Guggenheim's First App: Maurizio Cattelan Retrospective
All, an unconventional retrospective of artist Maurizio Cattelan opened at the Guggenheim in New York on November 4, and with it, appropriately, the museum released its first mobile application to...
View ArticleSeventy Years of Chevy Speedometers
American auto marque Chevrolet has survived to see its 100th birthday this year, unlike sister brand Pontiac's fate, which we commemorated with a photo retrospective. To celebrate Chevy's longevity,...
View ArticleTokyo Designers Week 2011: Award-Winning "Mobile Tail" by Jangwon Park and...
Jangwon Park and Sangwoo Park have come up with an innovative new accessory for mobile phones. As Jangwon puts it, in today's busy society, we have constantly have our phones by our side—whatever...
View ArticleDesign Tide Tokyo 2011: see-saw collection by laugh co.
Images and Reporting by Hayden Martis Founded by Japanese wooden furniture manufacturer laugh, see-saw is a range of everyday day objects from designers Ryohei Yoshiyuki, PANTALOON and Atsushi Suzuki...
View ArticleE-Volo Multicopter Completely Rethinks Helicopter Design
The E-Volo Multicopter, which made its first human-piloted test flight just a few days ago, has a brilliant design that paradoxically seems complex but is in fact more simple than current helicopter...
View ArticleThe Maryland Institute College of Art is seeking Graphic Design Faculty in...
Full-Time Graphic Design Faculty The Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore, Maryland The Graphic Design Department of Maryland Institute College of Art invites applications for a full-time...
View ArticleJames Dyson Award Winner 2011: Airdrop
Are droughts a thing of the past? This year's $14,000 James Dyson Award prize winner Edward Linacre created the Airdrop with the hopes of creating a solution for agriculture in arid regions. Airdrop...
View ArticleMARK YOUR CALENDAR! Core77 Design Awards 2012 Call for Entries, January 17th
The Core77 Design Awards is back and better than ever! Our second annual celebration of design excellence, enterprise and intent is just around the corner so keep us in mind as you finish and file...
View ArticleHeart of Darkness: A Mild Polemic, by Jon Kolko
This is the first post in a year-long series, Apocalypse 2012, where our favorite futurists, resiliency and disaster experts examine the role of design to help you prepare for...the end? It's a pretty...
View ArticleThings That Look Like Other Things: "Drip" Lamp by Fabio Servolo
Italian designer Fabio Servolo's latest project is a concept lamp that makes conservation as easy as flipping a light switch... or something to that effect:Drip is a table lamp that looks like and...
View ArticleKouichi Okamoto's Aluminum Wire Composition Chair
From the You've-Gotta-Be-Kidding-Me department: Kouichi Okamoto built this entire chair out of aluminum wire and...nothing else. The whole thing is made from aluminum wire with no fasteners at all, it...
View ArticleTonite in Portland! A Chinatown Trifecta - Clear Skies, Open Studios and Hot...
A solicitation on the streets of Chinatown to buy a tiny ziplock bag of goodies? Twenty years ago we would have been thrown in the hoosegow. But this offer is on the up and up, for not only is it...
View ArticleAU 2011: IDsketching's Spencer Nugent Talks Sketch
For those of you who were awaiting the soundless video, it's been fixed. Enjoy! One of the great things about Autodesk University is the extremely talented speakers and presenters they consistently...
View ArticleDane Whitehurst's Products for the Modern Thinker
While Dane Whitehurst has a pretty decent dayjob as the Creative Director of Burgopak, a packaging design company, the London-based designer has also been known to dabble in "Products for the Modern...
View ArticleLUNAR Presents "Behind the Design of SANDBOX"
Our friends at Palo Alto's Lunar are always up to something, and they're happy to share their insights. Their most recent video presents the inspiration behind their forthcoming "SANDBOX" table...
View ArticleDesign Tide Tokyo 2011: Redefining "Buying" through Design at Yu Yamada's (SHOP)
Junya Hirokawa Editor, Nikkei Design Magazine As they've done in the past, the 2011 Design Tide Tokyo event hosted a number of extension venues exhibiting creative work across the city. Among these,...
View ArticleHybrid "BoxBag" Inspired by New Zealand Foodways
Fish and Chips have been part of New Zealand culture for many years and is known as a dish icon of the nation. Whatever the origin, New Zealanders chomp their way through about seven million servings...
View ArticleIDEO.org is seeking IDEO.org Fellows in San Francisco, California
IDEO.org Fellow IDEO.orgSan Francisco, California IDEO.org is a new non-profit that brings design solutions to poverty-focused problem solvers around the world. The IDEO.org Fellowship Program enables...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide 2011 Roundup
It's that time of year again! While we certainly hope to have all of your gift-giving needs (and wants) covered with our own perennial Ultimate Gift Guide, we're impressed with what our fellow web...
View ArticleCore77 Ultimate Gift Guide 2011 Featured Item: Extend Your Ground Beef
2011 has been a hard year. Global Revolution! Natural disasters! Bankruptcy! What's next? We're not hedging bets for 2012 just yet, but in case things don't turn out the way you'd expected, we've got...
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