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March 26 2012
Crazy, Cool: Bertjan Pot’s Spooky Masks Put Batman Villains To Shame

Crazy, Cool: Bertjan Pot’s Spooky Masks Put Batman Villains To Shame

Think the Guy Fawkes or Scarecrow masks are scary? Wait ‘til you see these.

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Wanted

A Lightweight Reusable Water Bottle That Rolls Up For Easy Packing

A Lightweight Reusable Water Bottle That Rolls Up For Easy Packing

Disposable water bottles are wasteful, and yet there are deterrents to carrying the eco-friendly reusable kind: Even when empty, they’re clunky and take up valuable bag space. Here’s a brilliant solution: Vapur’s Anti-Bottle, essentially a lidded Doypack that rolls up so that it can be stashed in your bag or jacket pocket.

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Infographic of the Day

Infographics Prove That Roulette Is The Worst Bet In Vegas

Infographics Prove That Roulette Is The Worst Bet In Vegas

A computer placed 5,000,000 bets so that you wouldn’t have to.

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Stamen’s New Web App Renders Digital Maps In Watercolor

Stamen’s New Web App Renders Digital Maps In Watercolor

A new Creative Commons tile set adds a human, organic touch to cold digital maps. Now if only there were more projects like this.

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The Creator Economy

3 Sisters Kickstart A Flash-Sales Site For Arts And Crafts

3 Sisters Kickstart A Flash-Sales Site For Arts And Crafts

The Nordgren sisters have launched a Kickstarter campaign for an e-marketplace that would offer a carefully curated selection of handmade items at flash-sale discounts.

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A Mind-Blowing Map Of Energy Consumption In Every Single NYC Building

A Mind-Blowing Map Of Energy Consumption In Every Single NYC Building

A new map shows NYC’s complete power usage, broken down to your own apartment building.

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A Strap-On Mask That Uses Your Breath To Charge Your iPhone

A Strap-On Mask That Uses Your Breath To Charge Your iPhone

Aire would allow us to power small gadgets by doing what we do naturally--breathing.

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Stratocam: A Hot-Or-Not For The Prettiest Images On Google Maps

Making It

Stratocam: A Hot-Or-Not For The Prettiest Images On Google Maps

We hope you didn’t have any plans for the day.

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Move Aside, Hipstamatic: Flixel iPhone App Turns Pics Into Artsy Animated GIFs

Move Aside, Hipstamatic: Flixel iPhone App Turns Pics Into Artsy Animated GIFs

Inspired by "Cinemagraphs," Flixel lets you snap photos and transform them into hip animations with just a few swipes.

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6 Ways Google Hacks Its Cafeterias So Googlers Eat Healthier

6 Ways Google Hacks Its Cafeterias So Googlers Eat Healthier

Companies spend a lot of time finding ways to cut energy costs and increase recycling. Here’s how the tech giant is working to better manage another resource: the health of its staff.

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Co.Design
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Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
03 / 26 two thousand and twelve
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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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