• Empowering Student Innovation
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    From addressing malnutrition with a sustainable and scalable solution, to turning one of the planet's largest sources of agricultural waste into a biodegradable plastic alternative, to using synthetic biology to prevent antibiotics from...
  • Core77 Weekly Roundup (6-30-25 to 7-3-25)
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Here's what we looked at this week: No, airlines are not installing these stand-up saddle-style seats. A design exercise has been turned into misinformation. Obsessive UX design detail: Sugatsune's Slide Hook is a bag hook that retracts....
  • Furniture Design Case Study: Making the Table for the G7 Summit
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The G7 Summit is a big deal, and needed a big deal of a conference table. The Canadian government, this year's host, turned to Toronto-based furniture brand Teknion to create the flagship table for the conference's primary Outreach room....
  • The ChompSaw: A Benchtop Power Tool That's Safe for Kids to Use
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Of all freestanding power tools, perhaps the jigsaw or scrollsaw would be the most fun for kids to use, as they allow freeform cuts. They're also pretty darn dangerous, with the jigsaw being powerful enough to remove fingers. A much...
  • Design Lessons: How Exploiting Three Materials Made Greenhouses Affordable
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Greenhouses are an excellent way to grow food in a controlled environment. By regulating environmental factors and blocking out pests, vegetable yields are increased significantly. But traditional greenhouses, made with rigid materials...
  • A Revolutionary Scoliosis Correction Device by Industrial Design Firm Intenxiv
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    This Spinamic is a scoliosis correction device by South Korean industrial design firm Intenxiv . Designed for client VNTC, a South Korean medical technology company, Spinamic is soft rather than rigid, which brings several benefits....
  • A Popular European Smart Lock Comes to America
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Designed in Austria, this stainless steel device is the Nuki Smart Lock . Since the company's formation a decade ago, they've shipped over 800,000 units—in Europe. Today the company is finally entering the U.S. market. The company says...
  • An Emergency Inflatable Buoy for Smartphones
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    In the '90s I visited a younger cousin in South Korea. Military service is mandatory there, and he was enlisted in the Navy. He had the craziest haircut I'd ever seen—completely shaved around the side, but with absurdly long bangs, like...
  • No, Airlines are Not Installing These Stand-Up Saddle-Style Seats
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Recently an Instagram post featuring these images went viral. The post falsely claimed that budget airlines would begin installing these saddle-style seats, which more or less place the passenger in a standing position, in an effort to...
  • A Smart Design for a Robotic Tennis Partner
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Here's an example of solving a complex problem by synthesizing existing technologies in a novel way. A Chinese inventor known only as Mr. Feng wanted to create a robot that could persistently return tennis volleys, allowing him to...
  • When EDC Objects are Actually Designed by Industrial Designers
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Most EDC stuff looks and feels like it was designed by an engineer or machinist. In contrast these objects by the James Brand , which was notably founded by an industrial designer (Ryan Coulter), were clearly created by folks with ID...
  • China Moved an Entire Historical Building Complex Using Walking Robots
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    As we saw earlier this month, Samsung has developed flat robots used to park cars. This same month, China's Shanghai Construction No 2, an engineering and construction firm, also used small robots to move something larger overhead....
  • Designing for Change at ICFF
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    During this year's ICFF in New York, over 30 students from seven international design schools came together for the 2025 WantedDesign Schools Workshop, a collaborative, high-energy design sprint centered on one of today's most universal...
  • Mobile Shopping Cart Cleaning Solutions
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Shopping cart cleaning protocols vary by supermarket, and even by location within the same brand. At my local Walmart they use hot water and steam—you can feel both the temperature of the cart and the dampness when they've come fresh out...
