The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Interaction Honorees

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Interaction category honors interactive content and user interface design for websites, mobile devices and experiential installations. Examples include: software, mobile apps, interactive projections, products with embedded user interface, animations, simulations, robotics, etc.

This year’s Core77 Design Awards Interaction team was led by August Heffner, Creative Director at Instrument. Joining August on the panel were Hanah Ho, Senior Art Director at the New York Times, Christina Nguyen White, Head of UX at Google Sheets, Arianna Orland, Creative Director, Experience Designer and Co-founder of In/Visible Talks and Lyanne Dubon-Aguilar, Creative Director at Etsy.

The Interaction honorees are as follows:

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Home & Living Honorees

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Home & Living category honors consumer products or services designed for use in a domestic setting. Examples include home accessories, appliances, home electronics, smart home products, security systems, etc.

This year’s Core77 Design Awards Home & Living team was led by Josh Morenstein, Co-founder at Branch Creative. Joining Josh on the panel was Noah Reinhertz, Sustainability Lead at Nike Innovation Kitchen, Pichaya Puttorngul, Principal/Product Designer and Matt Pugmire, Principal Industrial Designer at Logitech.

The Home & Living honorees are as follows:

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Transportation Honorees

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Transportation category honors vehicles, systems or modes of transportation used to get people or objects from one place to another, for private, public, commercial or industrial purposes. Examples include: planes, trains, automobiles, buses, bikes, boats, mass transit systems, transportation infrastructure, etc.

This year’s Core77 Design Transportation team was led by Jens Martin Skibsted, Vice President of Mobility & Foresight at Manyone. Joining Jens on the panel was Bernice Dapaah, Founder and CEO at Ghana Bamboo Bikes, and Matheus Demetrescu, Design Strategy Director at D-Ford São Paolo.

The Transportation honorees are as follows:

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Personal Accessory Honorees

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Person Accessory category honors consumer products intended for personal use in daily life. Examples include handheld products, luggage, desktop toys, jewelry, handbags, apparel, water bottles, etc.

This year’s Core77 Design Awards Personal Accessory team was led by Wild One Co-founders Minali Chatani & Veronica Becchetti. Joining them on the panel were Monish Sabnani, Co-founder at Courant, and Alisha Ramos, Founder at Girls’ Night In.

The Personal Accessory honorees are as follows:

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Commercial Equipment Honorees

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Commercial Equipment category honors operational equipment and systems designed for public, commercial, industrial, medical and scientific use. Examples include: machinery, medical instruments and devices, construction tools, transaction kiosks, weather instruments, etc.

This year’s Core77 Design Awards Commercial Equipment team was led by Jon Grossman, Senior Industrial Designer at Verily Life Sciences. Joining Jon on the panel was Jonathan Kim, Senior Industrial Designer at Shopify, Alejandra Castelao, Industrial Design Lead at Fjord and Ara Acle, Senior Industrial Designer at Casper.

The Commercial Equipment honorees are as follows:

Commercial Equipment Award Honorees

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment Honorees

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment category honors spatial design as it relates to physical interiors, exhibitions or installations. A qualifying entry could be permanent or temporary, for private, public, commercial or industrial purposes. Examples include: public installations, restaurant/hospitality interiors, office or medical interiors, set designs, retail displays, exhibition booths, etc.

This year’s Core77 Design Awards Built Environment team was led by Alda Ly, Principal at Alda Ly Architecture. Joining Alda on the panel was Nina Etnier, Co-founder at Float Studio, and Danielle Arps, Interior Designer at Dani Arps LLC.

The Built Environment honorees are as follows:

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Consumer Technology Honorees

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Consumer Technology category honors consumer software or hardware products for the home or personal use, whether they’re screen-based, tech-enabled, or Internet-connected.

This year’s Core77 Design Awards Consumer Technology team was led by Kevin Bethune, Founder and Chief Creative Officer at dreams • design + life. Joining Kevin on the panel was Liliana Becerra, Founder at STUDIO LILIANA BECERRA, Folake Knudsen, Product Designer at Bang & Olufsen, Stephanie Szarwark, Senior Visual Designer at Enlisted Design and Magdalena Paluch, Co-founder and CEO at LabTwin.

The Consumer Technology honorees are as follows:

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Packaging Honorees

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Packaging category honors all graphic design, branding and structural designs related to the packaging of products. Examples include: primary or secondary packaging for Fast Moving Consumer Goods or premium brands, promotional packaging and gifting programs, limited editions, etc.

