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More 'Desks With Gutters': Design Studio Etc.Etc.'s My Writing Desk
Another take on the "desk with a gutter" is the My Writing Desk, from Lithuanian design couple Inesa Malafej and Arunas Sukarevicius. I love the form of this one, with its bent plywood wings, and the...
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American Express Publishing is seeking a Books Design, Food & Wine in New...
Books Design, Food & Wine American Express PublishingNew York, New YorkFood & Wine magazine is looking for a talented, highly organized and detail-oriented designer to lead the design and...
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AAA Claims 10-and-2 Steering Wheel Grip is Ergonomically Unsafe. Yea or Nay?
I'm not quite sure that I buy this--I'd like to see some crash test footage or research data--but the American Automobile Association is claiming that the 10-and-2 steering wheel position ought be...
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Aaron Mickelson's Proposals for Disappearing Packaging
For his Masters Thesis in Packaging Design at Pratt Institute, Aaron Mickelson created a series of eco-friendly packages that are designed to be consumed with the products they hold such that no waste...
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App to the Future: Last Chance to Design the Future!
This is it, folks—this weekend's your LAST CHANCE to put the finishing touches on your brilliant, useful, touching and stunning Windows Phone app design and submit it to our App to the Future design...
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February News: The Best of CES, HxD and SWBK, Plus C77DA 2013 Is Well Underway!
Core77 sends a monthly newsletter with our favorite news stories, job listings, Coroflot portfolios and Discussion Forum topics of the Month! Subscribe Today!February is usually a quiet month here at...
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Highly Impressive Snow-Clearing: Japan's Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route
Here in the American northeast we've got a bit of a storm on, with six to twelve inches of snow projected to fall on Core77 HQ. That sounds like a lot of snow, until you put it in perspective by...
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Symmetry Is Overrated: Paolo de Giusti's XXXVI DG Bicycle Concept
Based on the description of his latest project, it's safe to assume that Paolo de Giusti is sick of all of the newfangled concept bikes that seem to be all the rage these days. Whether they're design...
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Marcus Thymark's FilaMaker Will Let You Reprocess Your 3D Printed Projects...
So you've got a 3D printer. What do you do with all of your 1-, 2- and 3.0's that you had to print out before perfecting your desired gewgaw? Those rolls of ABS filament you used to make them are...
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Steelcase Inc. is seeking an Interior Designer in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Interior Designer Steelcase Inc.Grand Rapids, MichiganThe Steelcase Design team is looking for a talented senior level interior designer who is passionate about furniture, technology and the evolving...
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John E. Karlin, "Father of Human-Factors Engineering in American Industry,"...
You may not know his name, but you know his work. John E. Karlin, who passed away in late January, essentially invented the touch-tone keypad. We take that ubiquitous input device for granted—it's on...
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Snow Removal, New-York-MTA-Style
The American northeast is still digging out from Friday's blizzard. Core77 HQ and the rest of NYC got off relatively easy, with just under a foot of snow. Up in New England, Coroflot HQ was buried in...
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iWatch Rumors Abound...
NB: Product rendering by Su Chew Lee—not an Apple product or conceptThis past weekend saw a tantalizing glimmer of Apple news as major news outlets substantiated rumors of new developments regarding an...
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Video: Making Your Own Hand Plane
Years ago, while studying ID at Pratt I had the pleasure of taking a sculpture class taught by the master crafstman Toshio Odate. It was in his class that I first used a block plane, and I was all...
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How Manhattan's Area Code was Influenced by the Rotary Dial
When I grew up in the '70s, all of New York City had the same area code; I could call from Queens to Manhattan, or vice versa, without having to dial "212" first. When "718" was finally assigned to the...
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The Innovator: Video Profile of Nike Shoe Designer Mike Friton
Tristan Stoch of Portland, Oregon-based video production company Cineastas recently sent us his latest work, a profile of shoe design veteran Mike Friton. A former track and field athlete with over 30...
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Video of Snowblowing Trains
Prompted by the photo above of yet another type of snow-clearing train, this one in Alaska, I wanted to find video of the various types of snowblowing trains in action. Armed with these monster...
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Zero Motorcycles is seeking an Industrial Designer in Scotts Valley, California
Industrial Designer Zero MotorcyclesScotts Valley, CaliforniaZero Motorcycles is seeking an Industrial Designer to support the Director of Industrial Design in the refinement of current products and...
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Etsy's Female Engineer Hiring Initiative Pays Off. Who Can Accomplish the...
Industrial design isn't the only field suffering from a dearth of women; the engineering sciences have the same problem. So it's interesting to see that Etsy, through concerted effort, has increased...
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Exhortations, Infographics and Emoticons: Our 2013 Design Awards Poster Sums...
We are proud of the Internet-i-ness of our Design Awards Program: it's inclusive - 17 Categories, including the newest areas of creative practice; it's personal - entrants are encouraged to present...
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