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This Jetlaser Strips Finishes in Seconds
Most furniture restoration shops contain a fireproof cabinet and a lidded metal pail. That's where they store all the nasty chemicals required for stripping finishes off of furniture pieces, and the...
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Buildner's Chair Design Competition
European company Buildner organizes design competitions, typically for architects. This one, however, veers more into ID territory. And despite the contest's name, you needn't be an architect to...
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Industrial Design Case Study: Minimal's Solution to Combat Single-Use Package...
Startup Small Wonder seeks to shake up the packaging and delivery methods of haircare products, making them more sustainable. To realize their goals, they turned to Scott Wilson's Chicago-based ID firm...
View ArticleThe Onion's Magical Election Touchscreen Provides Unique Insights
With America split in half,The Onion finds a way to poke fun at the election by reimagining how it's presented to viewers. Here the company's comedy scribes have envisioned how technology could provide...
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The Form Evolution of a New Type of Flying Vehicle
The images below look like an ArtCenter grad's portfolio, but apparently the development of these machines is being pursued.An Austrian startup called CycloTech is working on a novel propulsion style...
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In-Bed Emergency Protection From Phone-on-Face Drops
Inventor Kazuya Shibata, who creates "marginally useful things," presents this Smartphone Face Shield.It's designed for those who use their phone in bed. A lessor inventor might simply have created an...
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A Gamer's Desktop Platform Designed for Swappable User Interfaces
To me, the gaming market is a lot like the EDC market: It's fascinating to see what developmental lengths people will go to, to push the UX of some object with highly specific functions. A case in...
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No One Agrees on What a True Flying Car Should Look Like
When it comes to a true flying car—I don't mean just a VTOL vehicle, I mean something that can both drive and fly—we've seen a lot of wild forms over the years.The AeroMobil 4.0The Xpeng AeroHTThe Alef...
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Two Striking Urban Vehicles: The Duo and the Bento, by Mobilize
A French mobility company called Mobilize has designed a new type of vehicle from scratch. Two, actually: The Duo, an enclosed two-seater electric quadricycle, and its sibling the Bento, which ditches...
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A Tiny LED Flashlight with Its Own Charging Case
Here's a strange pairing of objects, from Chinese manufacturer Olight. Their Baton 4 Premium Edition is a tiny LED flashlight—less than 2.5" long--that comes with its own charging case.Despite its tiny...
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Airback: Backpacks and Luggage That Can Shrink Their Contents with a Vacuum
Dutch company Airback has invented a backpack that can shrink its contents. Their eponymous backpack ($185) features a zippered airtight compartment with a port; once you've stuffed this compartment...
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Kia's EV Camper Van Concept
Kia Design Center America unveiled a funky concept EV van at this week's SEMA show. This PV5 WKNDR is intended to be "an ideal escape pod for extended weekends in nature."Among its unusual features are...
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Industrial Design Case Study: An Infant Car Seat by DesignThink
Dorel Juvenile is the world's leading juvenile products company. When they wanted to develop a new infant car seat, they turned to Pennsylvania-based ID firm DesignThink.DesignThink as the Innovation...
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Core77 Weekly Roundup (11-4-24 to 11-8-24)
Here's what we looked at this week:Why do humanoid robots move like humans? For efficiency's sake, oughtn't they have their own movement style? In Amsterdam, a hotel room with an airplane inside of...
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More Love, Less Labor: AI Powers Productivity at Autodesk University
The message from Autodesk and the many companies that presented and exhibited at Autodesk University (AU) last month in San Diego was clear: for the product design and manufacturing (D&M),...
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Tomorrow: Tune In to Formlabs 3D Printing User Conference
The Formlabs User Summit, the company's annual 3D printing user conference, starts tomorrow at 9am ET. The company's SLS and SLA printers will be on-show, along with industry folks discussing the...
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A Mini Tripod with an F-Style Clamp in One Leg
This Mambapod was invented by Taiwanese photography accessory company Silence Corner.It's a mini tripod that can also be used on non-flat surfaces, thanks to an innovative feature in one of the legs....
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A Genetically-Engineered Spider Silk Scarf
Sruli Recht, the Reyjavik-based industrial designer with a penchant for the unusual, may have topped himself. His ATOR scarf, made of spider silk, was created with the help of both a spider and a...
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Nice Design Touches in Cathay-Pacific's New Premium Economy Seats
For those of us who can't afford to fly Business Class, design studio JPA has designed a better Premium Economy seat.The new design takes cues from a wingback chair, providing greater privacy on either...
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Lightfoot: A Solar-Powered Scooter
Today Otherlab, a sort of incubator/skunkworks, unveiled this aluminum-framed Lightfoot scooter. It's got a 48-volt, 1.1kWh battery that provides up to 37 miles (60 km) of range, and which can be...
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