3+ hour, 26+ min 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…...

6+ day, 4+ hour 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 d'cor, it's a sort of add-on alcove, fittingly called Niche. The object launched yesterday at Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design....

1+ week, 2+ day 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,…...

1+ 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....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (127+ words) Core77 Jon Foreman's Rock-Based Land Art Wales-based artist Jon Foreman creates "land art," using found materials provided by nature. While he can work with leaves, grass, and sticks" "it's his work with stone that I found most stunning: You'll notice the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (165+ words) In Italy, not all ruins go back to the time of the Romans. Take this impressive seaside edifice in southern Sicily. Its original date of construction? 1909-1912. Called the Fornace Penna, it was built as a brickworks. The location was purposeful:…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (398+ words) "With the wealth of new technologies and the continued evolution of others, I'm most excited that the focus is shifting," Roman says. "The question is becoming less about the tech itself and more about creating great, user-centered, engaging solutions that…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (298+ words) Born and educated in Rome, architect Irene Guerrieri has built a career around a simple but powerful question: How can design nurture children's development, autonomy, and creativity? Her answer has taken the form of toys distributed worldwide, teaching positions at…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (359+ words) Yuko Takagi finds her greatest satisfaction when complexity gives way to clarity. "I'm most excited when a complex challenge becomes a clear, meaningful design solution," she says. "Seeing that idea improve sales or resonate with consumers is incredibly rewarding." As…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (310+ words) The breadth of this work'from medical devices to autonomous vehicles'demands exactly the kind of relentless learning Scot describes. Each project operates under different constraints, different regulations, different user contexts. The education never stops. When we asked Scot to describe one…...