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The 12 Best Viral Videos Of 2013The 15 Best Music Videos of 2013These Are The Most-Viewed Spoof Ads of 2013Essential Creative Wisdom From Ron Howard, Guillermo Del Toro, Joss Whedon, And 9 OthersFrom Google And Berg, A Superb Concept For Better Video ChattingYou Deserve A House With A Pool On The Roof8 Brilliant Concepts For The Future Of Wearable TechStamp-On Circuits Could Put Your Phone On Your FingerHow MIT Is Hacking Thousands Of Worms To Print BuildingsWhy Aren’t Our Gadgets Still Covered In Wood?How 500 Years Of Weird Condiment History Designed The Heinz Ketchup Bottle5 Ideas Apple Gleefully Stole From Google, Twitter, and MicrosoftThe Unlikely Evolution Of The @ Symbol4 Surprising App-Design Principles, From The Instagram Of Quick QuizzesGoogle’s Dead-Simple Tool For Making UX Decisions: 2 Jars Of Marbles3 Paths Toward A More Creative LifeForget The Mission Statement. What’s Your Mission Question?Designers: Learn To Code! Here’s How To StartThe 8 Steps To Creating A Great StoryboardThe Future Of UX Design: Tiny, Humanizing Details6 Ways To Create A Culture Of InnovationTravel Trends For 2014Traveling Without Moving FastCelebrating FHK Henrion, One Of Britain’s Best Graphic DesignersA Classic Portrait Lens Reinvented For Modern CamerasInfographic: Rock Pictograms Visualize Music Of The Beatles, The Boss, Bowie, And MoreAn iPhone Accessory To Make You Stop Using Your iPhonePhotos of the Year: 2013The Recommender: Jill Bernstein, Fast Company’s Editorial Director (Not Iron Chef Judge)How Your Favorite Movie Directors Would Film Christmas MorningTrippy Clocks That Challenge Your Perception Of TimeThe “Netflix For Books” Business Model, And How It’ll Change The Way You ReadKickstarter Projects We Love That Are Shipping In 2014This Epic Time-Lapse Video Will Make You Want To Drop Everything And Move To CaliforniaA Provocative New Building Where The Berlin Wall Once StoodBlackBerry’s Last GaspCriminals Behind Massive ZeroAccess Botnet Give Up After Microsoft’s CounterattackHey Super Bowl Fans, Ready For Some Blipping? 20 Million Pepsi Cans Feature AR AppAn Energy-Saving Device That Heats People Instead Of BuildingsInfographic: The Meaning Of Life Explained In 95 Simple ShapesSpotiamp Will Keep Winamp Alive ForeverInvestor Tim Draper’s Plan To Make Silicon Valley Its Own StateThis MBA In Public Policy Comes From An Unlikely Source: A Design School7 Gift Ideas For Technophiles Who Don’t Get TechnologyDoorBot Lets You Answer The Door When You’re Not HomeThis Website Helps You Avoid A Holiday Gift FailWhatsApp Now Reaching 400 Million Monthly Users, Says Cofounder Jan KoumSee How Vladimir Putin, Bashar Al-Assad and Kim Jong-Un Are Actually Great PeopleNew Apple Patent Shows The Direction Its Maps Might TakeYou’re Bound 2 Have A Great 2014 If You Follow Kanye’s New Yeezy ResolutionsThe Prettiest Way To Brew Pour Over CoffeeA Shotgun Shell For Blasting Flower Seeds Into Your GardenThe First Adult Product Ever Launched On Kickstarter Isn’t What You ThinkPaying Kids To Do Well On Tests Not Only Works, It Could Improve Their Adult EarningsA Google Street View For Bike Lanes, Now Available In San Francisco And New YorkWhy The Pull-To-Refresh Gesture Must DieThese Mobile Homes Travel By Sled DogFacebook’s New “Donate Now” Button Makes Impulsive Giving Easier Than EverThere Is A Giant Wind Farm Hiding Inside This Supertall SkyscraperA Peek Inside The Homes Of 11 Famous Fashion DesignersThe 2013 Gift Guide: What To Get Creatives (And Those Who Want To Be More Creative)Meet 2013’s Innovation AgentsOCD Allows Ed Loftus To Spend 5 Months On Just One Of These DrawingsNeill Blomkamp On Designing Dystopia In “Elysium”Bobcat Goldthwait On How to Write a