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Typography-led identity · 11 stories, +11 vs last week

Typography-led identity: 11 stories in seven days, +11 on the week before.

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Core77LDF 2026: Design collectives Much has been said and written about design festivals having to bow to economic restraints and corporate rule.

September 29

Core77Meta's Radically Thinner, More Lightweight VR Glasses There's a gigantic size gap between VR glasses and ordinary spectacles. I expected Apple to start closing that gap first, but instead it's Meta that's taking the design lead.

September 29

Core77AI Has Changed What Makes a Great Designer For most of my nearly three decades teaching design at Parsons School of Design , there was a relatively straightforward answer to the question of what made a young designer valuable: technical…

September 29

Yanko DesignBose Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds are an absolute steal for $99 Wired earbuds are making a strong comeback for good reason. You don’t have to worry about charging the case, freak out about the buds dying from battery degradation over the years, or fear losing…

September 29

ColossalNiklas Roy Constructs a Functional Pendulum Clock Made Entirely of Trash Niklas Roy is fascinated by the convergence of art and technology. From robotics to gaming systems, the Berlin-based artist and inventor creates quirky yet thought-provoking sculptures and…

September 29

AzureHerzog & de Meuron Designs a Sustainable Social Hub at Amherst College At the edge of the Berkshire Mountains, the campus of Amherst College once felt disconnected, both physically and in identity.

September 29

Yanko DesignMeta Just Turned Its AI Into a Tamagotchi and It’s Pretty Cute AI has plenty of serious questions to answer, from copyright and environmental costs to privacy. There’s also a more everyday hurdle: for many people, AI feels impersonal.

September 29

Booooooom“Photopsia” by Photographer Owen Mar Owen Mar Owen Mar’s Website Owen Mar on Instagram

September 29

MinimalissimoMori House by Aires Mateus & MA+Co At Mount Martha, overlooking Port Phillip Bay, Mori House gives concrete an unusually domestic role. Conceived by Manuel Aires Mateus and realised with Melbourne-based MA+Co, the house is organised…

September 29

Yanko DesignKlara Is the Coffee Table That Lets You Fake a Tidy Room Coffee tables are places where people as well as things meet, and they can get messy really fast. Books, remote controls, accessories, knick-knacks, you name it, you can find it on top of these large…

September 29

PAGE onlineLinkedIn für Kreative: sichtbar werden, Vertrauen aufbauen, Kund:innen gewinnen Wie können Kreative LinkedIn strategisch nutzen, um sichtbar zu werden, Vertrauen aufzubauen und relevante Auftraggeber:innen zu erreichen?

September 29

Creative BloqYou'll either love or hate the Formula E logo – and that's the whole point "We went for a Marmite icon," says Matt Bolton, creative director and co-founder at MOX

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