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April 05 2012
4 Problems Google Glasses Have To Solve Before Becoming A Hit

4 Problems Google Glasses Have To Solve Before Becoming A Hit

Google is planning to augment reality, and it’s a design problem that will require more than mere algorithms to solve.

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Students’ Bent Plywood Pavilion Puts The Eameses To Shame

The Creator Economy

Students’ Bent Plywood Pavilion Puts The Eameses To Shame

Feast your eyes on what a bunch of students whipped up at a university in Zurich.

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Typogami: A Free Animated Typeface Inspired By Origami

Typogami: A Free Animated Typeface Inspired By Origami

Designed by Calango, the letters are also customizable.

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Could Jeff Koons’s Dangling Train, Costing $25 Million, Pay For Itself?

Could Jeff Koons’s Dangling Train, Costing $25 Million, Pay For Itself?

Chugga chugga, ka-ching ka-ching!

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New From Pop Chart Lab: Pie Charts Of Pies

New From Pop Chart Lab: Pie Charts Of Pies

Nomnomnom

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iPhone “Smart Dot” Is A Pointer For Both The Real And Virtual Worlds

Making It

iPhone “Smart Dot” Is A Pointer For Both The Real And Virtual Worlds

And it’s all part of a new wave of "appcessory."

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Frog’s Ultra-Cool Vision For What Electric Motorcycles Can Be

Making It

Frog’s Ultra-Cool Vision For What Electric Motorcycles Can Be

Frog’s last motorcycle concept changed the world for three decades. Now they’ve released their next.

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This Wooden Hot Rod Is Powered By A Common Electric Drill

The Creator Economy

This Wooden Hot Rod Is Powered By A Common Electric Drill

Cruising at 15 mph has never looked so sharp.

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Making It

How One Young Engineer Is Crowdsourcing Robotic Emotion

How One Young Engineer Is Crowdsourcing Robotic Emotion

A tired ventriloquist act gets a watershed overhaul through maker technology.

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6 Keys For Turning Your Company Into A Design Powerhouse

6 Keys For Turning Your Company Into A Design Powerhouse

Written by: Jeneanne Rae

Integrating design into your company involves more than just hiring superstar designers. It takes a long-term commitment and developing a culture that brings everyone up to speed, writes Motiv’s Jeneanne Rae.

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Co.Design
business + innovation + design
Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
04 / 05 two thousand and twelve
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    11 Rules For Great UX Design, Adapted From An Original Mad Man

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    Newsweek 2.0: A New Model For Online Magazines

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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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