Co.Design

Smart Shopping Cart Scans For Ecofriendly and Healthy Foods

BY Mark Wilson | 05-25-2012 | 3:01 PM | CO.DESIGN

And it’s way easier to use than a food pyramid. READ MORE›

NASA-Inspired Garden Grows Plants In A Ferris Wheel

BY Mark Wilson | 05-25-2012 | 2:01 PM | CO.DESIGN

It may seem a little silly at first glance, but there’s a lot of good sense in the design. READ MORE›

Ex-Phish Manager Creates System For Shushing Noisy Restaurants

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 05-25-2012 | 2:01 PM | CO.DESIGN

John Paluska beta tests sophisticated acoustic technology that can be controlled with a swipe--and could make loud restaurants a thing of the past. READ MORE›

Cargo-Bot, An Addictive iPad Game That Teaches Programming Concepts

BY John Pavlus | 05-25-2012 | 10:01 AM | CO.DESIGN

Learn the fundamentals of coding by losing yourself in these simple-but-devilish puzzles. READ MORE›

A Champion Racing Yacht Designer, Chasing Perfection

BY Chuck Salter | 05-24-2012 | 3:08 PM | CO.DESIGN

Juan Kouyoumdjian has become the dominant designer of the ultimate yacht race through cutting-edge R&D and an indefatigable perfectionism. READ MORE›

Bump's New App Makes Photo Sharing Between Phones And PCs A Simple, Physical Gesture

BY Austin Carr | 05-24-2012 | 1:08 PM | CO.DESIGN

All you have to do is hit your space bar using your phone. Abracadabra! Your photos are transported. READ MORE›

Feel Me App Turns Texting Into Touching

BY Mark Wilson | 05-24-2012 | 11:08 AM | CO.DESIGN

We all need human contact, but can we bridge that gap with our touchscreen phones? READ MORE›

How Touch-Screen Buttons Netted NYC Cabbies A Cool $144M

BY John Pavlus | 05-24-2012 | 11:08 AM | CO.DESIGN

By presenting riders with three default options, in-cab credit card readers increased tips. READ MORE›

Yahoo Announces Axis, A New Visual Paradigm In Web Search UI

BY Cliff Kuang | 05-24-2012 | 7:58 AM | CO.DESIGN

By replacing blue links and article abstracts with images of websites, Yahoo! Axis anticipates a day when how a website looks will tell you as much as what it has to say. READ MORE›

Meet Mike and Maaike, The Design Studio Ushering Google Into Hardware

BY Christina Chaey | 05-23-2012 | 2:02 PM | CO.DESIGN

The firm has a long history with Google, having pitched them on a touchscreen phone well before the iPhone was even announced. READ MORE›

A Mind-Blowing UI That Could Finally Make Group Work Intuitive

BY John Pavlus | 05-23-2012 | 11:49 AM | CO.DESIGN

This experimental app from the MIT Media Lab combines gestural interfaces, augmented reality, collaborative workspaces, and general sci-fi amazingness. READ MORE›

3 Ways To Design Toys That Boost Kids' Creativity

BY Andy Russell | 05-23-2012 | 7:49 AM | CO.DESIGN

Toys should foster open-ended imagination and be the means for collaborating with friends and family, writes Launchpad Toys’ Andy Russell. READ MORE›

Is This The First Logo Based On Touch-Screen Gestures?

BY Mark Wilson | 05-23-2012 | 7:49 AM | CO.DESIGN

The New Aesthetic is art’s newest movement, and it will likely be the next big thing in branding. READ MORE›

Kickstarting: Engineer Seeks Cash For One-Man, Low-Cost Airplane

BY Mark Wilson | 05-22-2012 | 12:37 PM | CO.DESIGN

Kickstarter is a new model in funding ideas, but is the sky really the limit? READ MORE›

How Do You Brand A Members-Only Club Aimed At Startup Titans?

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 05-22-2012 | 11:16 AM | CO.DESIGN

Retro is the new platinum! READ MORE›

Nailed It! Hammer Solves An Age-Old Handyman Problem

BY Mark Wilson | 05-22-2012 | 10:36 AM | CO.DESIGN

We won’t spoil the payoff. Just watch the video. READ MORE›

Smart Shirt Syncs To Your iPhone, Trains You In Pilates

BY Mark Wilson | 05-22-2012 | 7:37 AM | CO.DESIGN

Does this mean FaceTime is coming to abs? READ MORE›

And Now, At Last, The Winner In Our Porsche 911 Challenge Is...

BY Cliff Kuang | 05-21-2012 | 2:09 PM | CO.DESIGN

"It had very little description, because it just explained itself. And I think that’s the mark of a good product," said Porsche designer Grant Larson. READ MORE›

Reinvented Clothes Hanger Won't Ruin Your Necklines

BY Belinda Lanks | 05-21-2012 | 1:26 PM | CO.DESIGN

Ziba introduces perhaps the most dramatic rethink of the hanger in over a century. READ MORE›

Nokia Releases A Font Designed To Work In Any Language

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 05-21-2012 | 1:09 PM | CO.DESIGN

Nokia Pure tackles a common design problem facing global corporations: How does a company maintain a distinctive look and feel across borders and languages? READ MORE›