Suzak vs Bufa: Two Takes on a Textile Chair
Like so many entrepreneurial-minded designers today, Daniel Aristizabal and Jose Manual Carvajal of MedellÃn, Colombia have turned to Kickstarter to launch their company. QSTO's (pronounced "KOO-sto")...
View ArticleAbercrombie & Fitch is seeking a Technical Designer in Columbus, Ohio
Technical Designer Abercrombie & FitchColumbus, OhioAbercrombie & Fitch is seeking a Technical Designer, who will be responsible for building detailed tech packs utilizing the designer's...
View ArticleHell in a Handbasket: The $260 'Perfect' Pencil
I respect Faber-Castell, and their Grip Plus Ball is still one of my favorite ballpoints, but this is just ridiculous: Their Perfect Pencil rings in at an absurd 260 bones. Yes, the fluted body is cool...
View ArticleCore77's Seven Designer Phenotypes: #4 - Traveling Wo/man
Traveling Wo/manHabitat: Airports, Train Stations, Fine Sidewalks EverywherePlumage: Multi-functional & Hyper-EfficientAttributes: First String Travel Bag, Backup Travel Bag, Bags within Bags and...
View ArticleAnd Now, a Chinese Cotton Candy Craftsman
This video is interesting on a couple levels, but I won't ruin it:According to the sign in the closing shot of the video, the cotton candy flower costs five yuan, or about 80 cents at the current...
View ArticleExtreme Parallel Parking with MINI
Earlier this year, unconventional car brand MINI set a Guinness World Record for a feat that we urban drivers all brag about being able to accomplish: Tightest Parallel Parking Job. I myself have...
View ArticleSave the Date: Core77's NYC Pop-Up Shop Holiday Party & Design Talk Next...
Join us next Monday for Core77's Holiday Party and Design Talk featuring three Brooklyn-based designers from our Ultimate Gift Guide discuss the triumphs and challenges of getting products to...
View ArticleCore77's Hand-Eye Holidays #5: Magma Sketchbook: Design & Art Direction
Designed by Matt Willey and Zoe Bather of Studio8, the Magma Sketchbook: Design & Art Direction, has been remarkably popular at the Hand-Eye Supply store. We believe the appeal lies in the Swiss...
View ArticleThe Craft-Brew-to-End-All-Craft-Brews Available in U.S. for the First and...
A veritable holy grail... photo by Mark Lampert for NPRIt ain't design, but a monastic lesson, of sorts, for modern artisans: any beer connoisseur worth his or her salt—or hops, as it were—knows that...
View ArticleMINI Goes to Santa Claus
In keeping with their recent "Not Normal" brand campaign, MINI decided to take an active role in Christmas this year. While Santa Claus has got the business of gift delivery covered, the MINI team in...
View ArticleHub Folding Box Company is seeking a Solidworks Operator/Industrial Designer...
Solidworks Operator/Industrial Designer Hub Folding Box CompanyMansfield, United KingdomHub Folding Box is seeking an industrial designer to create technically-accurate Solidworks renderings of...
View ArticleReclaim NYC: Sneak Preview & Interview with Brad Ascalon & Jennifer Gorsche
In addition to sharing an etymological root with the word "salvation," the notion of "salvage" also connotes wreckage; specifically, an effort to recover that which might be lost in the face of...
View ArticleA Scintillating 'Retroreflective' City Cycle by Bike Safe Boston's Joshua Zisson
Photo by Adam DayThe criteria for the ultimate urban bicycle varies widely from rider to rider, but cyclists, pedestrians and motorists alike can agree that visibility is paramount. We see plenty of...
View ArticleCore77's Hand-Eye Holidays #6: Czeck Edge Ruler Stop
This is one of our favorites from Core77's collection of Workshop Workhorse gifts: when it comes to production, precision begets precision. This high-quality machined doodad will multiply the uses of...
View ArticleApp to the Future Design Challenge Open for Entries
Today is the day! Our App to the Future Design Challenge is Open for Entries. Core77 and Windows Phone have teamed up for the second year in a row to challenge people around the world to design an app...
View ArticleGoogle Maps for the iPhone is Back!
While yesterday's date of 12/12/12 was good luck for the numerically superstitious, it's today's date of 12/13 that's looking auspicious for me: Google Maps for the iPhone was finally made available...
View ArticleTime-Warp Video: MINI Rally Racing with Rauno 'The Rally Professor' Aaltonen
It was an unlikely turn of events: A tiny, unconventional automobile, designed as a thrify response to the Suez Oil Crisis affecting Britain in the 1950s, would become a ferocious racecar competitor in...
View ArticleGrinOn Industries' System for Providing Immediate Beer-- By Filling Through...
Many of us enjoy a beer after work (and some of you, during), but for the most part we're not in a rush; we understand the tap dispenses beer at a set pace, and I almost like the anticipation that...
View ArticleCore77's Hand-Eye Holidays #7: Merchant & Mills Oilskin Sewing Kit
In this era of eco-awareness, we often find ourselves choosing between buying beautiful new things and making do with what we have. When it comes to clothes we feel like we might have an answer for...
View ArticleOff the Clock: 'Lithe' by Studio Ve
We've seen several projects from Tel Aviv's Studio Ve before, following up their "Manifold" clock with another horological Kickstarter project. Founders Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger—Shay ve Ben for...
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