These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Honorable Mention:Students

Tangible Formations

University of Stuttgart

See Credits

ITECH Master Thesis, Kyriaki Goti and Shir Katz Institute for Computational Design and Construction(ICD), Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE),University of Stuttgart Supervisors:Prof. Achim Menges, Prof.Jan Knippers Tutors: Ehsan Baharlou, Lauren Vasey

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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.

Ideas

A device that can pull drinking water from the air just won the latest XPrize

Ideas

This program wants to build a new tech workforce in West Virginia

Ideas

This fundraiser to make sure Native Americans can vote in North Dakota is smashing its goals

Entertainment

Super Deluxe, where many comedy creators got their start, is shuttering (again)

Entertainment

Why the new Blumhouse Halloween film is a hit

Entertainment

Jonah Hill makes a personal directorial debut with “Mid 90s”

Co.Design

This Weather Channel viz drops you into a raging California wildfire

Co.Design

Trump’s latest tweet is a crime against data design

Co.Design

Barbara Kruger was making the art we need today in 1990

Fast Company

Leadership

This is the easiest way to make your LinkedIn profile stand out

Ideas

A device that can pull drinking water from the air just won the latest XPrize

Technology

Honorable Mention:Students

University of Stuttgart

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.

Ideas

A device that can pull drinking water from the air just won the latest XPrize

This program wants to build a new tech workforce in West Virginia

This fundraiser to make sure Native Americans can vote in North Dakota is smashing its goals

Entertainment

Super Deluxe, where many comedy creators got their start, is shuttering (again)

Why the new Blumhouse Halloween film is a hit

Jonah Hill makes a personal directorial debut with “Mid 90s”

Co.Design

This Weather Channel viz drops you into a raging California wildfire

Trump’s latest tweet is a crime against data design

Barbara Kruger was making the art we need today in 1990

Fast Company

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A device that can pull drinking water from the air just won the latest XPrize

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