These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Honorable Mention:Workplace

Casper HQ

Float Studio

See Credits

Brad Sherman - Partner, Float Studio; Nina Etnier - Partner, Float Studio; Dirk Pause - Senior Architectural Designer, Float Studio; Janelle Fallon - Junior Designer, Float Studio; Sirada Laomanutsak - Junior Architectural Designer, Float Studio

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All Stories In Innovation By Design

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

New York City is about to pass its own Green New Deal

Impact

This $70 million fund aims to bring off-grid energy to Africa

Impact

This new app lets you give to charity like you’re Venmoing a donation

Creativity

The wild, 20-plus-year journey of the most snakebit movie in Hollywood: The Six Billion Dollar Man

Creativity

Netflix announces its first animated series from Africa

Creativity

Honorable Mention:Workplace

Float Studio

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

New York City is about to pass its own Green New Deal

This $70 million fund aims to bring off-grid energy to Africa

This new app lets you give to charity like you’re Venmoing a donation

Creativity

The wild, 20-plus-year journey of the most snakebit movie in Hollywood: The Six Billion Dollar Man

Netflix announces its first animated series from Africa

Stephen King sold another book to Hollywood this week. Are there any left that aren’t movies or TV series?

Co.Design

Converse’s plot to take back basketball–with help from Nike

Maybe Notre Dame shouldn’t be rebuilt exactly as it was

Exclusive: Adidas’s radical new shoe could change how the world buys sneakers

Work Life

The psychology behind how much money people give to charity

This is the tech hack that I used to read books faster

This is the one thing prominent feminists do that sets other women back