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Timex's $1 Watch
Typically, selling limited editions of products allow manufacturers to charge more by introducing artificial scarcity. In a nice twist, Timex is releasing a limited edition watch and selling it for...
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Pininfarina Sponsoring Transportation Design Master's Thesis at IAAD
Producing world-class transportation designers, Pasadena, California has ArtCenter. Turin, Italy has the Istituto d'Arte Applicata e Design (IAAD), where about 90% of grads find jobs.At the IAAD's...
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Industrial Design Case Study: An Office Chair with South American Sensibilities
When Colombian furniture company MUMA sought to produce a new office chair, they turned to ID consultancy Curve ID.MUMA's brief was both wide open and challenging: 'Design a task chair to bolster...
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Core77 Weekly Roundup (10-28-24 to 11-1-24)
Here's what we looked at this week:Wireless charging, now in linen and leather. Is this the right direction, for what will undoubtedly be a short-lived object? Toyota's shipping-container-inspired...
View ArticleWhy do Humanoid Robots Move Like Humans?
It's a matter of time before humanoid robots enter the workforce. In this recently-released video, Boston Dynamics shows their Atlas 'bot autonomously moving parts from one storage unit to another....
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A Hotel Room with an Airplane Inside of It
About a decade ago, someone at the Corendon Hotel group got the goofy idea to put an airplane inside of a hotel room. Some unpromising renderings were commissioned:Then they actually chopped up a...
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Injection Molding and Painting in One Production Process
Manufacturing machinery company KraussMaffei has designed a new twist on multi-component injection molding. Their ColorForm system cuts out a time-consuming step in the production of injection molded...
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A No-Handle Coffee Mug for Rock Climbers
British design collective Ma3t designed this amusing Pinch Hold Mug. It very purposefully lacks a handle, as it's targeted at rock climbers."With a Pinch Hold Mug, even when your relaxing with a cuppa,...
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Trusscore: A User-Friendly DIY Sheetrock Alternative
While sheetrock is the incumbent wall and ceiling material, there's a lot of reasons not to like it. It's heavy, difficult to transport and fragile in transit. Cutting it is messy. Installing it is a...
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This Jetlaser Strips Finishes in Seconds
Most furniture restoration shops contain a fireproof cabinet and a lidded metal pail. That's where they store all the nasty chemicals required for stripping finishes off of furniture pieces, and the...
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Buildner's Chair Design Competition
European company Buildner organizes design competitions, typically for architects. This one, however, veers more into ID territory. And despite the contest's name, you needn't be an architect to...
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Industrial Design Case Study: Minimal's Solution to Combat Single-Use Package...
Startup Small Wonder seeks to shake up the packaging and delivery methods of haircare products, making them more sustainable. To realize their goals, they turned to Scott Wilson's Chicago-based ID firm...
View ArticleThe Onion's Magical Election Touchscreen Provides Unique Insights
With America split in half,The Onion finds a way to poke fun at the election by reimagining how it's presented to viewers. Here the company's comedy scribes have envisioned how technology could provide...
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The Form Evolution of a New Type of Flying Vehicle
The images below look like an ArtCenter grad's portfolio, but apparently the development of these machines is being pursued.An Austrian startup called CycloTech is working on a novel propulsion style...
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In-Bed Emergency Protection From Phone-on-Face Drops
Inventor Kazuya Shibata, who creates "marginally useful things," presents this Smartphone Face Shield.It's designed for those who use their phone in bed. A lessor inventor might simply have created an...
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