Screenplay–Right NowPeople In China Are Getting Photobombed By Smog On InstagramHow Effective Are Paid Hacking Contests?Here Are Pinterest’s Top Pins Of 2013Don’t Hate The Data, Non-SmokersThe Makers Of “You’re Next” On How To Make A Modern Independent Horror MovieNoah Baumbach On Conversational Collaboration And Small Ideas That Don’t Stay SmallTime To Get Something On The Side: 30 Inspiring Passion Projects And Why You Should Have OneMatthew Weiner On Failure And Defiance In “Mad Men” And MoviemakingRobert Rodriguez On Creative Action: “You Don’t Have To Know Anything; You Just Have To Start”How to Write and Produce a Summer Movie BlockbusterThe Most Impressive To-Do List of 2013This Agency Just Disrupted Gift-Wrapping ForeverThe Boston Bruins Mascot Hosted a Very Weird Christmas PartyGorgeous Arctic Resort Totally Puts Your Winter Cabin To ShameA Moving Ode To The Father Of Natural Selection (Nope, Not Darwin)Foursquare Gets $35 Million Worth Of Told-Ya-So’sThe Surreal Digital Paintings Of Ferdi RitzkiyantoWhole Foods Is Dropping Chobani Next YearInside The Making Of The First Google Glass Stop-Motion Film2013, Summarized In One ImageOne Hotel, 88 Different WaysGE Actually Makes Shipping Freight Something You Can Dance ToSkeptical About Amazon Drones? Here Are Some Equally Viable Options For Need-It-Now Delivery5 Ways To Make Hotel Bathrooms Less AwfulCreative Forecast: How Marketing Will Change In 2013Nothing Beats The JBL Synchros S700 Headphones“Google Glass Meets 3-D”: Atheer Opens Presale For Futuristic GogglesShazam’s iPhone App Automatically Hears And IDs Sounds You Might MissMolson Sent Two Guys and A Beer Fridge to Indonesia To Surprise A Friend. Here’s How.The Cars In Iceland Will Be Powered By VolcanoChemicals Found In Fracking Fluid Could Give You CancerThis Ingenious Gates-Funded Tool Could End Backbreaking Rice-Planting LaborMotorola’s Newest Moto X Print Ad Let’s You Change Its ColorsZuckerberg Sells Some Facebook Shares, Gives Nearly A Billion Dollars To CharityWatch The Zombie Apocalypse In LegoThis Little Robot Teaches Preschoolers Basic Programming Before They Can Even ReadThis Anti-Spa Is Built Inside Shipping ContainersThis Elegant Upgrade Will Make Your Bike Smarter, Faster, And More ConnectedDolphin’s New Ultra-Private Browser Is Cool, But It Wouldn’t Have Saved The Would-be Harvard BomberTarget Confirms Security Breach: 40 Million Customer Accounts AffectedWith Advanced Search, Finding Kickstarter Projects Just Got EasierLG Made A Google Chrome-based Desktop, But Who Wants It?Vine Users Can Now Have Their Own Vanity URLsA 3-D Printing Service That Is Actually UsefulWhat Should We Do With Abandoned Airports?People Are Ready For Future Health Tech–But No One Wants A Robot Surgeon“Hatching Twitter” To Be Turned Into A TV DramaThis Stunning Illustrated Battle of the Somme is Not Your Child’s Picture BookReddit User Discovers Her Secret Santa Is Bill GatesHow A Giant Mall Parking Lot Turned Into A Park And A Walkable Community19 Illustrated Haikus That Tell The Story Of How Climate Change Is Ruining The PlanetSeeking To Expand Beyond Languages, Rosetta Stone Looks To Brain TrainingSnow Fail: Do Readers Really Prefer Parallax Web Design?The Healthiest (And Not So Healthy) States In The U.S.Momdoms Bring An Unexpected New Element Into Your Sex Life–Your MomWith a Seed Round Under Her Belt, A Harvard Student Is Dropping OutThe 21 Best Infographics Of 20134 Ways To Recapture The Happiness Of A Snow Day As An AdultWhy Successful People Have So Many Groups Of FriendsWhy Your Brain Can’t Handle An All-Day ScheduleHow To Join The Ranks Of Tech Philanthropists, Even If You’re Strapped For CashThe Trick That Can Double (Or Quadruple) Your Memory5 Critical Mistakes That Can Kill