FastCompany RSS

Prizes

PRIZES   |  Comment

Overstock.com Offers $1 Million For Improved Recommendations

The online retailer is pulling a Netflix, dangling the promise of a rich reward--not to mention some serious bragging rights--to the team that increases customer purchases.READ»

Washington Catches Prize Fever

Congress passed the America COMPETES Act, which codified the running of prizes by federal agencies. Any agency head may now run competitions “to stimulate innovation that has the potential to advance the mission of the respective agency.”READ»

DESIGN   |  Comment

Design with a Conscience: Columbia Team Wins Curry Stone Design Prize

Medillin, Colombia, was once known as the drug capital of the world. But thanks to a massive urban and architectural renewal project helmed by Sergio Farjado and Alejandro Echeverri, Medillin's former mayor and director of ...READ»

Nine Ideas to Save the World, Inspired by Buckminster Fuller [UPDATED]

The visionary architect Buckminster Fuller believed that a single design could save the world. That ethos is being carried forward by the Buckminster Fuller Institute, which every year holds a contest to create a design with maximum ...READ»