Nice to See: Zooka Bluetooth Speakers Set New Standard for iPad Audio
Portland, OR-based design studio New isn't, um, new to the portable audio game: their portfolio includes work for the likes of Logitech and UltimateEars, among other high-profile clients. However, the...
View ArticleSeung Yong Song's Surprising Spin on Space-Saving Furniture
Though educated at France's Ecole Superieure d'Art et de Design de Reims, designer Seung Yong Song is based in space-tight Seoul. Song's solution for creating storage space and privacy is to take a...
View ArticleEasy As 123: Porsche 356 in Five-Part Factory Tour from the 60s
This has been online for a while now, but we recently came across this remarkably detailed and well-produced (for the early 60's) documentary on how the iconic Porsche 356 is manufactured. It's not...
View ArticlePurpose is seeking a Freelance Interactive/UX Designer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Freelance Interactive/UX Designer PurposeRio de Janeiro, Brazil Purpose Brazil is looking for a UX Designer to work at our Innovation Lab in Rio de Janeiro (in-house). They are looking for someone...
View ArticleCore77 Photo Gallery: New York International Gift Fair Winter 2012
Photography by Glen Jackson Taylor and Ray Hu for Core77 The winter edition of the New York International Gift Fair kicked the year off with some fresh new kitchenware, lot's of eco-friendly toys,...
View ArticleNYC Gets a BIG Heart
Folks, today is February 14th. For me that means that tonight the Knicks play the Raptors, but to a more romantically-inclined subset of you, it's Valentine's Day. In celebration of the latter, New...
View ArticleCLOG : APPLE on (Select) Newsstands Now, NYC Launch Event on Friday
Our friends at CLOG magazine are pleased to announce the release of the second issue of their editorial endeavor, a premium print publication that takes on a single topic at length, from multiple...
View ArticleMeet Wendy, HWKN's winning proposal for 2012 MoMA PS1 Young Architect's Program
New Yorkers know local architects HWKN for Il Laboratorio del Gelato, where the only thing better than the space is the ice cream, but the firm got their first big break working with Diller Scofidio +...
View ArticleAndrew Perkins' Innovative Wood-Metal Blending
We like San-Francisco-based furniture designer Andrew Perkins' take on sustainability: "Sustainable design is foremost about the quality and emotional longevity of the object," he writes. "[I know]...
View ArticleiF Design 2012 Gold Award-Winners - Product Design Picks
All images courtesy of iF Design Awards This past weekend saw the first comprehensive iF Design Awards night at Munich's BMW World, which hosted the presentation, dinner reception and late-night...
View ArticleBest of Stockholm Design Week: Note Studio
A lot of great studios strutted their stuff at last week's Stockholm Design Week, including Note Design Studio. Their Marginal Notes #2 exhibition showcased an utterly unique approach to design. After...
View ArticleThe North Face is seeking a Sr. Designer in San Leandro, California
Sr. Designer The North FaceSan Leandro, California The North Face is seeking a Senior Designer whose primary responsibilities will be to provide design work of innovative and technologically advanced...
View ArticleEmbark: Navigating NYC Subways via Good Design
Massimo Vignelli's original 1972 NYC Subway Map New Yorkers can be finicky about navigating their subway system. In 1972, Massimo Vignelli designed a map for it that was simple, beautiful and readable,...
View Article2012 IDEA Awards Deadline Extended to February 24
It's your lucky day! The IDSA has extended its late entry period for this year's IDEA Awards to give you an extra week and a half to wrapup your entry and get it out the door. Since 1980, the IDSA has...
View ArticleWhat's the Difference Between a Composite and a Monomaterial Composite?
made with Tegris This is a good week for materials geeks. Readers have written in about two more composite materials, one that fits into the family populated by the Tegris and Pure materials, and one...
View ArticleBizarre British Anti-Crime Designs from the '50s/'60s
It's like something out of James Bond's "Q" department: Some very strange British anti-crime designs from the late '50s and early '60s have been archived by UK-based media company British Pathe,...
View ArticleKickstarter Project: Chatype, Chattanooga's New Visual Identity
While Robbie de Villiers and Jeremy Dooley want to design the typeface Chatype to celebrate everything that the growing community of Chattanooga, Tennessee has to offer, I'm supporting them on...
View ArticleDIS(ORDER) Furniture: Household Furniture in Five Interlocking Parts
We see puzzle-inspired furniture concepts like this every so often, but Sanjin Halilovic's DIS(ORDER) Furniture is a nice take on a collection of multifunctional, loosely modular forms that can be...
View ArticleBreathing New Life Into Old Wheels, Part 1: Icon 4x4s
Years ago, before the J Mays Thunderbird kicked off the American retro car movement, Kevin Pollak was on The Tonight Show discussing an ailing Detroit with car nut Jay Leno. "I think what they need to...
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