Any StartupIt’s All in Your Head: How To Train Your Brain for Leadership and Better Decision-MakingHow Airbnb’s Founder Conquered The “Trough Of Sorrow” With Enlightened EmpathyBuilding Momentum In China, Streaming Site Viki Inks Deal With BaiduSanta Hilariously Invades Famous Works Of ArtThe Footwear Of The Future Looks Totally GrossSeinfeld Spoofs Car Commercials In These Ads He Wrote For AcuraMessi, Ronaldo And Other Soccer Elites Form Team Earth To Battle Aliens In New Samsung SpotCode Fellows Guarantees $100K Salaries For “Top Bootcamp Applicants”This Is The Playboy Bunny Of Stackable ChairsJust In Time For The Holidays, Presents Covered In VirusesNews App Circa Is One Of The Top Apps Of The YearThe Winning Entry In This Partly Crowdsourced Horror Movie Anthology Is Gross, AwesomeCreativity Gone Wrong: These Engagement Photos Will Make You Question Engagement, Marriage, LifeNintendo Is “Experimenting” With Bringing Games To IOSA Century After Her Death, America’s First Female Architect Gets Her DueWhy Ben Silbermann Keeps Creating New Pinterest AccountsAmazon Launches Storybuilder To Help Screenwriters WriteNokia’s Bizarre New Ad Is Freaking People OutHere’s A Machine That Shows What 3-D Printing Can Really DoAll I Want For Christmas Is… This Non-existent TechnologyWhy Airbnb Turned 50 Of Its Most Popular Listings Into BirdhousesHow A Paris Graffiti Mecca Was Transformed Into An Immersive Digital ExperienceBrand BloodlinesJared Leto On Creativity, Commerce, And Lessons From Surviving A $30 Million LawsuitA Mind-Reading Dog Translator That Just Might Work2014: Probably The End Of The Facebook EraScientists Turn Algae Into Crude Oil In MinutesInfographic: If Social Networks Were MegacitiesThis Apple Alum Wants To Tame Your Insane Photo CollectionCan Audio Journalism Compete In The Age Of Apps?Apple’s Mac Pro Goes On Sale TomorrowThe Next Generation Submarine Will Power Itself Like A PenguinThis Search Engine Plants Trees, If You Can Bear To Give Up GoogleA Little Less Driving Means Big Dividends For Local EconomiesMeet The Tiny Drone That Flaps Its Wings Like a DragonflyThis Memo From The Future Shows How A Surveillance State Will Use Your Phone Against YouThe U.K.’s First “Social Supermarket” Fights Food PovertyAfter A Disaster, These Inflatable Shelters Can Fall From The SkyMeet The World’s Loneliest RobotDanish Film Critics Do Their Best “Nymphomaniac” Face In Spoof PostersGoogle Glass Upgrade Lets You Take A Photo By WinkingFacebook Acquires Sports Data Company SportStreamDesigning A Future Of Comfort, Color, And Gorgeous Gadgets In “Her”6 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Market ResearchThe Creepiest Horror Movie Of The Year Was Made With Puppets7 Questions To Ask Before You Make A Buy-One-Give-One PurchaseThe Perfect Statement On Holiday Consumerism: A $500 Cardboard BoxThe 20 Best Ads Of 2013Can A Video Game About The 1979 Iranian Revolution Create A Revolution In Gaming?The Science Of Comic StripsOvercoming The Psychological Barriers To Cleaning Your Messy DeskWhy You Should Help Everybody Brag About ThemselvesThe Case For And Against Checking Your Email When You Wake UpGreat Companies Solve Problems That MatterHow To Get A Front Row Seat To The Future Of MarketingA Look Inside The “Wild West” Of Life Coaching8 Simple Scientifically Proven Ways to Improve Your WritingHuh? Wow! Artist Flips A Building Upside DownAmazon’s Smartphone Could Sport A Totally Alien InterfaceHere’s 6 Last-minute Ways To Maximize Holiday App SalesManufacturing Materials Become Minimalist HandbagsWhat Does Artificial Intelligence Really Mean, Anyway?A Google Hangouts Plug-in That Makes You A Nicer PersonConscious Design, Nav’i sytleChina on JapanInfographic: The Literal Meaning Of