VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM SUMMER WORKSHOPS
BICYCLE
FARNBOROUGH AIRSHOW 2008
CERAMICS AND SOUND EXHIBITION
100 PERCENT DESIGN SHANGHAI
HAMBURG HARLEY DAYS 2008
BERLIN DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008
NEW YORK DESIGN WEEK 2008
MAKER FAIRE 2008
Love Objects
A review of MoMA's "Design and the Elastic Mind" by Alex Terzich
Book Review: The Back of the Napkin, by, Dan Roam
Review by Robert Blinn
New York Toy Fair 2008 photo gallery
64 Photos from this year's toy fair (Jan 7-20), covering everything from collectable vinyl toy to robots to DIY plush toys and alternatives for your next skateboard
Beyond Fashion: Reviving Experimental Design
"...Where student dreamers used to push the market with experimental thinking, now the market moves faster than student imaginations." By Scott Klinker
Stockhom Design Week 2008 photo gallery
This year's event is about recognizing young designers and their first steps in setting new standards for the future of Scandinavian design
Core77 Broadcasts: MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind - Live!
Alex Terzich attends the press preview and opening, where he interviews Chuck Hoberman and Peter Hall, and sits with Paola Antonelli for a longer interview the following day
February 2008
Greener Gadgets Competition 2008
Check out all the winners and notables, or watch video of the live judging
North American Handmade Bicycle Show 2008 photo gallery
Even if you've forgotten how to ride a bike you'll want to peruse this collection of photos for inspiration
Core77 Broadcasts: Hector Serrano from London
Much of the work coming out of Hector's studio demonstrates a playful curiosity about our emotional relationships with the objects we encounter and possess
Good For Nothing?
Why Nonprofits, Designers, and Techies Can't Talk to Each Other, by Ayca Akin
Interaction Design and ID
You're already doing it...don't you want to know what it's all about? By David Malouf
January 2008
Detroit Auto Show 2008
Mike Doyles pics from this year's car show
Consumer Electronics Show 2007
Check out all the hot and cool gear
Sustainable Answers:
Taking no prisoners with Tom Seager, by Xanthe Matychak
Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire:
Life lessons from consulting to academia, and back again, by Jon Kolko
Core77
Broadcasts: Offsite Discussion Sampler
Video sampler from Core77's Offsite event in NYC
Core77
Broadcasts: Ze Frank
Video from Core77's Offsite event in NYC
Core77
Broadcasts: Tobias Wong
Video from Core77's Offsite event in NYC
Core77
Broadcasts: Paul Budnitz
Video from Core77's Offsite event in NYC
Core77
Broadcasts: Steven Heller
Video from Core77's Offsite event in NYC
Core77
Broadcasts: Kelly Dobson
Video from Core77's Offsite event in NYC
December 2007
The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide
from Core77
Material Vision 2007
Gallery of this years show
Core77
Broadcasts:
Dunne + Raby
Interviewed by Bruce Tharp
Core77
Broadcasts:
Donald Norman
On positively every worthy issue in design, by Bruce Tharp
November 2007
Instituting Innovation:
Tell-all advice from 4 leading practitioners, by Brianna Sylver
Book Review: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer, by Debbie Millman
Review by Robert Blinn
Asking the Beautiful Question:
Design and engineering, by Ian Curry
Book Review: Designing Design, by Kenya Hara
Review by Robert Blinn
Dutch Design Week 2007
Arnold van Bezooyen's gallery from the flatlands of design
Book Review: Self-Sufficient Housing, by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
Review by Robert Blinn
Materialica 2007
Full galleries from this year's show
October 2007
London Design Festival 2007
All the highlights, all the galleries, and all the show from this year's
London Festival
Istanbul Design Week 2007
Arnold van Bezooyen visits Istanbul Design Week and shares the standouts
Book Review: Everyday Engineering, by Andrew Burroughs + IDEO
Review by Robert Blinn
Helsinki Design Week 2007
From Habitare to Design District Helsinki, check out our full galleries of
this year's celebration
Core77 Broadcasts: Matt Clark from United Visual Artists
Interviewed by Andy Polaine
September 2007
Hack 2 School
In honor of the start of the school year, Core77 has put together the definitive set of tips, tricks, and lifehacks for design students
