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Meet the Core77 Design Awards Jury Captains for Open Design, Packaging,...
Haven't submitted your best work from 2015 to the Core77 Design Awards yet? What are you waiting for? You have until March 8th to submit while the regular pricing is still in effect, and the absolute...
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Sex Toys: A Short Version of a Rather Long History
No need to be shy, human beings have been exploring sexuality since the dawn of time and as it turns out, sex toys have been around for just as long. The history of their design offers a strange, often...
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Reader Submitted: Electron Chair: A Waste-Free Flat Pack Furniture Solution...
Electron Chair by LOCK is a new concept in flat-pack furniture. The chair combines art design, ergonomics, innovative engineering and puzzle structure. The Electron Chair is not just a typical chair,...
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3D Printing, Yay or Nay? Tell us How You Really Feel During Tomorrow's...
We know you have opinions about the future for 3D printing so here's the chance to tell us how you really feel. Join the Core77 editors (@core77) and Eastman Innovation Lab for a lively discussion...
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Wheels That Permit 360-Degree Movement—Without Turning
Did you see Nissan's self-organizing chair video? In one of the cutaways revealing the stripped chair base, the sharp-eyed among you may have spotted some rather funky-looking wheels:Those are called...
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Puzzle Maker Tony Fisher Creates Gigantic, Workable Rubik's Cube
Here's a job description you don't hear every day: Tony Fisher is a full-time professional puzzle maker. Britain-based Fisher has been at it since 1980, when he became fascinated—some might say...
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Design Job: Have Creativity Brewing in Your Belly? Join Taphandles as Their...
You'll see production samples of your design efforts in a matter of weeks and production pieces hit the market in a matter of months. You'll contribute to and assist in bringing concepts to life from...
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From the Archive: Building an Open-Source, Multivibrating Dildo
In the summer of 2013, Andy Quitmeyer was teaching electronics workshops to scientists in the jungles of Panama as part of his dissertation, when he met a woman with a very specific project in mind: a...
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Cool Space-Saving Table from a Designer Who Disappeared
Sometimes designers become briefly famous or micro-famous, then just fall off the face of the Earth. I was reminded of this as I saw this GIF making the social media rounds, of course with no mention...
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Using Shelves to Make the Most of Any Available Wall Space
When I work with clients needing more storage space, the walls are one place where we look for options. As I've noted before, wall-mounted shelves can be used in spaces where floor-based shelving won't...
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We're on Twitter Chatting About the Future of 3D Printing
As you're waiting for your prototype to print, log onto Twitter and join this month's Eastman Innovation Lab Twitter Chat about the future of 3D printing. We have a panel of international experts...
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Social Change Takes Center Stage at Design Indaba 2016
Each year, Cape Town transforms for one week to host the annual Design Indaba Conference. For 21 years, the city has celebrated creativity with the three-day conference attracting some of the finest...
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Before Nike, This is How Footwear was Made
Can you imagine being the last industrial/graphic/fashion/interior designer, not just in your town, but in your country? Imagine that design is not being taught anymore and you are literally the last...
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Get Lit, The Lamp Show Comes to Brooklyn
From the street, the 99¢ Plus Gallery emits a yellow glow. The strange glow is partially due to its illuminated contents, but mostly due to the primary yellow coat of paint applied to the floor and...
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Cool Design for a Single-User Mobile Lifting and Transporting Device
Last year we showed you this cool crane that folds into the bumper of your truck. This year we've spotted another neat power lifting device, this one completely mobile, which allows a single user to...
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An Alternative to Factory Farming
Let's talk about those things that make eggs, chickens. There are different ways in which farmers house chickens: pumped up in cramped cages, free-range (mostly clustered in a warehouse but sometimes...
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Creating Complicated Shapes by Hand, Faster than a 3D Printer, Using...
I became so fascinated by Jeremy Atkinson's strange-looking tools (seen in the "Tales of Forgotten Crafts" video) that I had to look into them. And I'm glad I did. Because those three ancient,...
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Italian Industrialist Passes Away, Has His Ashes Interred in His Company's...
You undoubtedly recognize this object:However, unless you got an "A" in History of Industrial Design 101, you may not know the story behind it. Here it is.If you wanted an espresso in...
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Reader Submitted: W Chair: for Healthy Sitting
This ergonomic chair with unique geometry keeps your back straight while you are working and improves concentration and productivity. Design modelsSketchesView the full project here
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BioLite PowerLight Mini: A Nightlight Right For All Types of Life
If you've been following BioLite for the last few years you'll remember them for their biofuel camp stoves and innovative electricity-generating tech. This season they're released a new suite of gear,...
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