Hasta La Ideas

Tiny House advocates explain that these small simple structures provide a flexible, affordable, reasonable (albeit small) solution for residential use, urban infill, and pocket communities. But what sort of person would actually want to live in (or next to) a house with less square footage than a roll of paper towels? Dee will offer her experience designing and building micro-houses with a focus on the unique benefits and challenges of taking small to the extreme.

See more of Dee in action at the Portland Alternative Dwellings site.

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We’re not sure how many of you have already checked out for this last month of summer, but we’re as busy as ever here at Core HQ. This past month saw the live announcement of over 200 honorees in our second annual Design Awards program over the course of 17 live broadcasts from around the world. Congratulations to all of the winners, runners-up and notables, and keep your eye on Core77 and Core77DesignAwards.com for news about the C77DA13!

Of course, we also had plenty of regularly scheduled programming, including the first post in a series of columns on product licensing by Bruce Tharp, an exclusive interview with the founders of the ‘iconic’ Noun Project, and a must-read case study from the fellas at Outlier Tailored Performance. And while the Olympics dominate headlines, we’ve got a handful of photo galleries from London Town, from the Farnborough Airshow to RCA’s Graduate Show and the popular Barbican’s 007 Bond Style exhibition… plus a photo essay on Metal Molding in the South of Brazil.

– Core Jr.

Flotspotting

Christian Scholz

Janina Alleyne

Cathy Schaefer

MacMaster Design

Zach Heinrichs

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August Newsletter here

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Live from Portland, Oregon – Core77’s Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club!

Tuesday Apr. 3rd 6:00 PM

Lyle Poulin: Hand-Forge “The Modern Blacksmith: Tradition, Tools and Technique”

Whatever happened to the village blacksmith? Not so long ago, villages were organized around trade districts, and each one had a blacksmith shop. Traditionally the blacksmith shaped hot metal on the anvil for the village’s many needs: from horseshoes, wheels, and gates to tools and weapons. Though our needs, wants, and fashions have evolved since then, the fundamentals of forging metal are largely unchanged. Come and learn about the work of the modern blacksmith in a historical context. We’ll explore the diversity and evolution of the blacksmith’s various tools and techniques through the ages, including a look at the future potential of metal work at the intersection of old craft and modern technology.


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Last week John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design and author of The Laws of Simplicity visited the frog San Francisco studio. John presented to a group of RISD alumni and frogs about how the school is responding and influencing the world around it, and updated us on an initiative he is spearheading called “STEM to STEAM”. STEM represents a movement to refocus education in the United States on the specific fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. STEM to STEAM seeks to add Art to that formula, something I entirely agree on. The problems that will challenge us in the decades to come will not be the same as yesterday. Creativity is not a silver bullet, but coupling it with our more traditional focus on left brain learning will surely yield new results.

Before the presentation, I sat down with John in our studio library and we talked about what he is passionate about, as well as trading a few RISD stories. There are several RISD alum at frog spread throughout the world including Executive Creative Director Nick de la Mare (MID’95), and Creative Director Jonas Damon (BFA’93 ID). I myself am an alum (BFA’98 ID). Check out the video, which is a bit of a sneak peak into the type of content that will be covered in Designmind‘s upcoming “Passion” issue, and please, support STEM to STEAM! [Ed Note: For more info about STEM, read Andy Polaine’s column from September’s Design Education issue.]

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