Core77 Weekly Roundup (6-9-25 to 6-13-25)

Here’s what we looked at this week:

Objets d’esign: Lexon is releasing speaker and lamp versions of Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog sculpture.

Volvo’s new Multi-Adaptive Safety Belt compensates for different sizes, shapes and crash severities.

Dometic’s designey coolers use a different manufacturing method.

Wandercraft’s Eve, the world’s first self-balancing exoskeleton, allows people to walk again.

U.C. Berkeley’s tiny pogo robot has a unique locomotion style.

BARE designs a better—and less expensive—Dutch oven featuring a host of UX improvements.

Clever materials use: How to clear standing water on a flat roof using rope.

Architecture that works with challenging terrain, not against it: The Zig-Zag Resort, by JA Joubert and UNS Architects.

Industrial design firm APE creates the Echo Pro, a perfect-fitting bike helmet with a novel adjustment mechanism.

The Splay Max: A folding portable 35″ monitor.

Industrial Design student work: Dashiell Schaeffer’s Curvesse rocking chair, made from a single sheet of plywood.

These unusual, “anti-ligature” doorknobs are designed with a grim functional purpose.

Designey tool kits: A trend with legs.

BareBag’s unusual design approach: Bags that serve as hanging points for other bags.

From Germany, the NOHRD SlimBeam is a handcrafted, attractive piece of home exercise equipment.

Why America’s streetlights have been turning purple.

When industrial design is subject to aftermarket modifications: BoxPlates to undo the PlayStation 5’s look.

This ShowerClear design fixes the mold problem all showerheads have.

Industrial design case study: Curve ID tackles industrial kitchen equipment for JAVAR.