This "Flock of Ducks" motorized sculpture is by German artist Felix Scharstein. "Three spirals are interlocked and rotate… www.​core77.​com/posts/145738/A-Mesmerizing-Kinetic-Sculpture-of-Ducks-in-Flight #KineticArt #Sculpture #ArtExhibition #FelixScharstein #DucksInFlight

This Posto lamp, by French industrial designer and photographer Claire Lavabre, has an industrial-minimalist… www.​core77.​com/posts/145737/Claire-Lavabres-Industrial-Minimalist-Lamp-for-Hay #IndustrialDesign #Minimalism #FurnitureDesign #InteriorDesign #LightingDesign

"Inspire" is a public sculpture by Wowhaus, a California-based art and design studio.  Commissioned by the San Ramon Public Library, the stainless steel… www.​core77.​com/posts/145733/Wowhaus-Dichroic-Glass-Inspire-Sculpture #Art #PublicArt #Sculpture #Design #CaliforniaArt

This vintage desk lamp is by VEB Zweckleuchtenbau, a state-owned East German lamp manufacturer of the 1970s. It's a pretty basic Communist-era… www.​core77.​com/posts/145730/A-Good-Idea-for-a-Lamp-for-Ferrari-Fanatics #Ferrari #VintageLamp #Design #HomeDecor #IndustrialDesign

Scenic artist Nikolay Laukhin creates large-scale backdrops for the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. And I mean seriously large-scale: You might… www.​core77.​com/posts/145727/Drawing-with-Absurdly-Long-Pencils #Art #ScenicDesign #Theater #StPetersburg #Painting

In Hindi, the term jugaad means something like "jury-rigged" in English. With jugaad, the idea is that you don't have the tool or material you… www.​core77.​com/posts/145725/Improvised-Tools-A-Creative-Juggad-Leak-Detector #Jugaad #ImprovisedTools #Creativity #DIY #Innovation

Here's what we looked at this week: Maya Barkai's "Walking Men" public art installations. CMF's milk-carton-inspired affordable portable… www.​core77.​com/posts/145669/Core77-Weekly-Roundup-10-19-26-to-10-23-26 #Design #Art #Innovation #3DPrinting #SustainableDesign

These bottles are by Taiwanese industrial designer Rock Wang and design firm Agoood. They were designed for Hosay, a Taiwanese… www.​core77.​com/posts/145716/A-Clever-Design-for-Waste-Reducing-Bottles #SustainableDesign #EcoFriendly #WasteReduction #Recycling #DesignInnovation

In 1969, the world saw images of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. In 1970 Japanese consumer electronics company JVC, presumably… www.​core77.​com/posts/145715/A-Spherical-Computer-Monitor-Pays-Homage-to-a-1970-JVC-Design #RetroTech #JVC #DesignHistory #Videosphere #Apollo11

This Mid-Century chair, designer unknown, was produced by German furniture brand Wilhelm Knoll.* Called the Scissor Chair,… www.​core77.​com/posts/145698/A-Transforming-Mid-Century-Chair-and-Fun-Knoll-Facts #MidCenturyDesign #ScissorChair #FurnitureDesign #Knoll #InteriorDesign

Last year Toyota unveiled three concepts at the Japanese Mobility Show: Walk Me, a chair that… www.​core77.​com/posts/145699/Toyota-Releases-Video-of-Wheelchair-Alternative-Mobility-Concepts-in-Action #Toyota #Mobility #Innovation #AssistiveTechnology #WheelchairAlternative

For children, learning rarely begins with a theory. It begins with a gesture: picking… www.​core77.​com/posts/145454/Designing-Play-How-Ekoplay-Turns-Learning-Into-a-Hands-On-Experience #LearningThroughPlay #HandsOnLearning #EducationalDesign #ChildDevelopment #MontessoriMethod

This Pivot Plus Knife Sharpener is by Work Sharp, an Oregon-based manufacturer of sharpening kit. Measuring just 3.​5" x… www.​core77.​com/posts/145696/Work-Sharps-Diminutive-Flexible-Knife-Sharpener #KnifeSharpener #WorkSharp #KitchenTools #CookingEssentials #SharpeningTools

"The EV motorcycle industry forces riders into a rigid binary: endure the massive weight of… www.​core77.​com/posts/145689/An-Electric-Motorcycle-Concept-with-Modular-Scalable-Power #ElectricMotorcycle #EVRevolution #InnovativeDesign #SustainableTransport #MotorcycleConcept

In the mid-1960s, Dieter Rams and Reinhold Weiss designed Braun's H7, a portable fan and heater. It had one fan setting, and two… www.​core77.​com/posts/145688/The-Simple-Beautiful-Interface-on-Brauns-1960s-Portable-Heater #Braun #Design #DieterRams #PortableHeater #1960s

Journalist Peter Wagner runs MeisterStunde, a web magazine where he interviews master craftspeople and creators. (MeisterStunde is… www.​core77.​com/posts/145685/A-Creative-Low-Tech-Way-to-Cantilever-a-Movable-Lamp #InteriorDesign #LightingDesign #HomeDecor #Craftsmanship #DIY

Amsterdam-based Joram de Haas calls himself an industrial and computational designer. His FilaLoom project, done as his Master's… www.​core77.​com/posts/145676/Combining-3D-Printing-with-Weaving #3DPrinting #TextileDesign #AdditiveManufacturing #FunctionalDesign #Innovation

This eye-catching Speaker S is by CMF, a spin-off brand from UK electronics company Nothing. The portable Bluetooth… www.​core77.​com/posts/145672/CMFs-Milk-Carton-Inspired-Affordable-Portable-Speaker #PortableSpeaker #BluetoothSpeaker #CMF #AffordableTech #SpeakerDesign

Since 2009, NYC-based photographer Maya Barkai has been exhibiting Walking Men, a traveling public art project. Barkai gathered images… www.​core77.​com/posts/145662/Maya-Barkais-Walking-Men-Public-Art-Installations #PublicArt #MayaBarkai #WalkingMen #ArtInstallation #StreetArt

Here's what we looked at this week: To build a low-cost EV, Citröen dusts off the 2CV. ID firm Layer develops corrugated plywood that's strong and… www.​core77.​com/posts/145633/Core77-Weekly-Roundup-10-13-26-to-10-16-26 #Core77 #IndustrialDesign #EV #Sustainability #Innovation