Core77 Weekly Roundup (10-14-25 to 10-17-25)

Here’s what we looked at this week:

The Pepe, by architect/designer Raffaella Mangiarotti, is a saddle-inspired leather chair.

Belkin’s PowerGrip is a camera grip that can charge your iPhone.

The Janus-I Flying Suitcase, a personal VTOL aircraft that fits in a car trunk.
The Square X125 is a Honda scooter with a Chinese design aesthetic.

Dacia’s wild-looking ultracompact Hipster EV concept is “a car that can be sketched in three strokes of a pencil,” says the lead designer.

Mercedes shows off new design language—and releases a (limited-edition) design manifesto.