Tag: Design

Here's what we looked at this week:Som, by industrial designer Eva Dugintseva, is an easy-to-assemble 3D printed chair. Industrial Design student work: Chiara Torterolo's MedGum is an alternative to traditional drug delivery systems.ID studio Intenxiv reveals the tons of

FORX is a New-Zealand-based manufacturer of cranks for EMTBs, or electric mountain bikes. Australian ID firm 4Design was called in to develop FORX's products."In the rapidly emerging world of electric-assisted mountain bikes," 4Design points out, "many components have been inherited from traditional bikes without fully understanding the ergonomic and performance implications."

A decade ago, the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky suffered a bizarre incident: A massive sinkhole opened up beneath the museum's Skydome, swallowing eight rare Corvettes. Thankfully it happened after hours. (The security camera footage of it is here.)

Here's an object category I had no idea existed: Floating coolers. These are apparently popular among people with swimming pools, people who vacation on lakes, and kayak campers. (The latter category travel to their campsite by kayak, carrying their camping gear on-board.) Being a relatively new product category that targets different use cases, there is no established form factor. What I found most interesting are the user reviews: The people who love these things, really love them.This $66 Rangl

An eyewear company called Chamelo has developed electrochromic sunglasses that can instantly change tint level or color. Check out their Dusk model:Their tint-adjustable

Some years ago, Nendo participated in an exhibition where designers were asked to create bottles for defunct perfume brands."We were asked to undertake the perfume named Fandango by Koehler, which gained popularity in Russia in the 19th century. However, apart from the image of the perfume bottle, hardly any information on neither the fragrance nor the background to the product was available. So we decided to determine the outline of the perfume bottle and express its silhouette with the tube inside."

Core77 has partnered with the Design Intelligence Award (DIA)to promote the organizations Call for Entry. Final Deadline to enter is July 14, 2024. Enter now using this exclusive invitation code US2024-LBJ9RIU. The Design Intelligence Award (DIA) is an international competition connecting cultures through design. It gathers a global community of entrepreneurs, creatives and innovators who tackle and solve society's biggest challenges.While the DIA is one of the newer design awards, it was founded in 2015 by the China Academy of Art in partnership with The People's Government of Zhejiang Province, the China Industrial Design Association, the Steering Sub-committee on the Teaching of Industrial Design in Higher Educational Instituti

Remember the mid-century German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher? They documented, among other things, industrial architecture.Industrial designer Roee Ben Yehuda was inspired by the Bechers' work. But instead of industrial architecture, Yehuda chose something closer to hand: Car door handles. He's dedicated an Instagram account to documenting them.

Orthoses are medical devices that provide support to the patient's body. This unusual orthosis was designed by Luke Hale, a doctor in the UK. Hale founded a company called Pi-A Health, which uses technology to assist with patient recovery. "I designed a new way of making orthoses from 3d scans, so they are strong and porous, a bit like bone," Hale writes. "We then applied the workflow to a patient with a neurological disorder who unfortunately couldn't wear regular collars."Hale went through a numbe

It has come to our attention that this ChillBeam cordless lamp, by a Wyoming-based manufacturer of the same name, is actually a knockoff.Chillbeam, a knockoffIt is a shamelessly direct copy of the Africa lamp, designed by industrial designer Francisco Gomez Paz in 2022. Paz's original design is below: