Core77 Weekly Roundup (2-12-24 to 2-16-24)

Here's what we looked at this week: Fun for corporate drones: The Escalator Slide, by artist/designer Julijonas Urbonas. Mitsubishi Electric's sealed, insulated $270-$500 single-slice toaster apparently makes perfect toast. The precursor to the bicycle: This 1816 "running machine," a/k/a the Draisine. Designed for the contract market, industrial designer Goncalo Campos' Babar chair uses less parts and simplifies production compared to an incumbent design. Steadicam inventor Garrett...