Michael Acton Smith

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Michael Acton Smith

Founder

In addition to Mind Candy, a transmedia toy company that spawned the hit virtual pet world Moshi Monsters, Michael Acton Smith is the fun maker behind Perplex City, Firebox, Berwickstock, Silicon Drinkabout, and Calm.com.

Michael Acton Smith On The Web

Stories about Michael Acton Smith

How Calm is going beyond an app to promote meditation and mindfulness

Calm cofounder Michael Acton Smith took the stage at the Fast Company Grill with Matthew McConaughey to explain his mission for “mental fitness.”

How Calm is going beyond an app to promote meditation and mindfulness

Impact

10 minutes reflecting on who helped you succeed can transform your idea of the meritocracy

This company will turn your garage into an apartment for free—and help you rent it out

The Ocean Cleanup device has returned from the Pacific Garbage Patch with its first load of plastic

Creativity

The Billboard 200 chart will now include video plays from YouTube, Apple, and Spotify

Burger King offers free Whoppers if you can stomach ‘Star Wars’ spoilers

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ uses national hostility toward media (and women) to its advantage

Co.Design

Pink for girls and blue for boys? What toymakers get wrong about gender

This corporate holiday card is a lot cooler than yours

The London Underground’s logo gets an inspired redesign

Work Life

These are the workplace trends that give us hope

Try these five tricks to do a day’s worth in just a couple of hours

This is how pay data can get the wage gap wrong