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January 31 2012
Mind-Blowing Installation Makes You Feel Like You’re Walking On A Cloud

Mind-Blowing Installation Makes You Feel Like You’re Walking On A Cloud

Pictures, nice as they are, don’t do it justice: The feeling you get at Doug Wheeler’s newest work is at once dizzying and delightful.

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The Brainstorming Process Is B.S. But Can We Rework It?

The Brainstorming Process Is B.S. But Can We Rework It?

Two recent articles argue that brainstorming doesn’t make people more creative. So how might we remake the brainstorming process, given what science tells us?

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Wanted

Wanted: A Basket That Bounces Like Kinetic Art

Wanted: A Basket That Bounces Like Kinetic Art

Once a student project, Laetitia Florin’s basket is available through Ligne Roset.

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Sculptural Pods Provide Shelter (And Style Points) To Winter Skaters

Sculptural Pods Provide Shelter (And Style Points) To Winter Skaters

Patkau Architects engineered plywood structures that withstand the stress of snow.

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How Japan Melds 21st-Century Tech With Ancient Handicrafts

How Japan Melds 21st-Century Tech With Ancient Handicrafts

Japanese designers exploit old materials and techniques in new, business-friendly ways.

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One Day Soon, Could Our Phones Anticipate Our Desires, Like A Psychic Butler?

One Day Soon, Could Our Phones Anticipate Our Desires, Like A Psychic Butler?

A student’s concept app raises intriguing questions about what we want from technology--and troubling questions about surveillance and data trails.

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Linux Users Will Get A Heads-Up Display Instead Of Menu Tabs. Say What?!

Linux Users Will Get A Heads-Up Display Instead Of Menu Tabs. Say What?!

Ubuntu, the popular Linux distribution, experiments with a menu structure that users invoke with a keystroke, rather than pull down with a mouse click.

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Infographic of the Day

The Only Chart You Need To Mix A Proper Cocktail

The Only Chart You Need To Mix A Proper Cocktail

Written by: Pop Chart Lab

Pop Chart Lab takes you behind the scenes of creating its newest infographic, a massive chart showing 200 cocktails--including what’s in them and what the proportions should be. It wasn’t easy.

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Co.Design
business + innovation + design
Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
01 / 31 two thousand and twelve
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    Infographic of the Day: An App That Maps The Entire Universe Of Beer

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    Making It: 11 Of The World’s Hottest Bikes

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  • The Amazing Judges For Our 2013 Innovation By Design Awards

    The Amazing Judges For Our 2013 Innovation By Design Awards

From the Editor

Thanks for stopping by Fast Company’s Co.Design. If you’ve been a reader for some time, you’ll notice that we’ve just unveiled a brand-new redesign. You can read about the thought process behind it here. Our content, of course, will be the same: Our focus is on highlighting the world’s best examples of design and innovation, working in concert.

We started this site with a few simple premises in mind. First, design is a window onto the world at large, and the culture we live in.

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