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Design Indaba Conference 2014: New Talent from Around the World
True to its mission to support young and emerging designers, last Wednesday saw the 2014 Design Indaba Conference offer its stage to seven recent grads hailing from as many design schools. Day One's...
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CSA+D's Disruptive Distribution Model: Lessons from the Inaugural...
The website has been updated since it launched last summerWe were certainly curious to hear about the Brooklyn CSA+D when it first launched last summer, based on the community-supported agriculture...
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Aspiring to Improve the World by Crafting a Career in Sustainable Design,...
In this three-part mini-series, Stefanie Koehler shares her experiences in bringing a sustainability focus into her work.We all know the plight of the typical industrial designer: make (more) stuff;...
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Oak Ridge National Lab Working on Huge, Super-Fast 3D Printers
Here's some exciting news: The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is currently working on a 3D printer "that is 200 to 500 times faster and capable of printing polymer components...
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Design File 008: Donald Judd
In this series, Matthew Sullivan (AQQ Design) highlights some designers that you should know, but might not. Previously, he looked at the work of François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne.Donald Judd: Born in...
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Animal Architects: Bowerbirds Design & Build Showy, Colorful Homes to Attract...
Turkeys strut, peacocks preen, and bowerbirds design. Of all the strange things that male birds do to attract a mate, the bowerbird's ritual is the only one that could make it into the MoMA. They use...
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Olze & Wilkens Create Tiny 2D Worlds on Tabletops
The first thing I thought of when I saw this trio of tables was of that one terrible Dixie Chicks song, "Wide Open Spaces." But that pretty much nails it when it comes to this series, titled "TOP...
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Nickelodeon, the Number One Entertainment Brand for Kids, Wants to Hire a...
They've been around for 30 years, bringing delightful programming, recreation, books, feature films and consumer products to kids all over the world. Nickelodeon has built a diverse, global business by...
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Design Indaba Conference 2014: Jake Barton of Local Projects On His...
The fact that Jake Barton's work has been woefully absent from these pages—just a couple of mentions in 2008 and a 2011 Core77 Design Awards Notable (and the BIG Heart)—simply means that his...
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Getting to Know the Winners of Core77 Design Awards Past: MIOS
With a little under three weeks left until the March 20th Core77 Design Awards deadline, we know you might need a little kick of motivation to enter, which you can do right here. Last week, we caught...
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Aspiring to Improve the World by Crafting a Career in Sustainable Design,...
In this three-part mini-series, Stefanie Koehler shares her experiences in bringing a sustainability focus into her work. See Part 1 here.Practicing sustainability-focused design, like any art form, is...
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Mathieu Lehanneur on Being Unpredictable, Working in Five-Minute Bursts, and...
This is the latest installment of our Core77 Questionnaire. Previously, we talked to Misha Kahn.Name:Mathieu LehanneurOccupation: DesignerLocation: ParisCurrent projects: I just launched a radio for...
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Bees Are Now Upcycling Plastic
As cool as it is to see birds using manmade objects to decorate their lovenests, it's a little heartbreaking. But the reality is that the wilderness is strewn with refuse, hence bottlecaps and Bics go...
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RC Helicopter Enthusiasts "Get Carried Away" With World's First Human-Payload...
HeliGraphix is the name of a Germany-based collective of RC helicopter enthusiasts who document their stunts online. The group's latest project, H.U.L.C.—that's "Heavy Ultra-Lifter Crane"F—sought to...
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Join the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Build...
The mission of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University is to transform human healthcare and the environment by emulating the way nature builds. They are currently...
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Design Indaba Conference 2014: Spotlight on Thomas Heatherwick
There were just a couple of hints that Thomas Heatherwick would be making major headlines with his presentation at Design Indaba last week, but it would prove to be the highlight of the conference....
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'Real' Back to the Future 2 Hoverboard Video Proves We're All Idiots
Can something go viral when you intend it to go viral? Apparently so, particularly as we become more gullible as a society. While Jimmy Kimmel's twerking fire and hotel wolf videos at least had an...
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Aspiring to Improve the World by Crafting a Career in Sustainable Design,...
In this three-part mini-series, Stefanie Koehler shares her experiences in bringing a sustainability focus into her work.Part 1: A New Way of Thinking· Part 2: Putting Theory into Practice· Part 3:...
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Nissan's Forthcoming Smart Rearview Mirror
Don't you hate it when the view through your rearview mirror is obscured by the rear seat headrests, or that hitchhiking drifter that you picked up? Back when I still owned a car, I pulled the rear...
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'Print the Legend,' First Feature-Length Documentary about 3D Printing to...
You heard it here first: "3D printing is having its 'Macintosh moment.'" So says the team behind a new full-length documentary on the subject, directors Luis Lopez and Clay Tweel and producer Steven...
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