These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Honorable Mention:Workplace

The Tata Innovation Center

Forest City New York

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Developer: Forest City NY; Architect: WEISS/MANFREDI; Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti, Jaros, Baum & Bolles; General Contractor: Tuner Construction

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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

Climate change has made rich countries richer, and poor countries poorer

Impact

Inside Apple’s plan to protect a 27,000-acre forest in Colombia

Impact

The newest Silicon Valley perk: your own personal carbon offset

Creativity

Like Instagram pros, these Gorillas posed for selfies with the man who rescued them from poachers

Creativity

Move over TikTok: Bits is the new app that wants to launch comedy stars

Creativity

“The day innocence died”: How the media covered Columbine 20 years ago

Co.Design

24 designers devise 24 different ways to depict climate catastrophe

Co.Design

The latest giant to design its own font? The U.S. government

Co.Design

This airplane seat makes flying with a baby less miserable

Work Life

How watching kids play with Lego turned into a crash course in creative leadership

Work Life

I took a step down the career ladder and I’ve never been happier

Work Life

Honorable Mention:Workplace

Forest City New York

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

Climate change has made rich countries richer, and poor countries poorer

Inside Apple’s plan to protect a 27,000-acre forest in Colombia

The newest Silicon Valley perk: your own personal carbon offset

Creativity

Like Instagram pros, these Gorillas posed for selfies with the man who rescued them from poachers

Move over TikTok: Bits is the new app that wants to launch comedy stars

“The day innocence died”: How the media covered Columbine 20 years ago

Co.Design

24 designers devise 24 different ways to depict climate catastrophe

The latest giant to design its own font? The U.S. government

This airplane seat makes flying with a baby less miserable

Work Life

How watching kids play with Lego turned into a crash course in creative leadership

I took a step down the career ladder and I’ve never been happier

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