''Core77'' is an online design magazine dedicated to the practice and produce of the field of
industrial design
Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advan ...
. It serves as a resource for students, practitioners and fans of the field, as well as a venue for essays and reports on the topic of design in general. Historically, most of the magazine's content has been produced by volunteer contributors.
The site began as the graduate thesis of Stuart Constantine and Eric Ludlum in their final year at Brooklyn, New York's
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The school was ...
. The site was launched in March 1995 and has been updated on a monthly basis since. It was first hosted at Interport, an early
ISP in New York City; later it moved to its own domain.
Core77's popularity as a general design destination for the public has grown in recent years, leading to references of the site in ''
The New York Times'', ''
Fast Company'', and ''
PC Magazine
''PC Magazine'' (shortened as ''PCMag'') is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009. Publication of online editions started in late 1994 and have continued to the present d ...
''. The site also hosts an annual Core77 Design Awards competition to reward excellence in the field of design.
References
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External links
Core77 Website
Design magazines
Industrial design
Magazines established in 1995
Magazines published in New York City
Online magazines published in the United States
Visual arts magazines published in the United States