Co.Design

These wacky chairs help women exact revenge on manspreaders

Men aren’t allowed to sit on them.

Practical smart clothing might finally be near

A new scientific breakthrough could finally enable electricity-powered clothing that’s suitable for everyday use.

One overlooked midterm takeaway? The green wave in cities

Voters turned out for mayors focused on fighting climate change, from enacting new building regulations to shifting how people get around cities.

This is the most interesting UI design of the year so far

Created by a design student to make controlling privacy easier, it cleverly reimagines how to teach users to protect themselves.

Crowdsourced design needs to die

It devalues design and designers themselves.

Self-driving cars will be for sex, scientists say

Nearly 60% of all Americans have had sex in cars. Just wait until the cars can drive themselves.

Terrible ballot design may have decided Florida’s Senate race

One county’s bad design decision could shape the U.S. Senate for years to come.

The hoodie: A perfect garment 3,000 years in the making

A creative’s guide to starting a new business

Have an idea but don’t know where to start? Here’s a step-by-step guide.

Nendo’s emergency hand-crank charger is surprisingly beautiful

This AI shows you how your face would look as a celebrity

This experiment in computer vision may make you appreciate your own quirks that much more.

Chilling lessons from a 6-month journey to the edge of the Earth

Two photojournalists traveled almost 10,000 miles around the Arctic last summer, documenting a new world borne by melting ice.

See Frank Lloyd Wright’s lost buildings in these stunning images

A series of photorealistic 3D renderings reveals unbuilt or demolished buildings by the seminal American architect.

Yes, even your pockets are sexist. These startups are fighting back

For 300 years, most women’s clothes have lacked functional pockets. Thanks to a group of women-led brands, that’s starting to change.

These photos capture the eeriness of the luxury condo racket

Photographer Lewis Bush uses double exposures to portray the ultimate paean to urban inequality: the luxury high rise.

This cookware startup wants to take on Le Creuset, All-Clad, and Mauviel

An award-winning food writer and a Warby Parker alum team up to create Great Jones–a direct-to-consumer brand selling stylish pots and pans that won’t break the bank.

The Netherlands’ new train cars are nicer than your office

Designed by the architects at Mecanoo, these mobile work spaces look downright utopian.

The hardest job in Silicon Valley is a living nightmare

In the documentary “The Cleaners,” we meet the people who do the exhausting, ambiguous, and traumatizing work of content moderation.

How Trump is changing the visual culture of politics

“Trump’s no Kim Kardashian, but their shared sense of visual branding defines this campaign.”