Linn from Darbin Orvar tackles a massive project: Building a makerspace in an unused room in her house. Here in Part 1, she lays out her plan and starts by creating storage cubbies and processing some maple lumber to create the countertop:
It's no secret that Core77 throws the best design party of the year. For over 20 years, Core77 has been serving the design community online and our annual Core77 conference is an opportunity to bring the pages of Core77 to life through focused programming and a dialogue about the most
Izzy Swan had to evacuate with his family due to Hurricane Matthew. Now staying with relatives further inland, he uses the opportunity to build a very cool "emergency workbench"--think zombie apocalypse where you've got no access to power--and adds a very clever low-tech vise to
As with NYC's ICFF and Milan's Salone del Mobile, the tentpole events of London Design Festival are predominantly trade-facing affairs. Whereaas 100% Design caters to interior designers and architects, designjunction balances contract with the indie, up-and-comer spirit of Shoreditch. Meanwhile, the nooks and crannies of South Kensington — known as
Core77's editors spend time combing through the news so you don't have to. Here's a weekly roundup of our favorite stories from the World Wide Web.
After months of the top 19 full-system design project entries competing head to head for victory, the 2016 Buckminster Fuller Challenge has officially come to a close. Finalists proposed thoughtful projects ranging from solutions to over populated cemeteries to better designs for harvesting water—it's a wonder the panelists could come to a final decision.
Rachio Smart Sprinkler Controller, Generation 2 uses Wi-Fi and local weather data so you never water when it rains – it makes running your sprinklers easy and convenient while saving you water and money. Generation 2 builds on Generation 1’s benefits by making the device easier to install and test, easier to connect to the user’s network, and more convenient by providing manual controls and an outside mounting kit – all based on customer feedback.
This is a project whose concept is meritorious enough to look at, but problematic enough that we should talk about it. Deskbloks are a system of technology-embedded oak squares which end users are meant to assemble together into a desk. There are five varieties of these blocks, as seen below:
It's every pizza lover's dream to have a wood-fired brick oven in their kitchen. So far Jimmy Kimmel's the only guy I've heard of to install one. He's got the money to do that. Most of us don't. A team of designers in Slovenia looked at pizza-making as a problem
Graphic Designer- New Product Development Astor Chocolate is a premier chocolate manufacturer, with a foundation of quality based on three core strengths – Innovation, Creativity and Dedication. Our goal is to provide our customers with products of unparalleled quality, leaving a lasting impression of distinction. This can only happen with a strong team of professionals leading the way in an energetic goal oriented atmosphere.
We were blown away when we first saw Bruce Shapiro's incredible sand-drawing machines, which use hidden magnets and a steel ball to "draw." Originally designed as art installations, Shapiro is now offering them for sale as tables on Kickstarter. Imagine seeing this every day in your own home: Shapiro's offering
In case you missed it, this Bieber-y Playmobil hair bike helmet has been riling people up on the internet for a few days. Yes, it's real. No it's not functional. Yes it's awesome. No you can't buy one. Yes it's Playmobil, not LEGO, you insensitive monsters. The concept was
There's been a lot going on in the sneaker world over the past few weeks—here's two newsworthy sneaker relases: NRG's Shoe Without a Footprint. NRG recently developed five pairs of these minimalist, all-white beauties made mostly from recycled carbon dioxide emissions turned polymer. The sneakers were created to promote
Poise is a collection of Laser Sintered Titanium dining utensils. The Knife, Fork, Spoon and Chopsticks are results are an exploration of the freedom allowed by 3D printing to create dining-ware designed for beauty, elegance and ritual. The utensils feature a twisted triangular handle profile and asymmetric details. Their forms are inspired by the human hand and are designed to encourage elegance in the dining process, whether displayed on their solid brass table rests or held as a natural exten
Everyone needs some sort of laundry hamper or laundry bag if the dirty clothes (and other items needing laundering) aren't going to just wind up on the floor or tossed over a chair. And a well-designed product can make laundry management easier. There are lots of laundry sorters with separate
I was reading a Chris Schwarz blog entry on his favorite woodworking writer, Mag Ruffman. It reminded me that I have been planning to write an entry about the first woman woodworking writer that I know of. The Handbook of Turning was first published anonymously in 1842, but it is
In a symbol of their commitment to environmentally-friendly means of transportation, the Helsinki City Council has just greenlit the construction of a massive bridge system that is off-limits to cars entirely. The Crown Bridges project, a trio of bridges including a 1.2-kilometer stretch that will be Finland's longest span, will
Senior Designer needed to join our international design team in Orlando, Florida to develop innovative product solutions from first idea sketches to production. We’re seeking a new addition who will bring an unexpected and clever perspective to our group. Candidates must be highly creative with a demonstrated ability to work within the requirements of an industrial manufacturing process.
