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Is This the Porsche 911 of Smartphones?
The Blackberry Classic aims to revive the appeal of a product designed for pre-iPhone power users.
John Pavlus
10 hrs ago
4 min read
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Where the Real Skyscrapers Are (Hint: North Dakota)
The tallest structures in the world are not designed by starchitects, and you’ve likely never seen them
Casey Tolan
5 days ago
8 min read
Bringing Up #Babycore
Colliding spaces and the genius of @Genius
Troy Conrad Therrien
Feb 24
6 min read
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IRL Clickbait
The immensely satisfying sound of snap-fit design
Paul Lukas
Feb 23
7 min read
In Pursuit of Digital-Analog Design Education
Future designers should be equally adept at dissecting old TVs and deciphering code
Jessica Carew Kraft
Feb 20
7 min read
Mr. Littlefield’s Battlefield
Visiting retired military vehicles in the California hills
Marcin Wichary
Feb 19
9 min read
The Timelessness of Snakes and Ladders
How a common children’s game has survived for centuries as a moral teaching tool
Doug Bierend
Feb 17
8 min read
Say “I Love You” With Mapping
A new app turns hand-drawn pictures into guided walks
danielarosner
Feb 13
9 min read
Time and the City
In New Orleans, hours bend with the topography
Craig K. Damrauer
Feb 11
22 min read
Invisible Islands
Using offline networks for urban intervention
Mona Lalwani
Feb 9
7 min read
Heat Your Home With Data
Project Exergy makes you love an overheated laptop
Ajai Raj
Feb 6
6 min read
Supernatural Swells
Designing shorelines and surfing the consequences
Tim Maly
Feb 4
16 min read
Democracy’s Design Fail
Mayoral campaign graphics could draw on their city’s rich visual resources, but they hardly ever do
Working Michael
Feb 3
6 min read
Stealing the Crown Jewels
In the era of 3D printing, rarefied objects are a myth
David Cameron
Jan 30
5 min read
Let’s Ignore Each Other Together
When wearables solve the wrong problem
Leigh Alexander
Jan 28
6 min read
What’s the Dam Problem
Why it’s so hard to design a fish ladder that works
Heather Hansman
Jan 26
7 min read
Biofabrication 101
Taking biological design beyond GMO controversy and DNA hype
Christina Agapakis
Jan 23
7 min read
Shaping Water
The design history of New York City’s public drinking fountain
Makalé
Jan 22
9 min read
These People Aren’t Your Friends (And That’s OK)
How my health insurer’s “friendly” communication design almost got my coverage terminated
John Pavlus
Jan 20
8 min read
52,000 Knots
One Man’s Journey Into the Craft of Tatted Lace
Allan Chochinov
Jan 2
25 min read
The In-Betweener
The confused, contradictory charm of Yerba Buena Island
Marcin Wichary
Jan 12
14 min read
Power Tools Are For Girls
A new merit badge system for design education
Emily Pilloton
Jan 9
10 min read
NYC’s Housing Cost Myth
Real real estate prices, visualized
Constantine Valhouli
Jan 7
4 min read
Clipping the Devil’s Rope
How barbed wire sparked a cowboy war and changed the American West
Andy Warner
Jan 5
4 min read
This Way to Progress
My communist grandparents and their fabulous chairs
Leela Corman
Dec 29, 2014
2 min read
How the Nutcracker Lost Its Purpose
The story of a less-than-functional holiday character
Eleri Harris
Dec 26, 2014
3 min read
Festival of Menorahs
A hanukkah light design for every taste and era
Eleri Harris
Dec 25, 2014
3 min read
Gingerbread Architecture
The sweetest holiday housing, from German cabins to Texan McMansions
Eleri Harris
Dec 24, 2014
3 min read
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