Co.Design

Where business and design collide

Chilling lessons from a 6-month journey to the edge of the Earth

Two photojournalists traveled almost 10,000 miles around the Arctic last summer, documenting a new world borne by melting ice.

Chilling lessons from a 6-month journey to the edge of the Earth

See Frank Lloyd Wright’s lost buildings in these stunning images

A series of photorealistic 3D renderings reveals unbuilt or demolished buildings by the seminal American architect.

See Frank Lloyd Wright’s lost buildings in these stunning images

Yes, even your pockets are sexist. These startups are fighting back

For 300 years, most women’s clothes have lacked functional pockets. Thanks to a group of women-led brands, that’s starting to change.

Yes, even your pockets are sexist. These startups are fighting back

These photos capture the eeriness of the luxury condo racket

Photographer Lewis Bush uses double exposures to portray the ultimate paean to urban inequality: the luxury high rise.

These photos capture the eeriness of the luxury condo racket

This cookware startup wants to take on Le Creuset, All-Clad, and Mauviel

An award-winning food writer and a Warby Parker alum team up to create Great Jones–a direct-to-consumer brand selling stylish pots and pans that won’t break the bank.

This cookware startup wants to take on Le Creuset, All-Clad, and Mauviel

The Netherlands’ new train cars are nicer than your office

Designed by the architects at Mecanoo, these mobile work spaces look downright utopian.

The Netherlands’ new train cars are nicer than your office

The hardest job in Silicon Valley is a living nightmare

In the documentary “The Cleaners,” we meet the people who do the exhausting, ambiguous, and traumatizing work of content moderation.

The hardest job in Silicon Valley is a living nightmare

How Trump is changing the visual culture of politics

“Trump’s no Kim Kardashian, but their shared sense of visual branding defines this campaign.”

How Trump is changing the visual culture of politics

Could AR help cities regulate scooters?

One technology company believes it has a solution to scooter parking: More tech.

Could AR help cities regulate scooters?

This ingenious hack turns anti-terror bollards into furniture

Defensive street architecture is designed to prevent terrorist attacks. But it could also double as a way to bring strangers together.

This ingenious hack turns anti-terror bollards into furniture

I want to work in these cubicles of the future

The design studio Rapt has created two wild concepts for a futuristic cubicle, involving robots and . . . non-toxic fog.

I want to work in these cubicles of the future

This startup will deliver your favorite sandwich from anywhere on Earth

For a price.

This startup will deliver your favorite sandwich from anywhere on Earth

It’s not just you: Google Trends is showing long waits to vote

The Google News Initiative and Pitch Interactive are tracking searches on election day–and revealing that long lines are a serious problem.

It’s not just you: Google Trends is showing long waits to vote

The colors of the midterm elections? Purple, green, and gold

The Center for American Politics and Design reads the tea leaves of midterm campaign design–and finds some surprises.

The colors of the midterm elections? Purple, green, and gold

Hollywood’s favorite UI designers just created a real smartwatch

The Huami Amazfit Verge is Tony Stark’s smartwatch.

Hollywood’s favorite UI designers just created a real smartwatch

We’re in the midst of a phone design renaissance

Phone makers want to kill the notch–and it’s inspiring some seriously weird new design moves.

We’re in the midst of a phone design renaissance

Ikea wants you for its startup bootcamp

Got a big idea? The world’s largest furniture manufacturer wants to help.

Ikea wants you for its startup bootcamp

What it’s like to design for Justin Timberlake

Pentagram teamed up with the star to design his new book–including one spread Michael Bierut calls “the funniest thing Pentagram ever designed.”

What it’s like to design for Justin Timberlake

This crazily complex image shows the online footprint of all 50 states

It’s so much data, the scientists behind the image had to invent a new type of visualization.

This crazily complex image shows the online footprint of all 50 states

These haunting photos capture ground zero of the climate crisis

Photographer Tom Hegen shows the destruction of Greenland.

These haunting photos capture ground zero of the climate crisis

Impact

Can we design neighborhoods to survive wildfires?

This relief agency will stay running during disasters because of its new Tesla microgrid

The fight to stop Amazon’s huge new New York office starts now

Creativity

Fox News may be on a Twitter blackout, but this unflattering graphic is still trending

Oh Hello! Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Awkwafina get weird for Cadillac

An ad agency made Alexa apologize to all the losing Amazon HQ2 cities

Co.Design

Here are some dread-inducing statistics on open plan offices

Lego’s latest set targets stressed adults

The depressingly big business of pollution masks

Work Life

How I learned to manage rebel employees (without upsetting everyone else)

Wait, is this a date? Horror stories from female investors working with a male founder

9 CEOs share their favorite productivity hacks