The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Sports & Outdoors Winners

This year's Sports & Outdoors jury was led by Tyler Gilbert the Design Director at Tyler Gilbert Design

June 26

The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Announce the Editors Choice Award

Editors are wowed by the "self-driving" golf caddy

June 23

Asking "How" and "Why"

An important discussion around product creation

February 20

The 2024 Core77 Design Awards Winners In The Sports & Outdoors Category

This year's Sports & Outdoors jury was led by Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Founder & Principal at Interwoven Design Group

June 18, 2024

The Hard Work of Designing for Play

OgoSport's Kevin Williams on what it feels like to bring a new product to life

March 4, 2024

Some of Our Favorite Student Projects From the 2023 Core77 Design Awards

Inspirational and aspirational, these outstanding student projects caught our eye

December 27, 2023

The 2023 Core77 Design Awards Sports & Outdoors Honorees

This year's Sports & Outdoors jury was led by Natalie Candrian of OMORPHO and SAYSH

June 21, 2023

Natalie Candrian Brings Emotional Depth to Sports Design by Letting Athletes' Stories Lead the Way

A chat with an acclaimed footwear designer and the Sports & Outdoors Jury Captain for the 2023 Core77 Design Awards

February 14, 2023

Funky-Looking Guardian Caps Rejected by NFL for Regulation Play, OK'd for Practice

The turtle-like foam over-helmet protectors reduce impact forces

August 22, 2022

The 2022 Core77 Design Awards Sports & Recreation Honorees

This year's Sports & Recreation Jury was led by Dr. Susan Sokolowski of the University of Oregon Sports Product Design Program

June 29, 2022

The 2020 Core77 Design Awards Sports & Recreation Honorees

This year's Sports & Recreation design awards jury was led by Max Steffen of The North Face

June 16, 2020

How to Collaborate with a Superstar and Other Design Career Insights – Natalie Candrian Speaks with Michael DiTullo

February 10, 2020

Check Out the Cardboard Beds Tokyo 2020 Athletes Will Sleep On

Hopefully they prove to be comfortable

January 13, 2020

Tokyo 2020 Medals Will Be Made From Over 6 Million Recycled Phones and Other Devices

Over the past two years, Japanese citizens have donated over 78,985 tons of old consumer electronics to the effort

August 6, 2019

Outdoor Voices Launches New Editorial Platform, "The Recreationalist" 

This platform and zine shows how good editorial design can blur the lines between ad and active.

August 6, 2019

Michael Graves Teams Up With Landscape Forms to Create New US Open Courtside Furniture

An excuse to watch tennis

August 31, 2018

Nike and Virgil Abloh's Powerful Collection for Serena Williams Includes Three New Sneakers

Another win for Serena, and another win for women who love sneakers

August 30, 2018

The design story behind the 2019 Trek Madone SLR

When Trek released the 2016 Madone they dubbed it "the ultimate race bike". Yet...

August 22, 2018

Real Madrid and adidas Announce New Jerseys Made from Parley's Ocean Plastic

Yesterday morning, adidas Soccer revealed the first Real Madrid CF kit ever from the...

August 7, 2018

RUNVI: Smart Insoles that Track Performance & Help Reverse Bad Running Habits

Only 20 hours left to pledge on Kickstarter

July 11, 2018

Our Favorite Skateboard Designs from frog's DECKxDESIGN Challenge

NYC-based design studios were tasked with rethinking the traditional skateboard

May 30, 2018

The Best of Footwear Design in 2017 

Funky closures, space-grade materials and performance insoles

December 21, 2017

Student Turned Entrepreneur Develops DIY Backyard Ice Rink System

Dylan Gastel's clever "EZ ICE" design uses modular panels, tension, water and the weather

November 6, 2017

Travel-Loving Dad Invents Car-Top Tent That Sets Up in 30 Seconds

The Skycamp provides King-size comfort, minus the set-up hassles

August 7, 2017

What Happens When You Combine a Floating Dock with Surfing?

Kinda surprised no one's thought of this before

July 20, 2017

A Glass Pool Table (With a Catch)

Designing for novelty, yea or nay?

July 18, 2017

The ShapeScale: Personal 3D Bodyscanning Device Shows You How Your Body has Changed Over Time

Creates a photorealistic 3D model of you in under a minute

July 17, 2017

Bro Tip: the FLEXR Folding Pullup Bar

Lump this into the "how has someone not thought of this yet?" category

July 17, 2017

Nike Brings Flyknit Technology to Clothing with the FE/NOM Flyknit Sports Bra

This one's for the ladies

July 12, 2017