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Industrial Design Student Work: A Multipurpose Disaster Relief Vest
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (42+ words) Industrial Design Student Work: A Multipurpose Disaster Relief Vest'Core77 Industrial Design Student Work: A Multipurpose Disaster Relief Vest Here's a timely project by Eva Steinz, an Industrial Design student at Austria's FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Graz. Create a…...
Industrial Designer David Irwin's Molded Chair Prototyping Process
1+ week, 4+ day ago (81+ words) Industrial Designer David Irwin's Molded Chair Prototyping Process'Core77 Irwin, a Northern Irish industrial designer and Assistant Professor at Northumbria University's School of Design, explains what you're looking at: Through April 18th the mold, pressing and resulting chair are being exhibited as…...
A Perfect Commentary on Modern Industrial Design
1+ week, 5+ day ago (80+ words) A Perfect Commentary on Modern Industrial Design'Core77 This WAY ruler is by Tomas Kral, an ECAL professor and industrial designer with a sense of humor. The object perfectly comments on an issue that plagues modern product design, where the UX…...
Core77 Design Awards 2026: Roman Gebhard on Technology That Serves Creativity
2+ week, 5+ day ago (398+ words) "With the wealth of new technologies and the continued evolution of others, I'm most excited that the focus is shifting," Roman says. "The question is becoming less about the tech itself and more about creating great, user-centered, engaging solutions that…...
An Extreme Bent Plywood Chair
3+ week, 2+ day ago (51+ words) An Extreme Bent Plywood Chair'Core77 An Extreme Bent Plywood Chair How far can you push bent plywood? Zurich-based industrial designer J'rg Boner seems to have pushed this 12mm-thick material as far as it will go: The Rove chair is in…...
Wood and 3D print intersection Tripod Table
3+ week, 2+ day ago (157+ words) Wood and 3D print intersection Tripod Table'Core77 Wood and 3D print intersection Tripod Table This project explores the relationship between wood and 3D-printed materials. By using 3D-printed components at the intersections of the tripod table, the design highlights new possibilities for constructing…...
Core77 Design Awards 2026: Irene Guerrieri on Design That Unlocks Imagination
3+ week, 4+ day ago (298+ words) Born and educated in Rome, architect Irene Guerrieri has built a career around a simple but powerful question: How can design nurture children's development, autonomy, and creativity? Her answer has taken the form of toys distributed worldwide, teaching positions at…...
From Michael Hilgers, Three Examples of Beautifying and Increasing the Utility of Existing Objects
3+ week, 5+ day ago (108+ words) Earlier we looked at Michael Hilgers' STECKRET'R, which turns the Billy bookcase into a desk. Here are another three examples of the Berlin-based architect applying his "pragmatic design" philosophy. This TAB object, for housewares brand Purstahl, lets you add a…...
An Extreme Custom Drafting Table, by Industrial Design Firm Caliper
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (71+ words) An Extreme Custom Drafting Table, by Industrial Design Firm Caliper'Core77 "Inspiration is for amateurs," writes NYC-based Daniel Arsham. "I'm a professional artist: I wake up every day and go to work." Arsham's demanding work ethic also extends to the tools…...
Industrial Design Student Work: A Two-Way Chair
4+ week, 2+ day ago (69+ words) Industrial Design Student Work: A Two-Way Chair'Core77 Industrial Design Student Work: A Two-Way Chair This minimalist, bent plywood Tilt chair is by Manuela Hirschfeld, an Industrial Design student at Germany's Hochschule Pforzheim. I'd link to more of Hirschfeld's projects, but…...