Book Review: Logos 01: an essential primer for today's competitive market, edited by Capsule
Review by Robert Blinn
Design Research
Practice Noticing Stuff and Telling Stories, by Steve Portigal
Book Review: The Function of Ornament, Edited by Farshid Moussavi and Michael Kubo
Review by Robert Blinn
Dorm Drop-Off
Making a Nightmare into a Dream, by Steven Heller
Design Writing in Three Flavors
by Alice Twemlow
Book Review: The Myths of Innovation, by Scott Berkun
Review by Robert Blinn
The Life of the Party: Working Your Net
by Alissa Walker
Book Review: Naoto Fukasawa, by Naoto Fukasawa, Antony Gormley, and Jasper Morrison
Review by Robert Blinn
How to Work the Design Blogosphere
Design Blog Editors Teach You How to Get Your Shit Published Online
Why You Should Write in Your Books
Or, Talking Back to Aristotle and Loewy, by Ralph Caplan
Spinning Form
How to Tell Stories with Product Design, by Scott Klinker
How To Lead a Sustainable Life as a Design Student
By Jill Fehrenbacher
Why You Shouldn't Hang Out With Designers
By Sam Montague
August 2007
The Future of "User-Designed"
How one company worked with end-users to design their perfect product. By Bryan Hynecek
Book Review: Higher Creativity for Virtual Teams: Developing Platforms for Co-Creation, by Steven P. MacGregor and Teresa Torres-Coronas
Review by Robert Blinn
"I Design Products... Like the Kind You Pick Up With Your Hands"
What software designers can teach us, and vice versa, by Carl Alviani
Ecodesign, Ecolabels and the Environment
How Europe is redesigning our footprint on earth, by Niti Bhan
Book Review: Emerging Technologies and Housing Prototypes, by Salvador Perez Arroyo, Rossana Atena and Igor Kebel
Review by Robert Blinn
Core77 Broadcasts: Rob Walker
Interviewed by Allisa Walker (no relation)
Core77 Broadcasts: Edward Burtynsky + Jennifer Baichwal, Manufactured Landscapes
Interviewed by Allan Chochinov
Book Review: The Internet Imaginaire, by Patrice Flichy
Review by Robert Blinn
Core77 Broadcasts: Paul Budnitz from Kidrobot
Interviewed by Steven Heller
July 2007
Riding the Flux
Design is changing in a myriad of ways. Are you? By Kevin McCullagh
Book Review: Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design, by Michael Bierut
Review by Robert Blinn
Device Art
Is one of the hotest trends in design coming to America? By Carla Diana
Book Review: The Tourists, by Jeff Hobbs
Review by Robert Blinn
Design Strategy Conference
Nico Macdonald reviews this year's ID conference in Chicago
Book Review: Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process, by Curt Cloninger
Review by Robert Blinn
Design and Poetry
What can designers learn from poetry? By Xanthe Matychak
Core77 Broadcasts: Masa Inakage
Interviewed by David Womack
Core77 Broadcasts: Luke Williams from frog on Dubai
Interviewed by Linda Tischler
Core77 Broadcasts: Brad Holland on Intellectual Property
Interviewed by Steve Heller
Core77 Broadcasts: Nik Roope from Hulger
Interviewed by Andy Polaine
June 2007
New York Design Week
Core77's exhaustive coverage of galleries, events and parties. Also
check out our
Experience IS the Product
Peter Merholz on the difference between product design and good product design
Design Mai 2007
Arnold Van Bezooyan reports from this year's Berlin fair
Gravity Free 2007 Review
This year's conference was held at the W Hotel in Chicago, by Bruce Tharp
reports.
May 2007
Milan Furniture Fair 2007
Core77's comprehensive coverage of this year's exhibitions
Design for the other 90%
A review of the Cooper-Hewitt exhibition, by Natalia Allen
Material Trends 2007
Images from the Hanover Fair, by Arnold Van Bezooyan
Design Philadelphia
Photos from this year's exhibition, by Andrew Dahlgren, Roger Allen, and Shan Ju Lin
Core77 Broadcasts: Edwin Schlossberg from ESI
Interviewed by Steve Heller
Core77 Broadcasts: Gary Hustwit in Helvetica
Interviewed by Alissa Walker
April 2007
A Manifesto for Sustainability in Design
1000 Words from Allan Chochinov
Interview: Paola Zini
Mark Vanderbeeken interviews the Director of Torino 2008 World Design Capital
Bombing Modernism:
Graffiti and its relationship to the (built) environment, by Amos Klausner
Core77 Broadcasts: Will Tschumy and Chris Bernard
Interviewed by Steve Portigal
Core77 Broadcasts: Mitch Nash
Interviewed by Steven Heller
March 2007
CORE77 BroadcastsS!
