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A Stunning, Minimalist Glass Bottle
Mixed aesthetic influences: RISD grad Peter Ivy hails from Austin, Texas, but operates his glassblowing studio in rural Toyama, Japan. He created this stunning, minimalist glass Bottle S:I can't...
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Over-the-Top, Powered "Computer Cockpits"
A company called Cluvens makes these bonkers "computer cockpits," workstations that go a long way to get rid of a conventional desk:That's their entry-level ($3,400) SK Scorpion model. The angle of...
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Dyson Carries Over a Crucial Design Detail for their first Power Mop
Dyson has unveiled their forthcoming WashG1, which is not a vacuum but their first power mop. As a longtime Dyson vacuum owner, I have a lot of gripes with their designs, but was pleased to see they've...
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Rolls-Royce's Pet-All Travel Bed for Dogs
This might be the strangest thing to ever come out of Rolls-Royce's design department: A flower-based leather travel bed for dogs.It's not an available accessory, but was designed as a one-off for...
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Attractive Handmade Leather Trays by Arte di Mano
These simple, attractive leather trays are by South-Korea-based Arte di Mano."The structure is maintained by solid stitches on the front side in the up-down direction and the back side in the left and...
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Airweave's Clever Design for a Low-Tech, User-Adjustable Mattress for Olympic...
This year in Paris, the Athletes' Village will be supplied with mattresses by veteran supplier Airweave. The Japanese company configures their titular product in four different densities, and prior to...
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Simple Products, Successful Business: Tabletop Organizers for Watches,...
Rich people have a lot of stuff. There's money to be made in designing the stuff. But there's also a good buck in making and selling them organizational objects for their stuff.That's the lesson...
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A Handsome, Fibonacci-Inspired Wall Mirror
Deniz Aktay has a day job doing corporate architecture in Stuttgart. On the side, however, he's started a popular Instagram containing his renderings for fanciful furniture concepts. One such design is...
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The UFO Rocking Chair
While it looks like a bunch of renderings, this unlikely-looking UFO ("Unidentified Furniture Object") rocking chair is real. They're made-to-order, in two sizes, by Italian design brand Mavimatt."The...
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The Rounded Cabinet Series, by a617
This easy-on-the-eyes Rounded Cabinet series is by a617, a Milan-based design firm.It was "born from the encounter between a functional need and the desire to bring the mid-century Milanese...
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Biophilic Mirrors by Sculptor/Furniture Designer Soo Joo
These Dynamic Mirrors are by sculptor/furniture designer Soo Joo.The impressively executed biophilic forms are typical of her work. CNC, you say? Nope; rasp and sandpaper."Soo Joo Studio's sculptural...
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An Innovative Design for an Action Cam, and How an Icemaker Works
The innovative design of the Insta360 Go 3 sets it apart from other action cameras. The monitor can pivot forwards for self-shooting……but its biggest trick is that the pill-like camera is held within...
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Economical Use of Materials in This Wowhaus Bench
Scott Constable, of California-based art/design collective Wowhaus, built this Orca sculpture several years ago.It's suspended over the entryway of Kitsap Middle School in Silverdale, Washington. The...
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This Mystery-0-Mat Vending Machine (Allegedly) Sells Unclaimed Packages
The Hauptbahnhof (central train station) in Freiburg, Germany, has a Twenty47 Marktplatz.This is a 24-hour facility filled entirely with vending machines, selling everything "from coffee to champagne,...
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Fascinating, Futuristic Inner City Mobility Concepts by XOIO
Sometimes design firms are commissioned to do concept work that never sees the light of day. As one example, Berlin-based agency XOIO was asked by Daimler to envision future mobility scenarios. The...
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How Microsoft's Surface Arc Mouse Does its Bending Trick
Designed for travel, Microsoft's Surface Arc Mouse is flat and unusable in its resting state. But when the user picks it up and bends it, it audibly snaps into its curved working shape. This...
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Design Problem, or User Behavior Problem? Guitar Pick Storage
Imagine a time when tools were scarce, being difficult to manufacture. They were prized and owners were careful with them.Nowadays we've grown so rich, we'll buy multiples of objects that our ancestors...
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Industrial Design Case Study: An Innovative Tool for Improving Cable...
Nuts-and-bolts industrial design is giving form to objects that improve millions of people's lives. And rarely getting credit for it. In fact, most of the people whose lives are improved by this object...
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Core77 Weekly Roundup (5-20-24 to 5-24-24)
Here's what we looked at this week:The Keyaki To-Go Coffee Cup, made of turned wood, was successfully Kickstarted. Peter Ivy's stunning, minimalist Bottle S.Over-the-top, powered "computer cockpits" by...
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Build Anywhere: A Clever System for Concrete-Free Foundations
A few years ago, I was hired for a project that went nowhere. A family living out of a trailer on a deeply rural property had inherited some money. They wanted to build a proper house. The contractor...
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