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Japanese Over-Design FTW: The Beetle 3-Way Highlighter
Never thought I'd have a follow-up post for "Japanese Over-Design FTW: A Highlighter with a See-Through Tip," but apparently the island of Nihon is not through with highlighter design innovation. Pen...
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Fantastic Concept Work from the FZD School of Design
Practicing industrial designers: Are you getting sick of doing ID? Maybe you should switch to ED, or Entertainment Design. That's the field where you generate blue-sky concepts for interiors, objects,...
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Creating an IKEA Alternative in America
Yes, I admit it: I have IKEA furniture. While my design degree has given me a deep appreciation for high-quality, midcentury furnishings, my budget hasn't quite caught up to my taste, and I'm left...
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Signs of Life
In the world of communication design, perhaps no word is less sexy than wayfinding, which inevitably conjures up images of dull-yet-necessary signage, maps and, well, even more signage. And yet anyone...
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Awesome Swing-Arm Design Alleviates a Major Ergonomic Flaw of Backpacks
Most backpacks are designed while ignoring a simple ergonomic reality: One must shrug out of the backpack and bring it in front of you to access the contents. That's why you'll often see a pair of...
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Nanna Ditzel, First Lady of Danish Furniture Design
It is reported that Nanna Ditzel used to exclaim, "three steps forward and two back still means I've taken a step in the right direction!" This optimistic worldview helped propel an ambitious...
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Tonight at Curiosity Club: Cutaway Images with Melody Owen
Exploded diagrams speak to us on a deep level, but Melody Owen has taken that appreciation and run with it. Tonight at Curiosity Club she'll share some of her incredible collection of cutaway imagery...
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In the Future, Might Google Design Products to Fit People's Queries?
Apple's traditional way to solve a problem started with the brass: Steve Jobs wanted his music library in his pocket, and he bet that others did, too. Following that hunch, we got the iPod.Google's way...
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Product Tank Prototypes a Slick One-Handed Camera Tripod
The industrial designer known only as Product Tank is a frequent contributor to the Core77 boards, and we always enjoy looking in on his work (see list at bottom). PT's latest: A camera tripod that can...
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A Giant-Sized LED Lite-Brite, Without the Choking Hazards
Were toy designers trying to kill us in the '60s and '70s? The original Lite-Brite came with dozens of little candy-colored translucent plastic pegs that practically define the term "choking hazard."...
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Travel Much? Explore Places and Spaces with dsgnfix
For those who travel often for work or pleasure, it can be difficult to find recommendations for destinations beyond the expected tourist sites. That's where technology can help fill the gap. At a...
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The 2015 Core77 Conference: Collaboration Now
Last year, in Brooklyn, Core77 held its first-ever design conference, a daylong affair that explored neomaterialism, wearables, cycling culture, the "spectacular vernacular" and plenty more. This year,...
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Illustrators, Animators and Louis C.K.: Art Commenting on Smartphone Life
When it comes to the unintended consequences of technology, no one could have foreseen the social side effects of smartphone usage. Marrying a small screen with mobile connectivity was meant to add...
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CNC + OCD: Making a Drill Bit Organizer
My assortment of drill bits is a mess, scattered throughout several different manufacturer's containers, and I'm getting sick of fishing through them all to find the one I'm looking for. So I wanted to...
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Ford's New Injection Molded Airbag
The challenge for automotive engineers is to make cars lighter, as less mass equals less gas. And when you can use less components to deliver comparable functionality, that's a win on both the balance...
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Desktop Organizing: Keeping Small Pieces of Paper From Getting Lost
As a professional organizer, I've worked with people who take notes on Post-its and other small pieces of paper—and then wind up with those notes getting buried in piles of papers on their desks. I've...
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The 2015 Core77 Conference: Making Now
The 2015 Core77 Conference kicks off in Los Angeles just nine weeks from today. Yesterday, we introduced our first conference session, Collaboration Now, featuring speakers from Google, Levi's, Sonos,...
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What Does the Way That You Interact With Objects Say About Your Personality?
Handwriting analysts once claimed they could deduce elements of your personality by examining your penmanship. Now that no one writes longhand anymore, that method of analysis is probably dead. But I'm...
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This Smartphone Anti-Slip Solution Has the Best Kickstarter Video Ever
I've often lamented that the iPhone is a beautifully-crafted object that we must hide inside a protective case. But Structures Engineer Nathan Cobb refuses to cover his up, presumably because he...
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3M's Impressive, Science-y Rube Goldberg Machine
We've all seen a lot of Rube Goldberg machines, but this one starts off with something we've never seen before: A ball being suspended by an electromagnetic device moving along a sloped track. 3M threw...
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