Core77 launches its podcast series of audio and video shows. Amazing hosts + fascinating guests. Dial it in and listen it up!
Plastics Primer
Not Created Equal: A long, (loving) plastics primer, by Carl Alviani
Parallel Universes
Making Do and Getting By + Thoughtless Acts (Mapping the quotidian from two perspectives), by Kevin Henry
Core77 Offsite PDX 2007
Core77's Offsite series lives on in Portland, Oregon at Someday Lounge, featuring Derek Welch and Jason Bacon of UNKL. Check out the gallery!
Core77 Broadcasts: Ze Frank
Interviewed by Alissa Walker
Core77 Broadcasts: Karena Albers
Interviewed by Alissa Walker
Core77 Broadcasts: Emilie Baltz
...on Coffee
Core77 Broadcasts: Steve Glenn
Interviewed by Alissa Walker
Core77 Broadcasts: Debbie Millman
Interviewed by Steve Portigal
Core77 Broadcasts: Maira Kalman
Interviewed by Steven Heller
February 2007
2007 CES Photo Gallery
224 images of what happens in Vegas each year by Emilie Baltz
IMM Cologne - 2007
102 images from the Cologne Design Fair, by Arnold Van Bezooyan
D.I.Y. ID: Indie Designers on the Rise
How young designers are making it on their own now more than ever, by Jeannie Choe
Postcards from Palm Springs: Modern Gems in the Desert
Photos and commentary on modern architecture in the California desert, by Mike and Kristina Ditullo
Core77 Broadcasts: Nathan Shedroff
Interviewed by Steve Portigal
Core77 Broadcasts: Core77 Broadcasts: Chris Miller of LifePlays
Interviewed by Steve Portigal
Core77 Broadcasts: Frank Luca of the Wolfsonian
Interviewed by Steven Heller
January 2007
Transversing Design Now
A review of the 3rd Cooper-Hewitt Triennial, by Alex Terzich
Beware the Backlash
A rising tide of disaffection towards design, by Kevin McCullagh
Competitive Summit '06:
A review from the UK Design Council, by Nico Macdonald
December 2006
Core77's Ultimate Designer-Holiday Gift Guide!
77 Design Gifts for under $77
More Brain, Less Storm
How to think creatively about thinking creatively, by Michael Flanagan
Design 2.0 Boston Podcasts and Photos
Couldn't make it to Boston? Check it all out here.
November 2006
5 Keys to Promoting Thoughtful Design Leadership in Education
Materialica 2006 Gallery
Arnold Van Bezooyen's photos from this year's show
Wired NextFest Gallery
Glen Taylor prowls the show at this year's futurama
October 2006
Design Week 2006 Galleries
Core77's comprehensive coverage of this year's show
Light Objects Design Competition Results!
We've got the winners, runners up, and notables from our latest design competition
Istanbul Design Week 2006 Galleries
Arnold Van Bezooyen's tidbits from Turkey
September 2006
The SolarShuttle: Rain or shine, this boat powers on.
Jennie Winhall takes a ride on Britain's SolarShuttle, and reports back on a wonder of technology and design
Those Who Can, Teach: 1000 Words of Advice for Design Teachers
Following up on his
1000 Words of Advice for Design Students
, Allan Chochinov
breaks down what every design teacher needs to know
Toward a Cultural Innovation: Why American designers need more point-of-view
Scott Klinker argues that for American design to stay competitive, it needs more than off-the-shelf innovation
August 2006
Classroom Case Study: Drug Marketing
Designers at the Institute of Design offer solutions in the face of a direct-to-consumer advertising ban, by Brianna Sylver
The Definition of Industrial Design? It's right there in the title.
