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When Form Follows Function, and the Object is Still Ugly
I saw this and immediately thought "The heck is this thing?"I couldn't guess, even after seeing the use case photo:It's called a BraceBlok, and it's basically ballast. It's made by Batisec, a French...
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Industrial Design Student Work: A Chair Designed for Painters
This Leo chair is by Teo Primo Frizzarin, an Industrial Design student at ECAL. It aims to consider the ergonomics of those working on a canvas rather than a desk."For painters, working on a vertical...
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The Basic Types of Stainless Steel: What Do Those Numbers Mean?
To the layperson, wood is wood, metal is metal, that's as far as it goes. The average person may not understand why Cedar is a good choice for outdoor furniture or Oak makes for a hardy floor. Ditto...
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One Spark Can Shift Perspective
The Core77 Design Awards Built Environment category features human-made surroundings that provide the setting for people's activities. Spatial and physical structures, interiors, exhibitions, or...
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Specialty Sinks for Washing Your Bicycle or Dog
Is this something you've seen in America? I've just learned it's a thing in Canadian apartment and condo buildings to feature a bike-washing station. The one you see here is made by Canadian...
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Industrial Designer Invents Drill Bit that Can Also Drive Screws!
This Rapid 50 object was invented by Australian industrial designer German Anchique:It may not look like much, but here's what it does:Anchique reckons that not having to swap from drill to driver...
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Preserving Auto Design Classics Through Electrification
Throughout the history of automotive design, the UK has produced a number of classics whose like we'll not see again: The Aston Martin DB6, the Jaguar XK120, the Bentley Continental. For posterity's...
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"Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema" Exhibition
After briefly shutting down due to the L.A. wildfires, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has opened its doors again. They're hosting an exhibition called "Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures...
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Industrial Design Case Study: Helping a Company Expand from Construction to...
Here's an example of how a savvy, experienced industrial design consultancy can help established companies find success in new market segments. When Bernzomatic sought to expand from the construction...
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Core77 Weekly Round (2-3-25 to 2-7-25)
Here's what we looked at this week:Hyundai's three-wheeler concept, designed for the Indian market. Yea or Nay? Moving the spikes from your bike pedal to your shoe soles.The Hammerhead, a snow shovel...
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Reimagining How We Engage with Material Goods
The Core77 Design Awards Furniture & Lighting category features furniture and lighting products or systems for private, public, commercial or industrial use. Examples include home or public...
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Bike Dashboard Handlebars, Funded on OnlyFans
German automotive engineers Sabrina Fischer and Matthias Huber have designed FliteDeck, a set of bicycle handlebars with a digital dashboard. The display provides visuals for navigation, performance...
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Re-Grip: A Clever Design for Installing New Handles on Old Tools
When rubberized handles on old tools wear off, it can be difficult to replace them; you need a tight fit, but stretching stiff rubber onto a shaft, and working it all the way down, is just about...
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An Origami-Based Recyclable Cardboard Alternative to EPS Foam
Did you know that we had satellites powered by solar panels way back in 1958? I didn't. But Vanguard I, the second satellite the U.S. ever launched, featured six solar cells powering a mercury battery....
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Apple Research Yields "Expressive and Functional" Non-Anthropomorphic Robot
Apple has a Machine Learning Research department, and it's yielded ELEGNT, a robotic desk lamp clearly inspired by Pixar. The lamp can be operated by both voice and gesture, and the researchers gave it...
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Architecture Student Invents Brilliant Formwork that Reduces Concrete &...
For the foreseeable future, we're simply not going to stop building with concrete and the steel necessary to reinforce it, despite the carbon emissions producing those materials requires. So it would...
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A Sleek-Looking Door With a Hidden Ventilation Channel
As building science evolves to give us greater control over our built environment, modern structures are made ever more airtight. (When was the last time you saw a new office building with windows that...
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A Better Way to Clean Your Car (and More): Using Steam, Not Chemicals
I own a pressure washer, and as satisfying as all of those cleaning videos on social media, the thing is a pain to maintain. It needs both a hose hookup and gas, and if you're not running it regularly,...
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Maker Pipe: Single-Tool Connectors Make it Easy to Build Things Out of Conduit
EMT (Electrical Metallic Tubing) conduit is affordable, reasonably sturdy and readily available. A company called Maker Pipe makes it easy for you to build stuff using EMT. Their eponymous product is a...
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Align your World Views with Teams and Clients
The Core77 Design Awards Transportation & Mobility category features vehicles, systems, or modes of transportation used to get people or objects from one place to another, for private, public,...
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