5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (198+ words) "Why should a folding chair be a compromise?" asks Icelandic industrial designer Gudmundur Ludvik. "For decades, folding chairs have been designed around storage and transport, often at the expense of comfort and everyday use." Ludvik aimed to change that with…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (174+ words) This piece is by Knox Alexander and Siuyeung Tang, both Furniture Design students in the Masters Program at Copenhagen's Royal Danish Academy. The piece was designed as part of a fascinating Denmark-Egypt cross-cultural project. RDA students are tasked with studying…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (134+ words) Core77 Karl Lagerfeld's Crazy Custom Drafting Table In 1964, then-rising designer Karl Lagerfeld commissioned a custom drafting table from surrealist sculptor François‑Xavier Lalanne. The table was delivered in 1966, and boy was it a doozy: As wild as it looks, it was…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (301+ words) Entrants choose one of three categories: Smart Home Devices — controllers, sensors, displays, hubs, switches, and monitoring devices. The prompt here is about restraint as much as capability: how does a connected product become part of the furniture instead of another…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (182+ words) Core77 The jury "loved the connection between the form, the brand name and its purpose." In addition, they "also felt this is a product of its time - parents are increasingly worried about children using smartphones but really want solutions to maintain…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (142+ words) Core77 The 2026 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment Winners This year's Built Environment jury was led by Zhaoxiong Han, an Architectural Designer at Gensler The jury selected this project because it "turns a basketball court into something much more than a place to…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (64+ words) Core77 The jury for Design for Social Impact was led by Montana Cherney, Head Innovation Coach at International Baccalaureate. Joining them were Aziz Sy, General Manager of Impact Hub Dakar; David Milestone, Managing Director of the Americas at the Tony Blair…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (63+ words) Core77 Objet D'esign: An Add-On Alcove This unusual object is by Norwegian industrial designer Daniel Rybakken. Straddling the boundary between furniture and décor, it's a sort of add-on alcove, fittingly called Niche. The object launched yesterday at Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (92+ words) Core77 Industrial Designer Fengfan Yang's Table Re-Think with +Halle It takes guts for a designer to re-imagine something as basic as a table. But Stuttgart-based industrial designer Fengfan Yang has done just that, in collaboration with Danish furniture brand +Halle. Incredibly,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (165+ words) We all know about hostile architecture/defensive urban design, which is meant to discourage citizens from engaging in a particular activity. Typically we think of horizontal surfaces festooned with protuberances that make them difficult for the homeless to sleep on....