A Look at What Apple's Been Cooking
Apple announced several new products at their media event yesterday. We'll start with the ones of most interest to the general consumer, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, which are pushing the UI boundaries...
View ArticleDesigns for Small Spaces: Transformable Coffee Tables
I still remember the first time I saw a transformable coffee table, about a dozen years ago in a friends' home—a small place that definitely didn't have room for both a coffee table and a dining table....
View ArticleWinner of Honda's Global Design Project is a Car/Motorcycle Mash-Up
Each year Honda holds an internal design competition, pitting their various design studios against each other to create blue-sky concepts. The winner of this year's Honda Global Design Project is...
View ArticleLouis Sauzedde's Clever Tricks for Restoring a Ruined Handsaw
Louis Sauzedde got his hands on a ripsaw in truly horrific condition. As you can see in the photo below, it looks like this thing was tied to the back of a car and dragged down the Interstate:The teeth...
View ArticleForum Frenzy: A Sketching Exercise
One of our long-time readers recently took to our Discussion Boards to document his sketching journey as he transitions from Engineering to the career he's always wanted in ID. As he uploads his daily...
View ArticleThe Tarzan Boat Mobile Floating Water Park
This is the most fun-looking thing I’ve seen all summer, but has one of the world’s worst soundtracks. Please turn your volume down before checking this out: That’s the Tarzan Boat, a “mobile floating...
View ArticleArchitecture Firm Designs Batcave-Inspired Carpark, Complete with Hidden...
Don't you hate it when your car collection outgrows the parking available at your 1930s-designed Georgian mansion? That was the problem faced by an unnamed homeowner in Melbourne, who contracted local...
View ArticleThe Design Firm Is (Walking) Dead
Hey, long time no see. I'm back. Not from São Paulo anymore but straight from San Francisco, my new home. Just to remind you of what we were discussing before I took this long, but not unjustified,...
View ArticleRed Dot Gives Taipei a Black Eye
Earlier this month, Red Dot organized the "Formosa Forms: Contemporary Tradition in Taiwanese Design" exhibit at Paris' Maison & Objet. But the design-award-conferring organization is apparently...
View ArticleMaking an Immersize, Human-Size Kaleidoscope
While there's certainly no shortage of reasons to be pessimistic about humanity and its future, I would like to take a moment to share a multifaceted glimmer of hope: Somewhere in this world, there...
View ArticleThe Winners of Our ID Student's Everyday Carry Photo Contest
We've got the winners of our Industrial Design Everyday Carry contest. Thanks to all of you who submitted!In no particular order, the winners are:Jack Fritzjunker / Sophomore / Iowa State University...
View ArticleParody Perfectly Skewers Trendy Craftspeople Videos
Whomever wrote this gag has seemingly watched every craftsman video out there. In the following video—of a man purportedly selling artisanal firewood for $1,200 a bundle—they perfectly nail every line,...
View ArticleAnne Swainson, Founder of America's First Corporate ID Department
This is the latest installment of our Designing Women series. Previously, we profiled the Danish furniture designer Nanna Ditzel.If your adolescence occurred in the pre-Internet era, you can probably...
View ArticleTonight at Curiosity Club: "Why Are There 284 Holes In My New Shoes?"
Tonight at Curiosity Club we'll talk about oddities, holdouts, and seemingly pointless features in design. Bob Hambly of Hambly and Wooley will give the talk "Why Are There 284 Holes In My New Shoes?"...
View ArticlePorsche Takes Aim at Tesla, Unveils "Mission E" Concept
Yesterday at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche pulled the sheets off of their surprising Mission E concept car, an all-electric four-door clearly meant to do battle with Tesla. While most are focused...
View ArticleWhat Does a Ticket to the 2015 Core77 Conference Get You?
Decisions, decisions, decisions... How do you decide which design conferences to attend each year? If you seek useful, inspiring, more-bang-for-your-buck content wrapped in an interactive and, dare we...
View ArticleSteven Banken's Beautiful Tannic Acid Dresser
You could be forgiven for thinking designer Steven Banken created the piece below by stocking up on a selection of MinWax stains:Instead the Eindhoven graduate, who shares a studio building with Piet...
View ArticleA Camera That Decides Where You Can Take Photographs
Each morning I pass Manhattan's Central Booking, a/k/a jail. Sometimes a squadcar pulls up and a pair of hotcops transfer an arrestee inside, marching the handcuffed perp through the gate. Two weeks...
View ArticleLoanGifting: How a New Web Platform is Poised to Make a Dent in the Student...
Sometimes the most powerful work is the result of simple yet strategic connections drawn between previously unconnected factors. In the case of RKS Design's latest project, LoanGifting, the initial...
View ArticleJ Mays Goes to College
J Mays, one of the world's most influential automotive designers, will be contributing to the RCA's prestigious Vehicle Design programme as a visiting professor beginning September 2015. As Chief...
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