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The London Underground’s beloved textiles are being rereleased for anyone to buy

The 156-year-old train network is famed for its “moquettes,” or carpeted textiles. One design studio is working to reimagine the archival patterns for today.

An ode to Japan’s vibrant, influential graphic design culture

Nearly a century of branding, advertising, and graphic art are showcased in a new exhibit celebrating Japanese designers.

How the Extinction Rebellion got its powerful, unsettling logo

It’s a symbol for the age of mass extinction.

This magnetic wallpaper won Etsy’s first global design competition

It’s dino-mite.

This is the world’s most beautiful air conditioner

And it requires zero electricity to operate, thanks to the passive cooling techniques utilized by its designer, Maxime Louis-Courcier.

This 9-foot-wide office building is heaven for workplace introverts

The architects occupying it don’t have to deal with the noise and distractions that come from large, open-plan offices.

The world’s first combination ski slope-power plant is finally open

Why not have some fun when you’re trying to go carbon-neutral?

The bonsai tree gets a high-tech, user-friendly redesign

Frank Lloyd Wright’s last home is being sold at auction with no minimum

Wright built hundreds of houses over the course of his long career, but the Lykes home was the final home he designed.

Everything inside this deli is made out of felt, and it’s all for sale

$20 for an oyster may seem steep—until you consider that artist Lucy Sparrow felted it by hand.

A new repository of the web’s best portfolios helps you design yours like a pro

Does your personal website look worse than MySpace circa 2007? Click over to Humans, a crowdsourced project that showcases the web’s best personal websites.

This exhibit will make you ponder your plastic addiction

Sam Jacob’s objects, on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, are made of sustainable materials to illustrate the ubiquity of the water bottle, and the growing danger of plastics in our oceans.

These colorful maps reveal the hidden logic of your city’s street names

The world’s next mega-airport, $17B in the making, opens in Beijing

Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, Beijing Daxing is a wonder of engineering—and sheer scale.

These redesigned airplane amenities could change how we fly

The average passenger on a long-haul flight creates three pounds of waste. PriestmanGoode wants airlines to rethink how they serve meals, drinks, and other items.

First look: UCLA’s new building proves that sustainability doesn’t have to be high-tech

The goal was to cool the Los Angeles facility with smart design and planning, “rather than adding layers of sustainable technology,” the architects write.

There’s now a free font based on Climate Strike hero Greta Thunberg’s handwriting

The typeface is “perfect if you want to make your message loud and clear in a poster,” says its creator.

Here are the 5 designers and artists who just won MacArthur Genius Grants

From Walter Hood’s landscape art to Mel Chin’s climate change warnings, this year’s fellows wield art as a tool for change.

The most innovative office design of the year is in Cartersville, Georgia

Here’s why Shaw, a flooring manufacturing company based in the small town, decided to keep its innovation center close to home.