Coke's David Butler: "Design's Preciousness Often Gets in the Way"

Don't worry about little things like typefaces, says Coke's VP of global design: Think bigger.READ»

Inside Coke's "Freestyle" Soda Fountain

The new-fangled touchscreen gizmo has more in common with medical devices than with traditional soda fountains.READ»

Video: Litl Webook Looks Intriguing, but I'm Still Confused [NetBooks]

In case you missed it, the Litl Webbook is a unique "cloud-based netbook" with only 2GB of local storage, a presumably Linux-based custom OS, and a 12-inch display that bends over into "easel mode." Here's what it looks like ...READ»

Masters of Design 2009 Event

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Masters of Design 2009 Party Pics

On October 21st at Chelsea Art Museum in New York, Fast Company revealed its annual October Masters of Design issue. Along with Masters of Design partners, Porsche and Morgans Hotel Group, the event featured David Butler, VP of global design for Coca-Cola; David Rockwell, designer of this year's Academy Awards set and the upcoming Ames Hotel in Boston; starchitect David Adjaye; digital designer Lisa Strausfeld; and Smart Design's Femme Den.READ»

Coke's Master of Design Meets the Porsche Panamera

Who better to test drive the 2010 Porsche Panamera than David Butler, the designer of Coca-Cola's 100-flavor video vending machine and the cover profile in our 2009 Masters of Design issue? The thing you'll notice immediately when ...READ»

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David Adjaye: Starchitect, Luminary

A starchitect-in-the-making brings his love of light--and a social conscience--to London, Moscow, and the National Mall in D.C. Let's say we gathered the world's top architects and played a game of "Which of these is not like the others?" David Adjaye, one of the newest members of that club, would stand out. Because at 43 years old, he is so young.READ»

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Data On Display: Lisa Strausfeld's Bloomberg HQ

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How to Film a Coca-Cola Volcano

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Masters of Design 2009

This year's design issue features an array of dazzling talent: Coke's pop artist David Butler, Pentagram's infomaniac Lisa Strausfeld, the impresario David Rockwell, British architect David Adjaye, and the maestro of Italian design, Alberto Alessi. Plus, the women reinventing consumer electronics, China's answer to Nike and more...READ»