Ida Skivenes
Ida SkivenesFor using edible art to encourage better food habits.Some people find social media stardom via hilarious Twitter one-liners or well-curated Pinterest pages. For Norwegian artist Ida...
View Article5 Reasons You Can't Miss Fast Company's 2014 Innovation By Design Awards And...
The 2014 Innovation By Design Awards and Conference bring together problem solvers from the worlds of business and design, exploring the newest ideas in everything from apps to architecture. Here are...
View ArticleAyse Birsel On Istanbul's Best Design Secrets
Welcome to Wanderlust, a weekly series on Co.Design where some of our favorite designers share their secret picks and insider tips for the best design cities on the planet. Today, Ayse Birsel of the...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Design Thinking
In a new book out this week, Fahrenheit 212 cofounder Mark Payne exposes the perils of design thinking. This user-centered approach to solving problems has been employed by companies all over the...
View ArticleIdeo's Fred Dust On L.A.'s Quintessential Design Destinations
Welcome to Wanderlust, a weekly series on Co.Design where some of our favorite designers share their secret picks and insider tips for the best design cities on the planet. Today, Fred Dust of design...
View ArticleMarket Slice
In the 1990s, investor brothers James and John Kang heard about a new metal being developed by Caltech and NASA: It was harder than steel, smooth as glass, and injection moldable. They signed an...
View ArticleHint Water Signs Deal To Bring It To Schools And Hospitals
Hint Water has inked a deal with one of the world's largest food services companies, CEO Kara Goldin said Monday.The partnership with Compass Foods, announced at an offsite event for Fast Company's...
View ArticleThis Little Light: A New Kind Of Desk Lamp
New use for old partsThe Ion's spun-steel body is an upturned insulator cap from a 1920s hanging factory light. It's a nod to Schoolhouse Electric's origins: Brian Faherty, a former real estate agent,...
View ArticleA New Platform
The designMolecule Shoes: The high-fashion shoes look like they were dipped in data—and, functionally, they were. They're part of a capsule collection designed to show off 3-D printing's couture...
View ArticleThis super-powered onesie connects to wifi and cleans the air
Accessories like wristbands and specs have led the wearable-tech movement, but the BB.Suit is something else altogether. It's an odd-looking onesie made from a novel fabric custom-woven with...
View ArticleHow the Founders of AMMA Studio Push Materials to Their Limits
Salt, sand, and silica are all terrestrial enough, but in the hands of sculptor Fernando Mastrangelo and interior designer Samuel Amoia, they become otherworldly. The duo joined forces in 2013 to...
View ArticleMost Innovative Companies Toolkit 2015
Congratulations—you've been recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies for 2015! (We ask that you please hold and embargo all press until February 9 when the issue will be live on...
View ArticleOtoto Lets You Have Your Cake And Play It, Too
London-based designer Yuri Suzuki has always been obsessed with music, but his dyslexia made playing it a struggle. "I used to play trombone," he says. "But I got fired from the band because I couldn't...
View ArticleDesnahemisfera's Katedra Desk Is A Study In Contrast
The newKerrock—a composite material similar to Corian—is strong yet malleable, making it ideal for creating Katedra's sleek, futuristic surface. Embedded in one corner is an Aircharge surface charger,...
View ArticleHow To Build A Data Visualization From Scratch
There's no single formula for creating a great data visualization. Like so many things in life, the best way to learn is to simply watch the experts.In this exclusive video created by R/GA with Fast...
View ArticleWhat Latin America Will Look Like In 2020
We asked the world's Most Innovative Companies in Latin America to map out how business will change there in the next five years.Here's what they had to say.Tech Will Give The Taxi Industry A...
View ArticleCanva, The Startup Bringing Graphic Design To The Masses, Is Launching A New...
Online design platform Canva announced today it will roll out a new subscription model in June with expanded features and tiered pricing. The new suite of services—Canva for Work—will target both...
View ArticleDanny Trinh's New App Really Wants You To Get Out More
Just because messaging options abound (Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, the list goes on) doesn't meant it's any less embarrassing to advertise in a status update that you have nothing going on. And if you...
View ArticleDetour, The Walking Tour Audio App, Rolls Out Stories In 6 New Cities
Detour—the audio tour app released earlier this year from former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason—unveiled 10 new tours in six new cities today: New York, Barcelona, London, Paris, Berlin, and...
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