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June 01 2012
Check Out The Alphabet, Redrawn By Spinning Letters Into 3-D

Check Out The Alphabet, Redrawn By Spinning Letters Into 3-D

Spin the letters of our alphabet like tops, and this is the language you get.

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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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Superstition: A Collection Of Objects Made To Help Force Decisions
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Superstition: A Collection Of Objects Made To Help Force Decisions

Bold Design allows inanimate objects to tell a tale of true love.

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Six Months After Disaster, A Legendary Dance Hall Rises From The Ashes

Six Months After Disaster, A Legendary Dance Hall Rises From The Ashes

Construction on the new Pines Pavilion--the legendary dance hall destroyed in a fire last year--will begin this month.

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Floor Lamps Made Of Finely Detailed Steel Lace

Making It

Floor Lamps Made Of Finely Detailed Steel Lace

Swedish designers Form Us With Love weld delicately serrated metal plates into simple lamps.

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The (Wordless) Week That Was: Patent Wars, Mobile Ed, And Steve Jobs’s Awful Name For The iMac

The (Wordless) Week That Was: Patent Wars, Mobile Ed, And Steve Jobs’s Awful Name For The iMac

It’s Co.Design’s top stories of the week… in pictures!

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An Architectural Time Machine That Fires Scented Smoke Rings

An Architectural Time Machine That Fires Scented Smoke Rings

Young London designer Hee Park manipulates space using smell, sound, and touch.

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Minerals, Flowers, and Fawns: A Deft Debut Collection From A New Brooklyn Trio

Wanted

Minerals, Flowers, and Fawns: A Deft Debut Collection From A New Brooklyn Trio

Egg Collective took home ICFF’s Best New Designer prize.

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30 Of The Greatest British War Posters On One Free App

30 Of The Greatest British War Posters On One Free App

The Imperial War Museums select some of its favorite graphic designs from its collection of over 20,000 posters.

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A Bench That Transforms Into A Seesaw, So Kids’ Stuff Doesn’t Take Over Your House

Simple Genius

A Bench That Transforms Into A Seesaw, So Kids’ Stuff Doesn’t Take Over Your House

The inventor wanted to create something fun for kids, but didn’t want to deal with another piece of kiddie furniture that would have to be eventually thrown out.

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Infographic of the Day

Infographic: A Map Of America’s 1,000 Breweries

Infographic: A Map Of America’s 1,000 Breweries

If this is what patriotism feels like, a round on me.

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Founder Of Keen Reinvents The Office Chair, Aiming To Cure Sitting Disease

Wanted

Founder Of Keen Reinvents The Office Chair, Aiming To Cure Sitting Disease

The founder of Keen Shoes ventures into furniture with an upright workstation called Focal, with the aim of saving us from the shocking health problems associated with sitting all day.

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How A Redesigned Electricity Bill Could Make You Smarter And Save Cash

How A Redesigned Electricity Bill Could Make You Smarter And Save Cash

This summer, the Chicago startup Power2Switch will roll out a slick new electricity bill that’s designed to help consumers make smarter choices about their power usage.

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Co.Design
business + innovation + design
Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
06 / 01 two thousand and twelve
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  • The Hilarious, Befuddling Charts Of The U.S. Congress

    Infographic of the Day: The Hilarious, Befuddling Charts Of The U.S. Congress

Editor's Picks
  • 11 Rules For Great UX Design, Adapted From An Original Mad Man

    11 Rules For Great UX Design, Adapted From An Original Mad Man

  • Newsweek 2.0: A New Model For Online Magazines

    Newsweek 2.0: A New Model For Online Magazines

  • Minimalist Posters That Reduce Your Favorite Movies To Basic Shapes

    Minimalist Posters That Reduce Your Favorite Movies To Basic Shapes

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Innovation by Design
  • 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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