Ikea Launches Experimental Design Lab
Ikea has just launched Space10, an experimental design lab that gathers creatives from around the world to seek out and solve urban living problems. Equal parts design studio, skunkworks, exchange...
View ArticleArtist Creates Two "Extreme Ikea Hacks" for Space10
After creating the built-ins for Space10, Ikea's experimental design lab, architecture firm Spacon & X still needed to source some furniture. They had the brilliant idea of asking Maaike Fransen, a...
View ArticleDesign Job: Interaction Designer for Automotive in Gothenburg, Sweden
Interaktionsbyrån seeks an interaction designer, with the knowledge of how to achieve a great user experience for digital products, to help them stay at the fore-front of transforming the world´s...
View ArticleHacking Art to Provide Changing Data Feedback
In our homes and offices, there are at least two things we look at that are on vertical surfaces: Art and feedback displays. We hang paintings and photographs for pleasure and ambience, while we rely...
View ArticleIkea's Already Helped Mainstream Wireless Charging. Will They Lead the Charge...
When Ikea rolled out their line of wireless charging furniture and objects, it essentially established that the technology is now mainstream. But as revolutionary as these affordable objects are, they...
View ArticleReader Submitted: Plug Table: A Dual Solution to Furniture Assembly and...
It is a matter of fact that when we purchase a piece of furniture, we are often inevitably forced to deal with issues of assembly and transportation. These "problematic" aspects of furniture production...
View ArticleReference: Common Dimensions, Angles and Heights for Seating Designers
Furniture dimensions don't come out of the air. They come out of heavy research that, thankfully, a lot of people have already done for us and written books on; if you're a designer, you ought have a...
View ArticleMalkovich & Rodriguez Make a Movie That Won't Be Released Until 2115
Most of us would love to design an object that people were still using after our deaths. But would you work on a project that could only be experienced after you, your children and your grandchildren...
View ArticleGift Pick for Letter Lovers: The Brass Clampersand
The Clampersand is back! The first physical pun of pure Core77 origin was originally designed by Tony Ruth in a Lunchbreath Coretoon, and it's now available in solid glittering brass. This limited...
View ArticleHow Craftspeople Built Height-Adjustable Shelves Before the Industrial...
Even in the 19th Century, people had a need for adjustable shelving. A retailer might need to change shelf heights to display new wares; and on the domestic front, if you purchased a Sega Genesis and...
View Article2015 European Bike Stealing Championships Rig Bicycles Up with Powder Bomb...
We Love Cycling put together this awesome video of the 2015 European Bike Stealing Championships, whereby hidden cameras are placed in three cities where bike theft is a major problem. Bait bikes are...
View ArticleStoring Fragile Christmas Ornaments
As a professional organizer, I've seen clients open boxes of fragile ornaments only to find a number of them were broken. End users with precious delicate ornaments are going to be well served by...
View ArticleReader Submitted: Smart Ped, Smart Kick Scooter
The Smart Ped is a smart, foldable and electric kick scooter. If you look closely, there is a white hub integrated into the rear wheel— this is where the magic happens. The motor, batteries and forward...
View ArticleAnalog Gift Ideas, Elegant Boozing and a Designer Starter Kit
This holiday, share your Ultimate Gift Guide with Core77 for a chance to gift yourself some fun prizes. We're on the lookout for your Top 5 gift ideas for the holidays and will reward the best gift...
View ArticleTony Hawk Creates, Conquers First-Ever Horizontal Skateboard Loop
For those that haven't seen it, take a look at the elliptical, Philip-Johnson-designed "Lipstick Buiding" in midtown Manhattan:In design school, one of our professors told us that when the building was...
View ArticleWeekly Maker's Roundup
Magnetic, No-Math Hexagonal CoastersBob Clagett shows a cool project you can make out of pieces of scrap wood: Hexagonal coasters that stick together magnetically. He reveals how to quickly draw a...
View ArticleHow to Build a Simple Chair-Designing Rig
One way to design a chair is to start with the hard measurements, using handy reference guides like these. But some of you may prefer to "feel" your way around the problem, setting up planes at...
View ArticleDesign Job: Industrial Designer for a Self-Driving Car in Mountain View, CA
To land this position, you should be able to merge the technical issues associated with complex engineering with the simplicity and elegance of "good" design to look for ways to streamline the user...
View ArticleAmazon Releases New Footage of What Appears to Be a Massive Delivery Drone
I'm not surprised that Amazon is pressing ahead with their drone delivery initiative, and I even think they stand a chance of winning the regulatory approval they seek. I was not surprised when they...
View ArticleReader Submitted: 3D Printed Engine
This 3D printed model is based on a flat two-cylinder internal combustion engine. Engines using this geometry are commonly found in motorcycles and small aircraft. The design is intended for the...
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