By Rain Noe - Sep 25 New

"Star Trek: Discovery's" Opening Credits Look Like They Were Created by Industrial Designers

There are a lot of Star Trek fans out there, and while I'm not one of them, I wasn't surprised to see all of the hype about the franchise's new show. I was surprised, however, to come across a bunch of articles this morning raving about the opening credit sequence

By Rain Noe - Sep 25 New

Behind the Design of Porsche's Upcoming Tesla Competitor

The Mission E's design team has done an excellent job of combining old and new while maintaining a distinctly Porsche flavor

Who'd have thought that venerable Porsche would need to design a car specifically to compete with one from an American upstart? But that's exactly what's happened, as Tesla's Model S became the bestselling luxury car in Europe last year, slipping past the Mercedes S class, BMW 7 Series, Audi A8

By Rain Noe - Sep 25 New

Design That Matters Now Selling Their Dyneema Field Research Kits

Buy one and help save babies' lives!

Here's your chance to contribute to a Kickstarter where you can not only get some sweet product, but you can also support a company that harnesses the power of design to save babies' lives. Design That Matters, Tim Prestero's nonprofit design firm (which produces our Design Experience That Matters

By Rain Noe - Sep 25

Production Method from Japan: Watch This Hand-Hammering "Choukin" Technique

You'd swear these elaborate patterns were machine-embossed

These pieces of metal were made to adorn tansu, traditional Japanese storage chests. Astonishingly, objects like these aren't made by stamping, pressing or embossing, but instead are actually hammered out by hand, completely absent any 3D pattern or form. Watch how this is done: The technique, which dates back

By Rain Noe - Sep 22

Design for Germophobes: With a Gryp Keychain, You Don't Have to Touch Anything in Public

The designers of this thing are probably going to get rich

Mixed feelings on this product: On the one hand, I feel we should be exposed to a certain amount of germs, in order to keep our immune systems up to snuff. On the other hand, I've seen a child sneeze into his hand, then grab the subway pole without wiping

By Core Jr - Sep 22

Try 3D Face Reconstruction, Buy a Mask in Protest of Face Recognition, Attend Lectures on Toy Design and More 

A weekly selection of great links hand-picked by Core77 editors. Get 'em while they're hot.

The Core77 team spends time combing through the news so you don't have to. Here's a weekly roundup of our favorite finds from the World Wide Web:

By Mid Century Mobler - Sep 22

Mid Century Modern Find of the Week: Brazilian Rosewood Sewing Cart with Wicker Basket

This Danish modern sewing cart was designed in an era when many households had sewing machines. Castors allow the user to wheel it over to the work. The top provides a worksurface on which fabrics or patterns can be laid. The legs are designed with raised corners for an

By Core Jr - Sep 22

8 Student Design Concepts Aiming to Enhance Quality of Life

A closer look at the winning 2017 Model One Awards projects

Model Solutions' annual Model One Awards (MOAs) recognize industrial design students who challenge themselves and develop products that enhance quality of life, improve safety, disrupt current technologies and utilize new design concepts in exciting ways. Through the MOAs, students from design schools across the country are given the opportunity

By Allison Fonder - Sep 22

Tinda Finger is an Invention Designed for Sad, Desperate Singles

Yes, I said it

Those of us who have seen the Tinder Meat Robot video from a couple year's past know that it is nothing short of sweet, satirical gold: A robot created by artist Marcelo Gómez Moreira in 2015, this revolting allegory spoke to our worst behaviors exacerbated by technology. It's visceral.

