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The Auction Site Where Government-Owned Objects, Equipment, Furniture &...
Have you ever wanted to buy furniture from a decommissioned U.S. post office, glass-doored wall cabinets from a high school science lab, or linoleum-lined drafting tables from a long-gone architecture...
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2012 Year in Review: Crowdfunding in the Mainstream, Good or Bad News for...
By Edward Betts (Own work.) via Wikimedia CommonsIt seems like every day the editors at Core77 receive at least a dozen pleas from designers who have elected to get on the hamster wheel of...
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MESH's JustMount Magnetic Organizer
The paltry few bucks I spent on this magnetic knife rack, from a local restaurant supply store, was well worth it. Having my most commonly-used machine repair tools easily identified, easily...
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Massimo Iosa Ghini's Pixel Pro LED Ceiling Light
It's not the "improved chromatic yield" and the technical elements of iGuzzini's Pixel Pro recessed LED ceiling light that caught our eye; it's the thoroughly thought-out design by Massimo Iosa Ghini,...
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Core77 2012 Year in Review: Hip-Hop Meets Design - Bold New Blueprint or...
Seeing as the trend was "in like a lion, out like a lamb" (not to be confused with Snoop's new moniker or Gwen Stefani's clothing label), we'd hesitate to declare that this was the year that hip-hop...
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Thomas Hiemann and Markus Dilger's Iterative "1001" Furniture Piece
Berlin-based design duo Thomas Hiemann and Markus Dilger have created a super-technical piece of furniture that defies categorization. Dubbed the 1001, the piece's goal is "permanent adaption of the...
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Big Phones vs. Small Phones
As someone who values clothing for utility more than fashion, the happiest recent discovery I've made is that the Carhartt pants I wear all have a pocket that perfectly fits my cell phone, an iPhone...
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Core77 2012 Year in Review: Designing Nostalgia
Image via WikipediaAs we look to 2013, it's a common practice amongst designers to think about the future of design. The future, indeed, is quite exciting, with 3D printing, open data, green...
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Forthcoming Hartmut Esslinger Book Now Available for Pre-Order
The original iPhone?Launch day is still a couple of weeks away, but as of today Frog Design founder Hartmut Esslinger's new book is now available for pre-order. Entitled Design Forward: Creative...
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More Woodland Living: Cabin Porn
While the crew over at Beaver Brook's activities are limited to a single county in New York state, they've launched a sister site with more global influences. Cabin Porn is an ever-growing online...
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NYC Finally Gets Realtime Subway Schedule App
The New York City subway system is one of the oldest in the world—and at times, it feels like it. Whereas other world cities have had, for years, electronic signage telling you when the next train is...
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Core77 2012 Year in Review: Vehicles Increasingly Going Electric
As in 2011, the modish mode of transportation that Eben Weiss cheekily calls "bicycle cycling" continued to gain popularity over the past twelve months, and it's safe to assume that the trend will...
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Flotspotting: Marco Dragotta's Self-Cooling, Rotating Galaxy Champagne Bucket
Come New Year's Eve the champagne will start flowing, and Milan-based Marco Dragotta's designed a better alternative to the silver ice bucket that turns bottles into a sopping mess. Dragotta's Galaxy...
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littleBits Electronics is seeking a Product Developer / Design Engineer in...
Product Developer / Design Engineer littleBits ElectronicsNew York, New YorklittleBits is looking for an excellent Product Developer/Design Engineer to join the core team. He or she has great technical...
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Boston Dynamics, DARPA and the US Marine Corps Collaborate on Robotic Pack...
If I told you I had the following vision: "I saw a tall David Cross hiking through the woods and being followed by a horse that was actually a robot," it would sound like I had 1) Eaten spicy food...
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360-Degree Vision, Anyone?
I can see you at five o'clockA group of French researchers have developed a camera that captures video in 360 degrees using "catadioptrics," a system of lenses and curved mirrors. By mounting it atop a...
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The PhoneJoy Play: A Gaming-Geek Device Makes a Larger Comment About the...
Whether or not you're interested in videogames, this device is kind of fascinating from an industrial design/interface design point of view. The PhoneJoy Play is essentially a portable input device...
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Philips Tests the New, Improved Times Square New Year's Eve Ball
It's hard to believe the Times Square ball that NYC drops every New Year's used to be a five-foot affair (above) made of wood, iron and incandescent bulbs. Now, of course, it looks like this:The iconic...
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Elaborate Set Designs Saved by Magic (and Check Out the Bad-Ass Snake Door)
As an industrial designer, it's gratifying to see something you worked on sitting on a store shelf or showroom floor. Conversely it's depressing when a project you toiled over gets axed and never sees...
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Me Yourself with 3D Printing
The first batch of Mixees arrive from the printer. All images courtesy of MixeeMe.Custom avatars have always been an addicting form of participatory making. From the famous Nintendo Miis to Mad Men...
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