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These Vök trays are by Icelandic industrial designer Dögg Guðmundsdóttir. The name makes immediate sense—if you speak Icelandic: "Inspiration and the name for these trays were found in...
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Kebony: A Sustainable Softwood Transformed into a Tropical Hardwood
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Core77
For building durable structures and outdoor furniture, tropical hardwood Ipé is a gift from nature. Unfortunately, we've taken too much of it, devastating the tropical...
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Street Furniture that Makes Use of Existing Infrastructure
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Core77
When I was living in the city, I wore out the ass of a pair of Carhartts just by sitting on stoops and concrete. Bummed me out as the rest of the pants were still good. If only...
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Chairs Made of Offcuts From Other Chairs
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Core77
Responsible furniture designers use sustainably-sourced and certified wood. However, not all of that wood goes into the pieces, of course; there are offcuts and scrap. These...
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A Club Chair/Loveseat/Sofa Seating System Made of Aluminum Sheets
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Standard Equipment, a Toronto-based furniture startup, is producing this unnamed seating system framed with 5mm aluminum sheets. It ships broken down, and you bolt it together....
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An Experimental Woodworking Joint: An Alternating Half-Lap with Through-Tenons
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Core77
This Ourou shelving system employs an unusual wood joint. It was developed by French industrial designer Guillaume Bloget, working with craftsman Antoine Rivie`re.
"I wanted...
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An Extreme Stainless Steel Clipboard for Sketching, with Built-In Light
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Core77
SHFT is the handle of a South Korean product designer who produces objects in sheet metal. Their m.o. is to post shots of prototypes on Instagram to gauge feedback, then...
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In-Car Hydration and Urination Systems for Race Car Drivers
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Core77
You've seen pit stop footage with crew members zipping tires on and off. But you may not have seen this thing being swapped out:
That's a bottle filled with water, usually...
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Useful, Lowbrow Furniture, Badly Executed: The Outdoor Side Table Cooler
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This is an interesting furniture form, designed for the masses, and always poorly executed. (I have a hard time admitting those two qualities are now permanently linked.) Aimed...
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Industrial Design Case Study: A New Form for the Air Conditioner
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Core77
"We are completely revolutionizing air conditioners," writes startup Transaera, "with advanced materials that remove moisture from the air before cooling it. Then we use the...
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Core77 Weekly Roundup (4-29-24 to 5-3-24)
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Here's what we looked at this week:
A good example of improving an existing product's UX by listening to customers' pain points: Star-M's special Raceway Bit speeds...
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To celebrate the launch of the newest Star Wars Original Series, The Acolyte, as well as the designers and makers who have worked to create distant worlds, creatures...
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