Gadi Amit fights through the hype for a good definition
Last Man Standing: 80 years of Teague Design
Michael DiTullo celebrates Walter Dorwin Teague, the man, and the firm
July 2006
Core77 BluFom Sneaker
In honor of Core77's 11th Anniversary, we teamed up to produce BluFom- -an old skool homage to industrial designers everwhere
Corporate Social Responsiblity:
You must remember this, by Steven MacGregor
Upping The Ante: Understanding business & design through casino poker - Part 4
Courage: The final installment of a four part series by Dirk Knemeyer
June 2006
Core77's 11th Anniversary Party!
Check out the pics from our celebration
New York Design Week 2006 Gallery
Core77's comprehensive coverage of this year's show
Design Mai 2006
Arnold Van Bezooyen`s images from the Berlin fair
Dreaming of a City:
A Letter from Design Mai, by David Womack and Alice Twemlow
May 2006
Milan 2006 Gallery
Core77's comprehensive coverage of this year's show - 356 images!
Material Trends 2006
Arnold Van Bezooyen's images from Frankfurt's fair
Marketing Your Design Firm:
How to brand yourselves as well as you brand your clients, by Adam Lerner
Aspen Design Summit Roundtable:
What to expect when you're effecting (change)
April 2006
Designing the XBOX 360
David Kemp twitches on the role of collaboration
Art Center Conference
Janet Abrams reviews Radical Craft, the second Art Center Conference
Building a Better Mousetrap, Literally
Smart Design holds an in-house design competition, by Tim Kennedy
March 2006
Simple or Simplistic
Cordy Swope on the limits of business books.
Letter from Asia
Drive-by observations from Steve Portigal.
Is Design Political?
Jennie Winhall looks at the politics and potential of design
February 2006
Design By Committee
Disney + Graco + Evo Design = what, exactly? By Annemarie DeLuca
Putting the "Desi" in Design
Why the Indian design community is uniquely equipped for emerging markets. By Niti Bhan
Upping The Ante: Understanding business & design through casino poker - Part3
Part three of a four part series by Dirk Knemeyer
January 2006
16 Manufacturers, 175 Products, 7 Weeks
Reflections on a mission to Manila, by William Gordon.
What does "Innovation" really mean?
How to insure a success with your clients, by Brianna Sylver
Reinventing the Wheel
Pushing the limits in high performance bike design, by Steven MacGregor
December 2005
Material Vision 2005
Arnold Van Bezooyen`s images from Frankfurt's fair
Trademarks, Not Patents: The real competitive advantage of the Apple iPod
By James Conley
Upping The Ante: Understanding business & design through casino poker - Part2
Part two of a four part series By Dirk Knemeyer
November 2005
Dutch Design Week
Photos from the fourth annual Dutch design week in Eindhoven
Tokyo Design Week
A series of presentations in shops, galleries & cafes and a student exhibition showcasing work from universities throughout Japan
Shopping For Innovation
Hiring a design firm - a primer. By Steve Portigal and Niti Bhan
October 2005
[Review]
A collection of images from the show at the New York MoMA, opening October 2005.
Design Education Today
Stephanie Munson and Bruce M. Tharp review the 2005 Eastman/IDSA National Education Conference.
The Best Leads Anywhere: Ralph Caplan's Cracking the Whip
Fairchild Books publishes a new collection of Essays by Ralph Caplan.
London Design Festival 2005
150+ images from the 2005 design festival in London, including shots from 100% Design and Designersblock.
September 2005
Upping The Ante: Understanding business & design through casino poker
A four part series By Dirk Knemeyer
Orient-Orientation: Twelve Designers = Six Answers for Istanbul
Arnold van Bezooyen reports on 6 projects aimed at first-time visitors to Istanbul.
Designersblock Frankfurt 2005<
Galleries of images from the event.
August 2005
Surviving The Flood: A Review of the Rotterdam Architecture Biennale
Deena DeNaro visits the exhibitions and reports back on the hightlights.
We Got Sick of Hearing About Design & China, So We Got on a Plane and Went There
Bruce Tharp and Stephanie Munson travel to China to check out both the real and the perceived rise of Chinese.
July 2005
Taking the Middle Ground: Massive design for the masses?
