Co.DesignDesign will kill marketing, says Ikea’s former design chiefMarcus Engman is leaving Ikea to run a consultancy that convinces companies to spend their marketing budget on what matters: design.
Co.DesignDyson’s latest product is a $550 hair curlerAfter 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 DesignMeet Krewe, the eyewear brand that New Orleans (and Beyoncé) builtThe 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 DesignThere’s even a Warby Parker of towels nowWeezie wants to shake up a mundane industry with design.
Innovation By DesignWhat the healthcare industry could learn from Lyft and AirbnbThe sharing economy is built upon service and interaction designs that engender interpersonal trust. Healthcare organizations could learn from it.
Innovation By DesignThe future of web design is less, not moreLow-Tech Magazine’s new website is solar-powered, which means it goes offline in cloudy weather.
Innovation By DesignThis building’s giant sundial shows how much energy it’s makingIt’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 DesignDieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stopIn Gary Hustwit’s highly anticipated new documentary “Rams,” the legendary industrial designer indicts the world he helped create.
Innovation By DesignThis long-lost Eames design is being produced for the first timeIn the 1940s, radio companies rejected the Eameses’ designs as being “too modern.” Not anymore.
Innovation By DesignSick of midcentury modern? Here’s where to buy today’s best designSkip the spindly leg sofas and knockoff Eames chairs, and try these shopping destinations instead.
ImpactThis app rewards commuters for choosing public transit, biking, car-sharing, or walking over driving
CreativityThis podcaster wants to catch you up on the news on your ride home, no matter what you’re into
CreativityHow a bonkers horror indie about a murderous red dress became a clever satire of consumerism