This year’s Core77 Design Awards Packaging team was co-led by Guacamole Airplane’s Ian Montgomery, Creative Director, and Marisa Sanchez-Dunning, Strategic Planner. Joining them on the panel were Jonathan Black & Richard Roche, Co-founders at The Office of Ordinary Things, Stephan Ango, Co-founder at Lumi, Katelan Cunningham, Editorial Director at Lumi and Evelio Mattos, Creative Director and Host at Unboxd.

The Packaging honorees are as follows:

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

Apple MagSafe Accessories designed to fulfill every tech lover’s dream!

MagSafe was reintroduced by Apple and it has been an instant hit! There is a great sense of satisfaction, in my opinion, to have things just stick to your phone. Be it a pair of earphones (maybe that’ll be the next generation of AirPods) or have your phone just conveniently stick to a charging pad – it’s almost like magic! Keeping in mind more MagSafe-loving tech enthusiasts like me, we have curated a list of designs that will help you use the MagSafe functionality to its maximum capability!

The Snapods by Scendo are a pair of TWS Earbuds that come with a flat case that snaps right to the back of your phone. Building wonderfully on the capabilities of the MagSafe feature introduced in the latest iPhones, the Snapods make carrying earphones convenient. Just snap them to the back of your phone and you’ve got yourself a pair of earphones that are easy to store, quick to access, and hard to lose. The case’s design is inspired directly by where it’s located. Made to sit against the back of your phone, the Snapods case comes with a flat, wedge-shaped profile, making it easy to slip your phone into your pocket. The slim case doesn’t just dock the earphones, it charges them too, giving you an impressive 45 hours of playtime.

With an output of 15W, the charger matches the power delivery of Apple’s own MagSafe Charger, albeit with a sustainable twist. The Gomi Wireless Mag Charger works with all wireless-charging enabled devices, allowing you to charge your phone, AirPods, and any other devices you may have. Its MagSafe compatibility works with iPhones 12 and future MagSafe models, allowing you to snap your phone right in place, aligning the wireless charging coils perfectly for uninterrupted charging.

Meet the Fantom C, a MagSafe wallet designed to complement the Apple iPhone in durability and function. It comes machined from a Cerakoted billet of aluminum. The ceramic coating on the Aluminum makes it tougher and more abrasion-resistant, while a neat carbon-fiber finish on the surface of the wallet gives it a much more reliable and rugged appeal. Designed as a piece of EDC that pairs beautifully with your iPhone 12, the Fantom C gives you a dedicated space to store your cards right on the back of your phone. Magnets on its rear-side allow it to snap to the iPhone with a satisfying click, and at 0.31 inches (8 mm) thick, it’s marginally thicker than Apple’s own MagSafe wallet, but then again, the Fantom C is also capable of much more.

I wouldn’t outright call Grovemade old-fashioned, but rather I’d say their work is a confluence of sensibilities and materials. Primarily relying on wood and metal to craft their products, Grovemade’s designs boast of an old-world charm that’s also intertwined with modern minimalism. Take for instance the Wood MagSafe Stand, available in both Walnut and Maple variants. The stand, which sports a wooden halo mounted on a steel base, allows you to slip your iPhone MagSafe wireless charger in, routing the cable from the bottom.

Moment, the Seattle-based accessories company specializing in phone camera gear has created a bunch of iPhone 12 series accessories that inherently have some kind of camera utility. There’s a whole bunch of cases, tripod mounts, and car vent mounts with MagSafe compatibility that add to the functionality of your Apple phone. First up, the cases come in two broader variations – a thinner version for better ergonomic feel in hand and the other, a more rugged one for more protection in event of accidental drops. All these cases have wrist strap loops and can endure a 6-foot drop. The cases priced at around $50 are compatible with the M-Series Moment lens system and they also work with the Moment Mounts. For photography addicts, Moment has a lineup of Tripod Mounts that have a very strong magnetic system for extra strength. These mounts work even without the case and are compatible with ¼-inch to 20-inch tripods, so you are good to go with any tripod.

The return of MagSafe has unleashed the creatives and accessory companies are racing to make the most of this feature. Front of the race is Belkin’s MagSafe Car Vent Mount PRO for iPhone 12 that lets you safely mount your iPhone 12 and keep it in your view – be it landscape or portrait mode. Best of all, the powerful magnet offers a seamless, one-handed use that keeps you driving stress-free!

Moment’s Magsafe friendly case lets you follow your photography enthusiasm without giving up on your other Magsafe Goodies! The wooden casing gives a vintage yet elegant touch to your phone. It’s an accessory that will never go out of style! The design is a convenient way to protect your iPhone 12, and it even works with Qi wireless charging without having to remove the cover.

