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Masters of the Cutaway Part 3: Yoshihiro Inomoto
I discovered the work of Yoshohiro Inomoto in a Japanese book from 1986 called Illustrated Transportation that I found buried in the stacks at The Strand Bookstore. While there are a variety of...
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Innovation Gets Tired, Part 2: The Energy Return Wheel
Inventor Brian Russell's Energy Return Wheel is another non-pneumatic tire, but whereas Resilient Technologies' NPT is passive, this one active absorbs and releases energy. As its name implies, the...
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Core77 Year in Review 2011: The Best of Core77
In case you missed it, we've been looking back at 2011 this week in our Core77 Year in Review series. Besides our coverage of this year's news and milestones, we also looked at the cycling movement and...
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Nokia is seeking a Senior Visual Designer in London, UK
Senior Visual Designer NokiaLondon, UK Nokia is seeking an exceptional design talent to build a UX Design team for Smart Devices. The Senior Visual Designer is responsible for the creation of all...
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Masters of the Cutaway Part 4: Stephen Biesty
In this post, I'll look at the cutaways of British illustrator Stephen Biesty, whose love of cross-sections was inspired by the work of L. Ashwell Wood (featured in Part 2). Where many cutaway artists...
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Jake Dyson's Desk Lamp of the Future
Following our series on the story of the modern desk lamp, we now look at what Jake Dyson intends to be the desk lamp of the future—literally: His CSYS LED Task Light is designed with "thermal...
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The Genetics of Design: Juan Enriquez, January 5th @ RISD
On January 5th, the Rhode Island School of Design will be kicking off their inaugural Presidential Speaker Series "Shared Voices" with a presentation from Juan Enriquez, who researches the impact of...
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The Joys of Earthquake-Free Architecture
Admit it: That's the most bad-ass conference room you've ever seen, and one that you'd never see in California. Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and constructed in tectonically-stable...
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Core77 2011 Year in Review: Fine Furniture, Brilliant Lighting and Design...
Furniture and lighting are more or less the bread and butter of an industrial design blog (though these days, we might extend the metaphor to include other grains—products = pasta, technology = rice,...
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Core77 2011 Year in Review: 15 Things to See Before the End of the Year
Wrapping up our Year in Review, we've rounded up our top 15 things you must see this Friday before you checkout to ring in 2012! 1. How Pencils are Made 2. Kawamura Ganjavian's Ostrich for the new...
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"How to Deal with Slow Walkers" Solution for Common Urban Woe
Urban pedestrian traffic is all about flow, and those who interrupt the flow cause a ripple effect of irritation around them. Here in New York I've seen people board a subway car and stop just inside...
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Flotspotting: Super Duty Construction Truck Rendering Porn, Part 1
Jon Pope's eponymous design firm helps companies such as John Deere, Timberjack, and Gehl create cutting-edge cabs and exteriors for a whole range of construction equipment. Their renderings, though,...
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Masters of the Cutaway Part 5: Graham Bleathman
Graham Bleathman is nearly synonymous with Gerry Anderson, pioneer of a plethora of marionette "supermarionation" sci-fi children's shows in the 1960's. But Bleathman did not get involved in the...
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Graffiti Pen Art Zen
In a promo video for Ironlak, the Australian spraypaint company that's currently dominating the street art scene, Dutch artist Does absolutely demolishes any preconceived notions you might have about...
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Ikea's Cardboard Pallets Intrigue
In just a few weeks, Ikea will enact a massive design change that will be largely invisible to consumers: They're ditching wooden shipping pallets in favor of cardboard ones. The furniture giant has...
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Workbench Videos, Part 1: Allan Little's Push-Through Drawers
No piece of furniture fascinates me more than the workbench. They need to be durable, functional, flexible, long-lived, and they serve as both the birthplace and operating table for many a...
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Rebranding Heroes Part 1: X-Men and Jared K. Fletcher
There are definitely some standout designers in the comics industry, ones who really know how to make comic book cover pop, but it's still kind of sad that a well-designed comic cover is so infrequent...
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Eva Zeisel Passes Away at 105
I used to frequent a downtown restaurant called Junno's, which I remember both for their fusion food and because the interior featured a large ceramic room divider designed by Eva Zeisel. I knew...
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Frank Lawlor Solves the Motorola Solutions Problem
No one really seems to actually know what the vaguely named Motorola Solutions does, but Frank Lawlor is working to change that. As Global Brand Creative Director, Lawlor is taking Motorola Solutions...
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Hewlett-Packard is seeking a Global Creative Lead in Houston, Texas
Global 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...
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