Carl Alviani examines 5 design/manufacturing groups and how they ride the line between mass and class.
4 Countries, 4 Futures: Tom Klinkowstein's Horizon Projects Workshops
Participants reflect on what is was like to participate in these future-envisioning events.
June 2005
Interview : Rob Walker
Holly Taylor catches up with Rob Walker, New York Times Magazine "CONSUMED" columnist.
Design Mai: Berlin
A huge gallery of images from Arnold Van Bezooyen and Jeroen Visser.
May 2005
New York Design Week
Back on home turf, Core77 seeks out the freshest designs on the streets of New York.
Dutch Design: The Next 10 Powerhouses
Venka de Rooij, managing director of Dutch by Design, takes a look at the next 10 up & coming designers out of the Netherlands.
Milan Design Week
Total photo coverage from the biggest furniture fair of the year.
Core77 Offiste Event
Core77 kicked off the New York Design Week with a killer Offsite party featuring lighting designer James Clar.
April 2005
Seismic Shift: Rethinking the Design Industry
Niti Bhan looks at the facts, the design industry must respond to their customer's needs, retool and reconfigure their offerings, and structure engagements based on value rather than cost.
Visionary Stupidity
Cordy Swope takes a look at the concept of Bad Design as Good Strategy.
March 2005
Behind the Curve
Amos Klausner gives the lowdown on the Blobjects show at the San Jose Museum of Art.
February 2005
The Unbelievable, True Story of Automoblox
One designer's journey into global manufacturing and distribution
Interview: Dan Yaccarino
Design-minded children's book author and illustrator
January 2005
DesignSlam#01
Non-consumables for consumers - a quick design competition
CES Product Gallery
Pics of our selections of the hottest products at the 2005 CES in Las Vegas
Design is 9/10ths of the Law
A behind the scenes look at creating a legal guide for design firms
ITP End-Of-Year Show
A look at recent projects from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program
Looking Back at 2004?
Steve Portigal reflects on the media overload of 2004
December 2004
Napkin Sketch Results
The results from the CATIA+Core77 Napkin Sketch Competition are in! 750+ entries, five winners & notables.
Essay: "American Design," Anyone?
Carl Alviani discusses the paradox between European Design and the home-grown kind.
Opinion: While You Were Out
Niti Bhan reflects on the changes happening in the global business of design. Oh wait, they already did happen.
November 2004
Value Meal: Design and (over)Eating
View the US exhibition for the International Design Biennale in Saint-Etienne, France.
Massive Change
Caroline Dobuzinskis visits Bruce Mau's exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Essay: The New Strength of Style
Amos Klausner on Dyson's resignation and the reexamination of 'form follows function.'
Offsite in Boston!
A recap of of our open-mic Offiste, Curated by Vessel. Almost an entire design conference in one single nite!
October 2004
TIMEX2154 - - Design Competition Results
All the results from our TIMEX2154 International Design Competition. Wrist-Based. Wearable, and Conceptual categories, as well as many Notables.
London Design Week
Human Beans assemble a sampling of the weird and wacky from the fair. Good design is so over.
Opinion: Emotion (vs.) Intellect
Tucker Viemeister weighs in on a designer's place in the rational world.
Cultural Construct: Travel photos from Cuba
Stephanie Munson and Bruce M. Tharp cast a designer's eye on Cuba, sharing a scrapbook of Cuban Vernacular, Mobility, Decay, Murals, and Cuban Life.
September 2004
ALL EDUCATION ISSUE!
Design School Finder
Search for School Programs around the world, use the new School Comparison Tool, or view the Entire List.
Opinion: Deep or Wide
Pete Zerillo discusses the age-old dilemma for design schools: Train workers, or educate students?
1000 Words of Advice
Allan Chochinov breaks down what every design student needs to know. Fast.
Why Grad School?
Niti Bahn on the reasons to choose graduate study.
Assembling a Competitive Application for Graduate Studies
A guide through the application process with tips, do's and don't's.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
A special discussion board feature dedicated to spreadin' wisdom to design students entering the new school year.
DIS2004 Trip Report
Angela Chang and Jonah Brucker-Cohen review this bi-annual conference on interaction technologies and applications.
