Co.Design

JIF trolls the world by rebranding as GIF…with a hard ‘G’

Stand back, the internet is about to explode.

MM.Lafleur will dress women running for office, for free

More than 500 women have applied for the program already.

This design museum urges you take the displays home with you

The Swedish Design Museum To Go is like takeout—for art.

This designer lost her husband to cancer. Now she’s helping others cope—through design

“I didn’t realize he was going to die until the day before he died”: Designer April Starr developed a tool to help others avoid the bureaucratic nightmare she faced when her husband was diagnosed with cancer.

You can now get a free typography crit from Jonathan Hoefler

Design Twitter for good.

The idea that crime can be ‘designed’ out of cities is wrongheaded

Technical solutions don’t make cities feel safe for everyone.

Infographic: Bloomberg has way, way, way too much money

Bloomberg’s branding is a con

If you or someone you know actually calls Michael Bloomberg “Mike,” please contact me immediately.

The race is on to replace the hypodermic needle

Microneedles offer the potential for pain-free, infection-resistant treatments. And the field is in a renaissance.

Gave up on your New Year’s resolutions? Recharge your creativity with this no-nonsense advice

Some good f*cking advice for creative roadblocks.

A tribute to Larry Tesler, the father of user-friendly design

An early pioneer of usable computing died at 74.

How cities are making the obesity epidemic worse

The common myth that obesity is just a matter of personal failure ignores the role cities play in discouraging healthy lifestyles.

See Bjarke Ingels Group’s first couch. It’s like a building you sit on

The starchitect firm wants to go inside your home.

This simple design solves one of the biggest problems in UX

HTC debuts two concept headsets that signal a huge sea change in virtual and augmented reality, with an idea stolen from something as simple as sunglasses.

Why Paul Williams, Hollywood’s most prolific black architect, drew upside down

A new documentary highlights Williams’s remarkable career, designing houses for everyone from Frank Sinatra to Lucille Ball—and the obstacles he faced as the first black architect certified on the West Coast.

I was denied entry into the U.S. because of a “Homeland Security algorithm”

Forensic Architecture founding director Eyal Weizman investigates human rights violations for a living. On a recent trip to the United States, his rights were taken away—and he doesn’t have any recourse.

An architect built the ‘Parasite’ house from scratch in ‘Sims 4,’ and it’s amazing

This ‘Sims’ recreation of the ‘Parasite’ mansion is uncanny.

Was Trump’s draft order on classical buildings really about Obama?

Since Trump entered office, he’s sought to undermine the legacy of Obama at every turn. It’s plausible that the order is a direct reaction to the building boom that happened under Obama.