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This “Blur Sofa” Literally Fades From White To Red

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Popcorn, Indiana’s kernels of the future are hot, prepopped, and good for you.

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Kate Rockwood

35. Alli Webb

Founder, Drybar

23. Art Peck

President of Growth, Innovation & Digital–a division of Gap, Inc.

Can Your First Job Predict Your Future?

This year’s college graduating class will be greeted by something its older peers weren’t: a (somewhat) welcoming economy!

62. Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu

Founder, CEO, soleRebels

17. Michelle Peluso

CEO, Gilt Groupe

21. Jaime Robinson

VP, executive creative director, Pereira & O’Dell

86. Heidi Ueberroth

President, NBA International

The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Fitness

10_Target

For shrinking the big box.

Pop Quiz: Spot The Fake Vending Machine

Three of these kooky vending machines are real, but one isn’t.

At The Mall, Me-Ality Makes Body Scans Helpful, Not Scary

Airport scanners are still scandalous. But Me-Ality–a giant, scary-looking, all-seeing box–takes precise measurements of people’s bodies to tell them what size they are.

The Waldorf Astoria Launches Program To Get Its Stolen Items Back

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From Taco Bell To IHOP, Fast-Food Goes Upscale Or Scales Down For New Audiences

As fast-food chains go upscale, full-service restaurants, in an effort to attract younger crowds, are making grab-and-go food.

This “Blur Sofa” Literally Fades From White To Red

When you see furniture encased in his new cloth, which begins on one end as white and then fades into a solid color, the phrase “invisibility translated into built form” starts to make sense.

Popcorn, Indiana’s Kernels Of The Future Are Hot, Prepopped, And Good For You

Popcorn, Indiana’s kernels of the future are hot, prepopped, and good for you.

Three Life-Changing Designs From The Microsoft Imagine Cup

Check out these three lifechanging designs from the Microsoft Imagine Cup.

Is Your Manager A Creativity Killer?

In an informal poll, we asked anonymous workers to weigh in. Verdict? Some of you have crappy bosses.

Marketing Energy Burn To Sell Energy Bars

Clif Bar and Nature Valley want their consumers to get up and excercise. But guess how many calories their consumers would save if they just stopped eating their energy bars?

Could You Build A House Using Only Local Materials? Architects Weigh In

Could you build a house only using local materials? Architects weigh in.

Where Disney’s Spending Its Big Dollars In 2012

Revenue for Disney’s Parks and Resorts division grew to $11.8 billion in the last fiscal year, up 10%.

Impact

An oil-company spinoff wants to help build 70 direct air capture plants by 2035

Many CEOs are now making 670 times more than their company’s median-wage workers

These are the five books Bill Gates says you should read this summer

News

What is stagflation? The World Bank issues a warning about the economy

Arianna Huffington wants employers to take mental health and wellness more seriously

Why is Target stock crashing? TGT shares slump after inventory surplus

Co.Design

Why this see-through factory was built in the middle of a forest

How brands like Nike and Prada are using NFTs—and why it could go terribly wrong

The rise of ‘supertokenism’—and what organizations get flat wrong about DEI

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5 lessons for marginalized employees to reclaim the workplace