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April 23 2012
Ikea’s Biggest Product Launch In Years: A TV, Sound System, And Blu-ray Player

Ikea’s Biggest Product Launch In Years: A TV, Sound System, And Blu-ray Player

Ikea’s first television comes with the furniture built in. We talk to the designer behind the company’s bold foray into consumer electronics.

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  • 16 Notes
  • 176 Tweets
  • 145 Likes
The Top 7 In Our Porsche Next Design Challenge

Next Design

The Top 7 In Our Porsche Next Design Challenge

Among the 428 entries we received, here’s the very best of the best.

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  • 12 Notes
  • 144 Tweets
  • 122 Likes

Innovation By Design

Entries Are Closed For Our Design Awards. Check Back Next Year!

Entries Are Closed For Our Design Awards. Check Back Next Year!

We’re trying to give designers exposure to entrepreneurs and innovators looking to hire the right talent.

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Rar! Leather Jewelry Inspired By A Famous Icelandic Saga

Rar! Leather Jewelry Inspired By A Famous Icelandic Saga

Two young designers release a collection of neck accessories rooted in their national heritage.

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  • 4 Notes
  • 41 Tweets
  • 56 Likes

Making It

Imagine A Kitchen-Friendly iPad That You Can Cut On

Imagine A Kitchen-Friendly iPad That You Can Cut On

This kitchen tablet concept feels like the future, but its components aren’t out of our grasp.

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  • 7 Notes
  • 226 Tweets
  • 67 Likes
Lomography’s Best Throwback Yet: A Camera Inspired By Sardine Cans

Wanted

Lomography’s Best Throwback Yet: A Camera Inspired By Sardine Cans

A retro austerity camera for modern austerity times.

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  • 45 Tweets
  • 23 Likes

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RedShift: An Electric Motorcycle That Breaks Rules (And Speed Limits)

Making It

RedShift: An Electric Motorcycle That Breaks Rules (And Speed Limits)

How do you sell riders on electric motorcycles? Just sell riders on a faster motorcycle.

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  • 12 Notes
  • 142 Tweets
  • 192 Likes
House Of The Week: MVRDV’s Barcode Villa Is 9 Houses In 1

House Of The Week: MVRDV’s Barcode Villa Is 9 Houses In 1

Several years ago, Claudia Langer and Gregor Wöltje hired MVRDV to build a house on the outskirts of Munich. Instead, they got nine houses.

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Get Ready: The National Mall Is Leaping Into The 21st Century
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architect + Paul Murdoch Architects for ConstitutionAndropogon + Bohlin Cywinski Jackson for Constitution GardensOLIN + Weiss/Manfredi for Constitution GardensOLIN + Weiss/Manfredi for Constitution GardensRogers Marvel Architects + Peter Walker and Partners for Constitution GardensRogers Marvel Architects and Peter Walker and Partners

Get Ready: The National Mall Is Leaping Into The 21st Century

“America’s Front Yard” is getting a modern makeover, its first in over 25 years.

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  • 170 Tweets
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Dropbox Unveils Incredibly Simple Two-Click File Sharing

Dropbox Unveils Incredibly Simple Two-Click File Sharing

Why didn’t Microsoft, Apple, or Google figure out a file-sharing solution this elegant?

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  • 515 Tweets
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What “Jack And The Beanstalk” Can Teach You About Pitching Clients

What “Jack And The Beanstalk” Can Teach You About Pitching Clients

Written by: Brian Millar

Gain your clients’ trust by offering tangible, incremental change--before showing them the magic you’re capable of.

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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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