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Business Mayor
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Core77 Weekly Roundup (5-5-25 to 5-9-25)
Here's what we looked at this week: The Glue Looper is a pinpoint glue applicator for modelmakers that fits in a standard hobby knife handle. GravaStar's skeletonized gaming mice resemble space-age footwear. Explaining a video that seemingly shows 'checkered paint' being applied. UCO's StakeLight: A self-illuminating tent peg. The RIVR LEVA is a Swiss wheeled dog-like robot for carrying cargo. Subaru's external airbag, designed to protect cyclists struck by cars, won't be coming to the 'States. The latest objet d'esign from a luxury automaker: Rolls-Royce's chess set. Peter Donders' Spherene Side Table stretches material optimization to extremes. In Japan, these DMV (Dual-Mode Vehicle) buses can also ride the rails. Unitree's B2 is a firefighting robot dog deployed with Qingdao's fire department. A waterproof fanny pack that allows you to use your smartphone's touchscreen. Industrial designer/design researcher Marco Compardo revives an ancient glassworking technique with a digital twist. Faber-Castell's designey E-Motion line of pens (and pencil). An elaborate mountainside chicken feed monorail, and an ingenious design for chicken nesting structures. Videos of humanoid robots going dangerously berserk. This is why we need kill switches. Flectr's CargoMate is a clever design for a no-tools-required, fast-installing universal bike rack. 30-plus wonderful examples of design improvisation, i.e. redneck engineering. In Milan, San Siro stadium's egress feature creates an optical illusion. Video: Dorian Pellumbi Industrial design case study: Pensa develops a lightweight, inflatable travel kennel. READ SOURCE
Business Mayor
08-05-2025
- Science
- Business Mayor
Marco Compardo Revives an Ancient Glassworking Technique with a Digital Twist
There was a period in human history where we developed glass, but hadn't yet figured out glassblowing. In order to shape the glass into vessels, Mesopotamians got creative and developed a technique called slumping. They started with the glass ingots they were able to produce, and fused several of them together to create a larger mass. This was then placed over a form made of clay or stone, then placed into a kiln. Firing the kiln heated the glass, which then began to slump down over the form. In this manner, they were able to produce glass bowls and plates. Industrial designer and design researcher Marco Compardo demonstrates the technique here, which he worked on at the UK's Grymsdyke Farm, an experimental design lab. 'These are photos of the slumping process, showing how heat and gravity are used to shape glass (and ideas) over a mold. As the glass softens in the kiln, it gently conforms to the form beneath it—capturing smooth, organic curves without the need for cutting.' ''Unroll' is a butter tray conceived through digital calculations, designed to create a seamless, wrinkle-free dome using the slump glass technique. The outcome recalls the material handling found in ceramics.' 'Although rooted in contemporary, digital methods, the design resonates with processes that are more closely associated with the tactile, hands-on approach of ceramics, where craftsmanship and material manipulation are key elements.' You can see more of Campardo's work here.
