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Thomas Vu's lunch box concept would make a great toolbox
Product design student Thomas Vu's Lunch Box concept features a dry-erase surface for doting moms and creative kids to scribble on. The box itself is designed with flat sides, so you can throw the...
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"Between Reality and Impossible": Dunne and Raby at St Etienne Biennale
Critical design duo Dunne and Raby have made their contribution to the show in St Etienne this year by displaying some of their most recent "design fictions"; a collection of arresting design...
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Finland solves wicked problems
A delegation set up to improve Finland's international reputation today published its findings with suggestions that the country profile itself as a problem-solver focused on functionality, nature and...
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Core77 Community Challenge: Cardboard Christmas
In the spirit of surviving the festivus season on a budget this year, we're calling on the Core77 Design Community to create the most inspiring, unexpected and fun cardboard ornaments and accessories...
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Entries from National Geographic's photo contest
It's got nothing to do with design, directly, but everything to do with inspiration: National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010 has entries up for public voting, and the photos do not disappoint....
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Nice & inexpensive hillbilly headlamp
Sure it's a bit hillbilly, but I like the idea of the MasterVision Cap Light, which gives you hands-free illumination without having to strap on a headlamp. Choose between three or five LED lights. If...
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Mesh space tire made from springs wins R&D award
NASA and Goodyear have been awarded a 2010 R&D 100 Award for their airless mesh tire design, intended to be used on moon vehicles. The extreme cold--and heat, in the sunny spots--of the moon plays...
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Cool storage designs, part 1: EasiFile for large docs, blueprints, photos
Many architecture and ID offices will still have flat file cabinets, the unwieldy steel boxes you see above designed to hold large-sized draftings. My old design job had a room full of these things,...
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Cool storage designs, part 2: Vertical carousels for office and commercial...
The Kardex Megamat Vertical Carousel is designed to take advantage of interior airspace to give you more room for storage. It's kind of like a high-tech version of a library ladder, but instead of the...
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Cool storage designs, part 3: Trio of vertical carousels for...
Germany company SSI Schaefer has a huge, Matrix-style take on carousel storage. The Schaefer Carousel System uses three monster vertical carousels that, despite their name, rotate horizontally;...
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Cool storage designs, part 4: StorageMotion's in-home systems for clothes,...
North-Carolina-based StorageMotion Inc. makes a host of storage systems designed for the home. (Though specifically aimed at the wheelchair-bound, I think the systems would also be fantastic for little...
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Why Design Education Must Change
Traditionally what designers lack in knowledge, they make up for in craft skills. Whether it be sketching, modeling, detailing or rendering, designers take an inordinate amount of pride in honing key...
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DoCoMo's Galaxy Far, Far Away
Gotta love Japanese advertising. For telecom giant NTT DoCoMo's new Android phone, the Galaxy S by Samsung, you'd expect a commercial spot to address the phone's technological advantages. Or its call...
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3 Artists Every Designer Should Know
Donald Norman concludes his recent piece for core77 by saying "But beware: We must not lose the wonderful, delightful components of design. The artistic side of design is critical: to provides [sic]...
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The BendDesk solution to desktop multi-touch
To paraphrase Steve Jobs, a central problem with multitouch as a desktop user interface is that we need to work with our hands on the horizontal (think of the keyboard, mouse, or tablet on your desk)...
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Acorn Bags: Awesome bike bags, not so awesome production means
While looking for a place to buy raw leather online for a project I'm working on, I came across Acorn Bags, an anonymous husband-and-wife team who handmake classic-looking saddlebags for bicycles....
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Polar Ice for Sale in Amsterdam
For one week only, you can get your very own piece of polar ice to keep in your freezer at home. Dutch artists Coralie Vogelaar and Teun Castelein have traveled to the Arctic circle to pick up a large...
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simplehuman is Seeking a Graphic Designer in Torrance, CA
Designer, Graphic Design simplehuman Torrance, CA Our California office is looking for an experienced graphic designer with strengths in developing packaging, marketing collateral and on-line...
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The "Crumpled City" map by Emanuele Pizzolorusso
Exploring a new city is great, crappy tourist maps are not. Not only do they stubbornly refuse to return to their original folded form but, consequently, fall to pieces in minutes. God help you if it...
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Bespoke Innovations uses RP to make prosthetics with style
Bespoke Innovations is a San-Francisco-based firm founded by industrial designer Scott Summit and orthopedic surgeon/engineer Dr. Kenneth Trauner. Bespoke is using rapid prototyping to make a product...
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