Co.Design

When you’re done with this T-shirt, bury it. It turns into worm food in 12 weeks

You can compost Vollebak’s Plant and Algae T-shirt, and it will decompose in just three months.

Smaller airplane seats aren’t just miserable, they could be dangerous

A new bill requires the FAA to better regulate shrinking airline seats, but politicians are impatient at the agency’s apparent lack of progress.

Behold the astronaut lounge at Virgin Galactic’s $250K-per-flight spaceport

It’s part first-class lounge, part office, and part red carpet for the ultra-wealthy customers who will take flight beginning next year.

Vertical landfills and DNA storage towers: 6 wild concepts for tomorrow’s skyscrapers

Supertall buildings don’t just have to be places for people to live and work. Futuristic concepts imagine skyscrapers as landfills, forests, data storage towers, and even permanent refugee camps.

Move over Lego: The next big collectable toy powerhouse is here

Funko Pop! makes almost $700 million per year selling collectables. Now, it’s helping other brands—like Microsoft’s Gears of War—tap into the booming business of fandom.

7 simple landscape designs that make cities better for everyone

The problem with autonomous cars that no one’s talking about

Autonomous cars need to learn how to drive like a local.

Go inside a new store devoted to Ikea hacking

Hølte’s first showroom is a glimpse at the booming business of aftermarket products for Ikea designs.

MIT Media Lab director apologizes for accepting funds from Jeffrey Epstein

Joi Ito, head of the MIT Media Lab, apologized for taking investment money and donations from the now-deceased convicted sex offender.

This beautiful but terrifying new footbridge has a gap in the middle

The $6 million bridge is designed to expand and contract in extreme temperatures.

This brilliant hydroponic system puts a whole garden on your countertop

It’s not just a garden—it’s a work of art.

The untold story of America’s brilliant national parks branding

Leave it to graphic design legend Massimo Vignelli to come up with a clever system that saved the government money—and is still in use today.

How we’ll travel in 2050

Long live the zeppelin!

Facebook has coffee shops now. It’s only the beginning of the branded city of the future

Free coffee, loaner bikes, and public events: These are some of the amenities that tech brands and banks offer at a new generation of retail spaces.

Would you dare fly with this $30,000 heirloom roller bag?

It’s like traveling with the equivalent of your great-grandmother’s tea set.

These Starbucks, Coca-Cola, and Domino’s logo mash-ups will break your brain

Infographic: What is America’s most hated sandwich?

Hint: It barely qualifies as a sandwich.

This AI generates fake news about anything you want. Try it!

Can Donald Trump do 100 push-ups a day? Let this AI convince you.

The future of the global shipping industry is . . . bikes

This cute cargo e-bike is the latest experiment from delivery companies to utilize the air, the sidewalk, and the bike lane—anything but the street itself—to get packages to you faster.