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Here’s the best design content to watch on Netflix over the holidays

From HGTV-style design shows to documentary films about the global economy, we’ve got you covered.

Here’s the best design content to watch on Netflix over the holidays

Tesla’s new Cybertruck gets its own bunker

Protect your $39,900 pickup truck with a garage that matches the Cybertruck’s end-times aesthetic.

Tesla’s new Cybertruck gets its own bunker

The Ice Age tar pits of Los Angeles are getting a fresh new design

These bubbling pools of crude oil have existed for millions of years. Now, a new site plan aims to give them the attention they deserve.

The Ice Age tar pits of Los Angeles are getting a fresh new design

This GPS-based haiku generator writes poems about your current location

“Two children, chasing laughter, quite chilly” just came up for us. Seriously!

This GPS-based haiku generator writes poems about your current location

Pantone’s Color of the Year is awful

Pantone claims “Classic Blue” is reassuring. I think it’s a travesty.

Pantone’s Color of the Year is awful

The London Underground’s logo gets an inspired redesign

The classic red, white, and blue symbol has been around since 1908. It’s time for a tune-up.

The world’s most beautiful architecture is also the most equitable

“Justice is Beauty” tells the story of MASS Design Group’s work building everything from hospitals in Rwanda to a memorial in the American South.

The world’s most beautiful architecture is also the most equitable

The rise and fall of Delia’s, the catalog that ruled America

For a few years around the millennium, Delia’s and its direct-to-consumer catalogs were the hottest brand in the country. It was a glimpse of things to come.

The rise and fall of Delia’s, the catalog that ruled America

Nike debuts a groundbreaking new modesty swimsuit

The full-coverage Nike Victory Swim collection is for Muslim and body-conscious women alike.

Nike debuts a groundbreaking new modesty swimsuit

This is the world’s most beautiful outhouse

This “bathroom in the bush” is basically invisible during the day.

This is the world’s most beautiful outhouse

This indigenous design is being returned after a century away

The pottery, by New Mexico’s Tewa people, is part of the National Museum of the American Indian. Now, it’s being brought back to the region for the first time.

This indigenous design is being returned after a century away

This gas station was just another abandoned building. Now it’s eye-popping op art

Artist Camille Walala’s influences for the project range from the Southern Ndebele Tribe Women of South Africa to Italy’s Memphis Movement.

This gas station was just another abandoned building. Now it’s eye-popping op art

The secret history of women in America, told through their belongings

“Like the second wave feminists who popularized the expression, we believe the personal is political,” writes the historian behind a new book from the Smithsonian.

The secret history of women in America, told through their belongings

Buy this iconic midcentury modern house before it’s underwater

Paul Rudolph’s Walker Guest House is a marvel of architectural adaptability—and prescient design.

Buy this iconic midcentury modern house before it’s underwater

America’s largest timber building is complete, and it may be the future of construction

What’s old is new again—especially in the building industry.

America’s largest timber building is complete, and it may be the future of construction

How the right GIF could transform the 2020 race—and beat Donald Trump

For candidates, shareable campaign graphics like GIFs and stickers are becoming more important to reaching voters where they are—online.

How the right GIF could transform the 2020 race—and beat Donald Trump

The fight for DACA and Dreamers gets a powerful new brand

Blue State, the creative agency behind President Obama’s 2008 campaign, designed an identity and platform that showcases stories of DACA recipients.

This Moroccan rug startup sells the work of women master weavers—fairly

Salam Hello aims to bring transparency and fair wages to the rug trade, which is powered by exploitive practices.

This Moroccan rug startup sells the work of women master weavers—fairly

The most beautiful and fascinating books to give this holiday season

Have a bookworm in your life? We’ve got you covered.

The most beautiful and fascinating books to give this holiday season

The coffee cup gets a radical, desperately needed redesign

Unocups, the brainchild of a product designer and an architect, are able to hold hot liquids without the use of a conventional plastic lid.

The coffee cup gets a radical, desperately needed redesign

Impact

How this electric vehicle ride-share company won the trust of cities without ‘disrupting’ them

The 10 best climate books of 2019

How Carnegie Mellon helped transform Pittsburgh into a smart city playground

Creativity

How Disney blew it with ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’—and why it may not matter

Here are the 7 flops from the 2010s that changed movies forever

He’s Eddie Murphy, dammit, and he saved this damn ‘SNL’ from the gutter—again

Co.Design

One-day deliveries are breaking our cities

Why some of the world’s most hated companies are also the most profitable

Here’s the best design content to watch on Netflix over the holidays

Work Life

How to make better decisions, according to science

Bringing your whole self to work is a bad idea

5 books to read to be your best self in 2020