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Here’s what we looked at this week: LG develops a stretchable display that can follow compound curves. Material science + fear-based marketing: The Armor-Tex is a stab-proof jacket. Nike showed off their 3D-printed Air Max 1000s. Industrial Design student work: Maoxin Yuan’s therapeutic eyewear. Transportation designer Alan Derosier got the […]
“An elite physical trainer came to us with a prototype of what would become the PureTorque, a scientifically proven tool for more effectively targeting the muscles in your torso,” writes industrial design firm The Metcalfe Group. “We were able to refine his original idea to create something that was light, […]
A company called Base Case has crammed two 24″ monitors into a rolling carry-on form factor: It’s got built-in telescoping legs and a built-in power cable, giving you one less thing to pack. Other than these teaser images, there’s virtually no information on either the product or the company; they […]
As a (lapsed) industrial designer, this object is fascinating to me, in the same way certain EDC objects are. This Geimori GU Series coffee grinder, by a Chinese startup called Wirsh, has been designed with both modernist looks and an obsessive attention to UX. Targeted at true coffee nerds, the […]
This Community Gravestones project is by Cameron Brentlinger, an Industrial Design student at Pratt Institute. Brentlinger put an incredible amount of thought and research into the work, which seeks to destigmatize a taboo subject: NYC’s anonymous mass graves. The goal was to create “dignified memorials and ceremonies for unidentified or […]
Here’s what we looked at this week: The Bikerguard: a windshield wiper for motorcycle helmet visors. Silence Corner’s versatile Mambapod is a mini tripod with an F-style clamp in one leg. Nice design touches in Cathay-Pacific’s Premium Economy seats, upgraded by design firm JPA. Industrial design case study: Nike’s accessible […]
Here’s something all of us could’ve used at ID school: This Sherman Backpack, by industrial designer Fernando A. Robert (a/k/a StudioFAR) was designed to carry odd-shaped objects. Our drawing boards, acrylic sheets, portfolios, blueprint tubes etc. would’ve fit perfectly in here. (I’m dating myself with those last two references.) The […]
Got an idea for a tiny home? Kingspan, an Irish company that specializes in insulation products, is sponsoring a design competition for a home no larger than 269 square feet. The MICROHOME Kingspan Edition 2024/25 invites participants to conceptualize an off-grid modular dwelling that would accommodate a hypothetical young professional […]
Videochats have become indispensable for businesses, but they’re no substitute for a face-to-face meeting. The lack of accurate eye contact is jarring, and it’s a lot harder to read visual cues when staring at a tiny head in a laptop screen. Additionally, Steelcase learned during user research, people find videoconferencing […]
The work of long-time Core77-fave NOOKA—founded by Matthew Waldman—is the subject of a newly-released book, Designing Time, a lavish and time-travel-y chronicle of the brand’s evolution and its efforts to make us rethink how we perceive the formal intersection of time and design. “The Future Should Not Look Like the […]