Vulcan isn’t a replacement for wireless charging but is just a remarkably better cable with truly unique features that are designed to work universally across all your devices. Designed to power everything from your Xbox controller to your laptop, the Vulcan cable comes with the ability to deliver up to 100W of power and connects to your devices using a series of magnetic pins. Just plug these magnetic pins into the charging ports of your devices, and they create an interface for Vulcan to snap to, quite like the MagSafe connectors you’d see in MacBooks from before 2016. Different magnetic pins allow you to connect the same cable to a variety of devices. MicroUSB pins work perfectly for gaming controllers and Bluetooth speakers, while the Lightning pin lets you charge the iPhone and your AirPods.

The Apple MagSafe Charger’s fast wireless charging gadget attaches directly to your iPhone 12 or iPhone 12 Pro. This MagSafe wireless charger speeds up your wireless charging experience. While it’s great for the newer iPhone models, it also works with older phones, too. So if you have anything from an iPhone 8 or newer, you can use it with the Apple MagSafe Charger.

Pilgrim's House is a timber-clad hostel in the Basque countryside

The building has a mono pitched roof

Vertical timber battens wrap around this Passivhaus hostel designed by architecture studio Blancodelprim to accommodate pilgrims on the famous route to Santiago de Compostela.

Architects Ignacio Ibarretxe Pariente and Iñaki del Prim were commissioned to design the building by the municipal council of Zegama – a town situated in a valley of the Oria river.

Pilgrims house is located along a pilgrimage route
Top: it is clad in vertical timber battens. Above: the building has a mono-pitched roof

Zegama is located on the route of the Camino de Santiago, known in English as the Way of St James, which has been an important Christian pilgrimage route since the Middle Ages.

The hostel was designed to accommodate up to 12 pilgrims in two simple dormitories arranged across two floors at the taller end of the building.

There is a large entrance at the front of pilgrims house
It is located at the entrance to a natural park

The block was positioned at the entrance to the Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park and is intended to form a gateway pavilion that welcomes visitors to the park.

The brief from the town’s municipal administration laid out two specific criteria that the hostel building needed to fulfil.

Pilgrims house has a raw wood exterior
It used locally sourced pine across the exterior

“The building had to be Passivhaus certified as a guarantee of the city council’s commitment to sustainability and the quality of municipal investments,” said the architects.

“Also, the hostel was to be located on a plot of land next to the local Wood Museum, so it had to be built with locally sourced radiata pine wood.”

Traditional buildings surround pilgrims house
The building is Passivhaus certified

Pamplona-based studio Blancodelprim specialises in developing buildings that meet the low-energy criteria required for Passivhaus certification.

Since 2005, the practice has focused on using wooden structures and framework systems for its buildings, making it well-suited for the hostel project.

The architects designed the hostel to be built using a prefabricated structure comprising cross-laminated timber panels made from locally sourced wood.

Wood was also used to create the external cladding, as well as for the building’s substructure, insulation and internal finishes.

The building is carefully positioned on the site to optimise opportunities for passive climate control, preventing direct sunlight from reaching the interior whilst allowing the north side to provide cooling ventilation at night.

Grey framed windows were placed across pilgrims house
Rectangular windows punctuate the facade

“Thanks to this positioning, and the compactness of the building, it was possible to arrange the windows in the southwest orientation, both in size and depth, so that no external shading was required,” the architects explained.

“The appropriate position of a fixed eave in the southeast orientation ensures passive protection against possible overheating in summer.”

Pilgrims house has a wood lined interior
Chipboard was used throughout the interior

Internally, the hostel features an open living and dining space at its centre, with an adjoining kitchen and washing area positioned at one end. Two toilets are arranged on either side of the kitchen.

On the opposite side of the central space from the kitchen are two communal dormitories with six bunk beds in each room. The upper dormitory is accessed using a timber staircase that extends along the back wall.

A simple material palette of dark floor tiles, exposed wood and chipboard panels gives the space a warm and welcoming yet functional aesthetic.

A staircase leads to bedrooms
A communal space is located at the front of the hostel

Elsewhere in Spain, Aixopluc created an extension comprised of several sheds and porches surrounding an old house in the city of Reus that uses low-cost and lightweight building materials.

While Eduard Balcells, Ignasi Rius and Daniel Tigges built a wood-clad concrete kindergarten as part of a six structure kindergarten arranged like a small village in Bellaterra.

Photography is by Jorge Allende.

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