Marcos Weskamp

Most Creative People 2011

Marcos Weskamp

Chief Designer, Flipboard

Flipboard

News junkie Marcos Weskamp has turned iPad owners' tangle of RSS feeds, Twitter streams, Flickr pics, and news sites into a one-stop shop with a clean, intuitive UI.

Marcos Weskamp On The Web

Stories about Marcos Weskamp

Why Startups Need Design Students

Former RISD President John Maeda’s new gig connects young designers with Silicon Valley mentorship.

Why Startups Need Design Students

Fast Company Magazine

Dynamic Duos: Flipboard’s Mike McCue and Marcos Weskamp On Spiraling Toward Solutions

Fast Company Magazine

Dynamic Duos: Flipboard’s Mike McCue and Marcos Weskamp On Spiraling Toward Solutions

Most Creative People

How Flipboard’s Head Designer Grapples With The Web’s Manic Pace Of Change

Design, like life, is ephemeral. “Anything we design today will be obsolete by next year,” says Flipboard’s Zen-like design chief, Marcos Weskamp.

How Flipboard’s Head Designer Grapples With The Web’s Manic Pace Of Change

Impact

What the COP26 agreement really means for the climate

Is climate change making your home a bad investment?

How you make a map of the trillions of miles of invisible fungus networks that give our soil life

News

The world’s first ‘living robots’ can self-replicate, furthering hope for regenerative medicine

People are already ripping apart Twitter’s messy new rules about tweeting images

How to watch the 2021 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting for free

Co.Design

Electric vehicles aren’t a fix for carbon emissions. These 3 things need to change—fast

Inside one designer’s career championing STEM for girls

Singapore’s landfills are bursting. This new exhibition showcases beautiful, creative uses for waste

Work Life

How to cut yourself some slack but still get your work done

Try Riz Ahmed’s hack for getting a good night’s sleep

Fast Company Magazine

How Hollywood’s busiest and most visible Muslim actor is increasing Muslim representation in film