Clik here to view.
Selling Space Travel To America (Without Relying On Nostalgia)
Founded in 2006, the Commercial Space Flight Federation is a 70-member industry group dedicated to realizing the dream of commercial space travel. It lobbies Congress and promotes space tourism on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No, Dressers Don't Need To Be Anchored To A Wall
After a third child's death in two years prompted the largest furniture recall in American history, Ikea USA president Lars Petersson told us that dressers tipping over aren't an Ikea problem, but an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Tiny Camera Takes Pictures Of Space That Would Make NASA Blush
Ever been out under a beautiful night sky, and tried to take a picture of it with your smartphone or a handheld camera? If so, you know how bad the results usually are: the sky-filling moon in a sea of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NYC's Ambitious Underground Park Takes A Giant Step Towards Reality
The Lowline—the subterranean park project dreamt up by a former NASA engineer (and architect)—is one step closer to reality: the city of New York has provisionally approved the use of the space,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Designers Collect
Designers have a deeper appreciation of the beauty of objects compared with most people, but they also tend to live minimally. That got us wondering: When designers do cave in to their basest impulses...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exhibit Mines For Links Between Dyslexia And Creativity
Dyslexia, which affects around 4% of the world's population, is often thought of as a learning disability. Jim Rokos thinks that's absurd. The London designer believes dyslexia is just a different type...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unicode Is Finally Fixing Emoji's Sexism Problem
Last year, the Unicode Consortium—which decides upon and standardizes emoji—added more skin tones to its catalog. Today, Unicode took another step towards making emoji more diverse: emoji are finally...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Geologist's Guide To Finding Ancient History Embedded In Buildings
Our cities are mostly made up of stone, but many of us don't think of the billions of years of geological history each stone represents. When Ruth Siddall walks to work every day as part of her job as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Secret Life Of A Classic 1970s Moog Synth
Beloved by musicians and designers alike, Moog synthesizers have inspired three generations of music, including Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, David Bowie, the Beastie Boys, and deadMau5. Now, these...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Scientists Invented A New Blue (And Other Colors Created In A Lab)
Unless the physical laws of the universe radically change, you'll never see a new color in your lifetime, no matter how hard Pantone tries to convince you otherwise. Almost as rare? The creation of new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Google's New App Isn't The Next Best Thing To The Louvre. It Might Be Better
Never stopping in its quest to make the world searchable, Google has just unveiled a new app that makes it as easy to find the opening times of your local museum as it is to figure out who painted that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Best Writing App Ever Just Came To iOS
A vintage typewriter, a beautiful fountain pen, a distraction-free writing app, or a ridiculously expensive e-ink word processor. Writing is hard, which is why writers are always looking for a magic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Neural Network Makes Faces From Scratch (And They're Terrifying)
Mario Klingemann is the Machine Learning Artist in Residence at the Google Cultural Institute in Paris (the same arm of Google behind the new Louvre-busting museum app). But when he's not tinkering...
View ArticleClik here to view.
See What's Really Going On In Your Company's Slack With This New...
Depending on whom you ask, Slack has either revolutionized the way workers communicate or created just another distraction in today's always-on lifestyle. How do you make sure your team is using Slack...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Help Get A Classic Canadian Standards Manual Republished
Although it might not be as recognizable south of Windsor, the classic CBC "Gem" logo has the same funky 1970s cachet in Canada as the vintage PBS logo in the States.It was originally designed by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Philips Builds A Productivity-Boosting Light Canopy For Its HQ
The designers at Philips Lighting, maker of the multi-colored Hue smart bulbs among other glowing and shining products, know that there's a link between productivity, happiness, and workplace lighting....
View ArticleClik here to view.
How IBM And Disney Brainstorm In The Cloud
International design firm Ideo popularized the designer brainstorming session: Just lock a team of creatives up in a conference room with some Sharpies and multi-colored Post-its, and don't let them...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sleep Under The Stars In This Open-Air Hotel In The Alps
Although the amenities available at the world's hotel rooms vary wildly, you're usually guaranteed four walls, a roof, and a bathroom. Not so at this open-air hotel room located in the Swiss Alps. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An iPhone Case To Protect Journalists, Designed By Edward Snowden
Ever since Edward Snowden went into hiding after leaking details of the NSA's global surveillance apparatus in 2013, he has gone without a smartphone—for fear that he could be tracked and even...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Map Of Where The Internet Doesn't Exist--And How To Get There
Dutch designer Richard Vijgen has long been fascinated by the unseen structure of the Internet. His last app, Architecture of Sound, let people discover the Wi-Fi signals, overhead satellites, GPS...
View Article