In the Details: A Children's Backpack That Incorporates Toys—and Can...
While studying abroad in Denmark during the fall of 2013, Meg Czaja toured Lego Headquarters and was disappointed with what she saw. For a class at the Kolding School of Design focused on the topic of...
View ArticleA Brief History of Citröen, Part 3: World's First Food Truck Borrows...
As the Nazis occupied France and commandeered production at the Citröen factory, Citröen's design team was still secretly working on their own projects. One of those was the iconic 2CV economy car....
View ArticleBooze Truck: A Citröen Type H that Comes with an On-Board Bartender
While food trucks are all over NYC, and the cocktail trend continues to spread across the city, we've never seen anyone combine the two and create a Booze Truck. But a select amount of tipplers in the...
View ArticlePush the Edges of Your Creativity. Work for Nike as a Footwear Materials...
Nike does more than outfit the world's best athletes. They are a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries, and push out the edges of what can be. This iconic company is looking for a Footwear...
View ArticleLondon Design Festival 2014: Dominic Wilcox's Stained Glass Driverless...
UK design blog Dezeen have collaborated with car manufacturer MINI at London Design Festival this year to create an exhibition of commissions exploring the future of transportation. Far from a showroom...
View ArticleCreative Minds: Mikkel Mikkelsen - From Experimenting with Wood and Aluminum...
The young Danish designer Mikkel Mikkelsen first caught my attention when I saw a series of experiments he had created with wood, aluminium and acrylic/plexi. A dining table with the same honesty as...
View ArticleSubmit Your Questions for Ziba's Panel Discussion on the Future of Product...
As part of the upcoming Design Week Portland, our friends at Ziba are hosting a heavy duty panel discussion, set to take place at their HQ on Friday, October 10, at 6:30pm. Taking the theme of "The...
View ArticleAnother Insane Piece of Transforming Furniture from the 18th Century
I keep waiting for a modern-day piece of furniture to top David Roentgen's transforming gaming table, but it ain't gonna happen. The only man who can top Roentgen is Roentgen himself. As evidence, have...
View ArticleThis is How You Roll and Transport a 19-Foot Picasso That's Never Been Moved...
With all of the culture available to NYers, it might have been easy to miss the massive Picasso original that's been hanging in what is now the Four Seasons restaurant (in the Seagram Building) on Park...
View ArticleSeriously? Test Case: Seatylock
Weird Crap On Kickstarter can be a pretty depressing beat, but sometimes the odd and terrible offerings can give us opportunities to reflect, to learn, and to better ourselves. Today I present the case...
View ArticleThe Resurgence of Typewriters? Part 1 - Mating Old with New
Tom Hanks is a noted vintage typewriter fanatic who often bangs out thank-you notes on one of the machines in his collection. When he released the Hanx Writer—an iPad app that simulates old-school...
View ArticleLondon Design Festival 2014: Highlights from Designjunction
Design fair designjunction once again took over 120,000 sq. ft. of old warehouse space in central London, displaying all that is hot in furniture and object design with international brands, smaller...
View ArticleSRAM 1X Case Study: Reinventing the Bicycle Drivetrain for a Lighter,...
Founded in 1987 by three engineers, SRAM became known in the cycling world for Grip Shift road bike shifters, the first ergonomic, indexing shift levers that easily allowed a rider to change gears...
View ArticleShape a New Product in PolyOne's Shape-Memory Design Contest
Advertorial content sponsored by PolyOnePolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers has launched a contest to find the best ideas for its innovative shape memory technology. This patent-pending technology is...
View ArticleTonight at Hand-Eye Supply's Curiosity Club: Jill Torberson "Featherweight -...
Tonight at the Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club, we talk metal! Artist and fabricator Jill Torberson brings us a user's guide to steel design. 6pm PT at the Hand-Eye Supply store, or streaming online! 23...
View ArticleThe Resurgence of Typewriters? Part 2 - Spies Like Typewriters
In 2011, British tabloid The Daily Mail reported that "The last company left in the world that was still manufacturing typewriters...has shut down its production plant in Mumbai, India with just a few...
View ArticlePeter Marigold on Demonic Voices, Porridge Addiction, and the Value of Blind...
This is the latest installment of our Core77 Questionnaire. Previously, we talked to designer and design educator Josh Owen.Name:Peter MarigoldOccupation: I'm a designer and maker of objects.Location:...
View ArticleStunning Footage of AC-130s Deploying Flares
When modern warplanes have missiles fired at them, they deploy flares or chaff to lead those missiles off-target. The magnesium-containing flares are designed to burn hotter than the airplane's...
View ArticleDesign the World's Most Innovative and Creative Aircraft Interiors with...
Since 1896, Zodiac Aerospace has been contributing to the development of aeronautics. Zodiac Aerospace meets the new challenges of aerospace industry by providing to its employees challenging positions...
View ArticleLondon Design Festival 2014: Highlights from DesignersBlock
Well-known for being awash with emerging talent from across disciplines, Designersblock has been a mainstay of the London Design Festival, now in it's 17th edition. This year saw the event move from...
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