  • The Great Fredini Figures Out How to Centrifugally Mold Glass
    July 5, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    If there's one material you're never going to rotomold, it's glass. But glass artisan Frederick G. Kahl , a/k/a the Great Fredini, has come close. Kahl designed this clever system for molding glass inside of a CNC-milled graphite mold...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Design for Social Impact Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in the Design for Social Innovation is The Lotus Ring from Julia Lemle at Lotus. With this ring you can control anything—lights, fans, appliances, even TVs. With this product you can convert any space into an...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Furniture & Lighting Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in Furniture & Lighting was AGNI from Jose Cabrita at Contexte. This collection is based on a single element that can be used in different ways allowing that element to become a bench, a stool, a side...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Home & Living Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in Home & Living is Loka Chai Maker by Jon Marshall in collaboration with Chifen Cheng, Shing Lo, Amelia Kociolkowska, Vincent Fan, Harc Lee, Andrew Aitken, Nikhil Shah, and Anish Shonpal at Pentagram...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Lifestyle Accessories Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in Lifestyle Accessories is Aer1 System by Mark Wiggins in collaboration with Nathaniel Berman, JonPaul Turner, Scott Kingston, John Thorpe at Aerflo. The Aer1 system is a portable carbonation device...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Sports & Outdoors Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in the Sports & Outdoors category is IXI Autonomous Golf Trolley created by the Future Wave team of Joachim Froment, Quentin Desclee, Thoma Velghe, and engineers at Botorincs. The iXi Golf Trolley offers...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Tools Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in the Tools category is Pella Steady Set Interior Installation System from the Pella Corporation. Created by the Pella Innovation Team the Steady Set interior installation is the first and only INTERIOR...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Toys & Play Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in the Toys & Play is The Handheld Patternmaking Loom from Lauren Puchowski at Boomloom. Our patented design re-imagines the pattern-making loom completely with just two pieces and a fast set-up it uses...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Branding & Identity Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Winning the Professional Branding & Identity category is We & I from Dentsu, led by Taichi Tamaki, Ryota Sugahara, and Miki Taguchi. When rock band RADWIMPS, represented by Universal Music, decided to write a graduation song- a...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Visual Communication Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in the Visual Communication is Wayfinding Way Better: Metro's Wayfinding Improvements by the WMATA Team and including Jacobs Engineering, Entro, Order NYC, Joseph Chan, Ray Yau, Daron Showalter, Tom Proctor,...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Packaging Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Winning the Professional category is an innovative packaging plan Google Plastic-Free Packaging , by Roman Ley at Google. Google's packaging for all hardware products, including Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit, is now 100% plastic-free, fully...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Winning the Professional Built Environment category is the WERKSVIERTEL MUNICH project designed by Johannes Ernst at Steidle Architekten. WERKSVIERTEL was previously an industrial site which has been transformed into an independent...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Consumer Technology Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    Winning the Professional category is the XBOX Adaptive Joystick from the Design Team at Microsoft which addresses the need for an affordable, singular joystick to use alongside the XBOX Adaptive Controller specifically for players with...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Speculative Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in the Speculative category is Plant Futures created by Annelie Berner in collaboration with Monika Seyfried and Variable Studio. This project imagines how the Circaea Alpina flower would response to climate...
  • The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Sustainability Winners
    June 30, 2025 from core77.com's design blog
    The 2025 Professional winner in the Sustainability is the FREITAG Mono[PA6]: Circular Backpack from FRIETAG lab ag and the team comprised of Jeffrey Siu, Tu Van Giang, Ilke Tokdede, Inge Hettich, Silvio Trionfini, and Denise Eugster. The...
  • Whipsaw Recognized with Multiple Wins at 2022 IDEA
    September 25, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    Whipsaw was recognized with multiple wins at the 2022 International Design Excellence Awards. Whipsaw won silver awards for its design of Fluidigm's Biomark X in the Medical & Health category and the MXXY Hydration Backpack in the...
  • R for Repair: London x Singapore
    September 25, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    'R for Repair: London x Singapore' - the second edition of the 'R for Repair' exhibition - is open until November 2nd at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The exhibition showcases the transformative power of repair as part of the...
  • Be Original Americas Opens Originality Deconstructed Exhibition
    September 24, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    On view at Ace Hotel New York from October 19th to 30th, The Be Original Americas: Originality Deconstructed exhibition celebrates creativity by pulling back the curtain on the 'how' and 'why' of some of the international design...
