1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (204+ words) In 1877, Englishman John Richard Dedicoat invented the world's first bicycle bell. For about a century and a half, cyclists could use their thumb to activate the chime, warning pedestrians. However, companies like Apple, Bose, Sony and others have defeated the…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (80+ words) Core77 In China, the World's Largest Drone Show In a display of technological might, China's Guangdong EHang Egret Media Technology Co. recently put on the world's largest drone show. The company programmed 22, 600 drones to participate, and only 20 of them failed to…...

1+ day, 3+ min ago  (141+ words) Core77 Turning Oil Industry Infrastructure Into Friendly Public Seating Norway is a country that has become fabulously wealthy through oil. The 6. 3mm-thick steel tubing used by that industry has here been turned to another purpose: Public seating. Industrial designer Jens'Egil Nys'ther…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (94+ words) Core77 What would you do, as an industrial designer, if your client asked you to optimize a tool'and you couldn't? That was the challenge faced by ID firm Goodwin Hartshorn, when client Joseph Joseph asked them to redesign the kitchen peeler....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (71+ words) Core77 Industrial Designer Timoth'e Mion's Chair Buck We've got a thing for chair bucks, because lots of industrial designers use them, but they're rarely seen. Today we've spotted another, this one by Paris-based industrial designer Timoth'e Mion. Mion uses his to…...

3+ day, 8+ min ago  (121+ words) Core77 On the one hand I think glamping is absurd. On the other hand, I can see the appeal--for people who love spending money on specialty objects. Unito, an outdoor goods design brand from Thailand, has partnered with Japan's Toyo…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (59+ words) Core77 UK-based firm RCKA Architects was tasked with designing the Nourish Hub, a food bank and community education hub in London. For the tables, they designed this elegant series of welded tubes: These were fabricated by Tim Denton, a Manchester-based design…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (346+ words) The newest addition to the CNSRV line of products, the CNSRV DC: 02 | GEN 2, is the winner of the 2026 National Restaurant Association Show Kitchen Innovations Award. As the flagship of the current CNSRV product line, the GEN 2 introduces new electronics, improving functionality…...

6+ day, 8+ min ago  (105+ words) Core77 Core77 Weekly Roundup (3-30-26 to 4-3-26) Here's what we looked at this week: The MAD Easy Load: A ceiling-mounted electric loading crane for vans. Takolink: A large extra screen for your phone. A unique (Filipino?) design for a folding table. The Anello Chair:…...

6+ day, 8+ min ago  (42+ words) 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 Core77 Account...