Co.Design

The year’s best microphotographs capture a world our eyes can’t see

From tulip buds to Vitamin C, there’s immense beauty in the natural world that usually remains hidden.

The longest flight in the world looks like an ergonomics nightmare

Don’t sleep! Stretch! Eat! Sleep! Wait, what?

This $555 drink machine is the Juicero of water

Gulp.

Nike CEO Mark Parker is stepping down

The truth about ergonomic chairs and desks

When it comes to neck pain, research shows that altering your workstation has little to no impact on whether you’ll develop problems. What does? Stress.

Americans toss 20 billion diapers per year. This seaweed version could change that

Plus, your baby will look like an eco-friendly sumo wrestler.

This radical phone has skin that feels your pinch

Can’t look, but can’t look away.

Two top designers debate the value of “design thinking”

Pentagram partner Natasha Jen and Adobe principal designer Khoi Vinh discuss the virtues and pitfalls of design thinking.

How cult brands like SoulCycle and Airbnb are actually kinda cult-like

Companies are employing quasi-religious tactics to inspire enthusiasm for their brands. What happens when customers have a crisis of faith?

I want my buttons back, Google

The Pixel 4 is a technologically advanced phone. But it’s missing a lot of what made past Pixels great.

This artificial island is a home for sea creatures displaced by climate change

Currently bobbing in the waters near Oakland, California, the habitat is a prototype three years in the making.

The Genoa bridge disaster will be memorialized with this bright red skyway

It’s a place of remembrance and infrastructure, in one.

Slave labor camps are supplying American fashion brands

“This forced labor is connected to Western supply chains and consumers.”

Are traditional design degrees still relevant?

The conventional route toward a career in design—through college—is rapidly changing.

Prices start at $13 at Banksy’s store, if you can answer a simple question

Does art matter? The pop culture icon wants to know.

You’ll never guess Airbnb’s hottest destination for 2020. Really.

Here’s a hint: It’s in the U.S.

This haunting short will change the way you look at guns

“Gun Shop” is a painstaking study of firearm design, offering a window into why so many people continue to covet these deadly weapons so dearly.

The best way to fix your open plan office? Plants, and lots of them

The design studio New Territory is launching a collection of office plants meant to serve as privacy screens—and tiny gardens.

The shoe industry is at war with itself over stolen design

The footwear industry produces a whopping 24.8 billion sneakers a year for 7.5 billion humans. To keep up with this pace, brands are ripping each other off.