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+Halle's Magnetically-Mated Concert Chair
8+ hour, 50+ min ago (105+ words) Core77 This stacking Concert Chair is by Canadian industrial designer Jamie Wolfond. It has magnets along its sides, allowing it to perform a visual trick when placed alongside its mates: Wolfond then adds this mysterious bit: "We are especially excited about…...
Core77 Weekly Roundup (6-8-26 to 6-12-26)
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (91+ words) Core77 Core77 Weekly Roundup (6-8-26 to 6-12-26) Here's what we looked at this week: Industrial designer Fengfan Yang's table re-think with +Halle. Veteran industrial designer Michael Marriott's Monza, a minimalist shelf bracket. The UX design flaw of Philips' dual-sided monitor. Slash Objects' X Deck:…...
Legless Chairs that Use the Environment for Support
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (44+ words) Core77 Melbourne-based designer Villo Hietanen builds chairs without legs. They source their support from the environment, using magnets, suction units or straps: I'm especially digging this folding model: You can see Hietanen's ongoing projects here....
Objet D'esign: An Add-On Alcove
1+ day, 7+ 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....
A Vertical Coat Rack with a Nifty Assembly Method
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (98+ words) Core77 Wall-mounted coat racks should be horizontal, for the sake of UX. But tight European apartments often don't have the space. Industrial designers Oskar Lillo and Juliette Gue'ganton thus designed this Vertical coat rack, which sacrifices some UX in order to…...
The Mesmerizing Action of These Experimental Candles
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (124+ words) In the 1960s, Danish industrial designer Jens Quistgaard created these beautiful candleholders for Dansk: He also designed special candles for them that were "slim, elegant and designed not to drip or bend," explains modern-day Danish designer Thomas D. Westergaard. "The candleholders can…...
An Overproduced Day Display by an Industrial Designer's "Stupid Engineering" Project
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (83+ words) Core77 An Overproduced Day Display by an Industrial Designer's "Stupid Engineering" Project This amusingly overproduced Day Display is by New-Zealand-based Stupid Engineering. Explains Ben, the industrial designer behind it: "Stupid Engineering started as a personal project during some downtime at my…...
A Steel and Brass Monument to Vinyl Records
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (111+ words) Core77 This X Deck is a dedicated DJ console made of stainless steel and brass. Though it looks like a piece of 1970s Italian Modernism, it was actually designed present-day by NYC-Paris-based design studio Slash Objects. "I wanted to imagine a glamorous…...
Industrial Designer Fengfan Yang's Table Re-Think with +Halle
4+ day, 7+ hour 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,…...
Show the World What Brilliant Design Looks Like
1+ week, 3+ day ago (256+ words) Great design doesn't just solve problems " it spots opportunities before anyone else does. The 2026 DIA is divided into two major groups " Product Group and Concept Group " spanning four exciting categories: Digital Economy, Industrial Equipment, Life Wisdom, and Cultural Innovation. DIA…...