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Meet Fernish: It’s like Rent-the-Runway, but for sofas

This Detroit Furniture Startup Wants To Dethrone Ikea

Floyd wants to furnish your house forever.

This Detroit Furniture Startup Wants To Dethrone Ikea

Framebridge just teamed up with Target to bring custom framing to a ton more people

This Furniture Startup Wants You To Meet The Craftsman Who Made Your Sofa

An ex-Birchbox executive is looking to bring radical transparency to furniture buying, and it’s about time.

This Furniture Startup Wants You To Meet The Craftsman Who Made Your Sofa

Wave: The Artsy Dish Rack That Keeps Counters Dry

In the hands of great designers, even the “simplest” of ideas are filled with detail.

Wave: The Artsy Dish Rack That Keeps Counters Dry

Corporate Philanthropy Summit: “Citizen Philanthropy” Wins Big With DonorsChoose.org

Conceptual Cutlery That Questions Your Food Choices

If a Dude Wants Throw Pillows, Where Can He Go?

Fast Company Magazine

Can Chicago’s PrivateBancorp Hire Its Way Into the Top Tier?

You can build a business step by step, from the ground up. You can build one through acquisitions. Or you can just poach your competitors’ best talent.

Can Chicago’s PrivateBancorp Hire Its Way Into the Top Tier?

Impact

To keep the lights on during California’s blackouts, people are using solar power

Bill Gates thinks these 3 factors will drive global health

The world’s mayors are calling for a Global Green New Deal

Creativity

Disney is using AI developed by Geena Davis to correct gender bias and lack of inclusivity in scripts

This new Skittles Halloween ad is a metaphor for our weird relationship with brands

The internet’s kangaroo court has sentenced Matt Gaetz to be mocked for his Captain Kangaroo zinger

Co.Design

This magnetic wallpaper won Etsy’s first global design competition

This eerie light sculpture will float in the Hudson River until 2020

Most people don’t understand privacy, and that’s a huge opportunity for design

Work Life

Yes, gratitude really does help you live a better life (and be a better person)

This is what is riding on the Supreme Court’s decision on sex discrimination

2 ways to learn the unspoken rules at a company before accepting a job