Fantastic Design Feature for Accessibility in These Michael Graves Dressers for Pottery Barn -...

Few 20th-century architects were more famous than Michael Graves, who became a household name in the '80s and '90s. Aside from famous structures like the Portland Building and the Denver Public...

Students at ETH Zurich Invent Rotary Metal 3D Printer - Core77

Language-Translating Earbuds That Use Bone Conduction for Noisy Environments - Core77

Speaking to a customer service rep with a thick accent is difficult enough; when the connection is bad, it's even worse. Similarly, even for those who speak multiple languages, understanding someone...

Porsche Develops Wireless Charging for EVs - Core77

Porsche reckons that plugging in an EV each night is a hassle. "Ease of use, suitability for everyday use and charging infrastructure are still the decisive factors when it comes to the acceptance of...

Core77 Weekly Roundup (9-2-25 to 9-5-25)

Here's what we looked at this week: Pizza cutters, from underdesigned to overdesigned. Dutch engineers move massive historic Swedish church three miles away. Elegant solution to a tricky problem: A...

Industrial Design Case Study: A Magic Handheld X-Ray Machine for Law Enforcement - Core77

Viken Detection specializes in harnessing detection technologies for use in security, law enforcement and public safety. To create their Raven product, a handheld X-ray imager, they turned to...

A Low-Tech Take on Color-Changing Lighting - Core77

These days "smart" LED bulbs are all the rage. But for those who'd like lighting that can change color without having to use an app or WiFi, here's a solution made of cardboard and paper: That's the...

Swiss Application for Robot Dogs: Delivering Mail and Meals - Core77

It's happening in Zurich and will spread to other cities

Designers Weigh In on the 2025 Audi TT Concept - Core77

There is a great conversation happening about the new AUDI TT concept here - add your TTwo cents on the latest version of the perennial designer touchstone... A couple of semi-enlightening quotes...

The Do-It-All Modular Bottle - Core77

You'd think you'd seen it all, when it came to the design of water bottles. But this futuristic-looking Modular Bottle actually has some new, perhaps useful tricks: The borosilicate glass insert is...

What are the Olympics Shooting Competitors Wearing On Their Faces? - Core77

If you happened across the Olympic Air Pistol event for the first time, you might've been puzzled by the competitors' wearables: So those are mechanical irises. Shooting competitors fine-tune them to...

A Gaming PC Designed to Look Like a Sneaker - Core77

"When one thinks about high-end desktop PCs, what comes to mind are glass panels, right-angle aluminium frame cases and tons of RGBs," writes PC accessory manufacturer Cooler Master. To break that...

An Industrial Designer's Hingeless Eyeglasses - Core77

Paul Cohen is a veteran industrial designer who hails from Australia. He's been an iF Design Award jury member for the past decade, and runs his own design studio in Hong Kong. He's reached that...

Industrial Design Case Study: SeymourPowell Tackles Brompton Bike Rental Stations - Core77

Brompton Bikes wanted to create their own dedicated bikeshare system. Because their products fold down, this system would obviously be different from dock-based bikeshare programs. The company hired...

"Movewear:" Powered Pants with Exoskeleton Technology - Core77

Skip's MO/GO pants make it easier to climb stairs and hills

A Jack-Free Tire Changing Solution for Dual-Axle Trailers - Core77

Clever design: This Camco Curved Trailer Aid allows you to change a flat tire on a dual-axis trailer, without using a jack. You simply drive over it with the wheel next to the one that needs changi...

The FlipDie: Dice with a Coin Form Factor - Core77

This is as creative as it is strange. Yarro Studios, which makes RPG accessories, developed these 7-piece FlipDice sets. Each FlipDie is actually a coin made of two halves that have had angled planes...

Metal Storage Tins by Stanley and Sigg - Core77

Two companies with century-plus histories are selling updates to a decades-old product. Stanley's $35 stainless steel Classic Legendary Useful Box measures 25cm / 9.8" x 16cm / 6.3" x 5.6cm / 2.2"....

Smart Design: A Collapsible Cargo Box for Bikes - Core77

German startup Allpacka lays out the following problem, for those who travel by bike: Sometimes you might spontaneously want to pick up something large, like a crate of beer. But this doesn't happen...

The Owlet: A New Form Factor for the E-Bike - Core77

While I think the aesthetics are slightly wonky, this Owlet is an interesting design departure for the e-bike form factor: It's sort of like, if you were in a manufacturing facility and wanted to...