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Running on Empty
THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS ONE OF THE STRANGEST IN American history. It's the first rematch since 1956, when Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson (again). The cognitive fitness of the candidates (yes, both) is a real issue. And the Republ
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IF YOU HAPPEN TO DROP A KID OFF AT COLlege this fall, you may be surprised to encounter representatives from assorted sportsbooks handing out free branded swag to returning students. Then again, you may not be the least bit surprised: In the wake of
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2 worker Rights
GRETCHEN CARLSON IS SEATED AT A TABLE IN A BLUE SUIT, WITH A camera pointed at her. She looks serious, but comfortable: After a career in broadcast media, she's used to being filmed. But on this April morning, there is no hair and makeup person hover
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4 work Life
AFTER A CAREER IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT at Goldman Sachs, in 2014, Reham Fagiri cofounded AptDeco, a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling new and used furniture. She came up with the idea after struggling to sell furniture on Craigsli
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5 education
AT FIRST GLANCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF Austin (UATX) looks more like a buzzy Silicon Valley outfit than an academic institution. Its entire campus is the renovated 30,000-square-foot third floor of downtown Austin's historic, art deco–inspired Scarbrough
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Semiconductors Set To Skyrocket
The artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush is on, driving feverish demand for this era's version of shovels and pickaxes: the semiconductors that make AI and data gathering possible. Graphical processing units (GPUs) are a prime example. These highen
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It's A Tough Job But Genz Needs To Do It
HE ARRIVED THIS MORNING TO HOST A CONVERSATION AT the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, his alma mater. Now he's in an Uber, heading to catch a flight to Washington, D.C., where he lives—or at least where he has an apartment with a bed he slee
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Growing A New Building
Biodesign Fab Tree Hab TERREFORM ONE IN A PATCH OF FOREST NEAR THE STORM King Art Center, about 60 miles north of New York City, a building is growing. Clusters of living native willow trees form the structural pillars of this tent-shaped edifice, wh
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3 biotech
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER GENETIC TESTING pioneer 23andMe unveiled a new product in May. Cofounder and CEO Anne Wojcicki had long promised that 23andMe would democratize genetics and, in the process, unleash a health revolution based on personalized genomic
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A Marketing Provocateur
Advertising Ultimate Nipple Bra SKIMS WHEN KIM KARDASHIAN POSTED A VIDEO on TikTok last October to promote Skims's new Ultimate Nipple Bra, it felt at first like an infomercial spoof. Opening in a faux Skims office, purposefully decorated in a warm r
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The Wright Moment
Design Company of the Year Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION IN 1955, JUST A FEW YEARS BEFORE HE died, Frank Lloyd Wright—hoping to make his designs more accessible—began to license his intellectual property to a few design
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Guiding Refugees
Finance Where to Settle MCCANN WORLDGROUP Packaging REINVENTING A CLASSIC Bambox BAMBOX THE HUMBLE toilet paper roll may be a household design icon, but its bulky packaging hogs space on delivery trucks and grocery store shelves. Instead of bulky rol
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The Power Of Nature
Spaces and Places Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center NARCHITECTS Sawtooth shapes on the roofline raise the ceilings in the center's galleries, pouring light in through clerestory windows and creating the appearance of waves in motion. A large window
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Reinventing The Fridge
Home SlimTech Insulation Technology WHIRLPOOL Transportation GARDEN TERMINAL Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru— Terminal 2 SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL THE NEW TERMInal at Bengaluru's airport, designed by global architecture firm Skidmore, Ow
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Perfecting The Grind
Products Opus Grinder FELLOW PRODUCTS To design Opus, Fellow took everything it knew about grinders, tore it down, and started over. “Everything from gear-tooth geometry to the type of grease used was optimized,” says Miller. A colorful adjustment ri
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The World's Biggest Orb
Experience Design Sphere ICRAVE Retail SMART SHOPPING CART Caper Cart INSTACART STANDING IN THE checkout line is nobody's idea of a good time, which is why Instacart is making it a thing of the past. In dozens of grocery stores around the country, sh
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Documenting A Disease
Data Design “1,374 Days: My Life With Long Covid” GIORGIA LUPI, PENTAGRAM Fashion HONORING NATIVE DESIGN Artist in Residence: Polo Ralph Lauren x Naiomi Glasses RALPH LAUREN RALPH LAUREN brought on Naiomi Glasses, a seventhgeneration Diné (or Navajo)
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The winners
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation A wide-ranging collab strategy including sneakers and furniture to promote historic architecture theory through hot product drops Reddit Brand Evolution Pentagram A holistic rebrand of the social platform on the cusp of
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The judges*
Cofounder and chief design officer, Crave Founder and executive director, ODA Cofounder and chief creative officer, Collins Creative director, Ingka Group, Ikea Retail Executive director, design, Global Buick and GMC President and creative director,
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The finalists
Canva Metalab “1,374 Days: My Life With Long Covid” Giorgia Lupi, Pentagram ArtBridge ArtBridge Projects Pradasphere II 2x4 Access controller Sony Interactive Entertainment Adaptive Intimates Even Adaptive Find My Things Microsoft Monarch American Pr
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$19.56, The Hard Way
William Medina has been delivering food for DoorDash and Uber Eats in Queens since 2019, when he moved to New York from Bogotá, Colombia. He's risked his health picking up and delivering food to customers during the pandemic and pedaling through snow
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Can't Stop Rolling
WALTER DRIVER WOULD LIKE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE. AS THE COFOUNDER AND CO-CEO OF SCOPELY, THE MOBILE GAMES COMPANY BEHIND SUCH FREE-TO-PLAY HITS AS MONOPOLY GO!, SCRABBLE GO, MARVEL STRIKE FORCE, AND STAR TREK FLEET COMMAND, HE KNOWS YOUR TIME IS PREC
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One leg at a time
RICHARD DICKSON HIT THE PINK CARPET AT THE London Barbie premiere last July wearing a blushtoned suit and magenta pocket square. He smiled for cameras with producer-star Margot Robbie and writerdirector Greta Gerwig as fans—some of whom had been line
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“We Made A Million Dollars In 30 Seconds”
07/2024 7:29AM FASTCOMPANY.COM HAVE A NICE DAY! WD-40 COLOGNE. A NIKE AIR MAX SNEAKER FILLED WITH BLOOD. A FRUIT LOOP AS BIG AS YOUR HEAD. EVERYWHERE I TURN IN THIS GARAGE that's been half converted into an office, I see objects that look like they b
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10 More Lists Culled From This Year's Innovation By Design Winners
1. Alphafly 3 2. Arc'teryx Alpha SV Jacket 1. Ember Cube 2. Squarespace Collection 3. Sphere 1. Cozy 2. Cherish Serenity 3. Magic Studio 1. The Nursery 2. Sphere 1. Opus Conical Burr Grinder 2. Impulse Cooktop 3. SlimTech Insulation Technology 1. Dar
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A Dynamic New Identity
Branding Rebranding Patreon PATREON AND WOLFF OLINS CROWDF UNDING PLATFORM PATRE ON worked with global brand consultancy Wolff Olins to reimagine its visual identity and last year unveiled new branding that reflects the bold creativity of its user ba

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