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The MIMIC Wall: Rethinking the Workplace

From standing desks to open plans, the modern workplace has become a leading site for design innovation, swapping the generic office structure of past decades for more flexible and friendly...

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The Transforming Cubrick Cabinet Comes from "Chaos Technique"

What would the Fletcher Capstan Table look like if it wasn't a table at all, but a storage cabinet? It would probably be this:That's the Cubrick, the result of a collaboration between industrial...

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8 Visions of the Future of Transportation Design from RCA

True to form, the RCA's 2015 MA Automotive Design show featured some challenging abstract concepts that shun outright technical feasibility for provocation of thought. As usual, the standard of work...

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Tupperware's Ripcord-Based, No-Electricity-Required Food Processor

I cook three nights a week out of necessity and I hate it. I am a horrible cook. The prep work takes me forever, and I lack the patience and dexterity to chop, dice or mince vegetables into consistent...

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Organizing the Silverware When There Isn't a Drawer

We've talked about tools for organizing a silverware drawer. But not everyone has a drawer that can be used for the cutlery. In some cases the kitchen drawers are too narrow to store the silverware; in...

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How Bicycles Can Stay Balanced by Themselves

Of all the mean-spirited games we played as children in the '70s, perhaps none was more cruel than the "Coastie" or "Ghostie." (I was never clear on what the correct title was, both made sense.) It...

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Volvo's New Child Seating Design: Safer for the Child, More Ergonomic for the...

A few months ago, we showed you a Volvo concept where the designers ripped the front passenger seat out and replaced it with a multifunctional cabinet. Li Shufu, the Chinese billionaire who has owned...

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Japanese Bathrooms are Designed Really Differently From Western Ones

As an American living in Japan for a year, I expected the apartments to be smaller. What I didn't expect were the functional design differences in living styles. Three things in particular took some...

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Your Car is Probably More (or Less) American Than You Think

Every year on Independence Day, millions of Americans tackle the same series of questions: Where can I go to see the fireworks? What kind of snarky Facebook status update can I write that will make me...

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Ten July 4th Ideas for Your Most Inspired Festivities 

Happy Fourth of July! As we salute our fine nation, most of us will partake in at least a couple of the activities that define this summer holiday: a little bit of BBQ, maybe a day trip to the beach,...

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Core77 Introduces DiResta's Cut, Episode 01

Most of you have seen a Jimmy DiResta video by now.  As 228,000 subscribers agree, it's fun watching him turn piles of wood, metal, plastic, leather, etc. into objects and furniture, using every tool...

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Montana Couple Develops American-Made 5-Axis Desktop CNC Mill that Retails...

What do you get when a machinist marries a mechanical engineer? If you're Matt (the machinist) and Michelle (the mechanical engineer) Hertel, you get what may be the world's first desktop-sized 5-axis...

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Nike's Virtual Reality, 360-Degree "The Neymar Jr. Effect" Video

Congratulations to the USWNT! Yesterday, for the first time since 1999, the U.S. National Women's Team brought the World Cup back to U.S. soil. Among the many thrilling moments in the game was Carli...

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A Suitcase with Built-In Expandable Shelves

As the phrase "living out of a suitcase" indicates, most road warriors don't bother to transfer their clothes to the bureaus provided in hotel/motel rooms. You would think that simple observation would...

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Passion Projects from the Designers at Specialized

I don't know Robert Egger, but I remember seeing his picture in a 1992 issue of Bicycling Magazine (along with David Schultz, the other Specialized S-Works designer at the time). When I read that...

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Disguising Your Car with Fake Rust Looks Interesting, But Won't Prevent...

Having your car painted is a lot of time and work, and is of course not easily reversible. Hence the popularity of companies like UK-based Clyde Wraps, which specializes in re-coloring vehicles by...

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U.S. vs. Japan Robot Fighting Match is Happening!

The U.S. and Japan might have been on the same team in Pacific Rim, but that was a movie, and this is real life. Last week America's MegaBots, the robotics firm that's partnered with Autodesk to make...

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Tonight at Curiosity Club: Explore The World Of Caves With Josh Hydeman

Tonight at the Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club we'll get deep and cold and very cool with Josh Hydeman, a nature photographer and cave explorer in the Pacific Northwest. Josh will be sharing basic...

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Lella Vignelli, Passionate Pragmatist

This is the latest installment of our Designing Women series. Previously, we profiled the Swiss graphic designer Lora Lamm."If Lella doesn't like it, it goes in the basket" —Massimo VignelliLella...

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Shocking Infographic of American High School Graduation Rates by Geography

America has some great colleges, and folks send their kids from around the world to attend our Ivy League schools and design schools. So what the heck is wrong with our high schools? The Hechinger...

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