Unusual Vintage Furniture Designs: The Super-Organizing Wooton Desk
Here's a photo of the ticket to the Powerball that I didn't win—I was so sure, this time—and some random pieces of paper that've been sitting on my desk. You'll notice they're all different sizes; if I...
View ArticleReader Submitted: Omni-Spoon
Omni-Spoon is an adjustable measuring spoon. Utilizing a special plunger function, it combines a complete set of measuring spoons into one device. With a built in level, there will no longer be a need...
View ArticleMan Carves Wonderfully Livable Home Out of a Cave
After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2007, a Briton named Angelo Mastropietro was temporarily paralyzed. After recovering, Mastropietro began to get the most out of his newly-appreciated,...
View ArticleGetting Over the Expedit: A More Compact Way to Store Vinyl LPs
It's been almost two years since Ikea discontinued their famous Expedit, and we know that some of you vinyl record owners are still down about it. That rational, perfectly-sized grid was the ideal way...
View ArticleWhat is Sustainable Design Fiberboard?
In some ways, MDF is lousy stuff: You can ruin it with a single spilled cup of coffee, it doesn't take fasteners well, it has virtually no structural properties and machining it kicks up a horrific...
View ArticleHow Swiss Type Designers Found Themselves Recreating a Soviet-Era Children’s Toy
The Swiss type foundry Grilli Type likes to do as much as it can to bring its letterforms to life. “For us, it's always important to also create this visual world around our typefaces, to make them...
View ArticleHow Does All of That Garbage Get Into the Ocean in the First Place?
As ID students at Pratt, my buddy and I were drinking beers one night in his dorm room. Maybe we were old enough to drink, maybe we weren't, maybe you should mind your own business. In any case, after...
View ArticleWe Can't Wait to See Your Work in the 2016 Core77 Design Awards
Are you ready? More importantly, is your work ready? The 2016 Core77 Design Awards is officially open for entries so choose your best design projects from last year and enter them today! 2016 marks the...
View ArticleCore77 is Hosting Our First Twitter Chat and You're Invited
Mark your calendars! Save the date! Core77 is excited to announce our very first Twitter chat with Eastman Innovation Lab and SHiFT Design Camp. Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag...
View Article31 Days Without Chewing
You can get food everywhere these days, at the bookshop, at train stations, at airports, etc. It seems like anywhere you go, someone is trying to sell you food. Even if you aren't hungry at all, the...
View ArticleManufacturer Supposedly Scales Up Drone to Autonomously Carry Humans
Whenever people say we'll one day upload our consciousnesses into the cloud, I point out that I can't even get my podcasts to sync. Although my consciousness is probably not more than a gig or two, I...
View ArticleDesign Job: Help Derse Realize a Vision as an Exhibits Designer in...
Ideal candidates will be able to provide design visuals to communicate creative concepts to client, account executive, estimating and production. They should have a bachelor’s degree in Design, and a...
View ArticleMan Converts Van into Wood-Paneled Home for His Perpetual Roadtrip
In 2013, Sheffield, UK-based Mike Hudson quit his job and started giving his possessions away. "I put things outside onto the street with notes saying 'free'. I gave away the sofas, the bed, chairs,...
View Article3-Ring Binders: Beyond the Basics
The two main ways to organize papers are files and binders; either can work fine, so it's largely a matter of personal preference. Fortunately, end users who prefer binders have a number of choices...
View ArticleWe're on Twitter Chatting About Design Education
It's time for our first ever Core77 Twitter chat and we want you to be part of the conversation! Login to Twitter and follow along using the hashtag #EILConvos. It's easy! Beginning at 1PM EST, we'll...
View ArticleReader Submitted: Apex Camping Shelter by GO! Outfitters
The Apex Camping Shelter is a versatile, high quality weather shelter that will protect you and your gear from rain, wind, sun, and even snow. This tarp was designed for hammock camping and as an...
View ArticleResearchers Discover New Planet—in OUR Solar System
In 2005, space nerds everywhere were disappointed when Pluto was ruled a non-planet. Scientific bodies deemed it too small to qualify; you can see its scale versus Earth below, in this exclusive image...
View ArticleWatching Paint Spin Off of a Drill Bit in Super Slow-Mo is Surprisingly...
The Slow-Mo Guys are at it again with their fancy six-figure camera that shoots 2,500 frames per second. This time they're taking a drill bit (a 3/8" by the looks of it), rolling it in wet paint and...
View ArticleDesign Job: Panasonic Appliances Seeks Local Industrial Designer in Kuala...
This local Malaysian candidate will be responsible for conceptualizing & designing new consumer products, focusing on home appliances. They'll be in charge of the entire design development process...
View ArticleA Magazine That Luxuriates in Design’s Subtleties and Obscurities
Everyone knows that print is dead, but anyone who visits the newsstand regularly has probably noticed that there are an awful lot of good-looking independent magazines that seem to be flourishing in...
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