Core77’s editors spend time combing through the news so you don’t have to. Here’s a weekly roundup of our favorite stories from the World Wide Web.
Their Tube - When Every Moment Can be Recorded and Shared, What Happens to Childhood?
A creepy article about real kids constantly feeling the need to perform in front of an invisible audience—the Internet. I’m curious to see how YouTube and other technology exposure will effect Generation Z in the long run, but I guess we’ll have to tune in next decade to find out.
—Emily Engle, editorial assistant
Finding North America’s Lost Medieval City
Apparently Cahokia, which thrived roughly 1,000 years ago near present-day St. Louis, was a city of 30,000 inhabitants—larger than London or Paris at the time. “And as huge garbage pits full of animal bones, drug paraphernalia, and fancy pottery attest, everybody at Cahokia loved to party.”
—Rain Noe, senior editor
5 Things I Learnt as a Designer at LEGO
An industrial designer and UX designer shares a few fundamental lessons from his time working at Lego that can be applied to any design project.
—Stuart Constantine, publisher and managing partner
How Cars Went From Boxy to Curvy
An interesting video showing how car designers’ sleek tweaks on sharp, bulky cars from the 1950s made vehicles more economical while also helping to establish the curvy car as the official ride of the future.
—Allison Fonder, community manager
http://www.core77.com/posts/59017/Lessons-From-a-Former-LEGO-Designer-How-Cars-Went-From-Boxy-to-Curvy-Over-Time-and-Inside-the-Lives-of-Child-Vloggers