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Electric Cargo Bikes Made from Discarded Bike Frames 🚲️ These electric cargo bikes, by Arkansas-based Gnargo Bike Co., are made from discarded steel bike frames. "Following fabrication, each bike undergoes powder coating in a wide spectrum of durable colors, ensuring longevity and resilience. Equipped with modern hydraulic disc brakes, OEM motors, lithium batteries, and a Shimano drive train, our cargo bikes promise reliability and performance at a great value powered by our circular economy supply chain." The bikes run from $2,900 to $3,500. The company says that for every bike purchased, "we fund the restoration of 2 bikes at community bike shops, which are then donated back to someone wanting a bike. This multiplier effect fuels our circular supply chain, amplifying our impact and fostering a future we are proud of. Together, we're not just building bikes; we're creating opportunities and momentum for positive change in our communities." Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/evhJcU7E 📸 Gnargo Bike Co. ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #gnargo #bikes #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #ID #DesignEducation #creativenews #bikedesign #circulareconomy #EV

Brilliant Smartphone App Generates Lego Plans for Real-World Objects 🏗️ Every once in a while, you'll see a brilliant innovator steal the march on a major corporation. Czech entrepreneur Iva Papoušková developed a smartphone app called Brick My World, which uses photogrammetry to generate Lego instructions for any object you photograph. Lego, the company has to be kicking themselves for not thinking of this first; I wouldn't be surprised if they either purchase Papoušková's company or lawyer him out of business. Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/eXTQpHMq 📸 Brick My World ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #lego #brickmyworld #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #blocks #DesignEducation #creativenews #buildit #legobuild #legocreations #ID

An Overhead Rail System for Kitchen Islands 🥂 This Tibetus Technical Bridge-Console is an overhead rail system for freestanding kitchen islands. It's made of anodized aluminum, and its purpose is twofold: It provides focused lighting close to the counter, and you can hang a variety of accessories from it. Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/eBN36q5s 📸 Snaidero Cucine ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #kitchenisland #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #kitchen #DesignEducation #creativenews #kitchendesigns #overheadrailsystem

Beautiful Furniture Designs Spotted in 2024 🛋️ Here are the prettiest pieces of furniture we saw this year!! Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/emdWDwD9 📸 Laurids Gallée, Leif Jørgensen, Peter Donders, Soo Joo ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #furnituredesign #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #ID #DesignEducation #creativenews #beautifulfurniture #furniture #design

An Explosion of VR Simulators, by FuninVR 🕹️ Imagine visiting a factory in China, and you see these things coming off of the line. It looks like they're getting ready for a war, doesn't it? They are, kind of, but a soft-power one. Chinese manufacturer FuninVR has been quietly spreading across the globe, seeding arcades in Asia, South Asia, Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Africa, the Middle East, South America, etc. with their extensive range of VR simulators. These are an interesting category of industrial design, combining furniture, human factors and user interface design with kinetic energy, all in the name of entertainment. Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/emGwqQ8f 📸 Funinvr ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #VR #funinvr #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #tech #DesignEducation #creativenews #virtualsimulators #gaming #fun #future

Standout Food, Drink & Kitchen-Related Designs Spotted in 2024 😋 Sure, our food supply has been poisoned by large corporations, and we're hooked on sugary drinks that make us sick. Can design help? Maybe—or we can just stay in our lane and design more stuff for you to buy! Shiny shiny! Here are the food, drink and kitchen-related designs that jumped out at us in 2024. Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/e59FJWcp 📸 Ichendorf Milano, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Zero-Gravity Drinking Cup, Dögg Guðmundsdóttir, Bola Grills ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #foodanddrink #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #tools #DesignEducation #creativenews #kitchendesign #culinarydesign #ID

Radical Bike-Related Designs Spotted in 2024 🚲️ Each year, over 100 million bicycles are produced worldwide, versus 94 million automobiles. The modern buyer includes urban residents seeking environmentally-friendly transport and exercise, as well as those in developing nations seeking a reliable and affordable means of transport. Bike ownership surged during the pandemic—some estimates have it at 25% growth in 2020 alone—and sales will only grow. So it's not surprising that we saw a ton of bike-related designs this year. Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/d88mjmZd 📸 Ash Lewin, Politie Nederland, Cityshuttle Ltd, Adrien Rovero Studio ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #bikedesign #bikes #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #ID #DesignEducation #creativenews #2024roundup #bestof2024 #design

Roof Hacks: A Leafblower vs. Sheets of Ice 🧊 Tasked with having to clear ice off of a rubber roof, Redditor amish_novelty reached for a leafblower. Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/eaK3huBY 📸 Redditor amish_novelty  ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #leafblower #ice #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #ID #DesignEducation #creativenews #leafblowerhacks #icesheets #reddit

Best Old-School Design Solutions Spotted in 2024 🏅 Everyone's talking about the future, AI, blah blah blah. But this year we saw plenty of cool design solutions from earlier decades and centuries. Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/eMSm2zPb 📸 Enzo Mari Formosa and Timor perpetual calendars, Fabrizio Batoni Art Deco faucets, Wildo Fold-A-Cup, Chinese Dragon Kilns ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #2024roundup #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #design #DesignEducation #creativenews #oldschool #designsolutions #future

Bjarke Ingels Group Designs a Tent-Like Structure for Glamping ⛺️ I'm not crazy about this structure, but the other design blogs love it. Bjarke Ingels Group has designed this Softshell structure for Nokken, a company that manufactures habitats for the hospitality industry. The Softshell has a timber structure and a tent-like canvas skin. Inside is a bed and a woodburning stove, and above is a netted surface. Read the full story on Core77: https://lnkd.in/eCGNaPcw 📸 BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, Nokken ⁠ -----⁠ #industrialdesign #Core77 #industrialdesignmagazine #BjarkeIngelsGroup #IndustrialDesignForums #DesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #tent #DesignEducation #creativenews #hospitality #glamping #canvasstructure