Color Story: Ombre
It hit first in fashion and then hair, but our favorite ombre trend is in design objects - no surprises there. From luxe to low budget, our favorite new products fall all over the color spectrum, from...
View ArticleHasbro is seeking a Digital Designer - Instructional CAD Rendering in...
Digital Designer - Instructional CAD Rendering HasbroPawtucket, Rhode Island Hasbro is seeking a Digital Designer to manage the creation, schedule, and refinement of product build assembly...
View ArticleWhy Does Paris Look Like Paris and New York Like New York?
When you think back on all the cities you've traveled to, what images come to mind? Do you think about people you met or the people you traveled with? The music you heard, food you ate, art you saw or...
View ArticleThe Design of Design Patents, Part 2: The Price of Protection, by Michael Hages
*The views expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of his firm or its clients. In the first article of this series, we introduced the idea that...
View ArticleNew Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Designer in Lawrence,...
Sr. Designer New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.Lawrence, Massachusetts New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. is seeking a Senior Designer for their Women's Fitness, Women's Lifestyle and Walking team. The...
View ArticleGoing the Ultra Long Distance: Racing Wheelchair Concept by Andrew Mitchell
In contrast to the FLIZ bicycle we saw yesterday, designer Andrew Mitchell's Ultra Long Distance Wheelchair concept is an as-yet-unrealized mobility solution for exactly what it sounds like: "Touring...
View ArticleWeathering Steel: What It is and Why They Use It
A few blocks down from Core77 HQ, a new building is going up on Broadway. As you can see in the photo above, the beams are already starting to rust. A block over from the construction site is the...
View ArticleGoing with the Wind: Data Visualization by Hint.fm
Data visualization, as a specific form of graphic design, is as much a phenomenon of the Information Age as the Internet itself, not least for the sheer amount of data that we generate and consume on...
View ArticleYou Must See Ikea's CG (and Their Massive Photo Studio)
Ikea Communications runs the largest photo studio in northern Europe. Inside their 94,000-square-foot facility an army of carpenters, designers and shooters all plan, build and photograph the faux...
View ArticleLet Us Make One More Thing Clear
Proper poker purists would probably protest, but progressive people might potentially prefer playing with these. Muji's partially-transparent PP Playing Cards are produced from polypropylene, making...
View ArticleLondon Design Week 2012 Preview: "Holdfast" by Sam Weller
Although design students are often encouraged to seek inspiration in unlikely places, designers are just as likely to find a muse in everyday experience. For example, we've seen several examples of...
View ArticleMicrosoft - Xbox Design is seeking a Visual Designer in Redmond, Washington
Visual Designer Microsoft - Xbox DesignRedmond, Washington Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business team is seeking a Visual Designer to join their team of producers, user researchers, and...
View ArticleEye Candy: Man vs. Nature, Vying for Beauty Via Time-Lapse Video
As motion-control rigs proliferate, we're seeing a lot of beautiful time-lapse video that allows us to perceive our environments in new ways. Two videos that are currently making the blog rounds are...
View ArticleByrne's BAM Bike Racks
[photos by Dino Perrucci] The Brooklyn Academy of Music tapped David Byrne to design their new bike racks, which went up just last week. Ex-Talking Heads frontman Byrne is no stranger to bike rack...
View ArticleTowards a New Arcadia: Ton Matton on a Simpler Kind of Life
It's that time of year again: when savvy citydwellers return to the comfort and convenience of their apartments and pick up where they left off before the perennial August slump. (I realize that not...
View ArticleA New Bag for a New HP Ultrabook: Win $10K in the HP + Project Runway Design...
This post is sponsored by the sleek, stylish, lightweight HP Spectre XT Ultrabook™, inspired by Intel. Design a bag that is just as stylish! We all have one—you know, one of those bulky,...
View ArticleWith Norman Ibarra's Metrodecks, Everyone Plays Fare
Muji's transparent playing cards are cool, but Norman Ibarra's Metrodeck Playing Cards are cool while checking the recycling & sustainability boxes. For two years the Brooklyn-based designer has...
View ArticleNASA Concept Plane Designed to Fly Sideways
This is the craziest airplane concept we've seen in a while, and NASA's reportedly throwing some cash at it. Its unusual design is meant to solve an aeronautical paradox: To get a heavy metal plane...
View ArticleCapitol Butter Dish by ODLCO
It's easy to be distracted by the political antics and acrobatics of an election year. Luckily, our friends at ODLCO are here to remind us to focus on the fundamentals and just pass the butter. Their...
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