Every State Name In The U.S.Candy Crush And Minecraft Killed It On Apple’s App Store In 2013This New Apple Holiday Ad Almost Makes It Okay To Always Be Staring At Your PhoneSecurity Camera Footage In Coca-Cola Ad Catches People Being AwesomeAn Amazing Carpet Made From 20,000 Sheets Of PaperThe Roku 3 Just Got YouTubeA New Pursuit-of-Happiness Index For College GradsThis Ad Guy Spent His Entire Promotion Budget For A Hollywood Blockbuster On Typhoon ReliefThis “Standing Classroom” Gives Students Standing DesksWatch The Mistletoe Drone Bring Kisses From AboveAirbnb Built 50 Replicas Of Its Best Properties–For The BirdsIs This The Ugliest House In America?Casey Neistat Turns His “Walter Mitty” Promo Assignment Into A Philippines Relief OperationDistance Coworking? These Teens Made An App For ThatOne Surprising Reason Google Glass Is Bad For DriversMind-Bending iPad App Channels M.C. EscherA Clever Umbrella That Won’t Get Your Stuff WetThese Campus Celebs Are Huge On Vine And InstagramInfographic: The Most Popular Toys Of The Past 50 YearsPlay Tetris To Understand The New €10 noteRalph Steadman, Gonzo Artist Behind “Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas,” Is A Total WeirrdoHow To Apologize: Lessons From Shia LaBeouf’s Blunder (Updated)What Happens When You Ask Strangers To See The Last Photo On Their PhoneAn Anti-Monopoly Game Where Everyone Loses, Or Everyone WinsThe NSA, Now Played By Santa, And Brought To You By The ACLUPublicis CEO Maurice Levy Is Back With Another Holiday YouTube HackThese Signs Let You Know Just How Good For You Taking The Stairs IsThese Roadside Murals Remind Car-Bound Travelers That Wildlife ExistsThis Video Game Inspired By M.C. Escher Is Interactive Puzzle And Straight Up ArtworkComputers That Feel And Think: An IBM Scientist Fact Checks His PredictionsJudging By Its Newest Acquisition, Amazon Has Big Ambitions For Mobile PaymentsWould You Drive This Mutant Cargo-Carrying Electric Scooter Around Town?4 New Ways Of Thinking That Should Shape The Next Century Of CitiesGoogle Makes You Smarter, Facebook Makes You Happier, Selfies Make You A Better PersonIn An Effort To Go Viral, This New LG Ad Mocks Brands Trying to Go ViralSpot The ’90s Throwback In This Ad For The Greatest Board Game Never MadeOFFICIAL RULES – BEST TO-DO LIST OF 2013 SWEEPSTAKESShow Us Your Best To-Do List Of 2013 And Win A Year Of Your Own Virtual Personal AssistantTraveling? Track Every Step Of Your Trip In One Simple AppSamsung Gives Its Galaxy Smartphones A Game ControllerJudge Rules NSA Phone Data Collection Is IllegalThe Race To Build The Magical Flying Bicycle You Never Knew You NeededDo You Know What Life Will Be Like In 5 Years? IBM’s Top Scientist DoesWhy Sony’s SmartWig And Microsoft’s Mood Bra Aren’t As Stupid As You ThinkFacebook Is Testing Autoplay Video AdsJudging By Google Searches, Here Are The Things Americans Were Most Clueless About in 2013The Internet Visualized As An Unexpected Work Of Art4 Ways To Fix The Fast Food IndustrySpike Jonze Imagines The Future Of Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Design, Love, And Pants In “Her”Photographer Captures The Mysterious Lives Of Modern-Day GypsiesWhy The Right-Brain, Left-Brain Myth Is So WrongGetting A Holiday Bonus? Here’s How To Actually Buy HappinessZipcar’s Philosophy On The Power Of Profuse Apology In The Face Of Customer ComplaintsWant To Remember Something? Then Don’t Snap A Photo6 Management Lessons From Visionary Women LeadersHow Your Big Ego Can Actually Help Your Coworkers8 Job Interview Red Flags That You Need To Watch Out ForWhat A Cracked Mirror Taught Drybar Execs About Managing Meteoric GrowthHow One Company Replaced Meetings and Bureaucracy With Pairs, Ceremonies, and Storytelling“Become