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A Self-Lighting (and Extinguishing) Concept Candle
Remember the useless machine from a couple years back? You know, the device with a switch that activated an arm that flipped its own switch? For better or for worse, I couldn't help but think of that...
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Redefine Markets with Your Package Designs at Ammunition in San Francisco,...
wants a Designer, Packagingin San Francisco, California How good are your packaging designs? Are they good enough to help Ammunition redefine markets for their clients in order to create new business...
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Adjustable Pen Tip for ID Sketching, Yea or Nay?
When it comes to sketching, line quality is everything. To build up the desired thickness using ink, you can either switch between multiple pens or you can hit the same line repeatedly with the same...
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Parsons The New School for Design x Poltrona Frau - Designing for...
Reporting by Jenny HsuIn the last few days leading up to the juried review of our collaboration with Poltrona Frau, our studio workspace descended into complete disarray—with tools and materials...
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Moneymaking Multi-Monitor Mayhem, and Why Some Prefer Interface Design That...
Here in NYC we've got a billionaire mayor, and you've probably heard of the device that made him rich, the Bloomberg Terminal. For those of you that haven't, it's an integrated computer system and...
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The Wait Is Over: You Can Finally Brew Coffee in a Mason Jar with the...
You couldn't make it up: a Portland, Oregon-based design duo just launched a crowdfunding campaign to launch a mason jar-based product, designed expressly to brew one of the two beverages that the City...
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NY Design Week 2013: Reclaim x2 Brings Out the Best of New York City Design
Just over a week ago, we had a chance to catch up with Jean Lin and Jen Krichels of Reclaim NYC, who opened the doors to their second exhibition today and will be hosting an opening reception shortly....
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A Video Look Inside Art Lebedev Studio's New Moscow HQ
Longtime Core77 readers know I've been a fan of Art Lebedev Studio for ages. Recently I got a kick out of their Attraktsionus ferris wheel/ski lift combination, their Stubus tree ring watch where...
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Design Stores for an Iconic Lifestyle Brand in New York, New York
wants a Store Designerin New York, New York As the brand that celebrates the essence of Classic American Cool, Tommy Hilfiger provides a refreshing twist to the preppy fashion genre. This iconic brand...
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Another Minimalist Mudguard: The Plume Rolls Out on Kickstarter
Looks cool...Move over, Rain Tail—there's a new ultraminimal rear fender in town. The Plume is a recoiling mudguard that is deployed by unrolling the coiled strip of stainless steel and 'retracted'...
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NY Design Week 2013: What's Big, Pink and Mobile? UHURU's #Chairtruck
Earlier this week, I was casually minding my own business on a pleasant bike-commute from Core HQ to my humble Brooklyn abode when lo and behold, I spotted what looked like a giant hot pink chair...
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Trendlet: Trippy Trompe l'Oeil Objects and Installations
This week we spotted objects and installations poised for a big reveal. At first look, their structure was familiar, elements not particularly out of place. But with a quick visual adjustment or test...
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The Unusual Personal Transportation Designs of Shane Chen
Shane Chen is a Washington-based inventor obsessed with moving the human body. His company, Inventist, has been developing strange-looking personal transportation devices for nearly a decade. We took a...
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NY Design Week 2013: Colleen & Eric's 'Enzyme-Catalyzed' Bonus Table 571
Although we've already covered Reclaim x2 fairly extensively at this point, it's easy to overlook details such as, say, the actual texture of the felt chair or the concept behind Emilie Baltz's dyadic...
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NY Design Week 2013: Konstfack Presents 'Negative Space' at ICFF
Stockholm's Konstfack is among the university design departments that occupy the removed North Building of the Javits Center this ICFF, a more manageable—albeit somewhat sparsely populated—exhibition...
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You and Starbucks Will Change the Way People Look at Coffee
wants a Sr. Packaging Designerin Seattle, Washington There are only a handful of brand logos that are as recognizable as the classic green and white Starbucks emblem. From their vast array of coffee...
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Ford's Foot-Activated Liftgates
It's been over a year since Ford has incorporated foot-activated tailgates into their cars, and we're hoping by now some of you have direct experience with them. (The bulk of Core77 editorial staff is...
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NY Design Week 2013: Compelling Geometries from Brooklyn's PELLE Designs
Although this year marks their first ICFF, PELLE Designs actually dates back to 2008 or so, when co-founder Jean Pelle developed the first Bubble Chandelier. She met her future business partner (and...
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Ryan Frayne's Windcatcher Magnifies Human Breath, Enabling Super-Fast Inflation
As we saw with NEMO Equipment's gear, clever design can enable air to play a significant structural role with camping gear. In NEMO's case, that air is provided by a pump. Portland-based inventor Ryan...
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Fabrican't Hardly Wait: Manel Torres' Long Road to Commercializing Spray-On...
Fabrican is a sprayable fabric that actually contains fibers, and after curing it can be washed and re-worn. It first created an internet stir in 2006, but for reasons only the internet gods know,...
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