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In Sweden, where the temperature is rising more than twice as fast as the global average, it’s getting harder for native reindeer to survive. One challenge is finding food in the winter: As warmer weather means that rain sometimes mixes with snow, the ground becomes icy, so the animals […]
It was a day in late March. I was on my third video call and it wasn’t even 10 a.m. “We’re going to have to rethink the keynote format,” I told my colleagues. “Can we host it virtually? And should we move the production lines to a country that […]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not fun to be anywhere with strangers. But by far the worst situation is the elevator. You’re trapped in a small box, and you have to touch shared buttons to get to the right floor. You just want to get in, out, and wash […]
We’re delighted to announce that we are now accepting entries for the 2021 Innovation by Design Awards . We started Innovation by Design in 2012 to honor design solutions that don’t just win beauty contests; they transform businesses, organizations, and society. As then-Co.Design editor Cliff Kuang wrote at the […]
Forward-thinking individuals have a number of things in common. For one, they innovate—usually not once, but multiple times over. Steve Jobs wasn’t known for just one product. He was known for a handful. Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk weren’t satisfied with one success story. They’ve engineered dozens. And while […]
Dr. Martens is known for their plentiful, versatile collaborations with the noteworthy and a little bit punk (see Raf Simons , Yohji Yamamoto ) and quirky, colorful crowdpleasers (re: Hello Kitty ). Now they’ve released a collection that satisfies a little bit of both: The UK footwear maker debuted […]
When multidisciplinary artist Derek DelGaudio unveiled his live show In & Of Itself back in May 2016, he had a rather audacious goal in mind: He wanted to break magic. DelGaudio built his performing career as a master of sleight-of-hand and card tricks, and even served as a consultant […]
“I promise you, we will be judged, you and I, by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era. Will we rise to the occasion, is the question,” President Joe Biden said in his inaugural speech. “Will we master this rare and difficult hour? Will we meet our […]
Soccer is the world’s most popular sport in part because all you need is some grass and a ball to play. But while a $12 soccer ball doesn’t sound very expensive to those of us in the United States, for much of the developing world, it is—costing more than […]
