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Thoughts on the Term Industrial Design
Like a lot of designers, I have struggled with the term industrial design over the years. The term seems a little vague. Sometimes people ask us if we design factories. A look at conversations over in...
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DIY... In Space!
It's the dawn of a new year, a time that we often think about the future. For Cameron Smith, a professor of Anthropology at Portland State University, that future looks like something from a 1950s...
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Sylvain Willenz on Pleasing Clients, Keeping Things Extremely Tidy, and Why...
Willenz and his Profile chairThis is the latest installment of our Core77 Questionnaire. Previously, we talked to the lighting designer Bec Brittain.Name:Sylvain WillenzOccupation: Industrial...
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The Gazel Hanger Might Actually Make You Want to Hang Up Your Clothes
We're no stranger to innovativeclotheshangerdesigns. This time, we've been turned on to a design that consists a lot more than what meets the eye. UK-based homeware brand Gazel has introduced a sleek...
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With London Win, Nissan Hopes They Can 'Hack' It in Several World Cities
A globetrotting Japanese expat once told me he believed there was a Japanese expat pecking order. "The coolest kids move to London," he explained, "the second coolest, to New York. The third coolest...
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Carl Jurisch's 1957 Motoplan Concept: Personal Transportation Via...
Many American cities have this problem, but it's most obvious in sprawling Los Angeles: When you're trapped in bumper-to-bumper on the 405, you look around and observe the brutal 1:1 ratio of cars to...
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Linden Sweden's "Clever Hook" Design
Want!There are certain items that don't lend themselves to being hung on hooks, like towels, scarves and winter hats; mine like to stay on the hook for the first 30 seconds, but later I'll return to...
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You'll Be Transforming Beauty Too as the New Packaging Development Manager...
Sephora is a visionary beauty-retail concept founded in France by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1970. Their unique, open-sell environment features an ever-increasing amount of classic and emerging brands...
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TAM TAM Curates an Exhibit of Many Faces, 50 To Be Exact
One of the designs on display at the exhibit opening and auctionIt's easy to feel weirdly disconnected from your favorite designers. They're always finding inspiration from this and that, but you don't...
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What Time Is It? Time for You to Design a Better Watch
Everyone loves to back a winner. Eone Time brought the Bradley Timepiece to Kickstarter and the people of Kickstarter backed it to the moon and, uh, back. This slick watch was developed by Hyungsoo...
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That Gi-Normous Amazon Box is Real (Kind of)
Is this 2014's first Photoshop hoax? That was the sentiment as the photo above was brought to the blogosphere's attention earlier this week. "What's the largest item you can have shipped from Amazon?"...
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Watch the Power of Design Transform an Entire Community in New Doc 'If You...
The finished farmer's market at duskAs every designer and design educator knows, the hands-on experience of bringing an idea from paper to product goes far beyond a letter grade. Yet primary and...
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Urban Matter's 'Silent Lights' Turns New York City Traffic Noise Into Color
Trying to find some sort of beauty in the noisy traffic of a busy city street probably isn't your first thought as you're walking down an overstimulating sidewalk. In fact, if you're anything like me,...
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The Science of the Snowflake
"These were little plates of ice, very flat, very polished, very transparent, about the thickness of a sheet of rather thick paper... but so perfectly formed in hexagons, and of which the six sides...
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Living Lamps: More Like Desktop Pets Than a Light Source (and Who Doesn't...
Junior isn't just a task light. Like Bob de Graaf's "Species of Illumination," Junior is a whimsical living lamp that depends on your breath to keep his energy up. By breathing toward the lamp, Junior...
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Develop Desirable Products From Concept to Reality as a Senior Industrial...
If you have the desire to invest yourself in a team environment that is all about building a great, desirable brand, the Belkin team in Los Angeles, CA wants to talk to you! Their Linksys networking...
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The Canadiano: Wooden You Like to Brew Some Coffee?
The Canadiano is freaking awesome. It's a single-serving coffee brewing device, for those of us who live alone, or those of you who live with other people but enjoy being selfish, and it's made out of...
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Forum Frenzy: Is Design Education a Better Business Than Design Itself?
If there's anything that'll defer you from teaching design, it'll be the classroom composition.As in many creative disciplines, the first few years of a designer's career are an ongoing learning...
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Get Cozy with the Plumen 002, the Second Sculptural CFL from the Lighting...
We were there for the launch of the instantly iconic torqued helix of the Plumen 001, the radical compact fluorescent lamp that elevated the lowly light bulb to eco-conscious design object status....
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Oobleck: Teaching Us a Thing or Two about Non-Newtonian Fluids Since...
You may remember Oobleck from your elementary school days when you were learning the difference between liquids and solids—it's an easy-to-make rebellious mixture that insists on being both. It's a...
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