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September 29 2011

The Secret To Apple’s Long-Term Success? It Always Prepares You For The Future

Written by: Robert Hoekman, Jr.

Robert Hoekman, Jr. identifies three signature moves that have led to the company’s astounding success.

Thanks, Global Warming! Sweden To Build World’s Wildest Indoor Ski Park

Thanks, Global Warming! Sweden To Build World’s Wildest Indoor Ski Park

Sweden plans to compensate for an increasingly unsnowy climate by building a 750,000-square-foot indoor winter wonderland.

A Music Video Shows The Hell Of Falling Down An Escalator, Forever

Music videos from the band Battles always seem to be an exercise in performance art--previous videos have placed the musicians inside a mirrored cube (for “Atlas”) and surrounded by Lightning Field-esque LED lights (for “Tonto”), a collaboration with United Visual Artists.

Paper-Cut-Project Sculpts Gravity-Defying Wigs Out Of Paper

We’re perpetually astounded by the inhuman patience of designers working in paper. Some of these include Elod Beregszaszi’s ziggurat sculptures, Matt Shlian’s geometrically precise 3-D posters, and Zim & Zou’s painstaking recreations of Game Boys and Walkmen.

Celebrating Studio Job, The Goofy Mavericks Of Design-Art

Celebrating Studio Job, The Goofy Mavericks Of Design-Art

The daring young designers get their first comprehensive retrospective at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands.

Student, 22, Founds Company Selling On-Demand, 3-D Printed Eyewear

Can’t find the perfect pair of glasses? Design your own on Make, a website that boasts “infinitely customizable eyewear.”

Made By Hand: Films Celebrating The Return Of Artisanal Design

A gorgeous new web video series shows that "maker culture" isn’t just about soldering irons and circuit boards.

Infographic of the Day

Infographic Of The Day: The Internet Really Is A Series Of Tubes

The Submarine Cable Map visualizes exactly how and where your Google searches and LOLcat pics ping around the planet.

Infographic of the Day

Infographic of the Day: Infographic: A Beautiful Cheat Sheet For Two Dozen Espresso-Based Drinks

Innovation by Design

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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