August 2004
The Top 10 Myths and Truths about Design in China
Elaine Ann tackles the perceptions and realities, from "All design jobs are going to China" to "Time equals money in China."
Summer Reading
Book reviews of two new books from Phaidon: Supernatural: The Work of Ross Lovegrove, and Ron Arad, In Conversation with Matthew Collings
Essay: All We Ever Wanted
Adam Berninger targets the necessary criteria for useful objects.
Marketing a Design Firm 4
In his forth installment of the series, Joseph Kelly profiles Boston's Altitude.
July 2004
Dissection
Design decisions through product autopsy: Justin Petro rips apart his Moto V.70, revealing the truth wihin.
Opinion
Cordy Swope on the routes to becoming a design star, and the problems you face when you get there.
June 2004
ICFF 2004
Parties, furniture, galleries, New York City....what's not to love? Six photo galleries; over a hundred pics.
DesignMai 2004
Human Beans and their review of Berlin's design week
Marketing A Design Firm 3
The third installment of Joseph Kelly's series on building and selling a design firm, profiling id-ONE
21st Century Design
Offsite's Mark Palmer and Russ Branaghan discuss what design research can bring to the product development table
May 2004
The More. The Merrier.
From FanFic (fan-created fiction) to Photoshopped product imaginings, Steve Portigal writes on the blurring of the line between producer and consumer. What does this mean for the practicing designer, and does it signal a new direction
for participatory design?
Milan Design Week 2004
Hundreds of shows, galleries, exhibitions and parties make Milan the annual Mecca for designers worldwide. Tons of fresh photos from the recently concluded extravaganza
Speed
The results of the third installment of the PopSci/Core77 Design challenge
April 2004
By Design - - Special Issue:
Ralph Caplan's seminal design book is about to be reissued, and Core77 takes a look at the man, the message, and the manuscript.
Art Center Conference
Ian White reports on the recent conference in Pasadena.
March 2004
RoundTable with Paola Antonelli
An international panel of writers, designers, and editors discuss the position of design in the media
Consuming Design
Human Beans visit the Thomas Heatherwick – Conran Foundation Collection at the London Design Museum
Opinion
Tom Reynolds on the collision of art and design in museums
Offsite!
Presentation by Julie Müller Stahl in New York City
February 2004
Institute Without Boundaries: Massive Change
Reflections on a year-long design program inside the Bruce Mau Design studio
Design Within Reach’s Nelson book, Roweena Reed Kostellow award, and Walk the Plank
Opinion
Dan Hill on Apple’s pursuit of perfection: Insanely great, or just good enough?
From the Trenches 2: Marketing a Design Firm
Part 2 of Joseph Kelly’s series examining the growth of design firms, profiling Jeff Miller Design
January 2004
From the Trenches: Marketing a Design Firm 1
Joseph Kelly kicks off this six-part series examining contemporary design firms at various stages of growth
Discussion Board RoundTable
This month's RoundTable features leading thinkers on design research, moderated by Bruce Tharp
Opinion
What use are people anyway? Human Beans on user research and participatory design
December 2003
Industry Snapshot
The results of our second annual design industry survey are in!
Thought at Work
A review of the student design conference that taught the big boys a thing or two
Opinion
Cordy Swope on automotive design, road rage, and the rituals of self-expression
Offsite!
Images and a write up from last month's Design-A-Palooza in Los Angeles
November 2003
Siemens designlab
Andre Dettler reflects on his experiences inside this nine-student design charette
Liquid
Giving a second life to objects through design
Letter from the Front Lines
Ian White debates the merits of going it alone
October 2003
Brooklyn, Three Ways.
or You can take the boy out of Brooklyn, but...
More Than 100%
Human Beans on The London Design Festival
Blog: Compostmodern
Amos Klausner starts a new blog on putting together a conference on sustainable design
Tokion Conference
Deanna Dumbrys takes a look
September 2003
Interview: Aurelie Tu
Bob Parks interviews one of Nike's product designers
NYC IDSA Conference, Neus Museum, Droog
Barcelona Postcard
Amos Klausner reflects on the Year of Design
IDSA Education Conf
Bruce Tharp writes up last month's gathering of design educators (with photos!)
