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FunRetro: Vintage office supplies and more
With all the junk you've gotta wade through on eBay and Etsy to find the good stuff, I was stunned to find a woman with a deep and well-curated selection of vintage products. The stuff user FunRetro...
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The Easy-Pour 2.6 gallon: Fiskars do it again
Since discovering the multifunctional delights of the Cuts+More scissors last month, our love for all things Fiskars has been heartily renewed. Perhaps the only thing more impressive than the Fiskars...
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Coalesse is Seeking a User Insights Specialist in San Francisco
User Insights Specialist Coalesse San Francisco We're looking for a Design Researcher to help evolve a new furniture offering that is focused on the intersection of work life and lifestyle for...
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MMMM, Deadlicious: Lucha Libre Chocolats from Paris
Too late for our Gift Guide - too cool to ignore! Biting down with a Second-Third Molar Combo would be the obvious move when encountering these Lucha Libre themed treats. Seemingly only available for...
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Humongo is Seeking an Interactive Designer in Danbury, CT
Interactive Designer Humongo Danbury, CT Some news from the awesome department: we're looking for an interactive designer to join team Humongo! Here's the facts: You are: A super talented interactive...
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Industrial Design History postage stamps!
Looks like our industry's finally getting a little postal love. In July of this year, the United States Postal Service will release a limited-edition set of stamps commemorating some of industrial...
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How to benefit from the general public's lack of ID education: Collect
Wouldn't it be awesome to spend your spare time hunting for ID treasures? There's an article in Canada's Telegraph-Journal focused on individuals "who are doing their part to foster good industrial...
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Unsung ID'ers: Scott Collins
The thing I love about local papers as opposed to the nationals is that the former will take the time to look at "small-time" designers, not just the superstars. I put "small-time" in quotes because...
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Is an inferior design still inferior if more people can afford it?
It might be called Compromise Design: If cost constraints would prevent the perfect object from being commercially successful, is it better to design something with inferior performance but feasible...
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"Sustainable Refrainables" Poster Design Competition: Vote for the Winners!
We just wrapped up the "Sustainable Refrainables" Poster Design Competition and we're asking for your help to choose 5 winners who will each receive a copy of Adobe's CS5 Master Collection. The most...
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Documenting repurposed architecture: Paho Mann and the Circle (K) of Life
To us creatives, the stereotype (and now, myth) of the SoHo artist's loft is perhaps the most romanticized and alluring example of repurposed space we can think of. A massive industrial space with...
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Object ownership reduction by Tsh Oxenreider
Last month I referenced Michelle Passoff's anti-clutter book, which was released in 1998; a more recent guide to keeping your objects in order is Tsh Oxenreider's "Organized Simplicity: The...
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How to make an American football
Colloquially it's called a pigskin, but the modern American football is in fact made of cow. Which you'll see in the video below, shot at the Wilson Sporting Goods factory in Ohio. As Kottke has...
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Pantone's Color of the Year for 2011
You would think they'd number it 2011, but no, that little chip above is sticking with 18-2120. The color's name is Honeysuckle, and colormeister Pantone has designated it the Color of the Year for...
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New Balance is Seeking an Apparel Designer II in Boston, MA
Apparel Designer II New BalanceBoston, MA As the Designer II Apparel, you will be responsible for applying your strong design skills, innovative thinking and technical experience to the conceptual...
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Andrew Salomone's amusing Identity-Preserving Balaclava offers "all the...
It's still freezing here in NYC, and having just come back inside, my exposed face feels like I shaved with gasoline. Few weeks ago I wrote a post lamenting the unfriendly look of ski masks. In...
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Ten One Design bringing tactility to touchscreens
We've seen this idea before, just not applied to the iPad: Ten One Design's Fling, a suction-cup tactile controller for touchscreens, when your finger just won't cut it. We know it sounds antithetical...
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Core77 Announces Autism Connects, an International Design Student Competition!
Core77 & Autism Speaks are proud to launch Autism Connects, an international student design competition to help individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The Challenge Design students are...
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Ascendings: Building a better staircase using modular components
Stephen Ronsheim is the other kind of industrial designer, the kind that designs industrial machines and assembly lines. While remodeling his own home, he ran into a design problem. In solving it, may...
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Yet another alternative design for wind farms
The neat inflatable wind turbine we looked at earlier this week solves a materials/cost problem, but it doesn't solve the eyesore problem that keeps some communities opposed to wind farms. So here...
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