This incredible marble table is by Paul Cocksedge, the British industrial-designer-turned-artist. There are no fasteners involved; the pieces have been carved in such a way that their weight holds them fast to the others. Cocksedge …
Transforming Industrial Legacy into Urban Interface
In Munich, just south of the Ostbahnhof, an industrial district has been reimagined into a new kind of urban fabric. The Werksviertel, a 2025 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment Honoree, developed by Steidle Architekten of …
New Design for Comfortable, Lightweight, Sound-Transparent Full-Face Respirator
I own a 3M FX full-face respirator that is invaluable for certain tasks. The protection is excellent. However, the mask is uncomfortably hot and cumbersome, it can fog up in certain conditions, and if you …
Tiger’s New Angled-Blade Blender Design: Gamechanger or Gimmick?
Every once in a while, a company sweeps into a longstanding product category with a radical new design. Sometimes it’s flash-in-the-pan. Other times it’s Dyson with its transparent dustbin and cyclonic vacuum tech, or Keurig …
Stonemore’s Modern, Anti-Package-Theft Mailboxes
A company with no history called Stonemore is selling these anti-package-theft mailboxes. Boxy and made of powder-coated steel, they’re meant to be anchored through the base to a concrete pad. Up top is a letter …
Here’s How They Clean the Balls in a Ball Pit
Ball pits, invented by designers Charlotte Rude and Hjördis Olsson-Une for Ikea in 1970, went on to become wildly popular. Fast food restaurants, amusement parks, play centers and community recreation facilities have all featured them. …
Hybrid Footwear Design: Combining the Best Parts of a Slipper and a Boot
Up until now, a slipper and a boot have been opposite pieces of footwear, functionally speaking. Slippers are soft, easy to pull on and made for padding around inside. Boots are stiff, require onerous lacing …
Who First Invented the Ball Pit? Two Young Ikea Designers, in 1970
In 1968, Charlotte Rude and Hjördis Olsson-Une were two young graduates of Sweden’s Konstfack University, where they had studied art and design. The two moved to Älmhult, Sweden, where a glassworks was located; having caught …
Industrial Design Student Work: A Clothes Rack With Fixed, Collapsible Hangers
IThis unnamed project is by Aleš Urbancík, an Industrial Design student at Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic. Urbancík is rethinking the way clothes are typically hung on a hanger, and finds this method, …
Unusual Objects: Mirrors Inspired by Baggage Claim Conveyor Belts
I don’t consider air travel pleasant, so I’m always surprised when I see airport-inspired furniture; it’s the last experience I want to remember. Turkish designer/architect Müge Kahraman, however, sees beauty in baggage carousels, specifically in …