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When a Failure To Launch Is A Good Thing: Orion Signals Interstellar Steps
Aw yeah, Orion! We thankfully got good news about the second attempt to launch NASA's Orion spacecraft. Originally scheduled for Too Damn Early AM PST Thursday, the delayed launch today (at Still Too...
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Creating Inspiring Products is Just the Beginning with This Internship
Product Creation Studio is one of the Pacific Northwest's foremost Product Development groups. They have great passion and energy for developing products that enhance people's lives - think consumer,...
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The Light Bandit Lets You Plug Sunlight Directly Into a No-Electricity Lamp
It seems absurd to be burning energy by using lightbulbs while the sun is shining, but buildings can only have so many windows, and sunlight can only penetrate so far. MIT's Solar Bottle Bulb and Ross...
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Show Your Home to Potential Buyers Via an In-House Rollercoaster
Have you guys ever sold your house? When potential buyers file in, you want them to see your spacious rooms—but you don't want them lingering too long picking out the flaws. What's the best way to...
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Rethinking Design, Consumerism and the Environment
By Geoff Ledford, Industrial Designer at Soulcake Creative/INDUS OutdoorsThe modern designer/manufacturer/consumer loop isn't sustainable. That's well-covered territory and the subject of books,...
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What Happens When Industrial Robotic Arms Run Away to the Forest?
Only recently, techno-champion Elon Musk uncharacteristically called for caution on "summoning the demon" that is artificial intelligence. Now, it appears esteemed theoretical physicist Steven Hawking...
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The Next Generation of Smart Cooling Solutions Starts with You at PackIt.
PackIt is a rapidly growing consumer goods company that creates smart cooling solutions for life on the go. Never mind packing a bulky cooler with ice or a bag with ice packs - PackIt bags are the...
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Should the Royal Mail Be Jumping on the 3D Printing Bandwagon?
News in the UK is that national postal service the Royal Mail (no longer in fact 'Her Majesty's' following a quite scandalous privatization earlier this year) are investing their new found (dirty)...
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Hand Eye Holiday Hits: Beer Peen Hammer
After discovering a vintage ball peen hammer with a mysterious middle cut-out that was not an ingenious bottle opener, the guys at Good Beer Hunting got to work. With a great design team and an...
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What Can Africa Teach the Powerhouses of Industrial Design?
Advertorial content sponsored by Design IndabaScarcity is a tough teacher. There's nothing romantic about people being so desperate for building materials, they'll strip a newly built school down to...
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Autodesk University 2014: The Future of Making Is Here
Local Motors' Strati, the world's first 3D printed car.Last week, Las Vegas played host to Autodesk University, Autodesk's annual gathering—part conference, part continuing education—for 9,000...
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Watch Barry Berkus' "How to Think Like an Architect" Videos
A lot of modern-day architecture discussions can be confusing, alienating and overly academic. That's why I was drawn right away to Barry Berkus' "How to Think Like an Architect" video series, because...
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Meet Designing Innovation Panelist Craig Metros Before Tomorrow's Live Stream...
Content sponsored by the Ford Motor CompanyIn the tradition of hosting compelling discourses about how technology and design shape our lives, the Designing Innovation series continues tomorrow,...
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Rich Brilliant Willing is Looking For a "Bright" Product Engineer in...
America's premier contemporary lighting manufacturer seeks to hire an experienced mechanical engineer to develop the best in lighting products. This job is about diligence, organization, passion, and...
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Doshi Levien on Designers as Thinkers, Procrastination as Preparation, and...
Portrait by Peter KrejciThis is the latest installment of our Core77 Questionnaire. Previously, we talked to Sam Jacob.Names: Nipa Doshi and Jonathan LevienOccupation: Founders and partners of the...
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The Last Mechanical Pencil You'll Ever Buy?
"I noticed I was using packs and packs of mechanical pencils at work as disposable items," writes Andrew Sanderson, who spent six years as an aircraft propulsion technician and a decade as a gas...
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Why DesignX? Designers and Complex Systems
For many years, together with a number of design educators, I have been discussing how design can address the complex socio-technological systems that characterize our world. The issues are not new:...
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Did This Man Miss One of the Most Important Design Details of This Jupe Round...
In the 1830s, an upholsterer and cabinetmaker named Theodore Alexander Robert Jupe was awarded British Patent No. 6788 for an expandable table design. The round six-seater table contained a...
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Watch the RKS Sessions Presentation "Designing for Function and Style" with...
In their most recent presentation, RKS brought us a discussion about the very chair you could be sitting on right now. This RKS Session, "Designing for Function and Style" was led by Bernard Brucha of...
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Watch Ford and IDSA's 'Designing Innovation' Panel Discussion Featuring Craig...
Content sponsored by the Ford Motor CompanyFor our fourth installment of Ford and IDSA's 'Designing Innovation' series, we've invited a diverse group of experts panelists to discuss ways designers can...
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