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June 20 2012
An Absurd, Real-World Reinterpretation Of Your Facebook Feed
"Become a fan of""Relationship status""Tagging someone in a picture”"Joining a group"“Reached a new high score in Mafia Wars”“People you may know”

An Absurd, Real-World Reinterpretation Of Your Facebook Feed

Nicolas Ritter set out to create a series of absurdly literal recreations of how we behave in online space.

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A Super Clean Sound System That Breaks Away From Audiophile Aesthetics

A Super Clean Sound System That Breaks Away From Audiophile Aesthetics

The system let’s you handle of your music: The Beatles on Vinyl. Radiohead on the iPod. And undoubtedly, something really embarrassing from the 90s on the CD player.

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Hate Your Cubicle? What About A “Me Place” Instead?

Hate Your Cubicle? What About A “Me Place” Instead?

PearsonLloyd creates a furniture line intended for intense focus rather than gregarious, open-plan sharing.

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A Chandelier That Evokes The Rising And Setting Of The Sun

A Chandelier That Evokes The Rising And Setting Of The Sun

Susanne de Graef builds a gorgeous cascading chandelier out of colored thread.

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Geometric Abstractions, Made Using Nothing But Light Beams

Making It

Geometric Abstractions, Made Using Nothing But Light Beams

Photographer James Nizam shares how he managed to manipulate the sun’s rays into shapes.

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Can You Get People To Walk More, Simply With Smart Signage?

Can You Get People To Walk More, Simply With Smart Signage?

The successful Kickstarter campaign hopes handy signs will get people walking.

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Quirky Reinvents A Staple Of Dorm Decor: The Milk Crate

Quirky Reinvents A Staple Of Dorm Decor: The Milk Crate

The company is betting big on a new modular storage system--and they’re making it in the U.S.

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4 Things That Ninth-Graders Can Teach You About Risk-Taking Design

4 Things That Ninth-Graders Can Teach You About Risk-Taking Design

Written by: Stuart Karten

If you want to be more creative, tap into your inner teenager, writes Stuart Karten.

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In A Japanese Ecovillage, A Home Filled With Gardens

In A Japanese Ecovillage, A Home Filled With Gardens

Two young architects build a home where greenery weaves through foyer, kitchen, and bedroom.

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Infographic: A Superb Guide To The World’s Best Parks

Infographic: A Superb Guide To The World’s Best Parks

These elegant charts by Mikell Fine Iles compare some of the world’s best-known outdoor spaces.

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Moneyball 2.0: How Missile Tracking Cameras Are Remaking The NBA

Moneyball 2.0: How Missile Tracking Cameras Are Remaking The NBA

A new camera system is adding a whole new level of analytics to basketball. We talk to insiders using it.

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Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
06 / 20 two thousand and twelve
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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.

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