thinking About: The 7th Maier International Design Competition

The autonomous vehicle is closer and closer to becoming a reality, but what will be the influence of the autonomous vehicle in vehicle design? What New Features and New Products will the autonomous vehicle bring? New aesthetics? What about the emotional values? The aim of this competition is to imagine and visualize new concepts for the autonomous vehicle in 2030. Get started now—you only have until March to prepare a proposal.

Online competition open through March 29, 2017.

Tuesday

Peek Inside Design Process Development During: A-Z

As a new design studio, HAWRAF doesn't have a defined process. So, they created A-Z as a way to develop one and put it to the test. Operating within a set of constraints, they'll evaluate and document their response to 26 briefs over the course of 26 hours. The entire 26 hours will be live-streamed, so anyone, anywhere can tune in and take from their process of processing processes.

Livestream begins November 15, 2016 and runs through November 16th, 2016.

Wednesday

Party Hard at: The Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment LA

The epic poster says it all—except that Core77 friend and discussion board moderator, Michael DiTullo will be a judge!

Los Angeles, CA. November 16, 2016 at 7:00PM.

Thursday

MycoWorks redefines leather with mycelium

Get Funky at: BIOFABRICATE

BIOFABRICATE is the annual summit for the emerging world of grown materials. From yeast and bacteria to mushrooms and mammalian cells, international attendees will discover disruptive research, and companies, literally growing the materials of the future. From architecture to apparel, BIOFABRICATE is the event to experience how biotechnology is facilitating a new material revolution.

New York, NY. November 17, 2016 from 8AM to 7:30PM.

Friday

No VR Goggles Necessary at: King Dong Come

Get lost in the fantastical world of the Haas Brothers' latest exhibit. Divided into two separate rooms, the front of the gallery represents a "magical forest" filled with whimsical creatures, while the back of the gallery is the sanctuary for King Dong, the largest Beast ever created by The Haas Brothers' studio. Go get weird!!!

New York, NY. On view through January 5, 2017.

Saturday/Sunday

Speculative Design, Baghdad 800 – Istanbul 2048

As part of Istanbul Design Biennial, this workshop invites artists and designers to engage with questions on alternative pasts and futures and design fictions in relation to the Islamic and Middle-East legacies of technology and design. The speculative design workshop focuses on "what if" questions, including, "what if the computer age would have started in 1200?"

Istanbul, Turkey. November 20, 2016 at 1:00PM.

Check out the Core77 Calendar for more design world events, competitions and exhibitions, or submit your own to be considered for our next Week in Design.

A Paper Bag Inspired By Chestnuts

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I'm not terribly attached to roasted chestnuts or other romantic/dubious street food, but man I love good paper goods. Hongyang Sun and Xiuhua Zhang, students at Henan University of Technology in Zhengzhou, China, came up with a satisfyingly simple solution for messy snacks. Their 'Double Food Bag' simply adds an accordion pocket to the familiar brown bag, making snacky littering a thing of the past. Just discard your bits to the outside, then roll in up to store or toss straight in the compost. 

They've caught the eye of several design award juries, which proves I'm not alone in my need for better segmented snacking. Whether you carry pistachios or chestnuts or just want to double down on your options, a paper bag with sections seems like something we should have by now.


New "Mental Canvas" Drawing App Looks Freaking Amazing

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Good on Microsoft for not only dreaming up the Surface Studio, but finding app developers that totally get what it's capable of and understand how designers sketch. In the last entry, we caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a flythroughs of 3D spaces that had apparently been sketched, plane by plane, in 2D:

That app is called Mental Canvas, and it looks freaking amazing:

To be sure, this looks better-suited for architects and environments designers rather than us industrial designers working on 3D objects—the planar nature of buildings and walls seems the most natural fit for the technology. But that's just my impression after seeing the video and the flythroughs. We'll have to wait until this app is in the hands of a DiTullo or Nugent to see what it can do for us.

Mental Canvas is based on technology developed by Julie Dorsey, a Computer Science professor at Yale University, and her research team. As of toda, you can download a player that will allow you to interact with drawings that the development team has created. The app itself will be available when the Surface Studio launches in mid-December.

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