Introducing the New IDSA Job Board - Powered by Coroflot
It has been only a few short months since Core77 and IDSA officially joined forces in our new strategic partnership, but members from both organizations can now enjoy one of the first fruits of their...
View ArticleOne to Watch: Matthew Waldman's Upcycled Vessel Gives New Meaning to 'Coffee...
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no denying that Nooka has pioneered a design language unto itself. Founder Matthew Waldman and his team have successfully reinvigorated a familiar form factor with novel...
View ArticleThe Rise of the 'Designeur': IDSA Western District Conference Recap
Karen Hofmann of Art Center College of DesignReporting & photo by Lisa KrohnRemember the days when all you needed to be a crack industrial designer was a knack for drawing, rendering and model...
View ArticleU.S. Government's Never-Ending Quest to Design the Most...
How can you ensure your product design never gets knocked off? By manufacturing it with proprietary production methods and materials no one else has access to. That's always been the government...
View ArticleA Different Kind of 3D-Printed Music, by Rickard Dahlstrand
Earlier this year, we had took a look (and listen) at Amanda Ghassaei's 3D-printed 33's. I suppose it's no coincidence that the muffled but recognizable playback obliquely evoked the soothing sounds of...
View ArticleIt's Time To Raise the UX Bar with Vodori in Chicago, Illinois
wants an Entry Level UX Designerin Chicago, Illinois You know how important the look, feel, and function of online tools are to those who use them. You also know how to weave all those factors together...
View ArticleMakin' Money: '19th Century Craftsmanship' is At the Heart of Creating 21st...
While the precise details of how the U.S. manufactures currency are secret, the overall design and manufacturing steps are not. On this page the U.S. Department of Treasury lays out the entire...
View ArticleHandmade Balls from Around the World in *The Art of Sport + Play* Exhibition
To borrow a sports metaphor, this intimate exhibition of author and motivational speaker Kevin Carroll's personal travel memorabilia, punches above its weight offering a surprising amount of...
View ArticleStunning New Stencil Work from 'Escape Artist' David Soukup - Exhibition...
Images courtesy of the artistWe were duly impressed with David Soukup's painstakingly detailed stencils when we first saw them back in 2011—I could hardly believe that some of those ultrafine lines...
View ArticleNew Work from Studio Gorm
Studio Gorm—you may know them from their kitchen or their work with the Univ. of Oregon Product Design Department—showed these elegant pieces at the Salone Satellite in Milan and they are now online...
View ArticleWere Older U.S. Currency Designs More Aesthetically Pleasing?
The new $100 bill we looked at is loaded up with anti-counterfeiting measures. As a result, the thing is butt-ugly, no? Way too crowded with design elements, and some of you will insist that older...
View ArticleRevolving Room and Luminous Textiles: Patricia Urquiola for Kvadrat
Kvadrat Soft Cell panels line the entrance of the Moroso showroomCelebrating Patricia Urquiola's first textile collection for Kvadrat, a feast of the senses was organized at Moroso's Milan showroom...
View ArticleBreak The Mold as a Graphic Designer with MKTG INC in New York, New York
wants a Graphic Designerin New York, New York You see the world in three-dimensional color. Your have a collection of compelling logos, marketing campaigns, and inspirational design that you have seen...
View ArticleTom Donhou's 100MPH Singlespeed Bicycle, Plus More Than You Ever Cared to...
Images by Oli Woodman, IHPVA&Fred RompelbergEarlier this week, we picked up on Sam Pearce's Loopwheel, which was unveiled at last month's Bespoked Bristol show (generally regarded as UK's response...
View ArticleThe Best-Looking-Ever U.S. Money was Designed in the 1890s
Last week, we saw the graphically chaotic mess of the U.S. Treasury's first currency designs in the 1860s. By 1890 the U.S. $1 bill was still all over the place, from a graphic design standpoint:But by...
View ArticleBeer for Boomers: Heineken Challenges Designers to Innovate for 60+ Year-Old...
Content Sponsored by HeinekenHeineken is pleased to announce the next challenge in their ongoing Ideas Brewery innovation platform: they're inviting designers to come up with new ways to reach and...
View ArticleFlotspotting: Martina Fugazzotto's Brooklyn Backyard Farm
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg famously embarked on a mission to only eat meat that he'd killed himself—an achievable goal when you're a dot-com millionaire and have the resources to set up the...
View ArticleThings That Look Like Other Things: Clip Bag by Peter Bristol
Well, the name kind of gives it away, but for some reason it's still surprisingly delightful... probably because the small purse is a dead ringer for the office supply it's based on.Designer Peter...
View ArticleA History of Braun Design, Part 3: Audio Products
A Sponsored Post on the History of Braun DesignIn the early 1920s, company founder Max Braun had made his entrepreneurial start by manufacturing radio componentry. By 1929 the canny Braun was producing...
View ArticleDesign Packages for Nestlé's Ice Cream Division in Beauvais, France
wants a Package Designerin Beauvais, France Nestlé is the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company. Their mission of "Good Food, Good Life" is at the core of everything they produce for...
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