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The Core77 Design Awards final deadline is only two weeks away — You’ve put in the work, now get the recognition! —*Now* is the perfect time to start your entry: designawards.core77.com -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #designawards #ID

If you'd like to design bikes for a living, you can go to ID school, and adapt the assignments accordingly. But if you'd like dedicated instruction, there's… core77.com/posts/142937/T… #TokyoCollegeOfCycleDesign #BikeDesign #BicycleBuilding #BikeMaintenance #CyclingEducation

W.steps is the Swedish company that makes that compact telescoping ladder (previously known as Telesteps). Ladders are known danger points on jobsites, so "safety is built right into… core77.com/posts/142934/G… #Design #SafetyFirst #ProductDesign #LadderSafety #UserExperience

Do people care how their furniture is made? They might, if you showed them. A recent exhibition put on by Proof of Concept, a design platform that explores production methods, revealed… core77.com/posts/142926/I… #IndustrialDesign #FurnitureDesign #Prototyping #Moulding #DavidIrwin

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,… core77.com/posts/142876/A… #IndustrialDesign #ModernDesign #ProductDesign #UserExperience #DesignThinking

Though this was designed in the 1970s, this desk looks closer to modern-day furniture than say, a desk from the 1950s. Danish designer Alex Linder's Executive Desk… core77.com/posts/142871/A… #FurnitureDesign #VintageFurniture #MidCenturyModern #InteriorDesign #HomeOffice

Just a few years ago, automakers pivoting towards producing EVs were seen as wise; Toyota was one of the major holdouts, adopting a more cautious pace, for which it faced criticism. How… core77.com/posts/142868/H… #Honda #EVs #ElectricVehicles #AutomotiveIndustry #GiorgettoGiugiaro

Entering a design awards program is the keystone that completes the arc of any project. Beyond offering incredible promotional returns to your team and client if you win,… core77.com/posts/128660/N… #DesignAwards #AwardWinning #CreativeCommunity #DesignProcess #ProjectRecognition

Receiving an honor in the Core77 Design Awards takes a little more than just an exceptional design project- it requires turning that exceptional project into an entry… core77.com/posts/33117/Yo… #Core77DesignAwards #DesignCompetition #DesignAwards #EntryGuidelines #CreativeProcess

Here's what we looked at this week: A Turkish twist on sofa design, by industrial designer Gokce Nafak. Coleman's space-saving collapsible cooler. The Wall-Lift: A… core77.com/posts/142597/C… #Design #IndustrialDesign #FurnitureDesign #Innovation #SustainableDesign

Will there ever be a spiritual successor to Braun's iconic AB 1 desktop clock, designed by Dietrich Lubs? A pessimist would say "Probably not." Lubs' design is hard to beat for… core77.com/posts/142773/D… #DesignCriticism #ProductDesign #UXDesign #Minimalism #DesignInspiration

This is Yamaha's XMAX scooter, made in Indonesia. In that market, the 250cc variant is a premium model. The target market is middle-class riders stepping up from cheaper 160cc commuter scooters.… core77.com/posts/142772/D… #Yamaha #Scooter #MotorcycleDesign #CustomDesign #XMAX

Tools 2 was a Danish exhibition asking designers what they could produce using an industrial press. For her contribution, Danish designer Alvilde Holm started off with… core77.com/posts/142743/A… #AluminumDesign #IndustrialDesign #DanishDesign #FurnitureDesign #InteriorDesign

This handsome Clavex table is by Maximum, the French company that turns industrial and municipal waste into useful, saleable pieces of furniture. It's made from no less… core77.com/posts/142739/B… #SustainableDesign #UpcycledFurniture #WasteToWealth #EcoFriendly #CircularEconomy

When commercial fisherman haul their catch onboard, they dump them into these fish boxes. These are put on-ice, offloaded at shore, and transported directly to fish markets and… core77.com/posts/142733/T… #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #Biodegradable #FishBox #WasteReduction

When asked to name the one thing that most excites her in the current world of design, Julia de Bono speaks in terms of intelligences, plural. "Human intuition, machine learning, material behavior,… core77.com/posts/142516/C… #Design #Innovation #Creativity #AI #IntelligentSystems

Traditionally, churches seated worshippers in pews. Today that has changed to chairs. Why the furniture switch? Because churches used to only be for worship, and they were… core77.com/posts/142667/A… #FurnitureDesign #ChurchChairs #InteriorDesign #StackableChairs #ChurchFurniture

In Italy, not all ruins go back to the time of the Romans. Take this impressive seaside edifice in southern Sicily. Its original date of construction? 1909-1912. Called the Fornace Penna, it… core77.com/posts/142666/D… #DesignCompetition #Architecture #CivicCenter #Italy #Sicily

A traditional Turkish piece of furniture is the sedir, a low-slung bench or sofa. Turkish industrial designer Gokce Nafak expands upon this with her Osolo Long Seating Unit… core77.com/posts/142634/A… #TurkishDesign #SofaDesign #InteriorDesign #FurnitureDesign #ModularSeating

It takes an entire community of Amish to raise a barn. And even for a single, conventionally-framed stud wall, you need at least a few people to get the thing up. But this invention by Virginia-based… core77.com/posts/142642/C… #Construction #Innovation #DIY #HomeImprovement #Tools

Is there anything more annoying that an articulated lamp that won't hold its position? Over time the springs wear out, or the joints lose friction. Mael Sandoz, an Industrial Design… core77.com/posts/142638/I… #IndustrialDesign #ProductDesign #LampDesign #Innovation #DesignStudent