An iOS Developer In 8 Weeks”: The Truth About Hack SchoolsCheck Out Google’s New $82 Million Corporate Jet FacilityHow Many Hours Per Week Should Freelancers Make Themselves Work?As Music Downloads Decline, Expect More Anti-Spotify AnxietyThe Best Emoji Art From The Art And Design ShowInside The Insane World Of Lisa FrankThese Chocolates Are Disguised As Tubes Of PaintThese Giant Snow Paintings Are Made By One Man’s FootprintsOur Favorite Long Reads Of 2013Apple Could Beat Bitcoin Out Of The Retail MarketThree New Gadgets That Shoot Full 360-Degree PhotosComcast, Khan Academy Announce Multi-Million Dollar PartnershipThe Mystery Behind Chipotle’s Secret, 1,500-Calorie Super BurritoThe Best Creative Conversations Of 2013How Drug Cartels Are Like Amazon And GoogleA Device That Knows When You’re Dozing Off And Nudges You AwakeA Sweet Bedtime Story For Design-Minded KidsNSA Santa Is Coming For Your Information In This Anti-Spying Spot From The ACLUApple Is Making It Easier To Buy In-App AdsPhotographs: The Beautiful Alien Worlds Of Scotch GlassesApple Takes A Step Backwards From Flat Design11 Amazing Christmas GIFs For Everyone!All The Best Pictures From The Chinese Moon LandingExpanding a Legacy Brand’s Reach: How Ford Is Repositioning The New MustangThis “Lab On A Chip” Can Identify A Pill’s IngredientsAmazon Is Releasing Its Upcoming Original Shows In 4KGetting Solar Power Is Now As Easy As Buying A Plane TicketSee The Tiny Carnivorous Monster That Just Won Olympus’s Micro Photo PrizeWhy Good Programming Projects Go BadThe Simplest Nativity Scene We’ve Ever SeenNSA Is Considering Offering Amnesty To Edward SnowdenUsing Social Networks To Track And Predict Gun ViolenceBeyoncé’s Surprise ITunes Album Is Selling Like CrazyHow Computer Viruses Can Go AirborneA Roaming Community Garden, To Help Green Vacant LotsThe Shower Of The Future Cuts Water Waste To Almost NothingAmazon Is Selling The Kindle Fire HDX On An Interest Free PlanBy The Numbers: What Nest, Uber, And Other Google Ventures Companies Did In 2013People Who Live In Glass Houses…Don’t Look Out The WindowsNobody Gets A Quadcopter To The Face Thanks To This AlgorithmThis Is What Happens When You Give Four Dudes Some Beer And A Video CameraIs Patch Closing Down? AOL CEO Says “Yes,” AOL Says “No”This One Graph Shows The Biggest Obstacle Facing Electric VehiclesJames Bond’s Boozing Would Kill Him By Age 56Are Millennial Women Finally Getting Paid The Same As Their Male Peers?The Quest To Hunt Down Every Single U.S. Military BaseThe Rise And Fall Of Spotify Star Band Led ZepAgainCan Whistle, The FuelBand For Dogs, Move Beyond Novelty?This Interactive Map Illustrates Our E-Waste ProblemCan Blaise Agüera y Arcas End Google Maps’ Arms Race With Apple And Microsoft?Use Your Hands To Sculpt Graphics Like Play-DohGreat Tech War Continues: Google Takes A Top Engineer From MicrosoftThis Is What New York Looks Like From The Edge Of A SkyscraperThis Scary Gadget Zaps You When You Get LazyRelax, This App Is Your Out-Of-Office Message For Social MediaSee Wheelchairs Reimagined As Tricked-Out Steampunk RidesMicrosoft’s Windows 8 Is The Perfect OS That Nobody Wants5 Predictions For What The Best Brands Of The Future Will Look Like13 Ways Science Could Make You A Better DesignerThese Gay Icon Nesting Dolls Are Going To Russia To Support LGBT Rights12 Tools For More Mindful Living5 Things You Think Will Make You Happier at Work (But Really Won’t)How To Stay Focused In An Open OfficeHow To Get A Job After You’ve Been RejectedTackling The Tricky Balance of Marketing to Women4 Science-Backed Reasons Our Brains Love ListsInstagram’s Founder On Why Hearing “No” Can Mean You’re On The Verge Of BrillianceEmotional Intelligence Predicts Job Success: Do You Have It?