Tariq Dixon's Work Nudges Designers to Learn More About the Full Scope of Design History

TRNK NYC co-founder's latest design exhibition is meant to highlight African & indigenous craft history and their major contributions to modernism

March 30

Kevin Bethune Says Building a Brighter Design Future Means Taking a Hard Look at the Industry's Deepest Flaws

The dreams • design + life Founder & 2021 Core77 Design Awards Jury Captain chats with Core77 about reimagining design for the better

February 16

Your Morning Doesn't Have to Be So Alarming

How OneClock utilizes a minimalist design approach—and the help of a Grammy Award-winning musician—to make waking up less exhausting.

February 4

Remembering Ralph Caplan

Paying homage to a design luminary and his seminal book "By Design"

June 10, 2020

Rebecca Hui Shares Her Advice for Successfully Scaling a Social Enterprise

The Roots Studio founder and 2020 Core77 Design Awards Design for Social Impact discusses cultural appropriation and design intention in a recent interview

May 11, 2020

Behind the Design: An Interview with Nike's Sustainable Design Lead on the Space Hippie Sneaker

Noah Murphy-Reinhertz of the NXT Innovation Space Kitchen shares how his team designed a shoe made from 100% recycled materials

April 27, 2020

The Future of Now: Introducing Takram

We sit down with the design innovation firm's studio director Yosuke Ushigome to learn more about their practices & limited run series for Core77

March 23, 2020

Constant Change: Insights From Twenty Years in the Design Industry

Dan Grossman, Director of Industrial Design at Smart Design, doubles as Professional Alumni Mentor at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

March 23, 2020

Radha Mistry's Job at Autodesk is to Explore and Provoke Possible Futures

February 25, 2020

Stephanie Yung of Smart Design Predicts the Most Promising Future Design Trends in Health & Wellness

February 13, 2020

Paola Antonelli on the Urgent Role Designers Will Play in the Future

We spoke with the MoMA Senior Curator of Architecture & Design and 2019 Core77 Conference keynote about a designer's role in the climate crisis and more

September 23, 2019

Contoured Playgrounds, Landscapes, Sculpture: Profiling the Childlike Genius of Isamu Noguchi

My favorite images of Isamu Noguchi are the photographs where he's smiling. I have...

September 23, 2019

frog's Francois Nguyen Is Actively Helping Shape What the Future Looks Like

"Design is a language and deep exposure and practice is the only path to excelling in it."

September 16, 2019

Dean Malmgren on How He Sees Data as a Rich Design Medium

August 29, 2019

Joe Meersman of IBM on the Importance of Defining Why We Want Change and the Future of Design With AI

"Philosophically speaking, design really is about change."

August 12, 2019

Liz Jackson Doesn't Want "Design for Disability"—She Wants Disabled People to Be Part of Designing Better Products

August 1, 2019

Pupul Bisht Wants to Decolonize the Future of Design Using Storytelling

"When it comes to design methods, 'one size fits all' is the thinking that colonizes our work—that's what we need to challenge."

July 26, 2019

Archie Lee Coates IV of PLAYLAB on the Importance of Collaboration and Keeping Ideas Flowing

"There will always be a next wave but right now it's about wrapping your arms around people and getting things done together"

July 23, 2019

John Makepeace Talks Trees, Wood Science, and the Future of Furniture

Upon leaving school, not many people find themselves at a crossroads with career signs...

June 21, 2019

Gareth Neal on Hacking Chairs, Making at Source, and Working With Robot Arms

As happy crafting with a humble chisel as conducting a 6-axis CNC robotic arm...

June 19, 2019

Meet Pentagram's Newest Partner: Information Designer Giorgia Lupi

Mapping and uncovering new dimensions about the built world

May 20, 2019

Konstantin Grcic on Designing Furniture for Non-Territorial Office Environments

In a sea of tricked-out office chairs at Milan Design Week, the Rookie chair...

May 1, 2019

Ronan Bouroullec Discusses Projects Big and Small

We caught up with the designer during Milan Design Week to talk about Vases Découpage for Vitra and more

April 24, 2019

How Neuroaesthetics Will Shape the Future of Design

An interview with Google's VP of Hardware Design, Ivy Ross

April 22, 2019

ArtCenter's Jenny Rodenhouse on Integrating VR/AR Technologies into Design School Curriculum 

A few words with our 2019 Core77 Design Awards Design Education Initiatives Jury Captain

March 26, 2019

Dong-Ping Wong on How Architecture Reflects Culture

A few words with our 2019 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment Jury Captain

March 25, 2019

Carla Diana on Embracing the Challenge of Creating a World for Both Humans and Robots

The "robot whisperer" discusses her new program at Cranbrook, the importance of making sentient everyday objects, and the future of robotics

March 22, 2019

Meet Anton Lorenz, the Man Who Brought Tubular Steel Furniture and Reclining Chairs to the Masses

An exhibition at Vitra Design Museum highlights his body of work

March 20, 2019

Yuliya Veligurskaya of Studio Cult Co on Ditching a Career in Architecture to Design the Brand of Her Dreams

From enormous PhotoShop pins to toolbar keychains, Studio Cult Co brings humor to the trials and tribulations of the design process

March 13, 2019

How Machine Learning Is Transforming Skincare to be More Effective and Sustainable

An interview with the CEO of up-and-coming skincare line Atolla

January 4, 2019

ANICORN's Joe Kwan on Why Storytelling and Graphic Design are Key Skills for Watch Designers

Bonus: serious watch eye candy included

December 17, 2018

Behind the Scenes of RAMS: An Interview with Director Gary Hustwit and Mark Adams of Vitsœ

"Dieter is not interested in any more products. He's interested in transmitting his 65 years of experience to the next generations."

November 6, 2018