Livesteam Your Travels

We dabbled with Livestream on our YD Facebook and it was so much of chaotic fun! If we had such a good time just testing it out, imagine doing it on a regular basis and that too via a camcorder. The story gets better, because with the OnAir Camcorder you can record and/or live stream your videos in real time to share with friends and family...

Amazing Rock Drill, Still Loud Though

ROC C1 is a compact rock drill solution for jobs where flexibility and maneuverability are key. It can be folded together and transported in a 10 foot container. Four independently controllable tracks are suitable for any terrain. The articulating arm enables free sideways and upwards motions. With a semi-autonomous solution the operator...

Color Me Music

“Colorme” is a hypothetical brand created by Ivan Jaddou, which is inspired by the sensory phenomenon of synesthesia and the ambiguity of international color symbolism. The project explores in unconventional methods of prolonging the experience of music, reaching beyond the realms of sound and into colors, emotions, and activities.The Colorme...

Jeremy Hutchison's Mis-Manufactured Goods

To factory workers who are paid not to screw up, it must have seemed a strange request indeed:"I asked them to make me one of their products, but to make it with an error," Hutchison explains. "I specified that this error should render the object dysfunctional. And rather than my choosing the error, I wanted the factory worker who made it...

Aandeboom's "P-Tree" Takes Piss Out of Festivalgoers (in a manner of

Based on the popularity of the "P-TREE" at Denmark's Roskilde Festival, Dutch design studio Aandeboom is deeming their pilot program (Petri dish?) a success. The company "produced 50 P-TREES in the typical Roskilde Orange color, placed in 2 different spots near the main stage," to the delight (and utility) of "more than 100,000 visitors."The...

Core77's Ultimate Gift Guide, Week 3: Choice Cuts from hipstomp

We were thrilled when our longtime contributor hipstomp agreed to pick ten of his favorite tools for our Ultimate Summer Gift Guide. As he explains below, his selections reflect his signature unconventional yet practical approach:I love working with my hands and I'm extremely picky about my tools. A crap tool will ruin your day and a cleverly-designed...

Core77 Design Awards: Live Broadcast Schedule

This is the moment you've been waiting for. Since launching the Core77 Design Awards program earlier this year, we've had an incredible outpouring of support and participation from all corners of the design community. Set your clocks because beginning next week, we'll be broadcasting LIVE over 10 days from eight countries with our distinguished...

It's Different: Architectural League Prize for Young Architects 2011

The Architectural League's Prize for Young Architects yearly round-up of the best emerging practices features several young global practices under the banner It's Different. The show is on view now at The New School.This year, the Architectural League asks: What is the role of the designer?Every generation thinks it is special, new, and different—and...