Topic: Vienna

Commuter-Friendly Office on Wheels Puts Bus in Business

Austrian designers cut the Gordian knot, in a solution to traffic nightmares.READ»

Furniture That Records the Passing of a Day

Austrian designers create a machine registers the day's sunlight, and then automatically memorializes it in a fabric pattern.READ»

Now February

A calendar of events this month.READ»

Rethinking the Zoo: Where Are the Gushing Oil Pumps in the Penguin Pool?

As habitats change, an artists' installation at a Vienna zoo shows how the design of animal exhibitions may change with them.READ»

• Unnatural Habitats: Rethinking the Modern Zoo

UAE, Country With World's Largest Carbon Footprint, to Host HQ for International Renewable Energy Agency (Updated)

The United Arab Emirates has the largest per capita carbon footprint of any country in the world, contains artificial islands, a ski dome in the middle of the desert, and will soon boast the first air-conditioned beach. In general, ...READ»

WEB-EXCLUSIVE: The Secret History of Interpol

How the 79-year-old international police organization survived a false start, Nazis occupation, a meager budget, and a terrorist attack and became a round-the-clock crime-fighter.READ»

Smell This Tag: Olfactory Street Art

Mitchell Heinrich invents a temporary urban graffiti spreading smells, not spray paint. READ»

Preview: Architecture of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai

The grand tradition of World Expos may seem a little quaint to Americans--evoking 1950s era images of flying cars and robot butlers. But the Expos still live, and the upcoming Expo 2010 in Shanghai, promises to be worthwhile since ...READ»

Design Principal

Bruce Mau's influential studio works with a roster of world-renowned clients. But its mostenduring contribution may be to the theory and practice of design itself -- from what kinds of projects are worth taking on to how to design for creative growth.READ»

Ten Really Dumb Old Inventions and Their Modern Counterparts

Hookay. So, you think that this M3 sub-machine gun--with a shoot-first-and-ask-later curved barrel--is a really stupid, really dumb invention, right? I don't blame you. But, trust me, you don't know what really stupid, really dumb ...READ»

Oracle Plays the Knowledge Game

Tango, a business simulation from Europe, teaches the latest steps to leverage hidden sources of corporate value.READ»

Hollywood's Rogue Mogul: How Terminator Director McG Is Blowing Up the Movie Business

How McG (yes, that's his name -- he directed the new Terminator movie) evolved from bubblegum auteur into a tinseltown killing machine.READ»

• McG's $2 Billion Machine
• The Terminator Economy

Creative-Class Struggle

A Web-exclusive Q & A with Richard Florida, author of The Flight of the Creative ClassREAD»

Some of the Greatest Inventors Are Women

digg_url = 'http://www.fastcompany.com/article/some-greatest-inventors-were-women'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Do you know who invented liquid paper or the first solar home heating system? Well, those inventors were women. And with ...READ»

Terrorists Strike Fast... Interpol has to Move Faster... Ron Noble is on the Case

A profile of far-reaching change with life-and-death consequencesREAD»

Nokia Rocks the World: The Phone King's Plan to Redefine Its Business

Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»

• Infographic: Big -- But Not Bulletproof

Shifting Routes in the Airline Industry

Shifting routes reflect the changing economics of the airline industry. Business hubs in Asia and the Middle East are strong. European and U.S. leisure routes ain't.READ»

• Routes World Development Forum Plays Matchmaker for Airports, Airlines