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Tuesday, March 12
Stunning Landscapes That Mix Nature And Abstraction

Stunning Landscapes That Mix Nature And Abstraction

Adam Friedman remixes millions of years of geological activity to stunning effect.

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5 Paths To Doing Great Work At A Terrible Company

5 Paths To Doing Great Work At A Terrible Company

Written by: Brian Millar

We’ve all thought it: If only I worked at so-and-so, my genius would be recognized and I’d churn out award-winning work. But you don’t have to work at so-and-so. Here are some workarounds to getting your best ideas realized right where you are.

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A Set Of Pots And Pans That Looks Like Wall Art

A Set Of Pots And Pans That Looks Like Wall Art

Karim Rashid created a series of kitchen tools meant for domestic display.

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Light Up: Matchboxes Designed With Gorgeous Strike Zones

Light Up: Matchboxes Designed With Gorgeous Strike Zones

A bright update to a Swedish classic.

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Aeronautical Software Completes A 130-Year-Old Architectural Puzzle

Aeronautical Software Completes A 130-Year-Old Architectural Puzzle

The Sagrada Família is the tallest church on earth. Construction began in 1886, but it’s taken our best software to reverse-engineer its late architect’s genius and finish the project.

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Facebook “Likes” Accurately Predict Hospital Mortality Rates

Facebook “Likes” Accurately Predict Hospital Mortality Rates

For every 93 likes, mortality drops 1%.

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Underground Library Lets Subway Riders Sample Books On iPhones

Underground Library Lets Subway Riders Sample Books On iPhones

But would you trek to the library to borrow a book after downloading its introduction to your smartphone?

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How A Genius Still Got Catfished

How A Genius Still Got Catfished

An award-winning physicist got scammed by the promise of Internet love. Did his intellectual brilliance blind him to reality?

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Algorithmic Portraits Reimagine Faces As Software

Algorithmic Portraits Reimagine Faces As Software

When typical photographs are reshaped by physics simulations, entrancing art ensues.

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Automatic: A Visionary Gadget That Makes Any Driver More Fuel Efficient

Automatic: A Visionary Gadget That Makes Any Driver More Fuel Efficient

Like Nest and Fuelband, Automatic tracks our behavior and helps us improve. Has the Internet of Cars finally arrived?

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Famous Foodies Imagine Dinner Plates From The Future

Famous Foodies Imagine Dinner Plates From The Future

What will we be eating in 35 years? Food & Wine asked some of the famous food minds of our time--like Anthony Bourdain, Wylie Dufresne, and Gail Simmons--to find out.

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Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
03 / 12 two thousand and thirteen
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    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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