Exhibit Design is a course taught within many Industrial Design programs, including the one I went through at Pratt. (In fact the ED course directly led to my first job offer, giving me a soft spot for the sub-field.) So I was interested to learn that there's one design school in … | Continue reading
In the realm of active seating, Italian industrial designer Giorgio Gurioli designed this experimental Bikechair:3D printed in ABS, the chair provides one leg while yours are meant to take up the slack.This begs the question: How does the chair stay standing when unused? The answ … | Continue reading
As designers working for Dyson, UK-based Kate and Gavin Christman worked for a company dedicated to keeping indoor spaces clean. But now the Christmans have started their own company, Green&Blue, and it's dedicated to attracting bugs to our homes.To explain, the Christmans observ … | Continue reading
Good news, folks. Glad Products has figured out a way to combine our society's most favorite things: Generating garbage, and fashion.Glad's ForceFlexPlus Cherry Blossom Bag—"the most extra trash bag ever"--uses pink plastic for style, and adds chemicals that smell like cherry blo … | Continue reading
Sweden-based Daniel Rybakken designed this unlikely-looking Counterbalance wall-mounted lamp for Luceplan: "Positioned as desired in space, the essential Counterbalance LED lamp, with its position variation, suggests the dynamic equilibrium of a sculptural mobile. Equipped with a … | Continue reading
When I think of underwater exploration vehicles, I picture the insect-like Deep Rover that James Cameron was cruising around in, looking at the wreckage of the Titanic.But now that underwater vehicles don't have to (and perhaps shouldn't) carry humans anymore, the form factors ca … | Continue reading
Thanks to the 20-year trend cycle, the 2000s are cool again. While Uggs, Crocs, and obsessive branding have been popular for a few years, the quiet of the pandemic pushed them fully back into the mainstream. After a decade of minimal aesthetics, trend hunters are longing for bold … | Continue reading
This month the Endurance22 Expedition discovered the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost expedition ship, which sank in the Antarctic 107 years ago. Lying nearly 10,000 feet beneath the surface, it is shockingly well-preserved:I was even more surprised to find that there's fi … | Continue reading
Now that they've joined the WIPO's Hague System, China should begin cracking down on design pirates within their borders. They should also do more to promote homegrown talents like Cui Zhihua, an industrial designer who runs a design research studio in Jingdezhen, a porcelain-pro … | Continue reading
If you've ever taught someone to drive a car, you know that feeling of an unpleasantly abrupt stop; to a novice, the brake pedal is basically an on/off switch. When my dad taught me to drive back in the '80s, he stressed: As you press the brake and the car | Continue reading
Copenhagen-based Jonas Lind-Bendixen is the guy that invented the Sitpack portable seating device. Back in 2014 it was a Kickstarter smash, landing about $150k. His follow-up Sitpack Zen did even better on the platform, netting nearly $520k. Now JLB's back with another follow-up, … | Continue reading
To raise funds for Ukrainian support, Polish illustrator Pawel Jonca created this image of Russia as a red bear, about to step on a certain sharp brick toy we all know, with the Ukrainian flag's colors: "You can get the poster here, by paying ANY a mount to | Continue reading
This handsome piece of furniture makes me wish I played the guitar. Solo, by Yamaha Design Lab, is a stool that doubles as a guitar stand. "Each of the three legs has its own branch. Two branches work as a guitar support and the remaining one is a footrest | Continue reading
Architect and design researcher Dr. Ahmed Kamal Ali is the founder/director of the Resource-Based Design Research Lab at Texas A&M University. And he struggles with something involving his work: ""I love waste because I make use of it," he told Texas A&M Today, "but I also hate i … | Continue reading
Here's an interesting concept for a modular structure, though I'm not sure where it fits within the marketplace of easy-to-assemble buildings: Camping? Disaster relief? Temporary housing? Living quarters for remote workers? In any case, the $7,500 Quick Cabin is a 10x10 structure … | Continue reading
Honda and Sony have both released statements confirming they're in the process of forming a joint venture, to be solidified by this year, to produce electric cars together. They plan to roll out their first models in 2025. "This alliance aims to bring together Honda's mobility de … | Continue reading
Debbie Millman's new anthology, "Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People" is out right now. And wow, was it ever worth the wait. | Continue reading
Here's an interesting furniture/materials experiment, done by four students (Chen-Yu Shih, Shin-Chi Yang, Bo-Cheng Guo and Jie-Yi Chen) from the Product Design Department at the Tainan University of Technology in Taiwan. The idea behind this GanDan Bench was to design a piece of … | Continue reading
Image: Gerald Schömbs on Unsplash Sharkskin is crazy stuff, covered in what's called dermal denticles. Seen through a scanning electron microscope, those denticles look like this: Image: Pascal Deynat/Odontobase, CC BY-SA 3.0 As if their teeth weren't bad enough, even their skin … | Continue reading
Wavecel Technologies shows the importance of protecting against rotational forces | Continue reading
Clever college students reportedly figured out how to beat it | Continue reading
Prowl Studio will teach you how to get buy-in from clients and co-workers | Continue reading
Industrial designer Alberto Ghirardelli, who runs an eponymous design studio in Milan, has an undeniably quirky style. His Jetlag wall clock (designed after his girlfriend temporarily moved to Japan) covers two time zones, and can be hung in either portrait or landscape positions … | Continue reading
