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Thursday, March 07
Don’t Miss Doug Aitken’s Stunning Latest Show

Don’t Miss Doug Aitken’s Stunning Latest Show

Doug Aitken’s latest show destroyed the concrete floor of the 303 Gallery. It was worth it.

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Watch: The Only Harlem Shake Worthy Of Your Design Department

Watch: The Only Harlem Shake Worthy Of Your Design Department

What happens when the Harlem Shake is simplified into dots? You realize that insanity is actually very well organized.

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This Is The Last Day To Enter Our Design Awards!

Innovation By Design

This Is The Last Day To Enter Our Design Awards!

Now accepting entries. All finalists will appear in our October 2013 design issue.

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The DRM Chair Self-Destructs After 8 Sittings

The DRM Chair Self-Destructs After 8 Sittings

A clever statement on both digital media, and a nascent world where physical designs can always be copied, thanks to 3-D printing.

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A Sofa Inspired By Icebergs Adrift

A Sofa Inspired By Icebergs Adrift

And it’s called Airberg. Geddit?

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A Former Machine Hall Becomes A Floating Innovation Hub

A Former Machine Hall Becomes A Floating Innovation Hub

Hanging mid-height in an old portside industrial hall, this massive space provides companies and universities with meeting spaces and labs.

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News Feed Tries To Solve Facebook’s Hardest Problem: Engagement

News Feed Tries To Solve Facebook’s Hardest Problem: Engagement

Facebook has a monetization problem. And they plan to solve it by first fixing their engagement problem.

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Gross! An Artist Makes Big Macs And Raw Chicken Surreal

Gross! An Artist Makes Big Macs And Raw Chicken Surreal

Mixed media artist Mathieu Frossard challenges the compulsions behind “fast” food.

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The Stunning Personal Projects Of An Unsung Master Of Modern Design

The Stunning Personal Projects Of An Unsung Master Of Modern Design

Irving Harper: Works In Paper celebrates the designer’s personal creative passions while elucidating--but not dwelling upon--his professional short shrifts.

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Wanted

Power Up And Call Out With This Reassuringly Simple Bluetooth Speaker

Power Up And Call Out With This Reassuringly Simple Bluetooth Speaker

Switch is an unassuming and hugely useful speaker system.

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Watch: Thousands Of Ball Bearings Scatter In This Kinetic Sculpture

Watch: Thousands Of Ball Bearings Scatter In This Kinetic Sculpture

Two Finnish artists turn industrial mechanisms like ball bearings, magnets, and solenoids into art.

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A Brand To Help Schools Get Kids Moving

A Brand To Help Schools Get Kids Moving

For the new "Let’s Move Active Schools" campaign, Wolff Olins had to create something accessible and adaptable.

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Cloud Shield, Twine’s Gateway To The Full-Blown Internet Of Things

Cloud Shield, Twine’s Gateway To The Full-Blown Internet Of Things

Co.Design gets an exclusive first look at Cloud Shield, which makes Twine a full-blown internet device. Welcome to the Internet of Things.

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Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
03 / 07 two thousand and thirteen
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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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