Branding's a pretty brutal business, as any designer will tell you. But for a look at the complicated issues around pushing a product you can't quite get behind, it doesn't get much better than this hilarious prank by the sweet, ...READ»
In the current issue of New York, Kurt Andersen laments America's age of lame-duckism, "in which the discredited and obsolete and totally over shuffle around in the limelight for years after their sell-by dates."
Andersen artfully ...READ»
The deadline for Studio 360's Redesign Valentine's Day challenge is February 7 at midnight. Today: More of our favorite entries and the announcement of a celebrity judge!READ»
Back in 1995, when we launched Fast Company, our most valuable asset was our originality. What was different about the magazine? Its message. Its language. Its design. Most important, its promise to readers. Nobody talked about ...READ»
It's become over-commercialized, over-wrought, and overly-red, and most people are simply...over it. Designers, we beg of you: Accept the Studio 360 design challenge and take back this holiday that's supposed to be about love!READ»
Anne Here's my take on business and the natural order. Synergy was all a big mistake. Nature is hardwired for antisynergy. Do coyotes collaborate with sheep? Do fish empower dragonflies in the pond?
Naturally, that brings AOL Time ...READ»
You remember the Studio 360 challenge we helped launch a few weeks ago? A husband and wife design team were picked to present their concept on-air to Kurt Andersen.READ»
Anne Every morning as I read another dreary story of greed-head corporate malfeasance and insider arrogance, I remember two of my favorite pieces of satire. One is a comedy sketch starring Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live, where ...READ»
Anne Having read each new newspaper story about the impending war with Iraq, I'm familiar with (and not entirely unsympathetic to) the Bush administration's rationale: We need to prevent Saddam from deploying biological and nuclear ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation worked a double shift, popped a couple of brewskis, and then fell asleep in his work clothes. Here's today's innovation news:
The family can stop worrying: Jeff Bezos got a warehouse job in ...READ»
In his monologue that closes out the industrial design film Objectified, reviewed here back in March, it's clear that columnist and author
Rob Walker is perplexed by our obsession with material culture. He even goes so far as to ...READ»
Elizabeth Gilbert picked Sarah Tisdale's pork product blossoms as the winner of Studio 360's Redesign Valentine's Day challenge. Here's Tisdale's recipe for bringing home the bacon to your loved one.READ»
