These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Honorable Mention:Space, Places, and Cities

Global HOPE

CannonDesign

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Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers, Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital (BIPAI), Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, and CannonDesign

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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

Busch wants to save forests with the promise of unlimited beer

Impact

Why MIT’s social tech incubator is launching an investment fund

Impact

Ayn Rand, Leonard Nimoy, and Muhammad Ali told Neil Armstrong what to say as he stepped on the Moon

Creativity

Our favorite Twitter reactions from this year’s Emmy nominees

Creativity

I’m at the T-Mobile. I’m at the Taco Bell. I’m at the combination T-Mobile and Taco Bell

Creativity

This new podcast studio wants to put modern L.A. stories in your ears

Co.Design

Fast Company is hiring a design writer

Co.Design

How Spotify and other popular apps trick you into doing free labor

Co.Design

What you look like as a Renaissance painting, according to AI

Work Life

Here’s how we can make sure that every child has the opportunity to go to the moon

Work Life

You’re missing out by not hiring autistic workers. Here’s how to ensure that they thrive at work

Work Life

Honorable Mention:Space, Places, and Cities

CannonDesign

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

Busch wants to save forests with the promise of unlimited beer

Why MIT’s social tech incubator is launching an investment fund

Ayn Rand, Leonard Nimoy, and Muhammad Ali told Neil Armstrong what to say as he stepped on the Moon

Creativity

Our favorite Twitter reactions from this year’s Emmy nominees

I’m at the T-Mobile. I’m at the Taco Bell. I’m at the combination T-Mobile and Taco Bell

This new podcast studio wants to put modern L.A. stories in your ears

Co.Design

Fast Company is hiring a design writer

How Spotify and other popular apps trick you into doing free labor

What you look like as a Renaissance painting, according to AI

Work Life

Here’s how we can make sure that every child has the opportunity to go to the moon

You’re missing out by not hiring autistic workers. Here’s how to ensure that they thrive at work

Slow to embrace diversity in the workplace? It’s probably affecting business.