IBM Design’s mission is simple: put the user at the center of our products. If you are a passionate problem-solver, able to empathize with users and turn that empathy into design insight, we want you to join us in creating exceptional experiences that span our vast product portfolio.
Aside from the inaugural biennale at the Somerset House, the 14th edition of London Design Festival felt like business as usual. Indeed, the introductory text to the official guide to LDF2016 only makes a passing mention of the Brexit. Similarly, only one exhibition in East London explicitly addressed the results
Want a reminder that simple, beautiful, problem-solving design changes the world? Well, too bad. Instead, look at this golf club that's also a portable urinal. Sometimes I research old TV advertised products to learn about unexpected consumer "needs" I've never considered. When there's-got-to-be-a-better-way there's a fifty-fifty chance I've got no
This month we're reporting from Indonesia, a country in Southeast Asia comprised of thousands of tiny islands. Of these islands, the beauty of Bali is legendary but as we found out when we arrived, it shares at least one thing in common with other island destinations—an enormous amount of waste
The MFA in Products of Design program at SVA has launched a unique idea in anticipation of their annual Open House and Info Session, coming up next month on Friday, November 11th. This year they're introducing an “Open House Design Challenge”—a chance to help people interested in attending the event,
Here Jimmy DiResta makes "one of the heaviest things I've ever put together," for what have to be the smallest end-users: He's been hired by a school to create a massive outdoor chalkboard, and he starts from scratch. There's a good amount of planning required here, with Jimmy figuring
While Butler’s revolutionary in-home HIV test kits should have offered users some important answers, the kits’ confusing design and instructions led to fear and user error instead. Unwilling to let the kits’ reduced accuracy level go unchecked, Butler turned to THRIVE for a more user-friendly solution. While studying the product experience, we found that, at best, the process was uncomfortable; and at worst, the potential for error made it terrifying. More specifically, many potential users were
For jaded designers and/or consumers, it's tough to get excited over Google's new products, as they're all derivative of existing offerings. There are some incremental improvements: The Pixel phone can reportedly gain 7 hours worth of battery life off of a measly 15-minute charge, for instance. But taking a close
There was a lot of talk in the '80s and '90s about the paperless office. As personal computers began to proliferate, we were told, paper would go away. We now know the opposite happened, and that we use more paper than ever. Similarly, in design schools of the '90s, one
Brookstone is seeking a Packaging Designer to design, develop, and implement Brookstone packaging from initial design creation to production in order to meet marketing goals. You would also be defining style guidelines and creating packaging solutions to drive innovation that meets branding requirements and suits our target audiences.
I can't figure out why Pinuccio Sciola isn't a well-known name. If you find inspiration in organic sculpture, interactive installations, material exploration, or unusual musicality, his work likely offers something to learn from. Sciola was an innovative and prolific Italian sculptor who passed away this March at the age
We've all seen charts like the following, which indicate how tall one thing is in relation to another: And you've undoubtedly seen a photo of, say, some tiny electronic component with a quarter placed in the photo for scale. But college student and Photoshop wiz Kevin Wisbith has a different
As designers we often have to present our work, whether through presentation boards, renderings or physical models. The highest achievement of this art form is if you can express a complicated concept that the viewer can grasp in seconds—and it's even better if you can do it wordlessly, eliminating any
As helpful as school can be, there are many topics design programs fail to breach—particularly in the realm of operating within the professional sectors of the design world. On our discussion boards, Core77 moderator Mr-914 recently brought up an apt point about a subject no design student would
Of all of the nods to utopia at London Design Festival this year, one exhibition captured the spirit of egalitarian optimism, forgoing the allusion to the 500th anniversary of Sir Thomas More's book altogether. You wouldn't know it by looking at the results of Martino Gamper's modest experiment, displayed in
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