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Slave labor camps are supplying American fashion brands

Slave labor camps are supplying American fashion brands

Co.Design

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

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

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

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

Slave labor camps are supplying American fashion brands

Slave labor camps are supplying American fashion brands

Are traditional design degrees still relevant?

Are traditional design degrees still relevant?

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

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

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

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

This haunting short will change the way you look at guns

This haunting short will change the way you look at guns

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

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

The shoe industry is at war with itself over stolen design

The shoe industry is at war with itself over stolen design

Airbnb’s latest stunt is a sleepover in Barbie’s Malibu Dream House

Airbnb’s latest stunt is a sleepover in Barbie’s Malibu Dream House

The crucial lesson in the demise of Dyson’s electric car project

The crucial lesson in the demise of Dyson’s electric car project

Swedish artists create 17,000 sculptures—one for each Afghan refugee facing deportation

Swedish artists create 17,000 sculptures—one for each Afghan refugee facing deportation

The most important announcement Google didn’t mention at its keynote

The most important announcement Google didn’t mention at its keynote

The pope’s first wearable is a $110 rosary that tracks your prayers

The pope’s first wearable is a $110 rosary that tracks your prayers

MoMA is finally reopening. We went inside the $450M expansion

MoMA is finally reopening. We went inside the $450M expansion

You can now make your own vinyl records with this at-home machine

You can now make your own vinyl records with this at-home machine

Lululemon’s shapeshifting puffer transforms into 26 different coats

Lululemon’s shapeshifting puffer transforms into 26 different coats

This new gaming device is like a Game Boy for design snobs

This new gaming device is like a Game Boy for design snobs

Halloween is terrible for the environment. Here’s how to do it sustainably

Halloween is terrible for the environment. Here’s how to do it sustainably

The real reason Apple and Google still hold big launch events

The real reason Apple and Google still hold big launch events

Are traditional design degrees still relevant?

Are traditional design degrees still relevant?

The shoe industry is at war with itself over stolen design

The shoe industry is at war with itself over stolen design

MoMA is finally reopening. We went inside the $450M expansion

MoMA is finally reopening. We went inside the $450M expansion

This new gaming device is like a Game Boy for design snobs

This new gaming device is like a Game Boy for design snobs

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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.

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

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

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

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

Slave labor camps are supplying American fashion brands

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

Slave labor camps are supplying American fashion brands

Are traditional design degrees still relevant?

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

Are traditional design degrees still relevant?

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.

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

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

Here’s a hint: It’s in the U.S.

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

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.

This haunting short will change the way you look at guns

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

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.

The shoe industry is at war with itself over stolen design

Airbnb’s latest stunt is a sleepover in Barbie’s Malibu Dream House

And it’s not even the most elaborate marketing project the company has launched this year.

Airbnb’s latest stunt is a sleepover in Barbie’s Malibu Dream House

The crucial lesson in the demise of Dyson’s electric car project

Local product design, in combination with local manufacturing, will be the key to systemic change.

The crucial lesson in the demise of Dyson’s electric car project

Swedish artists create 17,000 sculptures—one for each Afghan refugee facing deportation

Because refugees aren’t just numbers.

Swedish artists create 17,000 sculptures—one for each Afghan refugee facing deportation

The most important announcement Google didn’t mention at its keynote

Its ambitious Daydream project is dead.

The most important announcement Google didn’t mention at its keynote

The pope’s first wearable is a $110 rosary that tracks your prayers

Think of it as a Fitbit for your spiritual health.

The pope’s first wearable is a $110 rosary that tracks your prayers

MoMA is finally reopening. We went inside the $450M expansion

It features a new ground-floor gallery devoted to contemporary design.

MoMA is finally reopening. We went inside the $450M expansion

You can now make your own vinyl records with this at-home machine

Vinyl mixtapes? Let the romance burn.

You can now make your own vinyl records with this at-home machine

Lululemon’s shapeshifting puffer transforms into 26 different coats

The brand’s collaboration with designer Roksanda Ilinčić has a high-fashion price tag to match: $1,000.

Lululemon’s shapeshifting puffer transforms into 26 different coats

This new gaming device is like a Game Boy for design snobs

Slick, clean, and plays all your old cartridges . . . on TV!

This new gaming device is like a Game Boy for design snobs

Halloween is terrible for the environment. Here’s how to do it sustainably

Americans will spend $8.8 billion on cheap, disposable costumes, decorations, and candy this year. EEK!

Halloween is terrible for the environment. Here’s how to do it sustainably

The real reason Apple and Google still hold big launch events

The key function of product launches is not actually to launch products.

The real reason Apple and Google still hold big launch events

Impact

Dove is redesigning its packaging to use way more recycled plastic

These are 10 food trends Whole Foods says you’ll eat up in 2020

See which cities are doing the most to fight back against restrictive abortion laws

Creativity

Skywalker rises in the galactically anticipated final ‘Star Wars’ trailer

HBO Max acquires new Monica Lewinsky doc ’15 Minutes of Shame,’ on the culture of public shaming

The internet crowdsourced some other songs for Joker to dance to besides Gary Glitter

Co.Design

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

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

Slave labor camps are supplying American fashion brands

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