Co.Design

Where business and design collide

This Beyoncé-approved startup turns old clothes into trendy outfits

Grant Blvd’s collections are sexy, edgy, and fashion-forward. They’re also ethical and sustainable.

This Beyoncé-approved startup turns old clothes into trendy outfits

Survival graphics: How businesses become designers in the fight against COVID-19

Over the last year, you’ve seen COVID-19 signs everywhere. This archive is collecting them.

Survival graphics: How businesses become designers in the fight against COVID-19

Inside the $70 million plan to build a beach in Manhattan

James Corner Field Operations, the landscape architecture firm behind The High Line, has unveiled a waterfront design that includes everything from a giant ball field to a sandy beach.

Inside the $70 million plan to build a beach in Manhattan

Iris van Herpen has always been fascinated with the natural world. Now she wants to save it

The haute couture designer, whose gowns have been worn by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, turns her hand to fabric made of plastic fished from the ocean.

Iris van Herpen has always been fascinated with the natural world. Now she wants to save it

Zocdoc CEO: Why vaccine scheduling is harder than it looks

Vaccines were developed at record speed in large part due to public-private partnerships. The same model can expedite the rollout, writes Zocdoc founder and CEO Oliver Kharraz M.D.

Zocdoc CEO: Why vaccine scheduling is harder than it looks

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s weed brand, Houseplant, is ready to light up America

The weed is only available in California for now, but with an array of eclectic homeware also on offer, smoke is just the start.

This new Facebook ad targets the only people left who actually like the brand

‘Good Ideas Deserve to Be Found’ is basically targeted ad hype set to a funky beat to keep the music of small-business ad-buying playing on a loop.

See the tiny new Apple stores inside Target

Totes adorbs.

See the tiny new Apple stores inside Target

7 tangible ways to make vaccine websites more accessible

Vaccine registration websites weren’t designed for the people who need them most. Here are easy fixes that don’t require starting over.

7 tangible ways to make vaccine websites more accessible

The $1.9 trillion relief bill is only a start. Here’s how to ensure it’s distributed equitably

Data mapping could help states target relief money where it’s needed most.

The $1.9 trillion relief bill is only a start. Here’s how to ensure it’s distributed equitably

Microsoft and Skanska are using this free tool to dramatically cut their carbon

The tool can be used to calculate the embodied carbon of key materials that account for upward of 70% of a building’s global carbon emissions.

Microsoft and Skanska are using this free tool to dramatically cut their carbon

This startup will buy back the ratty old T-shirts in your closet

For Days wants consumers to think about how they’ll dispose of their garments from the moment they buy them.

This startup will buy back the ratty old T-shirts in your closet

Vivianne Castillo leaves Salesforce citing ‘rampant microaggressions and gaslighting’

The former manager is the second Black woman to leave the company within weeks citing similar complaints.

Vivianne Castillo leaves Salesforce citing ‘rampant microaggressions and gaslighting’

The clever way strapped transit agencies are saving cash

Expect to see more solar canopies at airports and train stations soon.

The clever way strapped transit agencies are saving cash

The iconic Mr. Potato Head gets a 21st-century rebrand

Mr. Potato Head can now marry another Mr. Potato Head.

The iconic Mr. Potato Head gets a 21st-century rebrand

Why the new USPS mail truck should be even dorkier

One suggestion: Make it even more utilitarian.

Why the new USPS mail truck should be even dorkier

Here’s scientific proof that we all need to party when COVID-19 ends

Science confirms that, when COVID-19 is behind us, it’s time to party IRL.

Here’s scientific proof that we all need to party when COVID-19 ends

National Geographic’s new documentary tells the inside story of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

‘Mission Possible: The Race for a Vaccine’ premieres March 11 on National Geographic.

National Geographic’s new documentary tells the inside story of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

You know about human-centered design. Now meet breast-centered design

Breastfeeding can be excruciating. Frida Mom creates products that addresses women’s pain, not just nourishing babies.

You know about human-centered design. Now meet breast-centered design

Flying taxis are coming. Here are 5 ways they’ll differ from air travel as we know it

This new form of mobility will be very different from our current reality, which provides some unique design opportunities.

Flying taxis are coming. Here are 5 ways they’ll differ from air travel as we know it

Impact

Fast Company Magazine

How LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company became the envy of Hollywood

This delightful new podcast describes memes for people who are blind or visually impaired

Public transit workers are struggling to enforce mask mandates

News

Stimulus check 3: Here’s what happens next now that the Senate finally approved COVID-19 relief

How to watch Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle live on CBS without cable

Stimulus update: What’s next for the Senate vote after Ron Johnson delayed your third check?

Co.Design

COVID-19 exposed rampant loneliness in America. Can housing design combat it?

‘Design could never be not political’: Lessons from iconic designer Enzo Mari

L.A. loses 100 billion gallons of water a year. This park is helping recapture it

Work Life

This is how we fix the gender pay gap

The long and frustrating history of the gender wage gap

Men need to care about caregiving so the entire labor force can benefit