9 Unusual Shoe Storage Solutions
Many users will be fine with standard shoe storage products: basic shoe racks, plastic shoe boxes, shoe cubbies or shelves in a closet, over-the-door shoe pockets, etc. But shoe storage can also...
View ArticleAn Endtable That Lets You Build Up Your Lats?
I thought this was a gag, but the website appears to market it in earnest. (At least when translated into English from its original French.) Ram & Row is an endtable that unfolds into...a rowing...
View ArticleJack Storms, the Crystal Machinist
For butterfingered woodworkers, dropping a project on the shop floor can be bad. But just imagine if your materials of choice were crystal and glass.Since 2004, California-based artist Jack Storms has...
View ArticleThe Team at ROCCAT Wants You to Design Professional Gaming Peripherals in...
Since ROCCAT swept through the gaming scene like a snowstorm, award after award has rained down on their ingenious products which are all perfectly tailored to meet gamers' needs. ROCCAT is the...
View ArticleHöme Improvisåtion: If IKEA Made Video Games
No no, it's not official, but it does look like a group of game designers may have managed to capture the infernally infuriating experience of putting together IKEA flatpack furniture in virtual...
View ArticleOpen the Bomb Bay Doors, Pour a Drink
Problem: What do you do if you're an arms dealer that likes to entertain at home? When a would-be buyer of a re-fitted Abrams tank comes by with a bottle of rotgut, it's rude of you not to offer him a...
View ArticleHi-Tech Toolbox on Track to Become Crowdfunding Smash
Despite an unintentionally hilarious product video, the Coolbox—billed as "The world's most advanced toolbox"—has successfully, swiftly tripled its funding target on Indiegogo. Before we get into this...
View ArticleMore Extreme Sports Stadium Luxury Boxes
This being America, we're not content to only produce the run-of-the-mill stadium luxury suites that we looked at here. While more than one NFL CEO undoubtedly has a swank, over-the-top personal luxury...
View ArticleThe Atlas Table: How the Heck Did They Make This?
Berlin-based The Fundamental Group works within the realm of what they call "the architecture of fascination," and their Atlas Table bears this out. Made from alternating, angled blocks of oak and...
View ArticleThe Shopdog: A High School Woodshop Teacher's Simple, Flexible, Versatile DIY...
I love that people are still designing sawhorses. For such a simple, basic item that's been around for centuries, you'd think that by now we'd have settled on a perfect one and stuck with it. But the...
View ArticleIn the Details: Building an Open-Source, Multivibrating Dildo
In the summer of 2013, Andy Quitmeyer was teaching electronics workshops to scientists in the jungles of Panama as part of his dissertation, when he met a woman with a very specific project in mind: a...
View ArticleVintage Drafting Table Designs: A 19th-Century Company Working Out the Details
Here in 2015, a desk is many things: A computing workstation, a charging dock holder, a lunch table, a speaker platform, a drink tray, a phone holder, et cetera. Contrast that with the monofunction of...
View ArticleFind Some Time to Relax in a Solid-State Bubble Bath
This post originally appeared on Kill Screen, a videogame arts and culture website.Story by David Rudin for Kill ScreenThe ball pool is no longer a snot-covered cage match for young children whose...
View ArticleFNSS MILDESIGN2015 Winners: Conceptual Military Land Vehicle Designs
"Andarkan" by Levent Tuna, Professional WinnerThe results of the second annual FNSS MILDESIGN2015 competition have been announced—14 different projects were selected from over 150 entries. Sponsored by...
View ArticleMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc is Looking For a Tabletop Designer in...
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSLO) is a leading provider of original "how-to" information, inspiring and engaging consumers with unique lifestyle content and beautifully designed,...
View ArticleKickstarting in the Classroom: Entrepreneurial Product Development with...
tCup by Lawrence Cummins and Hum by Emily Rose Litten Leaving the hallowed halls of higher education can be a traumatic experience for most new grads. New graduates are often faced with the task of...
View ArticleGet Ready: The 2015 Core77 Design Awards Open Next Week!
The 2015 Core77 Design Awards kick off February 9th. Are you ready to lead by example?Mark your calendars for the February 9th launch of the 2015 Core77 Design Awards! This year marks the fifth time...
View ArticleClever Bulletproofing System Based on Marbles and Legos
"Since Saab was started, we have strived to keep society and people safe," writes the company. And they're not talking about putting airbags in 9-3's; this is the Saab Group, the aerospace and defence...
View ArticleConstance Guisset on Switching From Business School to Design, Softening the...
This is the latest installment of our Core77 Questionnaire. Previously, we talked to Tanya Aguiñiga.Name:Constance Guisset Occupation: Designer. I design objects mainly, but I also do set design as...
View ArticleSean Headrick's DIY Mechanized Drafting Table
Speaking of drafting tables, carpenter Sean Headrick decided to build his own out of baltic birch ply, and featuring human-powered adjustability mechanisms. Judging by the looks of it, he either cut...
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