By Rain Noe - Sep 22

Convincingly Futuristic Designs: How FBFX Tackles Spacesuits for Hollywood

From "The Martian" to "Alien: Covenant," here are the details that you missed on-screen

Of all the things you could pursue with a degree in industrial design, working for a place like FBFX has got to be one of the most interesting. This UK-based design and fabrication house, which has access to toys like a 7-axis robotic milling machine, a plastics manufacturing shop and

By Rain Noe - Sep 21

Insane DIY Spiral-Action Chainsaw-Wielding Automatic Tree Trimmer

…plus a guy who brings old tools back to life

The anonymous chap behind Hand Tool Rescue restores old tools and gets them into the hands of people who can use them. I'll get to him in a minute. First I've got to show you this insane DIY automatic tree trimmer that he posted on his Instagram: I wish

By Shannon Rogers - Sep 21

Hand Tool School #46: Don't Tear Up Over Tear Out

If you're getting tear out, you're making one of these three mistakes

I get a lot of questions about tear out. (I know, you're jealous of my life.) Specifically I get questions about ways to alter a plane or features of a new plane that will prevent tear out. I have already talked about my views on bells and whistles on tools

By Rain Noe - Sep 21

Ikea/Space 10 Demonstrate How a Miracle Crop Can be Integrated Into Architecture

The Algae Dome provides fresh air and protein, and asks for little in return

Imagine living millennia ago, in a time when you've never seen a horse. Everywhere you and your tribe go is by walking. Then one of you discovers horses and figures out how to ride one. Now you've discovered the perfect sustainable transportation system. Horses eat grass, which is free. That

By Rain Noe - Sep 21

How to Achieve the Low Cost of Sandcasting with the Complexity of 3D Printing

Dutch consultancy Arup creates an innovative new/old production method

As far as mass production methods go, sand casting is one of the oldest. 3D printing is one of the newest. Dutch design and engineering consultancy Arup has figured out how to combine the two, allowing one to enjoy both the low cost of the former and the physical complexity

By Rain Noe - Sep 21

The NYPD's Newest Vehicles

New York City's Finest get Smart

HBO's new series "The Deuce" depicts the crime-ridden NYC of the early '70s. Back then the police cars looked like this: [Image credit: Screenshotted from YouTube video by Joseph John Ramos.] [Image credit: Screenshotted from YouTube video by Joseph John Ramos.] That's a 1971 Plymouth Fury. American cars of

By Core Jr - Sep 21

Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge's 6th Round is Now Open

Entries Due December 1

Designers have a critical role to play by envisioning products made with safe materials that can be perpetually cycled, and that eliminate the concept of "waste". The C2C Product Design Challenge enables current, emerging, and future designers to learn and apply critical strategies for envisioning products for the circular economy,

By Steven Johnson - Sep 20

Steven M. Johnson's Bizarre Invention #193: The Uni-Person Travel Module

Steven M. Johnson's "Patent Depending" series of inventions range from social commentary to plain ol' bizarre, and they always give us a laugh. So we've contracted him to let us publish one every week.

By Core Jr - Sep 20

Currently Crowdfunding: Notable Kickstarter Projects of the Week

Free footwear design education, a musical toothbrush, DIY mushroom lamps and more

A roundup of Kickstarter projects currently crowdfunding for your viewing and spending pleasure. Go ahead, free your disposable income: WSC16 "Pensole" Edition PENSOLE Footwear Academy has just launched a multi-tiered Kickstarter campaign in order to establish free footwear design courses for 100% of their students. Yes, free. If you're into

By Joel Moskowitz - Sep 20

Tools & Craft #65: What's Better for Assimilating Information, Print Books or E-Books?

As someone who collects books on woodworking I am routinely faced with the conflict of Cost vs. Space vs Ease of Use. While many people love their E-Books - and I have a bunch myself, the physicallity of an actual printed book makes the world of difference for me. That

By Rain Noe - Sep 20

Frightening Mexico Earthquake Footage Captured by Folks on Twitter

Buildings collapsing, children found and rescued and a VERY near miss

With multiple hurricanes and now a second earthquake in the news, it's a hell of a time for natural disasters. Mexico experienced its second earthquake in two weeks just yesterday, on the precise anniversary of a devastating quake that rocked Mexico City in 1985. What's different between then and

By Core Jr - Sep 20

Recent Design Awards Winners and the Process Inspired Trophies They Received 

The four prestigious design awards programs mentioned below—including a shameless plug to our own Core77 Design Awards—bring together the best designs across many categories, ranging from transportation to footwear design. But what's better than winning an award? Receiving an awesome trophy to either start or add to your collection.