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Hand-Anodizing and Swiss Design Schools, ECAL, ID HGK Basel — Milan 2025...
In 2025, per usual, Milan Design Week, the Salone, delivered an overwhelming banquet for the creative appetite, here's what Core77 found particularly tasty.In the category of national exhibitions, a...
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Time & Style, Fine Japanese Furniture — Milan 2025 Take-Aways
Thanks to Designboom founders Birgit and Massimo we toured the Milan showroom of Japanese furniture company Time & Style, a treasure-filled space we likely would have missed otherwise. The...
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A Plywood Chair That Goes Against the Grain — The Wooden Cantilever Chair...
A part of Time & Style's 2025 Collection, the Wooden Cantilever Chair is a singular creation that erases and rewrites the aesthetic of plywood furniture.Lightweight, strong, resource maximizing;...
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Lightweight Stone-Like Furniture by Karim Rashid and Zachary A. Design
These Polli monolithic outdoor furniture pieces were designed by Karim Rashid and Zachary A. Design, a Chicago-based manufacturer of sculptural furniture.The Polli line appears to be made out of stone,...
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Basic Geometric Forms in This Sunset-Inspired Table Lamp
This beautiful Horizon Table Light is by Brooklyn-based industrial designer Louis Filosa. Two basic shapes and the judicious use of negative space create a pleasing form that draws the eye.Its form...
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1970s Italian Design Classic: Angelo Mangiarotti's Molla Lamps
Angelo Mangiarotti, a 20th-century Italian architect and industrial designer, liked industrial materials and had a sense of humor. Both are embodied in these Molla lamps, designed in 1974.The...
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In Texas, a 3D-Printed Starbucks
This month Starbucks is opening their first 3D-printed storefront. Sited in Brownsville, Texas, the structure is by German 3D printing construction company Peri 3D.As with a lot of 3D-printed...
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Excellent Industrial Design Student Work: Sapna Tayal's Quilted Furniture
This Quilted Furniture project is by Sapna Tayal, an Industrial Design student at Carnegie-Mellon University. I'd give her an "A;" Tayal has imaginatively harnessed production technology, collaborated...
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A Fold-Flat Aluminum Chair that Fits in a FedEx Box
This FoldSeat is by Aidan Reinhold. The NYC-based furniture designer moves a lot, and tasked himself with designing an easy-to-transport chair. Furthermore, he wanted the chair to be monomaterial for...
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Industrial Design Case Study: A Communications Analyzer
Freedom Communications is an American manufacturer of communications gear. To create their R-9000 analyzer, they turned to industrial design consultancy Mixer Design.Freedom R-9000 Communications...
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Core77 Weekly Roundup (4-21-25 to 4-25-25)
Here's what we looked at this week:Why tariffs can be tricky: The Honda Ridgeline is a more "American" truck than a Ford F-150.Three Humanscale solutions for neatly delivering power to your...
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"Anti-Tesla" Slate to Offer Sub-$20,000 Modular EVs
Who would've guessed that U.S. automaking would turn into an expensive playground for billionaires? As Elon Musk's Tesla goes into decline, a startup called Slate—backed by Jeff Bezos—is betting they...
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Spacetop for Windows: AR Glasses that Provide a Virtual, Private 100" Display...
Spacetop, which we covered in 2023, was supposed to be a laptop with no screen. Instead, AR eyeglasses provided the visuals:Two years on, the company has ditched the hardware and pivoted towards...
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Smart Design: Pelican's Reconfigurable, Infinitely Reusable Foam Inserts
Having a hard case fitted out with foam inserts to hold your gear is satisfying—until your gear changes. Now that precisely-shaped protection is worthless. To address this, Pelican produces this Re-Set...
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Verge's Hubless Wheels for Production Vehicles
Verge Next, a subsidiary of Estonia-based Verge Motorcycles, invented this Donut Motor. It's designed to drive a hubless wheel. Although once seen as something that simply looked cool in renderings,...
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