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"THIS toothbrush": Twig tooth-cleanser by Leen Sadder
At the School of Visual Arts, Core77's own Allan Chochinov challenged students on his 3D Design course to redesign the first thing they threw out after class. Finding herself chucking an empty tube of...
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Poor Man's 911: Full Size Pedal-Powered Porsche Model
Its safe to say that few of us could afford the $150,000+ price tag of a Porsche 911 GT3 RS—but equally this would inspire yet fewer into actually fashioning one ourselves. Remarkably a group of...
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DIY Panton Chair by Peter Jakubik
If you've been inspired by yesterday's Poor Man's Porsche, but are feeling that recreating it might be a bit of stretch of your skills and/or patience, then you might like to consider the simple...
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Teague is Seeking an Account Manager in Seattle
Account Manager TeagueSeattle, WA The Account Manager ultimately owns the account/client relationship and is responsible for the overall budget and revenue for the account. The Account Manager has...
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Bent plywood chess table that can do a "save game"
In this day and age, who's actually got time to locate an opponent and sit down to play a physical chess match? And even if you make it happen, how many moves can you get in before you're interrupted...
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Braun turns 90, keeps it pretty darn quiet
Tomorrow is the 90th anniversary of Braun, the Ramsian powerhouse of clean design that, yes, has been around since 1921 and was founded by Max Braun. After Max died in the '50s, sons Artur and Erwin...
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Got an ID question? Check out our discussion boards
Have you checked out the Core77 discussion boards lately? Undoubtedly some of you don't even know it exists, but you should, and here's why: Post a question, boom, get an answer. People love showing...
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Active seating from Aeris: Sit without sitting
The Muvman (below) is a very different seating device by Aeris, the German manufacturer of active seating that brought you the Swopper (above). The idea behind the height-adjustable Muvman...
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Announcing the 2011 Futuristic Car Design Competition
Attention student designers: The Korea Institute of Design Promotion presents a global competition seeking your visions of the cars of tomorrow. Deadline: March 9, 2011 The Korea Institute of Design...
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PhillyCHI 5th Annual DesignSlam Winners
Design firm Bresslergroup hosted PhillyCHI's 5th annual Design Slam Friday evening, partnering for the first time with the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). PhillyCHI's Design Slam is an...
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Design Loves Art at the Pacific Design Center
Running through March, the Design Loves Art show, hosted by the Pacific Design Center, is an emerging arts program inviting galleries, local artists, curators and filmmakers who, "reflect particularly...
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A POV on the future of the Automobile
A few of us in creative leadership at frog design got talking about the future of the automobile. As an industry going though massive change, a category we work in and an object designers love to...
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Breville is Seeking an Industrial Designer in Sydney
Industrial Designer BrevilleSydney, Australia Designers, are you a Food Thinker? Do you like to challenge current thinking, find new ways, leave no stone unturned, re-think the obvious, push the...
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Ikea's new look?
For years Ikea showrooms have had a certain modern aesthetic, and if I had to nail it down to two colors I'd say blonde-wood and silver. But their recent booth at Toronto's 2011 Interior Design Show,...
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Core77 circa 1997
Instagram is the name of a photo-sharing app, and a user known only as "Jon" has used it to post a photo of Core77's homepage circa 1997. Jon, where on Earth did you dig up this fossil? As you can...
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The Big Buzz...Beepods
Urban Beekeeping has been experiencing a true revival over the last couple of years, with alarming news about declining bee populations and the catastrophic consequences of this trend. The Beepod, a...
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Awesome Autodesk Puzzle Game App
You might rock at Tetris, Bejeweled or Angry Birds, but let's face it, you've developed skills that are largely worthless in the real world. Wouldn't it be cool if a puzzle game you've burned countless...
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Inventables materials for lighting designers
A couple of cool LED-light-related materials over at Inventables, "the innovator's hardware store:" Reflective Light Pipes and LED Light Diffusing Plastic Compounds. The Light Pipes are like gasless...
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Book Review: Living with Complexity, by Donald Norman
A photograph of Al Gore's messy office opens Donald Norman's new book Living with Complexity. At first this reviewer looked at the office and the piles of paper in judgment and then began to realize...
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Google Art Project: Best Art Project Ever?
I've always wanted to see Botticelli's Birth of Venus in person at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and now, thanks to Google, I can. Launched today, Google Art Project is like a google maps tour of the...
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