While there's tons of people selling craftsy wooden objects on Etsy, the Bambetel shop stands out. Besides offering the stock desk organizer, they've got two handsome wall clocks… …as well as this nicely-designed desk clock. Most interestingly, | Continue reading
A bike built around a Pelican case, head-mounted fluorescent light fixtures and more | Continue reading
SVA's multi-disciplinary projects demonstrate the type of work you could create as an MFA student | Continue reading
Have you ever wished your mechanical pencil could also be used as a compass? Well, me neither. But apparently there's enough demand in Japan that stationery manufacturer RayMay Fujii designed this PenPass: These run more than $15 on Amazon, | Continue reading
With a background in industrial design, multidisciplinary designer Joris Wegner points out that we have no physical indication of whether our devices are listening to us or not. At rest, are our smart devices really "just patiently waiting for their wake word or are our private c … | Continue reading
Astonishingly, this demo cuts a sheet of glass into a spiral bowl | Continue reading
Register now to attend on Tuesday, November 9th at the UT Foundry, featuring Core77's own Senior Producer Allison Fonder | Continue reading
In 2017 we learned about Dylan Gastel's clever design for a DIY backyard skating rink. Gastel's thoughtful system converted what used to be a challenging construction task into something that could literally be assembled by eight-year-olds, without using any tools and without hav … | Continue reading
Plenty of ways to do it, with or without specialty tools | Continue reading
Gremlins are the mischievous, fictional creatures that Royal Air Force members jokingly accused of sabotaging aircraft in WWII. (In reality, their aircraft troubles simply stemmed from mechanical failures.) So perhaps it's no surprise that DARPA's Gremlins program, an initiative … | Continue reading
Mecum Auctions is selling off an antique truck lot this week, which you don't see that often. I clicked through the 79 trucks in the lot, and while many of them look unusual, this one in particular jumped out at me: | Continue reading
We've all seen our luggage go up that conveyor belt or scissor lift that reaches the underside of an airplane. But few of us have ever seen the guy inside who has to Tetris everything into place. Here's what that looks like: (Source: 3askaryyy) Reading through the Reddit comments … | Continue reading
Someone named Tonghe Wang (no further information was provided) came up with this, writing only: "This is a bottle stool." While I doubt the connections would be strong enough to hold a person, I admire the creativity. This reminds me of Guillermo Cameron | Continue reading
A Dutch company called Plantics Biomaterials says they have developed "a unique new type of thermoset bio-resins. These resins are produced out of waste material from plants and are the first 100% bio-based thermosetting resins in the world! Because plants capture CO 2 from the a … | Continue reading
It can be fun to watch a design team that's obsessed with a particular material or joinery method. In this case it's Belgian design firm Duplex Studio, and the point of interest for them is aluminum extrusions that provide T-track functionality. "Since the beginning of the 20th c … | Continue reading
In addition to the 2022 F-150 Lightning, here's the other electric truck Ford is showing off at this year's SEMA: That's a 1978 F-100 that Ford Performance is calling the Eluminator. Converted to all electric, it was created by Ford Performance (along with collaborators MLe Racec … | Continue reading
It's sort of like a bus stop that serves as the bus | Continue reading
Here's an unfinished solution to a difficult problem. Some 40% of UK households don't have off-street parking, says startup ZipCharge. Not having a garage or driveway makes it impossible to own an electric car; the UK doesn't have widespread streetside charging stations, so there … | Continue reading
For those who cannot wear face masks that loop around the ears—for instance, if it interferes with a hearing aid—Belgian 3D printing company Studio Minimetre has the solution: Developed upon request from healthcare professionals, the 3D-printed Zig-Zags sell for €3 (USD $3.47). " … | Continue reading
Thingiverse denizen Robert Lorincz created this adjustable 3D-printed geared smartphone holder that you can adjust to find your preferred angle: I think it would be useful as the buck you use to experiment with different angles while working on a more finished product. Heck, I th … | Continue reading
This basket performs a simple but potentially useful trick. Designed by Hangzhou-based product designer Kong Li, it's hinged around the handle, allowing it to shapeshift for carrying goods with different proportions: The handle is meant to be beech, with stainless steel for the | Continue reading
Turns out the new design will make it easier for all of us to orient the cards | Continue reading
Specialized's S-Works Romin EVO is made with an EPU lattice | Continue reading
Industrial designer Michael Hoppe runs Sydney-based HOP Design, whose work is about "more than form following function," he writes. "There needs to be an emotional connection to the product if it is to be truly successful. Materials, processes and sustainability help to define ou … | Continue reading