  • Contemporary Good Design Award 2022
    September 23, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    Organized by Red Dot, the Contemporary Good Design Award allows companies and designers to present their products to an internationally renowned and independent jury for assessment. Successful participants are permitted to use the label,...
  • Pavilion Furniture Introduces Palmera Collection
    September 22, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    Pavilion has debuted Palmera, a new collection of outdoor furniture inspired by the contoured embrace of a hammock and the mesmerizing effect of sunlight filtering through palm trees.
  • Cove by Leon: A New Way to Work
    September 15, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    Leon Speakers recently partnered with Logitech, Turf Design, Shure Audio, and American Lighting to create Cove, a revolutionary new desktop accessory that enhances the overall work experience.
  • Morrama Develops Sustainable Packaging Solution for wagamama
    September 15, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    Morrama recently developed a more sustainable packaging range for restaurant chain wagamama. The new packaging will be implemented across the delivery and takeaway operations, replacing over eight million plastic packaging items.
  • BuzziSpace Launches BuzziPleat Edel Long
    September 15, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    BuzziPleat Edel Long is a large-scale yet lightweight sculptural form that can be suspended from the ceiling or wall-mounted to absorb excessive noise.
  • Andreu World International Design Contest 2022
    September 14, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    Andreu World is now accepting submissions for its 21st International Design Competition. This year the submissions will be focused on sustainable seat or table designs to support and promote new talent in design.
  • UX Design Awards 2023
    September 14, 2022 from Industrial Design News - Dexigner
    The UX Design Awards - Spring 2023 is now open for submissions. Companies, agencies, professionals, and young designers worldwide are invited to enter their best work in three competition categories: 'Product' & 'Concept' for...
  • Finland-based Haulerman launches industrial design competition for loading crane accessories
    July 4, 2017 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    Loading crane manufacturer Haulerman has launched a design competition asking participants to imagine one or more accessories for its line of products. The deadline is July 30, 2017.
  • Lexus Design Award 2017: the winner
    April 6, 2017 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    Lexus has announced the Grand Prix winner of the Lexus Design Award 2017 – PIXEL by Hiroto Yoshizoe - and the finalists are on display at the Lexus Yet pavilion at the Milan Design Week.
  • Valtra Design Challenge: the tractor of the future
    March 15, 2017 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    Tractors manufacturer Valtra has launched a design competition tasking designers to envision a tractor for the year 2040. The submission deadline is April 26, 2017.
  • Industrial Design in Entertainment (video lecture)
    January 26, 2017 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    A very interesting 1-hour lecture on design principles and the role of industrial designers in the entertainment industry. Held by concept designer Mike Hill at Industry Workshop 2015.
  • BMW DesignWorks and Puma create shoe inspired by the Gina Concept
    August 2, 2016 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    BMW Designworks and Puma have created the X-CAT DISC, a shoe with a stretchable and super-light material inspired by the 2008 Gina Concept.
  • Nissan builds seven-seater bobsleigh
    February 16, 2016 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    Nissan has created a seven-seater bobsleigh with a design inspired by the X-Trail model. We report the official details and a behind the scenes video.
  • Peugeot designs new helicopter for Airbus
    November 11, 2015 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    Peugeot Design Lab has styled the lines of the H160 helicopter, a new civil aircraft presented by Airbus Helicopters at the Dubai Airshow (8-12 November).
  • BMW developing Racing Wheelchair for US Paralympics athletes
    August 10, 2015 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    BMW of North America has announced the development of a new racing wheelchair for use by athletes of the U.S. Paralympics Track and Field Team in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
  • BMW Spheres project explores Precision and Poetry in 3D
    June 2, 2015 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    Presented at this year's Milan Design Week, the Spheres project by Swiss-Argentinian designer Alfredo Häberli uses abstract artworks and a hybrid vessel concept to explore BMW's design philosophy.
  • Toyota launches Forklift Design Competition
    May 19, 2015 from Car Body Design » Industrial Design News
    Toyota Material Handling Europe has launched the second edition of the Logistic Design Competition, asking European design students and recent graduates to envision the future look of their forklift models. 
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