Core77 Design Awards 2026: Irene Guerrieri on Design That Unlocks Imagination

Born and educated in Rome, architect Irene Guerrieri has built a career around a simple but powerful question: How can design nurture children's development, autonomy, and creativity? Her answer has taken the form of toys distributed worldwide, teaching positions at universities and specialized schools, and most recently, writing two books recommended by the World Design Organization.

"The first step in the creative process of a playful product is to reconnect with one's inner child and to look at the world around us with playful, spontaneous eyes," Irene explains. "Eyes capable of projecting ideas and imagination beyond conventional boundaries. Thinking...

Tam House / Ivan Bravo Architects

© Ivan Bravo Architects architects: Ivan Bravo ArchitectsLocation: El Arrayan, ChileProject Year: 2024Photographs: Ivan Bravo ArchitectsArea: 174.0 m2

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Joe Colombo's BOB Desktop Organizer Now Back in Production

BOB is the name of a desktop organizer designed by Joe Colombo in 1970, and long since discontinued. But now the polyurethane object has been resuscitated by B-Line, an Italian company dedicated to acquiring the original molds of discontinued Italian objets d'esign.

It's available in five colors.

Now, ready for the bad news? B-Line doesn't sell direct-to-consumer, and the retailers that stock BOB are asking an arm and a leg. Design Public is selling it for $190 a pop. Competitor Bauhaus 2 Your House is asking an absurd...

Trio seating by Derlot

Dezeen Showroom: brutalism, biophilia and ergonomics come together in the Trio seating, created for public spaces by Australian designer Alexander Lotersztain and his brand Derlot.

Made of a monolithic slab of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) thermoplastic, the Trio seating takes the form of a rectangular block moulded into three uniform bucket seats.

The modular design is intended for settings such as airports, transit centres and other public spaces, where short-term comfort and easy maintenance are key. A recycled version is available featuring 85 per cent post-industrial waste plastic, with a terrazzo-like finish that celebrates its material...

Tetris-Style Lockers Make Room for Longer Objects in Limited Space

Whereas your average school lockers might look like this…

…these Z-Lockers use the same footprint, but allow space for longer coats or objects:

Why a need to make space for longer coats? These lockers are by Dalform, a manufacturer of institutional furniture in Sweden. The weather there is a bit harsher than in, say, California.

An Animated Look at Noguchi’s Experimental Playgrounds That Were Never Built

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“I think of playgrounds as a primer of shapes and functions; simple, mysterious and evocative; thus educational,” Isamu Noguchi said in a pamphlet about his Playscapes. Perhaps best known for his stone sculptures and Akari lamps, the Japanese artist and designer always had an eye on the spaces that define childhood, particularly public playgrounds and their influence on the young mind.

In 1933, Noguchi proposed redeveloping an entire New York City block into “Play Mountain,” an enormous topographical project that would be unstructured and open-ended. Rather than have swings and swift metal slides, for example, Noguchi wanted earthen steps, a bandshell,...

The Designey WK Bath Stool

In Japan, there's a piece of furniture unfamiliar to Westerners: The bathing stool. In Japanese public baths, the baths themselves are large communal tubs or pools for soaking, not washing. To keep the communal water clean, bathers wash themselves beforehand, shower-style—but seated on low stools, rather than standing. This practice was borne from space constraints in the typical Japanese home; showering while seated on a stool creates a smaller "splash zone," thus keeping the nearby bathing water clean.

Japanese bathing stools are typically utilitarian rather than designey. But this WK Bath Stool by Wataru Kumano, a Japanese furniture designer...

Educational Ensemble Jean Mentelin / feld72 + Agence MW

© tschinkersten fotografie architects: Agence MWarchitects: feld72Location: Strasbourg, FranceProject Year: 2024Photographs: tschinkersten fotografieArea: 6330.0 m2

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Kraft Architects clads minimalist Japanese home with corrugated steel

Corrugated metal cloaks the long, narrow form of An Unfinished House, a minimalist house in Japan designed by Tokyo studio Kraft Architects.

Located on a leftover plot in the suburbs of Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, the home was created for the family of a local carpenter, who worked closely with Kraft Architects to design and build its timber-framed structure.

Kraft Architects made a feature of the long, narrow site, organising the home as a sequence of rooms that lead seamlessly into one another, lined with full-height vertical windows on either side.

"The site is characterised...

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