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Geese-Inspired Towed Cargo Gliders

18 March 2024 @ 4:00 pm

If you need to carry more cargo than your car can hold, you can use a trailer. This is more economical and logistically simpler than, say, adding a second vehicle and driver.Fascinatingly, this concept may soon be applied to cargo planes, thanks to a Texas-based startup called Aerolane. They were inspired not by U-Haul, but by geese, who fly in formation to save energy. (Stronger birds in the front deal with the bulk of the wind resistance, while the ones behind benefit from the windbreak.) They also point to the usage of towed gliders by the Allies in WWII.

Max Lamb's Deceiving-Looking 005 Lounge Chair

18 March 2024 @ 3:00 pm

What a difference an angle makes: From some, this 005 Lounge Chair looks supremely uncomfortable, from others, practically inviting.

Subversive Footwear Design: MSCHF's Work Boots are All Outsole

18 March 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Tomorrow creative collective MSCHF releases these unusual work boots, which look like Timberlands hallucinated by an AI. Called the 2x4s, they're "all sole," the group writes. "The boot tread has been extruded up through the body of the boot, and the upper is made of gum rubber sole material."

Workshop Jigs with Beautiful Forms

18 March 2024 @ 1:00 pm

Yasuhiro TV is the YouTube channel of a Japanese craftsman who makes clever shop jigs. By making his own add-ons for common power tools, he's able to wring utility and accuracy out of them, far exceeding their mandate.He sells the plans for his jigs, which are primarily rectilinear and utilitarian in their construction:

Progress, Subversion, Ingeniousness, Oh My!

18 March 2024 @ 12:54 pm

The Core77 Design Awards Gaming Accessories category features Consumer hardware or software products designed for the interactive entertainment/video game industry. Examples include: video games, video game accessories (game systems, game controllers), gaming furniture, and gaming-focused consumer technology (computers, TVs, etc.).Tim Hulford believes that designs worth celebrating are those that mark a moment of progress, subversion, ingeniousness, or compassion."If you have a story like that, tell it."As the Director of Industrial Design for META, Tim works to fulfill the "audacious dreams" of

Core77 Weekly Roundup (3-11-24 to 3-15-24)

15 March 2024 @ 4:00 pm

Here's what we looked at this week:The forthcoming Rivian R3 channels Giorgetto Giugiaro's classic design for the Volkswagen Rabbit. Design researcher Sasha McKinlay's 4D Knit Dress represents a revolutionary clothes production method.Experimental design studio Nervous System

Industrial Design Case Study: Sprout Studios Tackles Wireless Charging Solutions

15 March 2024 @ 3:00 pm

DeepCharge is a startup focused on cutting-edge wireless charging solutions. To turn their technology into market-ready products, they turned to Boston-based ID consultancy Sprout Studios. "Our work gave their Qi-standard charging technology a form language, unifying a family of initial products to support their investment community engagements," says Sprout.Imagine There's No WiresDeepCharge believes the user experience for wireless charging should be simple, effective, and effortless. Their frustration with t

Grab Attention, Shift Perspectives, and Spark Discussion

15 March 2024 @ 2:12 pm

The Core77 Design Awards Packaging category includes all graphic design, branding and structural designs related to the packaging of products. Examples include: primary or secondary packaging for Fast Moving Consumer Goods or premium brands, promotional packaging and gifting programs, limited editions, etc. "A cute but harmless design is an invisible design, and it's pointless."That provocative take sums up Davide Mosconi's approach to design.Davide Mosconi, Creative Partner at Auge Design

An Actually Useful Bit of EDC: The Clipa Purse Hook

15 March 2024 @ 2:00 pm

The Clipa Purse Hook is a simple, hinged metal ring with non-slip pads on the pincer-like tips. It provides a convenient way to hang bags from flat surfaces, chairs, railings, crevices, etc.

Post General's Retro Bispham Wall Clock

15 March 2024 @ 1:00 pm

This handsome Bispham Wall Clock is by Post General, a Japanese manufacturer of Western-inspired vintage-style products.The secondhand sweeps, so there is no ticking noise. The selected font is pleasingly retro, if culturally peculiar; it's not American, nor German, nor Swiss in appearance. Visually it reminds me of Japan's postwar manufacturing renaissance, when they began producing their take on Western-inspired goods.