These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Honorable Mention:Social Good

Changing the nature of work for first responders

Aerial Applications

See Credits

Joe Sullivan, Project Sponsor and Solution Requirements, Aerial; Jeff Brooks, Project Sponsor and Solution Requirements, Aerial; Julia David, Business Analysis, LDS; Archana Mahalingam, User Experience, LDS; Jerilyn MacLaren-Hall, User Experience, LDS; Courtney Villanova, Visual Design, LDS; Dave Pfeiffer, Visual Design, LDS; Jeremy Thompson, Digital Architecture, LDS; Dan Brady, Digital Architecture, LDS; Hemant Patel, Digital Architecture, LDS; Nathan Sullivan, Technology, Aerial

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Co.Design

Design will kill marketing, says Ikea’s former design chief

Marcus Engman is leaving Ikea to run a consultancy that convinces companies to spend their marketing budget on what matters: design.

Co.Design

Dyson’s latest product is a $550 hair curler

After six years and $31 million in development, Dyson is launching the Airwrap, a device that creates ringlets using a bit of aerospace-inspired physics.

Innovation By Design

Meet Krewe, the eyewear brand that New Orleans (and Beyoncé) built

The five-year-old brand’s founder is focused on giving back to his native New Orleans and putting it on the map of fashion-forward cities.

Innovation By Design

There’s even a Warby Parker of towels now

Weezie wants to shake up a mundane industry with design.

Innovation By Design

What the healthcare industry could learn from Lyft and Airbnb

The sharing economy is built upon service and interaction designs that engender interpersonal trust. Healthcare organizations could learn from it.

Innovation By Design

The future of web design is less, not more

Low-Tech Magazine’s new website is solar-powered, which means it goes offline in cloudy weather.

Innovation By Design

This building’s giant sundial shows how much energy it’s making

It’s one of the most efficient buildings in the country–but its most unique design feature might be the 40-foot-tall installation in the atrium.

Innovation By Design

Dieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stop

In Gary Hustwit’s highly anticipated new documentary “Rams,” the legendary industrial designer indicts the world he helped create.

Innovation By Design

This long-lost Eames design is being produced for the first time

In the 1940s, radio companies rejected the Eameses’ designs as being “too modern.” Not anymore.

Innovation By Design

Sick of midcentury modern? Here’s where to buy today’s best design

Skip the spindly leg sofas and knockoff Eames chairs, and try these shopping destinations instead.

Impact

Gene therapies can be a miracle cure–except when our immune systems won’t let them

Impact

Don’t give Gillette credit unless it does a lot more than making an ad

Impact

Bill Gates offers Trump free lessons about foreign aid

Creativity

Top 5 ads of the week: AeroMexico airline hilariously trolls America

Creativity

Nobody wants anything to do with R. Kelly–including his label, Sony

Creativity

Chevrolet is the latest brand to underestimate people’s appetite for truth

Co.Design

The legendary bike designed by Jean Prouvé in 1941 is being reproduced

Co.Design

Why every ski trail map looks the same

Co.Design

This Ikea kitchen is incubating the robots of the future

Work Life

Want to improve your career this year? Try these 5 things

Work Life

Adopt these habits to achieve work-life balance this year

Work Life

Honorable Mention:Social Good

Aerial Applications

All Stories In Innovation By Design

Design will kill marketing, says Ikea’s former design chief

Marcus Engman is leaving Ikea to run a consultancy that convinces companies to spend their marketing budget on what matters: design.

Dyson’s latest product is a $550 hair curler

After six years and $31 million in development, Dyson is launching the Airwrap, a device that creates ringlets using a bit of aerospace-inspired physics.

Meet Krewe, the eyewear brand that New Orleans (and Beyoncé) built

The five-year-old brand’s founder is focused on giving back to his native New Orleans and putting it on the map of fashion-forward cities.

There’s even a Warby Parker of towels now

Weezie wants to shake up a mundane industry with design.

What the healthcare industry could learn from Lyft and Airbnb

The sharing economy is built upon service and interaction designs that engender interpersonal trust. Healthcare organizations could learn from it.

The future of web design is less, not more

Low-Tech Magazine’s new website is solar-powered, which means it goes offline in cloudy weather.

This building’s giant sundial shows how much energy it’s making

It’s one of the most efficient buildings in the country–but its most unique design feature might be the 40-foot-tall installation in the atrium.

Dieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stop

In Gary Hustwit’s highly anticipated new documentary “Rams,” the legendary industrial designer indicts the world he helped create.

This long-lost Eames design is being produced for the first time

In the 1940s, radio companies rejected the Eameses’ designs as being “too modern.” Not anymore.

Sick of midcentury modern? Here’s where to buy today’s best design

Skip the spindly leg sofas and knockoff Eames chairs, and try these shopping destinations instead.

Impact

Gene therapies can be a miracle cure–except when our immune systems won’t let them

Don’t give Gillette credit unless it does a lot more than making an ad

Bill Gates offers Trump free lessons about foreign aid

Creativity

Top 5 ads of the week: AeroMexico airline hilariously trolls America

Nobody wants anything to do with R. Kelly–including his label, Sony

Chevrolet is the latest brand to underestimate people’s appetite for truth

Co.Design

The legendary bike designed by Jean Prouvé in 1941 is being reproduced

Why every ski trail map looks the same

This Ikea kitchen is incubating the robots of the future

Work Life

Want to improve your career this year? Try these 5 things

Adopt these habits to achieve work-life balance this year

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