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Blue Bottle wants you to bring your own coffee cup—or pay up

Blue Bottle wants you to bring your own coffee cup—or pay up

Co.Design

Where did you travel in the last decade? This personalized map will show you

Where did you travel in the last decade? This personalized map will show you

Blue Bottle wants you to bring your own coffee cup—or pay up

Blue Bottle wants you to bring your own coffee cup—or pay up

Are we entering a Golden Age of movie poster design?

Are we entering a Golden Age of movie poster design?

The world’s most beautiful architecture is also the most equitable

The world’s most beautiful architecture is also the most equitable

Looking for a last-minute gift? Give a subscription box instead

Looking for a last-minute gift? Give a subscription box instead

This ingenious airline seat will make flying coach less awful

This ingenious airline seat will make flying coach less awful

What the PalmPilot can teach us about designing products people love

What the PalmPilot can teach us about designing products people love

Giving kids technology for Christmas isn’t such a bad thing

Giving kids technology for Christmas isn’t such a bad thing

Think you can’t escape Google? You haven’t seen anything yet

Think you can’t escape Google? You haven’t seen anything yet

The United States gets a new kind of atlas

The United States gets a new kind of atlas

These headphones aren’t pretty, but they just might save your life

These headphones aren’t pretty, but they just might save your life

How the exhibit designer behind the Obama Presidential Center captures the attention of children and adults alike

How the exhibit designer behind the Obama Presidential Center captures the attention of children and adults alike

The rise and fall of Delia’s, the catalog that ruled America

The rise and fall of Delia’s, the catalog that ruled America

There’s another reason to buy green products, and it’s totally selfish

There’s another reason to buy green products, and it’s totally selfish

This is what Playtex’s brand would look like without the male gaze

How to recycle a building

How to recycle a building

The modeling industry is filled with exploitation—this labor activist is fighting back

The modeling industry is filled with exploitation—this labor activist is fighting back

AIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet today

AIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet today

Nike debuts a groundbreaking new modesty swimsuit

Nike debuts a groundbreaking new modesty swimsuit

This is the world’s most beautiful outhouse

This is the world’s most beautiful outhouse

The world’s most beautiful architecture is also the most equitable

The world’s most beautiful architecture is also the most equitable

What the PalmPilot can teach us about designing products people love

What the PalmPilot can teach us about designing products people love

The rise and fall of Delia’s, the catalog that ruled America

The rise and fall of Delia’s, the catalog that ruled America

AIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet today

AIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet today

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Where did you travel in the last decade? This personalized map will show you

Google probably already knows everywhere you’ve been—but thanks to this free interactive, you can enjoy that data yourself.

Where did you travel in the last decade? This personalized map will show you

Blue Bottle wants you to bring your own coffee cup—or pay up

In a radical announcement, Blue Bottle said it would do away with disposable cups altogether in a beta test.

Blue Bottle wants you to bring your own coffee cup—or pay up

Are we entering a Golden Age of movie poster design?

Digital streaming services and social media are creating new ways for studios to advertise beyond traditional, mainstream audiences, and that’s creating new design opportunities.

Are we entering a Golden Age of movie poster design?

The world’s most beautiful architecture is also the most equitable

“Justice is Beauty” tells the story of MASS Design Group’s work building everything from hospitals in Rwanda to a memorial in the American South.

The world’s most beautiful architecture is also the most equitable

Looking for a last-minute gift? Give a subscription box instead

Subscriptions are the gift that keeps on giving—literally. Like, every month.

Looking for a last-minute gift? Give a subscription box instead

This ingenious airline seat will make flying coach less awful

Privacy. Comfort. And yes, it will fit in economy—eventually.

This ingenious airline seat will make flying coach less awful

What the PalmPilot can teach us about designing products people love

Today, we have a love-hate relationship with our devices. There’s a lot to be learned from Palm and its intuitive, inexpensive, functionality-focused PDAs.

What the PalmPilot can teach us about designing products people love

Giving kids technology for Christmas isn’t such a bad thing

Research shows phones can actually bring teens closer to their families.

Giving kids technology for Christmas isn’t such a bad thing

Think you can’t escape Google? You haven’t seen anything yet

The future of Google is post-phone, post-Internet, ambient computing all around you.

Think you can’t escape Google? You haven’t seen anything yet

The United States gets a new kind of atlas

A team of landscape architects and researchers at Penn produced a new collection of maps in support of the Green New Deal.

The United States gets a new kind of atlas

These headphones aren’t pretty, but they just might save your life

Noise-canceling headphones make users oblivious to the world around them. This smart headphone prototype could change that.

These headphones aren’t pretty, but they just might save your life

How the exhibit designer behind the Obama Presidential Center captures the attention of children and adults alike

Aki Carpenter designed exhibits for President Obama, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Freedom Rides Museum

How the exhibit designer behind the Obama Presidential Center captures the attention of children and adults alike

The rise and fall of Delia’s, the catalog that ruled America

For a few years around the millennium, Delia’s and its direct-to-consumer catalogs were the hottest brand in the country. It was a glimpse of things to come.

The rise and fall of Delia’s, the catalog that ruled America

There’s another reason to buy green products, and it’s totally selfish

If you’re between two products, the greener one is probably the better choice—for your own happiness.

There’s another reason to buy green products, and it’s totally selfish

This is what Playtex’s brand would look like without the male gaze

More direct. Less pink.

How to recycle a building

Recycling buildings isn’t just good for the environment. It’s good business.

How to recycle a building

The modeling industry is filled with exploitation—this labor activist is fighting back

Though her nonprofit Model Alliance, Sara Ziff is tackling the dark side of the fashion industry, from child labor and low wages to sexual harassment and trafficking.

The modeling industry is filled with exploitation—this labor activist is fighting back

AIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet today

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, AOL’s Instant Messenger introduced millions of people to the internet—and the idea that you were always online, even when you were “away.”

AIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet today

Nike debuts a groundbreaking new modesty swimsuit

The full-coverage Nike Victory Swim collection is for Muslim and body-conscious women alike.

Nike debuts a groundbreaking new modesty swimsuit

This is the world’s most beautiful outhouse

This “bathroom in the bush” is basically invisible during the day.

This is the world’s most beautiful outhouse

Impact

10 minutes reflecting on who helped you succeed can transform your idea of the meritocracy

This company will turn your garage into an apartment for free—and help you rent it out

The Ocean Cleanup device has returned from the Pacific Garbage Patch with its first load of plastic

Creativity

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ uses national hostility toward media (and women) to its advantage

Netflix blows up its formula to get you to watch ‘6 Underground’

Lizzo met Mayor Pete, and Twitter went wild over their awkward photo

Co.Design

Where did you travel in the last decade? This personalized map will show you

Blue Bottle wants you to bring your own coffee cup—or pay up

Are we entering a Golden Age of movie poster design?

Work Life

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