1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (98+ words) Core77 Last year we spied a teaser video from industrial designer Michael Mahle. As a student at Bauhaus University, Mahle had developed an all-wooden system of connectors for flatpack furniture. No metal, and no glue are required. Now Mahle's company, nurholz,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1031+ words) The eight-story Mangrove glass tube installation in the Solaire Resort. Inspired by the atrium light shining down from above and the root system of the mangrove tree, Weinstein didn't set out to break records. He simply wanted visitors to become…...

2+ day, 12+ min ago  (117+ words) Core77 Form Follows Function: Gustaf Westman's Chunky Coffee Maker This startling ceramic object is actually a drip coffeemaker. With a glossy, tactile appeal, it speaks of low tech and high craft at the same time. It's also pretty form-follows-function: If the…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (67+ words) Core77 The Kadoma City Library, outside of Osaka, Japan, was designed with a caf-like vibe. The library's concept is "enjoying reading with coffee." Because beverages and books don't always go together, furniture designer Tatsuki Kokubo designed these for the space, minimizing…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (66+ words) Core77 Momentum Studio's Low-Waste 06 Sidetable This 06 Sidetable is by German industrial design firm Momentum Studio. To create it, minimal cuts were made in a 5mm aluminum sheet: The firm describes their overall approach: The Pursuit of Form The table will ship flatpacked,…...

6+ day, 15+ min ago  (28+ words) Core77 Core77 Weekly Roundup (5-11-26 to 5-15-26) Here's what we looked at this week:...

1+ week, 17+ min ago  (161+ words) Jeff and Brandon Serle are engineers from the cleanroom industry. Cleanrooms are used for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, medical devices and aerospace parts, where the environment needs to be pristine. Even the slotted heads in fasteners must be fastidiously…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (225+ words) Though she already had two degrees in ID, as well as a Masters in Canine Science from Bergin, Ruge pursued a fourth: A Ph D in Animal-Computer Interaction at the UK's Open University. "With new awareness from the training world,…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (111+ words) Core77 Even climbing walls can be made beautiful, as demonstrated by climbing wall architecture, design and engineering company ICP. The Australian firm's "volumes," which are distributed globally, are designed to be easy for general contractors to install, while being easy on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (68+ words) Core77 Daniel Hubert, a 3 D designer who posts his. stl files on Printables, may be a genius. At a hardware store, he encountered sets of security bits (for driving tamper-proof fasteners) in both black and silver. Where we see specialty bits,…...