This seems like a design student project, but in fact it's in production: Designed and manufactured in Iceland by design-build firm Agustav, the simply-named Book Rack is aimed at readers like my wife, who prefers to borrow books from the library rather than own, or like my | Continue reading
I have no idea if the viability of this product emerged A) because of the pandemic, and an increased willingness for some to cover their faces with a mask or face shield, or B) because Cobra Commander held more cultural cachet than I thought. But full-face sunglasses like these a … | Continue reading
Another weird but interesting project from cyclist/maker The Q: A DIY bicycle wheelie trainer. Since the difficulty for newbs to sustain a wheelie is maintaining balance while pedaling, he hacked together a sort of primitive Peloton that would allow him to practice that, without … | Continue reading
Billionaire investor Charles Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, apparently has both architectural ambitions and terrible design instincts. The 97-year-old Munger donated $200 million towards the construction of a massive dormitory for U.C. Santa Barbara "with the condit … | Continue reading
I think for what it is, this might be a perfect object. It's a kitchen timer, designed for Muji by Seki Design Lab and there's more design in it than you'd guess. You physically turn the outer rim to set the time, providing a nice analog touch. Turning it | Continue reading
Splinterworks uses a type of designer I'd never heard of before | Continue reading
Disposable, single-use plastics give a bad name to the durable plastics that long-term objects are designed with. Thankfully these non-packaging plastics are evolving towards more sustainable solutions like PCR and PIR (Post-Consumer Resin and Post-Industrial Resin, i.e. recycled … | Continue reading
Billionaire investor Charles Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, apparently has both architectural ambitions and terrible design instincts. The 97-year-old Munger donated $200 million towards the construction of a massive dormitory for U.C. Santa Barbara "with the condit … | Continue reading
For her graduate project at the University of New South Wales, Industrial Design student Karen Kong designed an impressive work chair with an unusual target market: Professional orchestra members. "Due to the high physiological demands that orchestral musicians face, 50% out of 2 … | Continue reading
I loved using my AirPod Pros--until the first time they fell out. While I was mucking out a chicken coop. They just don't fit my ears well, no matter which earcup size I use. If you're in the same boat, a company called ADV.Sound has developed a way to manufacture | Continue reading
Most non-internal-combustion car designs, whether electric, hybrid or hydrogen, still feature a mechanical layout based on old thinking: You've got a separate motor that sends power through a transmission to drive the wheels. Israeli startup REE took a different approach, attachi … | Continue reading
This Flip90 Pickup, from German manufacturer ICC Offroad, is a bed-replacing camping unit that unfurls 90 degrees to extend its interior space: This provides a sort of foyer tall enough to stand up in, and into which you can pull out the telescoping kitchenette unit. The | Continue reading
On a group roadtrip, the industrial designers over at FuseID observed what someone with a gluten allergy goes through. At a drive-thru, "the gluten free friend (GFF) had ordered a vegan burger with a lettuce wrap to avoid the bun," they write. "What a mess! There were condiments … | Continue reading
In this age of CAD overcompensation in car design, Range Rover's design team still understands that less is more. In this case, way more. Their 5th-generation model, unveiled this week, is a minimalist work of art. I'm unimpressed and wearied at the pile-up of fender bulges, obsc … | Continue reading
"We've been waiting 20 years to share it with you" | Continue reading
A talented modelmaker known as Ray Studio took a Braun electric razor apart, laying all the pieces out as if reverse-engineering the BOM. Then he starts fiddling around with the pieces… …and putting them back together in a way they're | Continue reading
Tips on finding and working with distributors, marketing and promotional strategies for online and offline sales | Continue reading
Check out these pencils. As designer Kazuya Ishikawa, a/k/a Design Kaz, explains (machine translated): "Conventional pencils are indicated by letters such as 2H and 2B, so it is difficult for elementary school students who start using pencils to choose. Also, since pencils cannot … | Continue reading
The Japanese tradition of jimi Halloween ("mundane Halloween") is for people who want to dress up, but don't want to go all-out as zombies or Mandalorians. So instead their "costumes" are minimal, and their verbal descriptions of the context take up the slack. It's perfect for la … | Continue reading
Two dates to choose from, both virtual: November11th and December 9th | Continue reading
The final episode airs Wednesday, October 27th, at 11AM EST | Continue reading
Two dates to choose from, both virtual: November11th and December 9th | Continue reading
There's three big problems with those glass-fronted refrigerators used in supermarkets: Firstly, they don't consume enough electricity. Secondly, the clear glass makes it too easy for shoppers to see what's inside. Thirdly, they do not have the capability to give shoppers seizure … | Continue reading