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From a Galaxy (Where Credit is) Far, Far Away: The Unsung Work of Jean-Claude...
When you think of knockout sci-fi concept designers, you probably think of Syd Mead and/or Doug Chiang. Between Blade Runner, Tron, Terminator 2 and the later Star Wars films, both men have gotten...
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This Junior Industrial Designer Position at Bose Sounds Like a Great Opportunity
The Bose Design Center in Framingham, MA is a vibrant and growing team of industrial designers, model makers, and rapid prototyping experts. They are looking to hire a Junior Industrial Designer to...
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Core77 Photo Gallery: Bike Cult Show 2014
Photography by Jeff Enlow for Core77Once again, we were thrilled to support NYC's fledging Bike Cult Show as an official media partner and offer exclusive coverage of the late-summer exhibition that is...
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Plane Diverted, Passengers Thrown Off Over Knee Defender Altercation
Last year we wrote about the Knee Defender, a pair of plastic gizmos that an airplane passenger can use to prevent the person in front of them from reclining. We wrote it up in utter dismayed...
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Beaming Free Info from Space: Geoff Baldwin On 'Outernet' and Why Code And...
This is the second half of a two-part conversation with Geoff Baldwin, head of the new-ish Industrial Design department at Code and Theory. Read the first part here.Core77: Outernet is technically...
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Tonight at Curiosity Club: Nora Wendl and Coleman Stevenson talk "Paper Houses"
Tonight at Hand-Eye Supply, Curiosity Club pays a visit to inhabitable fictions with Coleman Stevenson of the Art Institute of Portland and Norah Wendl of Portland State University. Their talk "Paper...
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Rem D Koolhaas on Founding United Nude, Making a 3D-Printed Shoe, and Why...
This is the latest installment of our Core77 Questionnaire. Previously, we talked to Umbra co-founder Paul Rowan.Name: Rem D KoolhaasOccupation: I'm a designer and the creative director of United...
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Tessel Supply's Anti-Gravity Backpack, Now with Magnets
I know, I know—another backpack. But not just another backpack. Unlike the brightly colored or patterned varieties that are all the rage these days, this one differentiates itself through its...
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IKEA's Future Products to Contain Flexible, Light-Emitting Tiles
Don't let the bland name of Scottish start-up Design LED Products fool you. At last year's Lux Live 2013 lighting exhibition, DLP showed off the flexible resin-based LED tile you see above, considered...
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Core77 Photo Gallery: Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2014
Photography by Mark LeBeau for Core77The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Tradeshow in Salt Lake City, Utah, is known for featuring the latest and greatest in outdoor sports gear and apparel. To put it...
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On Lightness: Sketches on the Connectivity of Art, by Marc Hohmann
Chiaki Arai, Kadare Cultural Center, 2012 // Photo: Taisuke Ogawa, courtesy of Chiaki Arai OfficeBy Marc Hohmann, Design Partner, Lippincott"I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring....
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New Technique for 3D Printing Epoxy-Based Resin Yields Super Strong,...
Photo credit: Brett G. Compton&Lori Sanders)Wind energy is gaining support in the U.S., both on ground and in the ocean. And the design specs for wind turbines are getting pretty sophisticated as...
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Sit Happens: Noonee's So-Called 'Chairless Chair' Offers Wearable Seating...
As anyone who has worked a job that requires long bouts of standing in one place knows, remaining upright for an extended amount of time takes a heavy toll on your legs and back, yet the best solution...
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What Makes a Product Design Video Go Viral? The Case of the Origami Stroller
Last year we posted about 4Moms, a Pittsburgh-based company that makes unique baby products. The cake-taker is probably their power-folding Origami stroller. Look at the following video they produced...
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Life's Good When You Work as a Senior Industrial Designer for LG
LG Electronics is looking for talented Senior Industrial Designers to join their award winning North American Design Studio team located in Edgewater, NJ. You'll be part of a multi-disciplinary group...
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A Great Product Idea Undone by Human Factors: The NoMix Toilet
When it comes to recycling, pee and poo oughtn't mix. We think of them as the same thing—human waste—but in fact they are not mixed within the body and shouldn't be mixed afterwards, though we often do...
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Flotspotting: BloomSky, Taking the Inaccurate Meteorologist Out of the...
I don't know what you thought of your local weather reporter when you were growing up, but for me, he played a bigger role walking in the city parade than as an accurate forecaster. I know it's not...
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Unusual Storage Design, Part 1: Snowpeak's Stacking Shelf Container
Outdoor goods company Snow Peak was started in Japan's Sanjo City, a place "known locally as a hardware town." So it's no surprise that their Stacking Shelf Container 50 has got that "tooled" look....
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This Is Happening: James Murphy Remixing Tennis (the Sport), via IBM
"I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your computer out the window because you want to make something real."–LCD Soundsystem, 'Losing My Edge'Well this is weird and...
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Unusual Storage Design, Part 2: The Open Top, Stackable SYS-Toolbox
My favorite carry-all for tools and materials is Festool's Open Top SYS-Toolbox. It's just a classic example of nuts-and-bolts ID: Simple, strong, reliable, and a perfect use of materials. The...
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