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Blueprint for Information Architects

Five rules for mapping information so others can find their way.READ»

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Information as if Understanding Mattered

Richard Saul Wurman and 12 information architects spent one year and $1 million to produce a book that creates useful information on everything from crime and politics to business and the Net. The real lesson: Design forms understanding.READ»

Call for Simpletons and Simplinauts

Hi from SimpliCity! As author of November's Book of Month, The Simplicity Survival Handbook, Heath has asked me to bop in for a week and share some ramblings, rumblings, and pithy thoughts on the impact of simplicity and complexity ...READ»

Keiko Satoh

TED likes to think of itself as an Idea Summit, a gathering that one reporter/participant calls 'smart, overstimulated, and uncoordinated; the nutty professor in its own world of ideas.'READ»

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Masters of Design: David Macaulay

Author and IllustratorREAD»

Unit of One Anniversary Handbook

We invited 30 leading figures from our first 6 issues to offer one new idea or one innovative practice that can make a difference to you.READ»

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Can Design Thinking Solve Your Problems and Make You Happier?

Imagine for a moment that a business needs a radically innovative approach to a vexing problem. Designers and managers start with an intense focus on the human aspect--the real problems their customers face in daily life. Somebody ...READ»

Fast Company Library

Books previously featured in Fast Company (2000)READ»

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In Search of the Sixth Sense

In this expanded interview transcript, inventor Ray Kurzweil discusses birth, death, and the potential offered by non-biological thinking processes.READ»

He Turns Ideas into Companies - at Net Speed

Bill Gross, CEO of Idealab, has started 18 companies in nine months. On the Net, he says, "time is more important than money."READ»

The Conference-Commando Field Manual

It smells like learning! Don't think of your next conference as a company-sponsored vacation. Think of it as an assault on the future. A collection of battle-scarred veterans offer their secrets on how to become a conference commando. We register at dawn!READ»