The Best of Core77
8 most popular Core77 articles, as voted by our community.
Some things you already knew about design. Plenty more you didn't.
Core77 on Industrial Design
Phaidon Condenses/Updates 3-Volume Series into Single "1000 Design Classics" Book
Phaidon's forthcoming 1000 Design Classics really should be called 1000 Industrial Design Classics, as nearly everything in it was mass-produced, but I'll be grateful the book exists rather than…
Core77 on Music
Listen to This Circle Guitar, Which has Mechanically Activated Strings
In addition to running his own design firm, Studio Make Believe, UK-based product designer Anthony Dickens invented this unique Circle Guitar. Listen to the sound it makes: "We built Circle Guitar to…
Core77 on Robotics
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Concept Design for a Nuclear-Powered Flying Cruise Ship
Tony Holmsten's one-off sketch gains the attention of a science enthusiast
Designing Furniture With a 7:1 Color Contrast Ratio Makes a Huge Difference for the Visually Impaired
For furniture designers, color is primarily about aesthetics; the designer chooses colors they like, or that they feel will have market appeal. But the designers at HomePro, a Thailand-based retailer…
Smarter Banana Packaging: Staggered by Ripeness Level
Bananas used to be super rare in South Korea, which just doesn't have the climate to grow them. It wasn't until shipping links were set up with a Dole plantation in the appropriately hot Philippines…
Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware
Why is this shaped like this? Let's talk about two things that used to not go together: Japan and butter. Like other East Asian cultures, butter was never a part of the traditional Japanese diet, and…
Good Design: A Review of the Apple Face Mask
No eyeglass fogging and a great seal, with minimal materials
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