Build a Better Business--with Lego
Tired of Chris-Farley-like motivational speakers botching Trust Falls in the conference room? Here's a different way to build a better team at work: Lego Serious Play. Lego Serious Play is a...
View ArticleHell in a Handbasket: Ikea's Manland
Ikea has converted the Boyfriend Bench into a fully furnished space. Earlier this month the Ikea in Sydney, Australia ran a four-day trial of Manland, a short-term area for males to park themselves...
View ArticleCore77 Design Award 2011: Tall Furniture, Winner for DIY / Hack / Mod
Over the next months we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas from this year's Core77 Design Awards! For full details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the...
View ArticleAsian Art Museum is seeking an Exhibition Designer in San Francisco, CA
Exhibition Designer Asian Art MuseumSan Francisco, CA The Asian Art Museum seeks a skilled, imaginative, and creative designer to translate conceptual ideas into compelling exhibitions. Reporting to...
View ArticlePavegen, Former ID Student's Electricity-Generating Floor Tile, Gaining Traction
Several years ago, British entrepreneur Laurence Kemball-Cook built his first Pavegen electricity generating prototype while studying Industrial Design & Technology at Loughborough University. The...
View ArticlePresentation: The Three Stories Every Designer Must Tell, by Paul Backett
Setting up for a presentation in the Ziba auditorium This is the final post in a 6-part series from Ziba's Industrial Design Director, Paul Backett, on rethinking design education. Read the...
View ArticleTwo Ways to Get Rid of a 'Fridge: Throw it in a Volcano, or Recycle it in an...
On Friday's premiere of An Idiot Abroad, Karl Pilkinton visited a volcano in Vanuatu—and proclaimed it the ultimate garbage disposal. "I always thought it'd be handy having a volcano close to hand...
View ArticleCoroflot Genius Gallery - The Grand Finale
As our loyal readers should certainly know, this is the fourteenth and final installment of the weekly Coroflot Genius Gallery, showcasing over a hundred portfolios over the summer of 2011. From...
View ArticleLondon Design Festival 2011: "Cricket Stools" by Pierre Ospina at Tent London
Taking advantage of his adopted country's national obsession, French-born London-based designer Pierre Ospina has produced the cunning "Cricket Stool" from repurposed cricket bats; some of which...
View ArticleNor-winning: 100% Norway's Martin Solem takes Best New Product Award
Up above are the prototypes of Martin Solem's Daddy Long Legs stools, which were awarded Best New Product for this year's Blueprint Design Awards. The stools were on display at 100% Design in London,...
View ArticleCore77 Design Award 2011: Design Play, Student Winner for Strategy/Research
Over the next months we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas from this year's Core77 Design Awards! For full details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the...
View ArticleOregon Manifest 2011: Fuseproject x SyCip Designs On the Road
The design blogosphere has been abuzz with Fuseproject's announcement of their creative collaboration with Santa Rosa's SyCip Designs, which they've dubbed "LOCAL." The design is credited to...
View ArticleBlissmobox: Carefully Curated, Less Expensive Monthly Greenery
Leading a green, healthy lifestyle can be an expensive proposition, as the attendant products always seem to cost more than their less healthful counterparts. Plus there's always that fear that a...
View ArticleLondon Design Festival 2011: A Walking Exhibition
London-based designer Bethan Laura Wood really identifies totally with her own designs—wearing them always herself, and therefore exposing them in a wonderful and very convincing way. We bumped into...
View ArticleCuriosity Club Q+A with Oved Valadez, David Thorpe and Tom Lakovic
Tomorrow, Tuesday Sept. 27th, Core77 welcomes Oved Valadez, David Thorpe and Tom Lakovic of INDUSTRY for our bi-weekly creative speaker series: The Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club hosted at the...
View ArticleCore77 at Beijing Design Week: Innovation across Borders
Core77 presents: Innovation across Borders A Conversation with Chris Hosmer (Continuum) Paul Priestman (Priestmangoode) Where do great ideas spring from? When is inspiration found locally? Globally?...
View ArticleBeijing Design Week 2011: Highlights from 751 D-Park
Situated on the grounds of a former power plant, 751 D-Park has become a center for Beijing's design scene housing interior designers, furniture showrooms and fashion firms. The area has recently been...
View ArticleBeijing Design Week 2011: Connecting Concepts at the Dutch Design Generator
"Ordinary Carbon Bike" made of carbon strands dipped in epoxy, by Tjeerd Veenhoven The fourth stop on a year-long traveling tour, Connecting Concepts is an ambitious exhibition exploring sustainable...
View ArticleCore77 Design Award 2011: Coat Check Chair, Notable for Speculative Objects /...
Over the next months we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas from this year's Core77 Design Awards! For full details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard is seeking a Creative Lead in Houston, Texas
Creative Lead Hewlett-PackardHouston, Texas Hewlett-Packard is seeking an exceptionally talented designer to join the award winning Mobile PC design team. This individual will play a major role in...
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