Core77 Weekly Roundup (4-7-25 to 4-11-25)
Here's what we looked at this week:Design needed: These Mad-Max-esque solar-powered bikes and trikes from YongLe Risheng.Stunning drone show by Studio Hock: King Kong climbing the Empire State Building.Hyundai's gaming-inspired Insteroid concept. The base model is popular worldwide, but won't be coming to the U.S. Bevel: Industrial designer Sebastian Bergne upgrades the studio applebox.Freefly Systems' Flying Sun: Persistent overhead emergency lighting, delivered by drone.Studio Lugo's Anachron series: Agriculture-inspired furniture with traces of Rietveld, the Bauhaus, Memphis and '80s Postmodernism.At the Salone, Es Devlin's Library of Light celebrates books and "Thought for humans."Victor Manuel's "Geometric Chimera" style of furniture design.A focus on UX, and Texas history, inform the design of Igloo's Party Bar cooler.The Yeti Rescues program offers refurbished coolers and products at a discount.If Dremel went designey? Hoto's SNAPBLOQ precision toolkit is designed for organization and portability.Hemispherical doorknobs, by Bankston and Civilian.Kawasaki's "New category of personal mobility:" CORLEO, an off-road robot horse.Gator Magnetics' smarter design for magnetic hooks.GM opens new design studio, tasks several studios with Corvette concept work.Casual seating: Konstantin Grcic's THING_01.Lodge's solar-powered Bluetooth speaker, designed to live outdoors.Phaidon's forthcoming "Mid-Century Modern Design in the U.S." book features hundreds of images from Cranbrook's Art Museum.Industrial design case study: A mobile airport lounge concept by Formation Design Group.

Here's what we looked at this week:
Design needed: These Mad-Max-esque solar-powered bikes and trikes from YongLe Risheng.
Stunning drone show by Studio Hock: King Kong climbing the Empire State Building.
Hyundai's gaming-inspired Insteroid concept. The base model is popular worldwide, but won't be coming to the U.S.
Bevel: Industrial designer Sebastian Bergne upgrades the studio applebox.
Freefly Systems' Flying Sun: Persistent overhead emergency lighting, delivered by drone.
Studio Lugo's Anachron series: Agriculture-inspired furniture with traces of Rietveld, the Bauhaus, Memphis and '80s Postmodernism.
At the Salone, Es Devlin's Library of Light celebrates books and "Thought for humans."
Victor Manuel's "Geometric Chimera" style of furniture design.
A focus on UX, and Texas history, inform the design of Igloo's Party Bar cooler.
The Yeti Rescues program offers refurbished coolers and products at a discount.
If Dremel went designey? Hoto's SNAPBLOQ precision toolkit is designed for organization and portability.
Hemispherical doorknobs, by Bankston and Civilian.
Kawasaki's "New category of personal mobility:" CORLEO, an off-road robot horse.
Gator Magnetics' smarter design for magnetic hooks.
GM opens new design studio, tasks several studios with Corvette concept work.
Casual seating: Konstantin Grcic's THING_01.
Lodge's solar-powered Bluetooth speaker, designed to live outdoors.
Phaidon's forthcoming "Mid-Century Modern Design in the U.S." book features hundreds of images from Cranbrook's Art Museum.
Industrial design case study: A mobile airport lounge concept by Formation Design Group.