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Chisel Skills: Watch a German Craftsman Swiftly Create a Christmas "Spanning...
As we descend into holiday commercialism, folks around the world are towing their kids down to the shopping districts to see the retail store windows. But parents who live in the region of Germany's...
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LAST CALL: $1000 in Prizes for Your Top 5 Ultimate Gift Guide
Gift yourself this holiday with Core77's Top 5 Ultimate Gift Guide Showdown! Share your holiday wishlist with us by Monday for a chance to win awesome prizes including an Apple Watch and SONOS...
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Weekly Maker's Roundup
How a YouTube Maker Got Started (and Gets Paid)Some of you are undoubtedly wondering: How did these various YouTube makers get started? And how do they make money? Here David Picciuto relates his own...
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Injection Molding But Were Afraid...
You, our core audience, know more about injection molding than most. Some of you don't know anything about it at all. Whichever camp you're in, you should watch this video by Bill Hammack, a/k/a...
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Algorithmic Archery
When the Optimal Bow Teknika first made its way into my inbox, I was skeptical. Featuring belly-baring women and a twisted piece of metal weaponry, the promotional materials looked like something out...
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Final Chance to Win the Top 5 Ultimate Gift Guide Showdown
It's Monday and besides a few emails (and a meeting or two), admit it—there's not that much to do. Channel all that online shopping you've been doing into a holiday wishlist for your friends, loved...
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Reader Submitted: Dripo: A Portable Iced-Drip Coffee System
"Dripo" is an elegant iced-drip coffee maker designed to make the process of cold brewing coffee easier. It's a 3-in-1 iced-drip coffee maker that can also be used as a cold-brew coffee maker or coffee...
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As Gun Sales Rise, Gun-Concealing Furniture Designs Proliferate
People cannot agree on gun control laws in America, but one point is not in doubt: Gun sales are on the rise. Following mass shootings, of which we have plenty, firearm manufacturers and retailers...
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Making a Working Fender Stratocaster Out of Cardboard
California-based Signal Snowboards has been running an interesting video series called Cardboard Chaos. In partnership with cardboard experts Ernest Packaging Solutions, they try to see how far they...
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Impeccable Kitchen Picks: FINEX Cast Iron Pans
FINEX Cast Iron holds a special place in the kitchen and in our hearts. What began as a wingnutty labor of design love has burgeoned into a line of cool, practical and seriously well-made modern...
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Design Job: Create uplifting spaces at ICON Aircraft as their next Interior...
You'll develop conceptual and on-brand designs for production facilities, offices, show rooms, work spaces, exhibits, stores and mobile rigs. Expectations include enthusiastically diving into designing...
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Product Design Pitfalls: When a Useful Object Becomes a Brick in Three Years
Executing good industrial design is hard. This object here perfectly illustrates the gulf between the designer's intent and the end user's experience. It also shows how a device that was initially...
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Tonight at Curiosity Club: The Origins of Portland Punk
Every city has a different relationship with punk rock, most of them messy and irreverent. Portland is no exception, and tonight we'll hear about its earliest days from Mark Sten, musician and author...
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Greta Magnusson Grossman’s Glorious Swedish-Californian Mash-Up
This is the latest installment of our Designing Women series. Previously, we profiled the graphic designer Elaine Lustig Cohen.Portrait of Greta Magnusson Grossman, circa 1949, courtesy the Greta...
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Concrete Desk Accessories
I have a relative so old-school that he still keeps a baseball bat behind the door to his office. He's a respectable small business owner that came up in New York City's '60s and bad '70s, eras when...
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From Sheet to Seat, Updated: Video of Robert Van Embricqs' Slat-Based...
Designer Robert Van Embricqs first caught our eye a few years ago for his unique take on flatpack furniture. Back then it was all still photos; now, as he's gained acclaimed and traveled the world...
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Announcing the Core77 Ultimate Gift Guide Showdown Winners!
It's been a wild ride, but the Core77 Ultimate Gift Guide Showdown has finally come to a close. Thanks to all of you, our first annual gift guide competition was a hit— and man, was it hard to pick the...
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Sputniko! Creates Genetically Engineered Silk Dresses
Sputniko! (aka Hiromi Ozaki) recently launched a new project, Tranceflora – Amy's Glowing Silk, in an exhibition at Gucci's gallery space in Tokyo. In this project, she explores the intersection of...
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What is Discursive Design?
Ask any designer if they’ve heard of critical design, design fiction, speculative design, or discursive design and you’ll almost certainly get a “yes.” Ask if they can differentiate between them, and...
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Design Job: Build dynamic display environments as EurOptimum Display Inc.'s...
EurOptimum is seeking an experienced Industrial Designer with superior communication, attention to detail, and SolidWorks skills. Exposure to the signage and display industry/large scale print files is...
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