Welcome to the website of Matt Decker, an Industrial Design student at Virginia Tech. Below is my blog hosted by tumblr.; it includes posts by myself as well as an RSS feed from core77's design blog. Feel free to visit as often as you like.

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  1. Joel Philip Myers exhibit

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    Packaging for Japanese booze? The results of the latest Absolut or Bombay design competition? Nope—these are the funky glassworks of Joel Philip Myers, the Pennsylvania-based artist with…

  2. Vadim Kibardin's killer clock concept

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    Designer Vadim Kibardin’s suh-weeeet Black & White Clock turns two dimensions into three with a series of four OLED digits, each with their own power source.

    A light sensor would figure…

  3. The Knit-cum-Fluxus: A wave of glass and light

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    The crazy-looking Fluxus is a “wave of glass and light” resulting from the combined skills of Karim Rashid and arts Michela Vianello.

    The press release doesn’t say whether it was a direct…

  4. Core77 Forum Topic: Selling products on Ponoko or similar

    Featured Forum Topic of the Day:
    Selling products on Ponoko or similar
    by squirrelstew in general design discussion

    Have any of you had experience with selling items on Ponoko.com - or…
  5. Frog founder's design tips slideshow and book

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    Frogdesign founder Hartmut Esslinger shares a “” slideshow with Businessweek, as part of an article reviewing his book A Fine Line: How Design Strategies Are Shaping the Future…

  6. Another step in the quest for Umbrella 2.0: Biomimetics

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    Though the collapsible umbrella was invented roughly 2,000 years ago, major product updates have been slow. In recent years we’ve posted on the SENZ and the Nubrella (pictured above), but…

  7. James Dyson Award design comp contenders: A gym for all comers

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    The James Dyson Award design competition has a simple, broad mandate: “Design something that solves a problem.” Shown here is one of the entries, The Access, a handicap-friendly fitness…

  8. This Just Inbox: Paper Circuit Business Cards from Sparkle Labs

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    As you know, we love clever business cards here at Core77 (see here and here), so we wanted to make sure that you saw Sparkle Lab’s brilliant Paper Circuit Business Cards, packaged…

  9. Core77 Introduces the Dutch Master limited edition bicycle. Events at Apple Store and Ace Hotel this weekend!

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    Today, Core77 proudly introduces a limited edition bicycle—named the “Dutch Master”—celebrating New York bike culture and a heritage of local manufacturing.

    The Dutch Master is…

  10. Zaha Hadid's Bach-inspired music hall

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    For the Bach program at the Manchester Art Gallery Zaha Hadid Architects designed and installed a temporary music hall inspired by the solo works of JS Bach. The original designs were…