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PorscheBook? Automaker pushes into social media, but neglects...
While I think of the heaviest social media users as being in their teens to twenties, and the average 911 or Cayenne driver as older than that, Porsche is making a push to "increase brand engagement...
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London Design Festival 2010: Is Pretty the new S@*T?
Top: Londonewcastle Project. Bottom: Works by Harry Malt and Stuart Semple. The first Anti-Design Festival has taken over the area surrounding Redchurch Street in East London. The organisers promise...
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Video: Jim Henson Making Muppets
We just came across a wondrous little video on making puppets by the master himself, Jim Henson. Along with his hilariously serious mustachio-ed sidekick Don, Henson and a few puppet special guests...
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Cooper-Hewitt's Fifth Annual National Design Week, October 9-17
Winner for Landscape Design: James Corner Field Operations. The High Line, section 1, New York, NY, 2009. Photo: Iwan Baan The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum is hosting the fifth annual National...
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Yahoo's new "Chicken Coop" server farm is a building that breathes
On a heavy Core77 blogging day, my laptop will become uncomfortably hot. And that's just one machine; you can imagine what kind of blistering heat a server farm must kick out. Today Yahoo is opening a...
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Unconvential Design for Teenagers: Mathieu Lehanneur's Studio 13/16 at the...
Earlier this year, we saw Mathieu Lehanneur's design for a children's workshop at the Centre Pompidou. This fall sees the opening of the Pompidou's teen room, also designed by Lehanneur, a flexible...
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Cool kitchen tool: The Rotary Peeler
The Rotary Peeler designed by Damian Evans of Element Design is a beaut; the disc-shaped tool contains three blades that can be rotated into the business end, providing options for peeling potatoes,...
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Core77 Gallery: Ars Electronica 2010
A shut down Tobacco Factory in Linz (Austria) is the perfect location for this year's Ars Electronica, a yearly festival for art technology and society attracting almost 100,000 tech lovers from all...
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Portfolio of the Week: Erwan Besancon
Paris-based designer Erwan Besancon's got a broad portfolio encompassing transportation, product, interiors, apparel, and more, with strong sketching skills, expressive renderings and great color...
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Guidebook for evil designers
To view in fullscreen, click “Menu” (bottom left), then “View Fullscreen” Harry Brignull has a great presentation on his site DarkPatterns.org that illustrates user interfaces that have been designed...
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OK Go's latest vid, White Knuckles, is a miracle of creative coordination
It's got nothing to do with design per se, but in terms of raw creativity, OK Go's video for "White Knuckles" is as impressive as ever. The quartet seems determined to make videos that are fiendishly...
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MIT's Discover Product Design program: Photo narration of new design...
As a way to introduce product design to incoming MIT students, Mechanical Engineering PhD student Justin Lai formed the Discover Product Design project, a one-week program where the newbies visit both...
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London Design Festival 2010 On-The-Go: Jasper Morrison's Shop/Gallery
No photos allowed inside, but it you're in the area, Jasper Morrison's shop/gallery presents much of his SuperNormal exhibition, alongside a really fascinating tray collection and three newly launched...
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Saratech Permasorb: Air-cleaning wallpaper
It's possible you grew up in an apartment building where the walls had ears; in coming years, we may live in buildings where the walls have lungs. German company Blucher Technologies has developed a...
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Pre-order Craighton Berman's Pinch on Kickstarter
Internet and social media are most satisfying when used to fuel the development of things and experience in the physical world, away from light-emitting screens. Chicago-based designer and Core77...
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The Hypothtical Development Organization gets real.
Last November, we told you about one of Rob Walker's concepts for some collective street art: Signs advertising fanciful future-use development plans. Well, now it's actually happening, under the name...
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The Hypothetical Development Organization gets real.
Last November, we told you about one of Rob Walker's concepts for some collective street art: Signs advertising fanciful future-use development plans. Well, now it's actually happening, under the name...
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London Design Festival 2010 On-The-Go: Established & Sons want to catch you...
Everyday from 6-8, it's happy hour at the Wenlock Arms, courtesy of Established & Sons, whose offices are opposite the East End pub. Anyone and everyone is welcome—as long as you like the ale on...
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London Design Festival 2010 On-The-Go: Norwegian Prototypes
Norwegian Prototypes 2010 showcases new work based on hand luggage dimensions. Opening party tonight from 7-9pm, happening now! Leonard street, ec2a. London Design Festival On-The-Go posts are sent to...
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IDEO's Future of the Book
Today IDEO released a five-minute video exploring the future of digital books. Their illustrated concepts highlight some interesting opportunity areas in the publishing industry through three distinct...
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