Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown

Can Creatives Help Manufacturing Reinvent Itself In America?

Manufacture New York is bringing the factory back to urban centers–and trying to create a new culture of innovation between designers, makers, and technology.

Can Creatives Help Manufacturing Reinvent Itself In America?

In A Globalized World, Fixing Problems Means Fixing Systems

When everything is connected, our solutions have to be far bigger than just solving one problem.

In A Globalized World, Fixing Problems Means Fixing Systems

Impact

These apps for good were made by teenage girls from around the world

The East Coast is sinking under water—this photographer is documenting it as it disappears

This adorable cargo bike is a mini school bus for preschoolers

Creativity

‘Pose’ co-creator Steven Canals on why intention matters for inclusive storytelling: ‘We aren’t just a trend’

A fan used 13,000 LEGOs to build this amazing, life-size, fully operational claw machine

Tech billionaires haven’t killed Burning Man’s anti-capitalist spirit—but influencers might

Co.Design

Vertical landfills and DNA storage towers: 6 wild concepts for tomorrow’s skyscrapers

Move over Lego: The next big collectable toy powerhouse is here

7 simple landscape designs that make cities better for everyone

Work Life

This is how the cover letter has evolved throughout the years

I was sexually harassed at work. Here’s my advice for interns

Building an inclusive environment requires training people to engage with discomfort