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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More on Textiles: "Master of Production," the American Factory Worker of Yore
I love ’50s propaganda films, everything from the amusing claims that run counter to our 2011 science, to the contrived lighting, to the soothing, friendly-yet-authoritative tone of the narrators….
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Are Wristwatches Starting to Fade?
I’d recently heard that high school kids don’t wear watches anymore. A gross generalization to be sure, but the gist of the argument was that everyone uses their cellphones as timepieces and …
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Recycled Fork Art
Fancy silver flatware has gone out of style on the table (for goodness sakes, it can’t go in the dishwasher! horrors!) but is getting a new life crafted into jewelry as rings, bracelets and…
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International Home and Housewares Show 2011: Twist 'n' Sparkle from iSi
“Everything tastes better with bubbles.”
Judiann Woo, Culinary Director for iSi, can add sparkle to any beverage. Use Twist ‘n’ Sparkle, a direct carbonation system, to pump your drink up….
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Welcome to the International Home and Housewares Show 2011!
The Core77 team has just arrived at McCormick place in Chicago for the annual International Home and Housewares Show, just in time to scope out the last day of set up. Catch a…
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Production Methods: Cool Demonstrations of Metal Spinning
The metal-forming method known as spinning will be familiar to anyone who’s used a pottery wheel, and it’s one of my favorites to watch. (Stamping is over too quickly to be interesting.)
While I…
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Salone 2011 Preview: Moleskine Launches New Product Line
Debuting at Salone del Mobile next month, Moleskine, a favorite notebook amongst the design crowd, will be launching a new product line consisting of bags, pencils, pens, reading glasses,…
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Core77 Tweets the Big Rethink
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Duravit's new OpenSpace Folding Shower: The Dream of Every New Yorker
Years ago as an ID student I did a brief internship with the designer who invented the Biomorph desk. I remember that gig not because of what I learned or because of the product — I remember not…
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Call for Submissions: Chicago Clean Air Design Challenge
Chicago-based design organization, Design Makes Change, is sponsoring a regional design competition with one goal in mind: clean air. The Air We Breathe; The Chicago Clean Air Design…
