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March 09 2012
Beyond Brutalism: Five Examples Of Wildly Innovative Concrete Architecture

Beyond Brutalism: Five Examples Of Wildly Innovative Concrete Architecture

In "Material Strategies," author Blaine Brownell details how architects, from Zaha Hadid to Peter Zumthor, get creative with the most ubiquitous construction material on earth.

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Portlandia Is Real: These Mini Flowerpots Attach To Your Bike

Portlandia Is Real: These Mini Flowerpots Attach To Your Bike

Working out of her Atlanta studio, Colleen Jordan makes wearable flowerpots to order.

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Harvest 2.0: A Floating Dome Made Of Discarded Umbrellas

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Harvest 2.0: A Floating Dome Made Of Discarded Umbrellas

SLO Architecture enlists the help of Inwood teens, architecture interns, and Kickstarter funders to build a Bucky-esque sphere--a symbol of New York’s waterborne debris.

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The Week That Was: “Design Should Be Considered A Facet Of Everything You Do”

The Week That Was: “Design Should Be Considered A Facet Of Everything You Do”

Pinterest’s founding designer shares his no-nonsense approach to design, we reveal Salvador Dalí’s ingenious contribution to the annals of logo design, and the iPad 3 debuts and we’re… underwhelmed. It’s Co.Design’s top stories of the week.

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A Clock That Measures Time With A Ruler

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A Clock That Measures Time With A Ruler

"You’re fired! That’s the last time you’ll be 3 millimeters late!"

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Charting The Car Industry’s Family Tree

Charting The Car Industry’s Family Tree

Do you know what Toyota did before making cars?

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A Clever Branding System Based On Clip-Art Icons

A Clever Branding System Based On Clip-Art Icons

The idea was to create a visual language that could describe the range of services offered by Brevia Consulting.

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Watch A Brief History Of The Animated GIF

Watch A Brief History Of The Animated GIF

If I had to explain the Internet to an E.T., I’d call up a bunch of animated GIFs. They’re the purest distillation of the web, its unofficial universal language.

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Game Controller Talks To You By Stretching Your Skin

Game Controller Talks To You By Stretching Your Skin

A novel system gives these controllers surreal haptic feedback, instead of just rumbling.

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A Wonderfully Surreal World, Where Buildings Are Shaped Like Guns And French Fries

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A Wonderfully Surreal World, Where Buildings Are Shaped Like Guns And French Fries

Victor Enrich uses Photoshop to create a vision that feels like an alternate, but parallel, universe.

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Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
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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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