August 2003
Attention Kmart Shoppers
Kate Bingam on her beloved local Kmart, shutting its doors for good
Props for a Non-Existent Script
Human Beans review 'Design Products' at the RCA show
Spark:03
Steve Portigal weighs in on last month's San Francisco Conference
July 2003
Transformation
Reinventing The Home
Interview
Roy Thompson, senior designer at Continuum
Trial & Error - Beyond Imagination
Working models from architectural practices around the world
June 2003
Canary In A Coal Mine
See the pieces, the exhibiton and the party that Core77 put on for the first ever Coroflot Members Show
Freitag, DesignMai, Sublime, Zirkeltraining, Heisse Ware, Loftcube, Treibwerk
Opinion: Andrew Zolli
Pixelvision: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the pixel
ICFF 2003
A review and image collection from last month's fair in New York City
May 2003
Milan 2003
Human Beans comment and review selected installations from last month's furniture fair
National Design Triennial
A review of the "Inside Design Now" show at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in New York City
Paper: The Cage of Aesthetic Convention
Why the design world needs the Avante-Garde
Portuguese Design
A new book and conference showcases design in Portugal
April 2003
Undesigning America
Undesign is more than nostalgia. It is wild space. At the urban core there are still pockets of wild-ness
Designer of the Year
HumanBeans report on the selection from the Design Museum in London
Dead Malls
Competition results from Los Angeles, CA
Opinion: Cordy Swope
The Imagination Market: How creatives solve problems the pentagon can't
March 2003
Miam-Miam
This international design collective examines the idea of food-sharing, and comes up with some tasty results
Education
Get ready for the summer- -with courses in Italy and London
Canada Design
Todd Falkowsky doesn't go up north, he lives there
The Bunker
The latest in an ongoing series of collaborative works by Lindroth + Newick
Opinion: Allan Chochinov
Something for nothing: The costs of design
February 2003
Materials
New! Core77 launches its Materials & Processes section. Learn, source, ask, chat, and share. Materials&Processes are the new Form&Function!
Personal Transportation
We give you the hottest in personal transportation
Smart Fabrics
Amos Klausner on the new "techstiles"
Droog in London
Human Beans takes a peek
Opinion: Natalie Jeremijenko
The role of designer as social revolutionary
January 2003
Zirkeltraining Interview
Our first feature in German! Frankfurt-based design group Zirkeltraining expound on lucky wedges, temporary tattoo clubs and french soccer coaches
The Winners
We give you the Results of three recently concluded design competitions
Opinion: Amos Klausner
Frank Gehry, the WTC, architecture and brand
Flow
Human Beans report on the latest Doors of Perception Conference
Restaurant Design
Madness in the SF Bay area
December 2002
Opinion: Cordy Swope
On Shopping: Despite predictions and the salvation army, spending money with a lesser sense of purpose and more of a sense of resignation
Smooth Sailing or Rough Seas
Sally Slevin on a Spanish galleon that was built onto a school bus
Offsite..Again!
Core77 brought it back home to Brooklyn, NY for our latest event - Nov. 19
Swiss Expo 02
Human Beans reminiscing sunnier times
The Student Life
Thoughts on a design education in progress
November 2002
Physical Computing
Articles, Interviews, Opinions
Smart Environments
with Lisa Sundbeck
The Zoology of Physical Computing
with Joey Stein
Designing Systems for Human Interaction
with Camille Utterback
The factory of the future, Wide world of design, Rock on
October 2002
James Dyson and a Cleaner America
Allan Chochinov interviews one of contemporary design's greatest
Europe
Reporting on news from Germany, Italy, and Israel. Ok, so its stretching the boundaries of Europe a little...
Offsite!
Phil Frank shares his insights
Firstop
Celebrating design, Brooklyn-style
Freq Out
A report on one aspect of the London Design Scene
September 2002
The Design Business
The results of our industry survey are in! Over 600 design professionals from around the world reveal their strategies for growth and prosperity in a difficult economic climate
Brooklyn Design
Firstop, a design organization based in Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY, is organizing a celebration of the neighborhood's thriving design scene.
Interview: Tobias Wong
NY designer Tobi Wong tells all
Trailer Park
A fresh look at vintage Airstream
Designer Playlists
25 new lists added for September!
August 2002
Design Legacy
Ryan McManus tells the story of a mid-century design classic brought back to life