Co.Design

The future of phones is cool. But is it $2,000 cool?

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is the first of many forthcoming foldable smartphones. Its sky-high price may deter some consumers.

You can go skiing at Denmark’s new power plant

The urban design problem that’s killing pedestrians and cyclists

Many U.S. cities today promote biking and walking, but streets have actually become more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. Here’s what needs to change.

The hottest new wellness startups are selling houseplants

Forget CBD oil or crystals. These burgeoning companies offer something more mundane: the delight of growing things, delivered to your door.

The best way to brand a city? With architecture and food

Progressive women are wearing white. They should wear purple and yellow, too

Today’s association between the color white and women’s suffrage isn’t fully accurate. It’s based more on the black-and-white photographs that circulated in the media, which obscured two colors that were just as important to the suffragists.

6 crazy details from Alphabet’s leaked plans for its first smart city

Sidewalk Labs wants to rethink cities. We’re finally getting a look at what that will mean in Toronto, where the company is building a prototype neighborhood.

Ikea’s new curtains purify the air inside your house

The technology works like photosynthesis, using sunlight and a chemical coating to destroy indoor pollutants.

Why parallax scrolling needs to die

It’s an outdated attention-goosing technique that most designers will probably be embarrassed to look back on.

Want a glimpse of Facebook’s soul in 2019? Look at its internal propaganda lab

The Analog Research Lab has evolved its messaging, from “Be the nerd” to “What matters is what you do next.” Yet it remains a mirror reflection of Facebook’s broken culture.

The Fyre Festival’s terrible pitch deck is now lorem ipsum

This hilarious design tool turns the spectacular con into boilerplate text for your next pitch deck.

Trying to quit plastic? This startup sells soap in milk cartons

Cleancult sells detergent refills in paper milk boxes to cut down on the plastic in your home.

Refresh this crazy website to create new people who don’t exist

Here’s what happens when the world’s most advanced face-generating AI is plugged into an easy-to-use website.

Recycled design is more beautiful than it’s ever been

Just take my money.

The interior design of the future will seem like magic

What if the future smart home were more than gadgets, wires, and flashing lights? What if instead, we used technology to make the existing spaces around us more beautiful?

This revolutionary fabric could make flying economy less terrible

Airbus thinks so.

The major source of plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of

Meet the nurdle, aka “mermaid tears.”

Can architecture help you live forever?

Seven figures buy you eternal life (or the conceptual art equivalent) in East Hampton, New York.

Carry your kid’s diapers, but make it fashion with this fanny pack

Colugo just released a fanny pack-diaper bag combo, and it’s actually very useful.