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A Coffee Table for Star Wars Fans, Alt Music History Mapped Out on an Early Transistor Radio & Remember When You Could Sell Anything in Epic 'Void-Deserts'?
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By Core Jr - May 12
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:
A history of alternative and independent music mapped out to the circuit board of an early transistor radio.
A new show in London on Californian design.
This coffee table is inspired by Princess Leia's side buns. Not seeing it.
Will Amazon’s New Echo Show device be watching you?
Remember when you could sell anything in epic 'void-deserts'?
How Tech developed our notion of Witches.
Discuss & debate this sandwich mentality chart.
Karim Rashid and Stratus Vineyards designed the 'Decant' wine bottle that filters as you pour. We tried the wine ourselves and can confirm it's tasty.
A 'how it works' article that explains popular artworks that mess with your mind.
Nothing new for designers but good pics and a nice layout.
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By Timothy Prestero - May 12
Design Experience That Matters, Book Review: The Back of the Napkin
How simple cartoons can help us to explain and visualize complex concepts
Cartoons! They carpet the walls of our studio, and they make frequent appearances in Design that Matters presentations and TED talks. In his 2009 book The Back of the Napkin, design thinker and professional doodler Dan Roam demonstrates how simple cartoons can help us to explain and visualize complex concepts,
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By Steven Johnson - May 10
Steven M. Johnson's Bizarre Invention #63: The Verticar
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.
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By Rain Noe - May 10
How a Shirt-Folding Machine Works, and How to Make Your Own for $1
For those of you that need your clothing in perfect rectangles
Here's the type of machine that shirt manufacturers use to fold shirts into perfect rectangles off of the production line: You can find low-tech manual versions online and at big-box stores for about $10 to $25, but this guy made his for a dollar:
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By Kat Bauman - May 09
The Blade Runner 2049 Set Design Is Officially Not Going To Suck
The new trailer is worth watching a few times
The newest Blade Runner 2049 trailer is out and the visuals are worth getting excited for. I promise we aren't pivoting to a fan site for Ridley Scott adjacent projects, but good set design deserves as much love as we can throw at it. It's not that I'm anti-CGI, but
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