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May 10 2012
Bing Unveils Redesign, Aimed At Scouring Friend Networks

Bing Unveils Redesign, Aimed At Scouring Friend Networks

Microsoft’s search engine says search shouldn’t just be about finding static documents anymore, but about helping you interact with people who know the answers you’re looking for.

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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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A Superminimal Light That Subtly Blends In

A Superminimal Light That Subtly Blends In

The beauty of KiBiSi’s design lies in the silvered back, which lets it adopt the finish of its surrounds.

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A New, Virtual Tour Of Giza Lets You Sidle Up Close To The Pharaoh
3D reconstruction of Giza PlateauHarvard Egyptology professor Peter Der ManuelianSeated Statue of Khufu"Opening Mouth" ceremonyKing Khufu's mummy

A New, Virtual Tour Of Giza Lets You Sidle Up Close To The Pharaoh

A look inside the mummies’ tombs, compliments of Harvard, Boston’s MFA, and Dassault Systèmes.

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Konfetti Turns Tired Photos Into Abstract Art

Konfetti Turns Tired Photos Into Abstract Art

Because we’re all scratching our heads over what will be the next Instagram.

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Making It

Wall-Mounted Shelf Prevents Toppling Books With Sliding Lock

Wall-Mounted Shelf Prevents Toppling Books With Sliding Lock

Hold on Tight, by the Brooklyn design studio Colleen and Eric, is a wall-mounted bookshelf with a book-locking mechanism built into it.

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Scientific Facts From Wikipedia, Distilled Into Lovely Pictures

Scientific Facts From Wikipedia, Distilled Into Lovely Pictures

Two young photographers create photo illustrations of Wikipedia facts. It’s as if Wikipedia started an art magazine!

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Making It

SoundCloud Aims To Become The Instagram Of Audio Sharing, After Redesign

SoundCloud Aims To Become The Instagram Of Audio Sharing, After Redesign

It’s a subtle, smart maneuver that just might work.

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Inspired By Golf Balls, Nike’s Bumpy Tracksuit May Help Sprinters Break Records

Olympics 2012

Inspired By Golf Balls, Nike’s Bumpy Tracksuit May Help Sprinters Break Records

Nike’s new TurboSpeed suit is made from the equivalent of 13 plastic bottles per garment. It can also make runners .023 seconds faster over 100 meters--a massive boost.

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The Real-Life Instagram Camera Is So Crazy That It Just Might Work

Making It

The Real-Life Instagram Camera Is So Crazy That It Just Might Work

Who woulda thunk Instagram’s icon was hiding so many features all along?

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Dudes, we know this is an A380. Shutterstock has its limitations.

How Lousy Cockpit Design Crashed An Airbus, Killing 228 People

New evidence shows that a lack of pilot feedback from the cockpit controls led to the crash of Air France Flight 447. What led to such a design disaster?

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Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
05 / 10 two thousand and twelve
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  • The Amazing Judges For Our 2013 Innovation By Design Awards

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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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