Years ago at a party someone asked me what I did for work, and I said structural package design. They said "huh?" and I explained that I designed bottles. The person pointed to the bottom of the booze bottle they were holding and drinking straight from (it was that kind | Continue reading
They couldn't stand upright, and this was a design decision | Continue reading
The founder of Gantri and 2022 Core77 Design Awards Furniture & Lighting Jury Captain talks sustainable manufacturing and the future of production with us i | Continue reading
Here's a great example of a designer wielding minimal materials in such a way as to wring structure out of them. "The Bevel series is entirely made out of thin plywood," writes Berlin-based product designer Martha Schwindling. "Its stability comes from the sophisticated cutting a … | Continue reading
There's a great little detail on this DTN table, designed by Hajime Kumazawa: Simple, thoughtful and useful. Additionally, two of the legs are up on casters, as the table was designed for use in flexible spaces like meeting rooms and cafeterias. | Continue reading
Automotive blogs are currently hullabalooing about the design of Polestar's new O2 concept, and rightfully so; it's a sexy-looking vehicle. (And it's got that onboard drone.) However, what was of far greater interest to me was the screentime Polestar gave in the release | Continue reading
Their proposed use case for it is silly. Here are some better ideas | Continue reading
Remember Noah Deledda, the sculptor who carefully crushes aluminum cans by hand to create art? Deledda used his understanding of deformable materials to create this SwitchPen: They're 8 bucks a pop, or $7.20 if you buy ten, and t hey take Pilot Gel ink cartridge refills. | Continue reading
This Tommy lamp, designed by German design studio Spezial and produced by Studio Domo, has an adjustable head—but no pivoting mechanism. Instead, it relies on physics and a little activity from the user: I like it; it reminds me of something you'd improvise | Continue reading
Without any context, when I first encountered these images I guessed it was an Industrial Design school assignment. "HOOK UP" was the name of a 2018 exhibition in Japan featuring over 100 vintage clothes hangers, as well as new hangers improvised by a variety of artists and desig … | Continue reading
For small-scale construction, chalk lines are an invaluable layout tool. For larger projects, chalk lines and tape measures won't cut it; imagine marking out where all of the booths go in a gigantic exhibition hall, or mapping out a series of sprawling structures on an empty lot. … | Continue reading
Hey, so you remember Stephan Henrich, that German robotics designer/architect who came up with that crazy Infinity Bike concept? More recently, Henrich has been experimenting with 3D printing using TPE (Thermoplastic Elastomer). Using a Sintratec S2 SLS printer, he created this p … | Continue reading
I'd probably like the way your grandmother's house smells. In NYC I used to repair vintage Singer sewing machines for customers, usually by housecall, and the clientele was almost exclusively older women in their 60s to 90s. Their apartments all smelled the same to me, and I came … | Continue reading
I'm no EDC enthusiast, but I'm struck by how stunningly handsome these objects are: Sagax Prybar Magpie Prybar/Bottle Opener/Key Dangler Zutano Prybar Solo Divot Tool Ghost Prybar DanglePry Prybar/Bottle Opener/Key Dangler | Continue reading
The Antonov AN-225 Mriya was reportedly rocketed by attack helicopters | Continue reading
Crowdfunding has evolved tremendously since Kickstarter and IndieGogo first appeared over a decade ago. How can you as a designer navigate these changes in order to succeed? We've got the perfect person to walk you through it, and that's Craighton Berman. Craighton is a Chicago b … | Continue reading
When Apple tucked their powerful M1 chip into the classic design of the Mac Mini, it became many's new favorite daily driver. Unfortunately, you can't enjoy the power of M1 on the go without buying a new MacBook, along with all the problems, hassle, and cost of getting a second | Continue reading
What if a major producer of plastic waste, like Pepsi Co. or Coca-Cola, was responsible for recovering every single piece of plastic they produced? It would go a long way towards slowing the crush of plastic that threatens to drown our planet. Yet gigantic companies like these--a … | Continue reading
This 600mm- (23.6"-) deep Ollly desk is designed with grooved depressions at the rear, to keep writing utensils within reach yet out of the way. Created by Ukrainian furniture designer Pavel Vetrov and produced by manufacturer Zegen, the Ollly has a few more nods to the objects i … | Continue reading
Produced by Ligne Roset, these MOLD lamps are by Ukrainian industrial designer Kateryna Sokolova. Sokolova is co-founder and creative director of the brand NOOM and SOKOLOVA design studio, which designs furniture, lighting, hardware, electronics and environments. The MOLD line co … | Continue reading
Ukraine-based industrial designer and architect Svyatoslav Zbroy is a co-founder of furniture retailer and design bureau ODESD2. Of the many pieces he's designed, one that jumped out at me is this X1 Lounge Chair, which reminds me of an Eames Lounge commissioned by a furniture-lo … | Continue reading
French manufacturer Koralp makes this nifty K-Stokdry-A, a wall-mounted gloves/boots drying rack, presumably designed for ski lodges. Billed as space-saving, the bulk of it is just 4cm thick. The unit up top sucks in air... ...heats it, and distributes it through tubes down to ho … | Continue reading
"What if your movement could remain fluid throughout your entire day?" asks Ikaria Design Co., a Missouri-based furniture company. Their proposed solution is the Soul Seat, a unique dual-level backless chair that allows you to sit at a desk in rather atypical positions: | Continue reading
Who knew gaming smartphones was a thing? Apparently it's huge, and that community is abuzz with news this month. Chinese manufacturer Nubia has released the Red Magic 7, a gigantic gaming smartphone billed as the fastest ever built; it features a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip, if that … | Continue reading