Co.Design

Paris is about to get even more beautiful

The surroundings of the Eiffel Tower are getting a redesign for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Here’s a first look at Ikea’s utopian urban gardening project

The Swedish company, alongside British designer Tom Dixon, is now turning its ambitious vision for local farming into a series of real products, coming to stores in 2021.

The problem with aspirational design (and what designers should do instead)

Design often exploits people’s anxieties about who they think they should be. Instead, it should focus on who they actually are, says sex-tech designer Ada-Rhodes Short.

The $95 “Dad Hoodie” has hidden pockets for diapers

It’s the ultimate Father’s Day gift (moms would probably appreciate it, too!).

This hot new Kickstarter project promises you nothing–literally, nothing

And it’s already raised raised over $6,000.

These are the kitchen trends you’re about to see all over the place

A collection of high-design Ikea hacks eschew subway tile and white granite for wild colors and finishes.

How I.M. Pei mastered the big idea

Nowhere is Pei’s architectural legerdemain on greater display than in Boston, which he helped transform from a rundown city into an innovation center.

This AI shows what climate change could do to your house by 2050

Researchers in Montreal are making global sea level rise personal.

See which Democratic candidate has the best (and worst) typography

You still have time to turn things around, Senator Booker!

A massive CBD emporium just opened in NYC–and it may be the future of wellness

Standard Dose’s 3-story, 2,400-square-foot store welcomes customers to unwind, relax, and recharge.

How a UX designer created a Capital One chatbot so good, some people want to marry it

Alfonso Cobo’s Unfold app is bringing curated, beautiful Instagram stories to more than 16 million users

How Adobe designer Khoi Vinh is bringing voice controls to app development

Is your favorite fashion brand greenwashing? Use this checklist to find out

How to tell the difference between brands that market themselves as sustainable and ones that actually commit to sustainability in a holistic way.

How Nike’s retail head reimagined the shopping experience in the company’s House of Innovation stores

How Google’s head of hardware design, Ivy Ross, makes gadgets feel approachable

How this CEO transformed a small architectural shop into a cutting-edge, international megafirm

Hay design is creating affordable furniture and housewares through innovative manufacturing

How one technologist is protecting women from online harassment

For taking on bullies, Electronic Frontier Foundation’s director of cybersecurity Eva Galperin is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019.