Patrick James

Charting The Insanely High (And Rapidly Rising) Cost Of College

Students are being saddled with enormous amounts of debt just to get a degree, and how much it costs is going way up. This infographic shows just how much.

Charting The Insanely High (And Rapidly Rising) Cost Of College

An Infographic Portrait Of Seattle’s Commutes, Rendered In Dots

These maps show the different ways–cars, transit, and bikes–people get around the Emerald City and provide a portrait of how a city moves.

An Infographic Portrait Of Seattle’s Commutes, Rendered In Dots

Look At The U.S. Beef Industry, Sculpted As Raw Meat

Beef Stakes is a study of production, consumption, and waste in the meat industry–shown through packaged meat.

Look At The U.S. Beef Industry, Sculpted As Raw Meat

An Infographic Shows How The World Might Actually End

Mayan apocalypses aside, there are lots of ways we could screw this up and send humanity on a crash course to extinction. But don’t worry too much, we’re probably fine.

An Infographic Shows How The World Might Actually End

Eye-Catching Map Visualizes 150 Years Of Hurricanes

Hurricane season is in full swing. Here’s what it would look like if every storm since 1851 was circling at the same time.

Eye-Catching Map Visualizes 150 Years Of Hurricanes

What Would Happen If The Entire World Lived Like Americans?

How many natural resources would we need if the entire world’s population consumed them like Americans do? More than we have.

What Would Happen If The Entire World Lived Like Americans?

Watch As Capitalism Spreads, Through The Writings Of Adam Smith

This animated infographic shows where, when, and in what language Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations has been published around the world. Watch a planet slowly grasped by the invisible hand.

Watch As Capitalism Spreads, Through The Writings Of Adam Smith

Mapping The Future Of Education Technology

If it’s true that 65% of today’s grade school students will work in jobs that don’t exist yet, then we better get ready for some drastically different learning environments.

Mapping The Future Of Education Technology

An Interactive Infographic Maps The Future Of Emerging Technology

When will you get your robot butler? When will we first set foot on Mars? These and countless other questions about the future are answered in this amazing chart of where technology is headed in the next 30 years.

An Interactive Infographic Maps The Future Of Emerging Technology

Why One Young Woman Left Google To Follow Her Passion For Handmade Goods

Makeably lets you connect with makers to create the perfect product, just for you.

Why One Young Woman Left Google To Follow Her Passion For Handmade Goods

How To Revolutionize Recycling: Cashfree Refunds From Smart Reverse Vending Machines

Greenbean Recycle takes the childhood joy of bringing your cans and bottle to the redemption center and makes it a lot easier to get your money (and compete against your friends).

How To Revolutionize Recycling: Cashfree Refunds From Smart Reverse Vending Machines

A Single Coat Design Combats Homelessness, In Detroit And Beyond

A design for a winter coat that doubles into a sleeping bag quickly evolved into the Empowerment Plan, an initiative that trains homeless women to become seamstresses who can create coats of their own.

A Single Coat Design Combats Homelessness, In Detroit And Beyond

How One Teen Is Fighting To Change Our Food System

At 14, Birke Baehr is a food activist and published author. As he commits his life to understanding the food system and studying organic farming, he spreads a message of change through hands-on engagement.

How One Teen Is Fighting To Change Our Food System

Creating Meaning In Your Consumption, With The Stories Behind Stuff

You care most about your personal objects that have heartwarming backstories. The founders of online retailer Madesmith are betting that hearing other people’s stories will make you want to buy their handmade goods.

Creating Meaning In Your Consumption, With The Stories Behind Stuff

Empowering A New Generation Of Tech-Savvy Women By Teaching Them To Code

Skillcrush is trying to democratize the world of programing by helping women (and a few men) learn HTML, CSS, and Ruby on Rails–and showing them just how creative coding can be.

Empowering A New Generation Of Tech-Savvy Women By Teaching Them To Code

These College Friends Couldn’t Find Healthy Food Options, So They Opened Their Own

The founders of the Sweetgreen restaurants and music festival espouse a simple philosophy: that “fun and easy” and “healthy and local” can go hand-in-hand. And they’re bringing their message (and popular salad shops) to food deserts across the country.

These College Friends Couldn’t Find Healthy Food Options, So They Opened Their Own

How Two College Pals Are Growing A Solution To Our Reliance On Plastic

Six years ago, Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre were college friends with a bright idea: using mushrooms and agricultural byproducts to create an alternative to plastic. Now, they’re growing a business that could change almost everything about how we live.

How Two College Pals Are Growing A Solution To Our Reliance On Plastic

This App Teaches Kids To Code By Letting Them Make Their Own Games

Samantha John didn’t learn programming until she was nearly done with college. Her Hopscotch iPad app teaches the next generation of kids how to write code as soon as they can read.

This App Teaches Kids To Code By Letting Them Make Their Own Games

There Aren’t Enough Female Angel Investors, But This Bootcamp Is Making More

Natalia Oberti Noguera’s Pipeline Fellowship is changing the face of angel investing, bringing women and minority groups into the fold.

There Aren’t Enough Female Angel Investors, But This Bootcamp Is Making More

Alleviating Poverty With A Washing Machine Powered By Your Feet

The GiraDora uses the principles of a salad spinner to make cleaning clothes less back-breaking and time-consuming work for millions of people in poverty.

Alleviating Poverty With A Washing Machine Powered By Your Feet

Impact

Environmental toxins might be making men less fertile

This urban planner created a new metric to find a city’s most frightening intersections

Are you in the global middle class?

News

Students lost 5 months in math, 4 in reading during the pandemic

As Delta variant surges, Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Broadway tighten COVID-19 restrictions

Just getting more sleep might not improve productivity and well-being, a new study finds

Co.Design

Targeted ads aren’t just annoying, they can be harmful. Here’s how to fight back

3,600 microphones and counting: The ingenious ways the sound of the Olympics is created

The cardboard real estate boom is here

Work Life

Do this one thing to help feel better about yourself if you’ve got impostor syndrome

What leaders can learn from Simone Biles’ Olympics exit

9 tips and tools for effectively managing your hybrid meetings