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This house design is completely free, and it could help save the world

This house design is completely free, and it could help save the world

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Here’s how the design industry is mobilizing for the Climate Strike

Here’s how the design industry is mobilizing for the Climate Strike

These AI-generated people are coming to kill stock photography

These AI-generated people are coming to kill stock photography

The story behind the viral graphic that electrified the climate movement

The story behind the viral graphic that electrified the climate movement

Inside the nonalcoholic brewery making the year’s most exciting beer

Inside the nonalcoholic brewery making the year’s most exciting beer

This house design is completely free, and it could help save the world

This house design is completely free, and it could help save the world

This photographer turned his lens on the many, many cameras watching you

This photographer turned his lens on the many, many cameras watching you

This typeface hides a secret in plain sight. And that’s the point

This typeface hides a secret in plain sight. And that’s the point

The creators of ‘Monument Valley’ are back with a game no one expected

The creators of ‘Monument Valley’ are back with a game no one expected

Designers’ job satisfaction is plummeting. But why?

Designers’ job satisfaction is plummeting. But why?

These scientists studied 500+ logos. Here’s what they discovered about good branding

These cat houses are nicer than human houses

These cat houses are nicer than human houses

Modern money is crawling with nasty bacteria

Modern money is crawling with nasty bacteria

Three-quarters of plastic products are toxic

Three-quarters of plastic products are toxic

These startups will customize your cheap Ikea furniture with high-end details

These startups will customize your cheap Ikea furniture with high-end details

One of America’s top designers quit at the height of his career. Now he’s back—with a vision

One of America’s top designers quit at the height of his career. Now he’s back—with a vision

This startup wants to rebrand acne care by highlighting zits, not hiding them

This startup wants to rebrand acne care by highlighting zits, not hiding them

This data viz could help cities fight back against Trump’s war on immigrants

This data viz could help cities fight back against Trump’s war on immigrants

Exclusive: Ford’s radical new corporate campus is a glimpse into its future

Exclusive: Ford’s radical new corporate campus is a glimpse into its future

Your iPhone battery is changing the way you live your life

Your iPhone battery is changing the way you live your life

It’s time to kill free return shipping

It’s time to kill free return shipping

These scientists studied 500+ logos. Here’s what they discovered about good branding

One of America’s top designers quit at the height of his career. Now he’s back—with a vision

One of America’s top designers quit at the height of his career. Now he’s back—with a vision

Exclusive: Ford’s radical new corporate campus is a glimpse into its future

Exclusive: Ford’s radical new corporate campus is a glimpse into its future

It’s time to kill free return shipping

It’s time to kill free return shipping

Video

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Here’s how the design industry is mobilizing for the Climate Strike

Architects artists, and agencies are striking today—and creating design work to support the strikers.

Here’s how the design industry is mobilizing for the Climate Strike

These AI-generated people are coming to kill stock photography

None of these people are real—but their images are free to download and use in any way you choose.

These AI-generated people are coming to kill stock photography

The story behind the viral graphic that electrified the climate movement

The creator of the “climate stripes,” which was downloaded a million times in its first week, explains how data visualization can help communicate science.

The story behind the viral graphic that electrified the climate movement

Inside the nonalcoholic brewery making the year’s most exciting beer

Athletic Brewing is just a year old, but it’s already making nonalcoholic beer cool.

Inside the nonalcoholic brewery making the year’s most exciting beer

This house design is completely free, and it could help save the world

Anyone can download the plans for this elegant three-bedroom home, which won Phoenix, Arizona’s competition aimed at jumpstarting energy-efficient construction.

This house design is completely free, and it could help save the world

This photographer turned his lens on the many, many cameras watching you

What a new art book on surveillance reveals about the current state of mass monitoring.

This photographer turned his lens on the many, many cameras watching you

This typeface hides a secret in plain sight. And that’s the point

Not everyone who is vision impaired needs braille. Some just need a clearer typeface.

This typeface hides a secret in plain sight. And that’s the point

The creators of ‘Monument Valley’ are back with a game no one expected

Five years after Ustwo released the smash hit, the studio is releasing a game that’s just as surprising.

The creators of ‘Monument Valley’ are back with a game no one expected

Designers’ job satisfaction is plummeting. But why?

“There are lots of great jobs out here, but they’re getting swallowed up by huge companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google.”

Designers’ job satisfaction is plummeting. But why?

These scientists studied 500+ logos. Here’s what they discovered about good branding

An effective identity probably doesn’t look the way you think it looks.

These cat houses are nicer than human houses

We’re not even joking.

These cat houses are nicer than human houses

Modern money is crawling with nasty bacteria

It’s not a public hazard, but scientists find that some currencies are particularly gross.

Modern money is crawling with nasty bacteria

Three-quarters of plastic products are toxic

Here’s what you can do to protect yourself.

Three-quarters of plastic products are toxic

These startups will customize your cheap Ikea furniture with high-end details

“By personalizing Ikea, custom furniture is fast and accessible for regular people,” says the founder of one furniture hacking business.

These startups will customize your cheap Ikea furniture with high-end details

One of America’s top designers quit at the height of his career. Now he’s back—with a vision

Beloved by Anna Wintour and Michelle Obama, Thakoon Panichgul was designing 200 looks per year before he closed his label. Today, he says, “my job as a designer has fundamentally changed.”

One of America’s top designers quit at the height of his career. Now he’s back—with a vision

This startup wants to rebrand acne care by highlighting zits, not hiding them

Starface’s sweet stickers draw attention to a problem that cosmetics companies have made billions helping to conceal.

This startup wants to rebrand acne care by highlighting zits, not hiding them

This data viz could help cities fight back against Trump’s war on immigrants

A data project called Cities Index helps policy makers understand exactly how well they’re helping immigrants. It’s the winner for Data Design in Fast Company’s 2019 Innovation by Design Awards.

This data viz could help cities fight back against Trump’s war on immigrants

Exclusive: Ford’s radical new corporate campus is a glimpse into its future

Walkable streets. Reclaimed marshland. Very, very few parking spaces. The architects at Snøhetta are helping Ford imagine what an office with fewer cars would look like.

Exclusive: Ford’s radical new corporate campus is a glimpse into its future

Your iPhone battery is changing the way you live your life

. . . And you’ll never guess what other people think about you if you have the temerity to let your battery die.

Your iPhone battery is changing the way you live your life

It’s time to kill free return shipping

If brands won’t pull the plug, maybe we should cut ourselves off.

It’s time to kill free return shipping

Impact

As coal companies fail, the workers are being left with nothing

What price should New York’s congestion charge be?

Is the Gates Foundation putting toilets ahead of human rights?

Creativity

Meet Shampoodler, the podcast and Twitch superfan who’s the future of fandom in interactive media

Jim Gaffigan goes dark in his new movie, but the darkness was already there

Patagonia enlists teen activists to speak out for Global Climate Strike campaign

Co.Design

Here’s how the design industry is mobilizing for the Climate Strike

These AI-generated people are coming to kill stock photography

The story behind the viral graphic that electrified the climate movement

Work Life

This is why you need to take microbreaks (and how to do it properly)

3 ways to make better decisions for your career

How these professionals built a successful remote career