The site began as the graduate thesis of Stuart Constantine and Eric Ludlum in their final year at Brooklyn, New York's Pratt Institute.

[1] 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 referred to by The New York Times,[2][3] Fast Company,[4] and PC Magazine.

[5] The site also hosts an annual Core77 Design Awards competition to reward excellence in the field of design.