Co.Design

WeWork’s latest acquisition? Software that optimizes offices

WeWork acquired the data analytics startup Teem, whose software it will offer to help companies use their space more efficiently.

What Facebook, Amazon, and Google really look like

These maps visualize the internet footprint of three Silicon Valley giants in a never-before-seen way.

Want to toss your smartphone? The perfect dumbphone is here

Sure, we all want to disconnect, but who can afford to? The Jasper Morrison-designed Punkt MP02 has the simple appeal of a dumbphone–but still connects to the internet.

Why you should redesign your portfolio every year

Yes, it’s a lot of work. And yes, it’s worth it.

This AI dreams in tulips

Artist Anna Ridler trained an AI with a data set of 10,000 tulips collected in the Netherlands. The result is a mediation on speculation, the value of beauty, and bias in machine learning.

Times Square’s newest extravagance: 46 stories of maximalist retail

The TSX Broadway building will have a soaring LED-flecked tower and an open stage that hovers above the street below. It may also be the future of retail.

The CEO of this exclusive leggings brand Google-stalks her customers

You have to apply to buy Wone’s $320 leggings, and you can bet founder Kristin Hildebrand will Google you first.

Ikea is now interested in self-driving cars

As cars go autonomous, their interiors can resemble living spaces. Ikea is poised to capitalize on that.

The Weather Channel debuts a terrifying new viz for Hurricane Florence

The first common 3D-printed buildings might be army barracks

A collaboration between the U.S. Marine Corps and the architects at SOM illustrates why most unlikely use of large-scale 3D printing makes the most sense.

The goal of design’s next generation? Radical accessibility

Step one: Technology shouldn’t look like technology.

It’s okay to love robots

Humans’ fascination with robots follows a long tradition of connecting emotionally to inanimate objects.

The sadistic quest to design an even tinier airline toilet

The good news is that tiny airline bathrooms aren’t functionally smaller. The bad news is that extra space is just sold back to us.

The Apple Watch 4 is the small iPhone I was waiting for

With a design that promises to improve my digital and physical well-being, it’s a better iPhone than the iPhone.

Can running shorts change the world? This brand hopes so

Two idealistic twentysomethings are on a mission to build human connection through the act of running, an activity that people all over the world can relate to.

Ditch the iPad. Get your kid this DIY touchscreen laptop instead

Kano’s new touchscreen laptop is designed to introduce children to computers–without turning them into screen junkies.

Forget smart ovens. Intelligent HVAC is the smart home’s future

Alea is promising a home that’s always the perfect temperature–and serious savings on the energy bill.

Apple’s working on a perfect iPhone, and it’s not what you imagine

If the company’s new phones seem boring, it’s because Apple has bigger plans for them over the next few years.

The new Apple Watch 4 face is a design crime