How Do You Design a Successful Public Health Initiative? ShineLA Wants To Be a Glowing Example

ShineLA is set to debut during the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

August 13

This Idea for a Line of Sustainable Homewares Could Help Reduce the Risk of Himalayan Forest Fires

by Gaurav MK Wali for National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kangra

July 28

WantedDesign's 2020 School Workshop Turns Virtual, Explores How Design Can Tackle Issues Around COVID-19

Meet the designers behind the winning project

July 20

Eyra Asks: Why Should We Sacrifice Great Design As We Age?

How a failed shopping trip for their mum inspired Suse and Anne Costello to launch an elder-design revolution.

July 20

This Speculative App Concept Aims to Highlight Gender-Coded Verbal Silencing in the Workplace

Stephanie Gamble of School of Visual Arts' design hopes to put work "manterruptions" to an end

July 8

Where are the Designers of Color? Design Museum Showcases Their Stories

The online exhibition "We Design: People. Practice. Progress."

June 25

Where Are the Black Designers? This Digital Conference Will Address Lack of Diversity in Design 

The event takes place on Saturday, June 27th and all designers are highly encouraged to participate

June 25

Tattoo Artists Across the Country Offering Free Cover-Ups of Racist Tattoos

"Let's get that shit off your body"

June 17

The 2020 Core77 Design Awards Design for Social Impact Honorees

This year's Design for Social Impact design awards jury was led by Rebecca Hui of Roots Studio

June 16

Black Designers on Race and Design, Part 5: "How Do You Deal With Discrimination in the Workplace?"

Design professor Hector Silva asks the roundtable a huge question posed by a viewer:...

June 10

Black Designers on Race and Design, Part 4: Is It Hard for Minorities to Consider Design as a Career Option?

To explain why many design organizations lack diversity, it may be helpful to examine...

June 10

Black Designers on Race and Design, Part 3: "At Design School, Did You Ever Raise the Subject of Diversity?"

If you've watched Part 2 of this series, you've hopefully noticed that when you're...

June 9

If You're Female and/or a Minority, and Worry You're Not Getting Paid Enough, Check Out 81cents

The organization helps you determine your true market value

June 8

Business As Usual Is No Longer An Option

Here's what you can do to support the Black Lives Matter movement

June 2

Twitter Says Employees Can Work From Home Permanently

If all companies did this, think of what it would mean for the economy (it's not good)

May 13

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

Man Invents Ingenious Tree-Climbing Scooter to Save His Farming Community

Speed: Zero-to-Treetop, 30 seconds. Mileage: 360 trees per gallon

May 8

This Video of a Drive-In Rave in Germany Looks and Sounds Like a Living Hell

I understand the importance, but I am not the target market

May 7

Furniture Rises From The Ashes

For industrial designers, craftspeople, or anyone who creates, the question of what can be...

January 29

Introducing the Six Project Finalists in the 2020 Lexus Design Awards

Each project centers around either social impact or environmental issues

January 29

To Help Improve the Refugee Experience, This Design Team Created a Tangible Welcome Committee

by Raphael Katz, Abhishek Kumar, Rina Shumylo, Juliana Lewis, Sareena Avadhany for CIID

November 25, 2019

FREITAG Launches Online Platform That Lets You Swap Their Upcycled Bags with Other Customers for Free

The app, S.W.A.P., stands for "Shopping Without Any Payment"

October 17, 2019

DOTIfest: 'Festival of New Design Ideas' coming to London 

UK-based service design trailblazers, Snook, take their 'Design on the Inside' talk series to the next level with a day long 'festival'

September 23, 2019

The American Prison Uniform: A Snapshot

In the late eighteenth century, when American colonists established detainment centers for criminals, they...

September 4, 2019

Design Student Proposes a Simple, Hook-Based System to Make Refugee Bunkers More Livable

A simple but powerful way to improve the daily lives of socially vulnerable individuals

August 30, 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

Call for Entries: 2019 Sappi Ideas that Matter Grant

Deadline is July 19

June 21, 2019

This Bra Combines a 16th Century Craft with Parametric Design to Provide Post-Mastectomy Comfort

The project won the Grand Prix at this year's Lexus Design Awards

May 31, 2019

A New Game That Aims to Change How Kids Learn About Periods

The Period Game features all the different aspects of getting your period and teaches how to deal with them

March 15, 2019

At SXSW, New Dutch Wave Presents an Optimistic View of the Future

A series of projects explore how design and technology can be harnessed for positive impact

March 11, 2019