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A Master Of Science Visualization Animates Deadly Viruses
DengueTwenty-three-year-old Seattle-based designer Eleanor Lutz is one of our favorite practitioners of the art of the science visualization, but it's been a while since we last heard from her. Her...
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Stephen Curry Is A God. This Chart Proves It
See the interactive graphic hereThe New York TimesWhen it comes to getting it in from behind the 3-point line, the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry is the NBA player to beat. In the 2015-2016...
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From Ammunition, A Radically Redesigned Guitar That Anyone Can Pick Up And Play
The reason music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band work is because they make it so easy to pick up an axe and shred. But as internet spoilsports are quick to point out, there's a huge gulf between...
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Here's Why You Should Never Go On A Reality Home Renovation Show
Home improvement reality shows like HGTV's Love It Or List It sell homeowners a dream. By putting their home in the hands of a fix-'er-up dream team, they can avoid the headache and expense of...
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It Turns Out It's Almost Impossible To Draw A Bicycle
Quick. Draw a bike. Don't look at one first, just draw one. Done? Okay, now step back and look at your bike. It's total garbage, isn't it? It's not just you. Turns out that basically no human being on...
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8 Gadgets Designed To Rebalance Our Relationship With Technology
Cult Swiss consumer electronics maker Punkt has been trying to elevate the standard of design in home gadgetry since its inception. As part of that mission, the Lugano-based firm has regularly teamed...
View ArticleWatch Six Artists And Designers Draw In Virtual Reality
Tilt Brush—a VR painting app which Co.Design previously described as Microsoft Paint for the Year 2020—is a literally godlike tool that allows artists and designers to create awesome three-dimensional...
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This Battery-Free Computer Sucks Power Out Of Thin Air
Today, the biggest hurdle when it comes to designing new gadgets is battery technology. These big, bulky things restrict the forms our smartphones, computers, and wearables can take, and unfortunately,...
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The Met Has Teleported Hitchcock's "Psycho" House To Its Roof
In Alfred Hitchcock's gender-bending suspense masterpiece Psycho, the ominous manse of the Bates family stands on a hill, overlooking the family's highway hotel. For the next six months, though, the...
View Article3 Design Principles Apple Gets Wrong
Apple's once legendary user interface design has been on the wane for the better part of a decade, as its software becomes more obscure, more complicated, and less intuitive. Nowhere is this is more...
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Can A Neural Network Paint "Perfect" Works Of Art?
Neural networks are already good at simulating the styles of famous artists like Picasso and Van Gogh. Swedish artist Jonas Lund, who previously designed a Chrome extension that allowed people to stalk...
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Here's How Terrified Everyone Is Of Design Plagiarism Now
Following a plagiarism controversy, the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee has selected a new logo from nearly 15,000 entries for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games. And it couldn't be a...
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How To Design A Wearable For LeBron James
Designing a wearable for elite athletes like LeBron James is no small feat. The Cleveland Cavaliers forward needs the ability to precisely measure his performance on and off the court, share that data...
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This App Gives You Trippy Super-Hearing Powers Through Your Earbuds
The cochlea-crushing cacophony of the modern world is one we're all eager to tune out. That's why companies are now selling magical earbuds that use sound engineering to selectively tune out the...
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A Radical Cartographer Visualizes Slavery In America
American school children learn that slavery caused the American Civil War. Other historians argue that this explanation is simplistic, and there were other contributing factors. Whether it was the sole...
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At This Art Gallery, The Floors Are More Important Than The Walls
The point of going to most galleries is to look at what's hanging on the walls. Yet as part of his new show, the German artist Peter Zimmerman wants you to pay just as much attention to the...
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Meet The Ex-Architect Building Chatbots At Microsoft (Including That Racist...
Enter The 2016 Innovation By Design Awards now through May 5!It was late March, and just four days before Microsoft CEO Satya Natella was due to announce the company's new focus on "conversation as a...
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Explore The Seinfeld Universe In This Chart About Nothing
For a show about nothing, Seinfeld introduce us to an incredibly diverse universe of vain, weird, and colorful New Yorkers, as seen through the judgemental eyes of its four main characters: Jerry,...
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We've Been Approaching The Internet Of Things All Wrong
For years now, we've been hearing about how the Internet of Things will connect every object in our homes. And for years, the vast majority of those objects stay dumb."What companies are struggling...
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What Happens To Your Brain When It Hears A Story
The human brain is a mysterious hunk of meat. For example, as you read this, you're "hearing" the words in your brain, and sorting out their meaning, but where exactly are these gray matter word...
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