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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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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

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

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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

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Dieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stop

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