I am in complete awe of this: Props to Elizabeth Ingram, the 4th-grade teacher in Texas who posted it. Extra props to her or whatever student whittled that thing down. If all of us used every consumable on Earth that thoroughly, the environment would be in better shape. (Not | Continue reading
It's called a Heliodon, and prior to software this is how you checked for solar exposure and shadows | Continue reading
In New York City, you can still get killed by standing too close to the edge of a subway platform with your earbuds in. Each year a few people who aren't paying attention get pushed in front of a train by a crazy person. NYC still hasn't bothered installing the | Continue reading
Rethinking how our bodies can adapt to technologies, keeping our well being at the forefront. | Continue reading
Work in a beautiful hundred-year-old textile mill that creates an inspiring backdrop for product design | Continue reading
I made a guitar out of LEGO bricks and epoxy resin. While the shape is inspired by the Les Paul, I'm calling it the "LEGOcaster" - too fun to not do it! | Continue reading
The biotech startup uses a bold packaging strategy to communicate their strong commitment to sustainability and design | Continue reading
The VRS Car Dismantler provides a sobering look at what your car actually is | Continue reading
So, this is a bit frustrating. For every person who manipulates an image of the Tesla Cybertruck with their desired design changes and posts their creation… ...there are more folks just Tweeting modded images of the truck without crediting who created them: It's a pity, as some | Continue reading
Suma Reddy, CEO of Farmshelf, explains how her hydroponic farm system is helping grow food 2-4 times faster using 90% less water | Continue reading
Dr. Mike Butera went from academia to making radically accessible music-making devices. His latest, Orba, packs more technology into a simpler interface. | Continue reading
Enter a gift guide into our 2019 Core77 Ultimate Gift Guide competition and you might just be gifting yourself a speaker this holiday season | Continue reading
Does it do a good enough job of integrating into its surroundings--and does it need to? | Continue reading
Enter a gift guide into our 2019 Core77 Ultimate Gift Guide competition and you might just be gifting yourself a speaker this holiday season | Continue reading
I feel like a dope--all these years of looking at the White House, and I never realized: The Oval Office isn't even in the main building (a/k/a The Residence). I always assumed that the Oval Office's shape corresponded with the curved facade of the South Portico: But while there | Continue reading
...but I still don't think the designers got it right | Continue reading
by Raphael Katz, Abhishek Kumar, Rina Shumylo, Juliana Lewis, Sareena Avadhany for CIID | Continue reading
...but I still don't think the designers got it right | Continue reading
If a trade war breaks out, what will we pay more for, and how could our jobs be impacted? | Continue reading
You have to see this "volumetric display" to believe it | Continue reading
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has re-created Hopper's "Western Motel" | Continue reading
"You can use your single-speed upright granny bike with summer tires all year long" | Continue reading
Product Ventures, a renowned design consultancy, specializing in product and packaging innovation, is looking for an exceptional Industrial Designer candidate with 3-5 years of experience. This person should be passionate about structural design and have a good understanding of h … | Continue reading
The many twists and turns of the Defense Distributed case, plus a sordid sidebar | Continue reading
You'll need to make one cut with a circular saw | Continue reading
Last week Core77 correspondent John P. Kazior brought you news of the Unocup, a takeout coffee cup that requires no plastic lid. This week its designers, Tom Chan and Kaanur Papo, have launched a Kickstarter to make the Unocup a reality: If you think about | Continue reading
Due to a few highly-publicized incidents, there are people who are convinced that electric cars, due to those pesky lithium-ion batteries pose a greater fire risk than gasoline-powered ones. For the record, the NHTSA concluded in this 2017 report (PDF) that electric car fire risk … | Continue reading
This is a workshop hack video currently gaining steam on YouTube (about 1.7 million views and counting). It's from the SeeJaneDrill channel, where host Leah demonstrates the "ticking stick" method of duplicating an irregular shape: Leah's method of using the stick is simple enoug … | Continue reading
Geoglyphs are the rocky cousins of crop circles. Ancient civilizations drew large pictures--some of them a half-mile wide--on the ground by stacking rocks, or removing them to expose lighter-colored soil beneath, in order to create lines. The best-known geoglyphs in the world are … | Continue reading
His "computers for virgins" design approach has made him a rich man | Continue reading
EQ3 wants to be a shining example of a holistic design business | Continue reading
Join the faculty of the Glasgow School of Art as a Lecturer in Design Innovation, Environmental and Ecological Design in Forres, Scotland | Continue reading
Watch this panel on the topic from the 2019 Core77 Conference, 'The Third Wave' | Continue reading
At one time in design history, not so long ago (though it feels like forever ago), the designer would rely on the environment around them to provide the material of their creation. They might wade into the tide, walk into the forest, scale the mountain, go into whatever space was … | Continue reading
The many twists and turns of the Defense Distributed case, plus a sordid sidebar | Continue reading
Record labels, car brands, video game consoles, '80s action figures and more | Continue reading
Work in the studio where they design lighting, furniture and objects | Continue reading
by Roya Aghighi for Emily Carr University of Art and Design | Continue reading
Geoglyphs are the rocky cousins of crop circles. Ancient civilizations drew large pictures--some of them a half-mile wide--on the ground by stacking rocks, or removing them to expose lighter-colored soil beneath, in order to create lines. The best-known geoglyphs in the world are … | Continue reading
They don't get the cheap yellow cups that we do | Continue reading
The GMC Motorhome hasn't seen these kinds of mods since the movie "Stripes" | Continue reading
If you told me you drew these while you were on acid, I'd believe you | Continue reading
Car crash fatalities are down, but car crashes themselves are on the rise | Continue reading
The diminutive LaserPecker Pro can be folded up and stored on a bookshelf | Continue reading