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The Olympics may be mired in controversy, but for U.S. advertisers, it’s business as usual

The Olympics may be mired in controversy, but for U.S. advertisers, it’s business as usual

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Prince Charles and Jony Ive launch a new design lab backed by Amazon

Prince Charles and Jony Ive launch a new design lab backed by Amazon

How Chez Panisse redesigned fine dining—and changed how America eats

How Chez Panisse redesigned fine dining—and changed how America eats

How high school students are using cutting-edge tech to preserve ancient Armenian history

How high school students are using cutting-edge tech to preserve ancient Armenian history

The Olympics may be mired in controversy, but for U.S. advertisers, it’s business as usual

The Olympics may be mired in controversy, but for U.S. advertisers, it’s business as usual

Opening Ceremony creative director is the latest Olympic official to be fired

Opening Ceremony creative director is the latest Olympic official to be fired

How the Olympics ruin cities

How the Olympics ruin cities

What if our home electronics were made from fruit, not plastic?

What if our home electronics were made from fruit, not plastic?

These wild shoes are designed to weather floods and extreme heat

These wild shoes are designed to weather floods and extreme heat

This company is building a carbon calculator for every product in the world

This company is building a carbon calculator for every product in the world

China is the capital of supertall skyscrapers. Why is it banning them?

China is the capital of supertall skyscrapers. Why is it banning them?

The celebrity hype machine collides with crypto hysteria. What could possibly go wrong?

The celebrity hype machine collides with crypto hysteria. What could possibly go wrong?

‘Good taste’ is a myth

‘Good taste’ is a myth

Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’ questions everything you thought you knew about art and money

Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’ questions everything you thought you knew about art and money

‘The invention of a new America’: Traditional monuments get a dramatic overhaul

‘The invention of a new America’: Traditional monuments get a dramatic overhaul

The best Olympic logos of all time, according to design experts

The best Olympic logos of all time, according to design experts

Legendary American furniture company Herman Miller is now MillerKnoll

Legendary American furniture company Herman Miller is now MillerKnoll

This stunning bridge can be picked up and moved as needed

This stunning bridge can be picked up and moved as needed

This parks department’s new mission is anti-racism

This parks department’s new mission is anti-racism

Ikea redesigns one of the ugliest home devices to look as beautiful as a book

Ikea redesigns one of the ugliest home devices to look as beautiful as a book

An unsavory history of the Olympic Games in five outfits

An unsavory history of the Olympic Games in five outfits

China is the capital of supertall skyscrapers. Why is it banning them?

China is the capital of supertall skyscrapers. Why is it banning them?

The celebrity hype machine collides with crypto hysteria. What could possibly go wrong?

The celebrity hype machine collides with crypto hysteria. What could possibly go wrong?

‘The invention of a new America’: Traditional monuments get a dramatic overhaul

‘The invention of a new America’: Traditional monuments get a dramatic overhaul

‘Good taste’ is a myth

‘Good taste’ is a myth

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Prince Charles and Jony Ive launch a new design lab backed by Amazon

The new lab was built to catalyze environmentally minded designs.

Prince Charles and Jony Ive launch a new design lab backed by Amazon

How Chez Panisse redesigned fine dining—and changed how America eats

Thank Alice Waters and her Berkeley, California, restaurant Chez Panisse—celebrating its 50th anniversary this year—for the farm-to-table movement that changed how America eats.

How Chez Panisse redesigned fine dining—and changed how America eats

How high school students are using cutting-edge tech to preserve ancient Armenian history

The students did a 3D scan of a 5th century monastery right before a war broke out.

How high school students are using cutting-edge tech to preserve ancient Armenian history

The Olympics may be mired in controversy, but for U.S. advertisers, it’s business as usual

Brands are still banking on the selling power of the five rings.

The Olympics may be mired in controversy, but for U.S. advertisers, it’s business as usual

Opening Ceremony creative director is the latest Olympic official to be fired

The creative director was fired when video surface of him making a joke about the Holocaust.

Opening Ceremony creative director is the latest Olympic official to be fired

How the Olympics ruin cities

The Olympics are no longer compatible with modern, sustainable development. Even the IOC recognizes this.

How the Olympics ruin cities

What if our home electronics were made from fruit, not plastic?

Italian designers have made a lamp from discarded orange peels. It even smells like citrus.

What if our home electronics were made from fruit, not plastic?

These wild shoes are designed to weather floods and extreme heat

Climate change is already here. Will the shoes of the future help us get through floods and extreme heat?

These wild shoes are designed to weather floods and extreme heat

This company is building a carbon calculator for every product in the world

Carbonfact is impossibly ambitious. But impossible ambition is just what the environment needs right now.

This company is building a carbon calculator for every product in the world

China is the capital of supertall skyscrapers. Why is it banning them?

One component of the country’s hyper-speed urbanization may be changing.

China is the capital of supertall skyscrapers. Why is it banning them?

The celebrity hype machine collides with crypto hysteria. What could possibly go wrong?

Celebrities like Spike Lee are pitching crypto-related brands. It doesn’t do the industry any favors.

The celebrity hype machine collides with crypto hysteria. What could possibly go wrong?

‘Good taste’ is a myth

Tasteful design isn’t based on anything objective. It’s a construct that reinforces power and privilege, writes designer Leyden Lewis.

‘Good taste’ is a myth

Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’ questions everything you thought you knew about art and money

The art world’s erstwhile enfant terrible approaches the question of ownership by distilling it down to its purest economic and commercial form—literally artwork as money.

Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’ questions everything you thought you knew about art and money

‘The invention of a new America’: Traditional monuments get a dramatic overhaul

Many indigenous artists are creating public artworks that invite communities to engage, rather than keeping them at a distance.

‘The invention of a new America’: Traditional monuments get a dramatic overhaul

The best Olympic logos of all time, according to design experts

The real Olympic blood sport? Debating the official logos.

The best Olympic logos of all time, according to design experts

Legendary American furniture company Herman Miller is now MillerKnoll

The new name preserves an important piece of design history.

Legendary American furniture company Herman Miller is now MillerKnoll

This stunning bridge can be picked up and moved as needed

Meet “plug and play urbanism.”

This stunning bridge can be picked up and moved as needed

This parks department’s new mission is anti-racism

Norma Edith García-Gonzalez is the first woman and the first person of color to lead the Los Angeles County Parks Department. And she’s rethinking how it serves the public.

This parks department’s new mission is anti-racism

Ikea redesigns one of the ugliest home devices to look as beautiful as a book

The lovely, usable design is an enticing alternative to Eneloops.

Ikea redesigns one of the ugliest home devices to look as beautiful as a book

An unsavory history of the Olympic Games in five outfits

A close look at Olympic outfits over the last 125 years tells a story about the classism, racism, and sexism under the surface.

An unsavory history of the Olympic Games in five outfits

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This new study debunks one of the biggest criticisms of electric vehicles

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Didi stock price plummets yet again after more bad news from Beijing

Why neuroscientists say you shouldn’t play smartphone games to alleviate boredom

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Prince Charles and Jony Ive launch a new design lab backed by Amazon

How Chez Panisse redesigned fine dining—and changed how America eats

How high school students are using cutting-edge tech to preserve ancient Armenian history

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