Co.Design

A Dating Game With A Deadly Twist

Perfect hookup material—or next target? http://buff.ly/29hEWyF

The Music Box Gets An Update For The Digital Era

The XOXX Composer allows you to mix tracks the same way music boxes play songs: http://buff.ly/29tRg3z

Radiation treatment is a physically wrenching process. But Kaiser Permanente hopes a spa-like environment will improve patient outcomes.

The most famous places on Earth, shot from a perspective no one sees http://buff.ly/29n3asN

The Building Museum Transforms Itself Into A Glacial Ice Field

James Corner Field Operations designed the frosty summer installation for the D.C. museum: http://buff.ly/29ggZvG

The Making Of Björk's Futuristic Death Mask

Björk taps the queen of biological fabrication, Neri Oxman, to design her most inspired—and cutting edge—headdress yet: http://buff.ly/29g6ecI

It's easy to wax nostalgic about a place like the Four Seasons, one of the most pedigreed spaces in New York City. So when the landmarked Modernist restaurant designed by Philip Johnson and Mies van der Rohe announced it would be closing in July 2016, fans and history buffs were crushed. And to make the situation more devastating, the owners decided to auction off all the restaurant's custom-designed contents.

GIPHY's New Brand Identity Uses Holograms To Bring GIFs Into RL

If GIFs are the lingua franca of the Internet, Giphy is its Webster's. The San Francisco startup has gone from a GIF search engine to a popular GIF-making platform and plug-in valued at an estimated $300 million. But how do you take something animated like a GIF and bring it out into the real world, as part of a brand identity? You rely on '80s Trapper Keeper technology: http://buff.ly/29kHhwf

Ikea's recent recall was massive—but before there was Malm, there were folding chairs and beanbag furniture. Here's how they rank.

Google And Ideo Are Building A Coding Platform--For Kids

Teaching kids to code is a familiar idea. Giving them access to the entire Internet of Things, as Project Bloks will, is new: http://buff.ly/298evLE

The world's first decent advertisement for virtual reality http://buff.ly/29jC4WJ

You don't need to be ashamed of carrying an Ikea bag to the laundromat anymore.

Helvetica filmmaker Gary Hustwit is training his camera on the revered German designer who influenced Apple. It's about time.

This clever projector works like a desk lamp http://buff.ly/298f5Zy

IKEA's new ads are straight out of an Ingmar Bergman film http://buff.ly/298efMy

Ah, summer in New York City, when the air is ripe with the smell of trash.

If you want to listen to sound artist and composer Tristan Perich's latest album, Noise Patterns, you'll have to order a physical copy.

For these homeowners, an HGTV-led renovation became a nightmare of sunk costs and shoddy workmanship. Oh, and did we mention the rats?

There are films that make you feel like a kid again. There are films that make you feel the invincible freedom of your teenage years. And there are films that capture the pangs of parenthood.

Pearl manages to do all at once—in about six minutes.

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