How a beauty phenomenon became a blueprint for innovation, trust, and global industry influence

A conversation with Sam Murray from Brooklyn Grange

A press release on Maruchan turning a viral fan trend into an official Flamin’ Hot flavor launch.

A Coca-Cola Middle East activation that uses emojis and a microsite to unlock meal vouchers and offers.

A sonic branding project for Natura constructed from bio-acoustic recordings of the Amazon rainforest.

Amorepacific Skinsight platform combines AI, genomic data, and electronic skin technology to precisely monitor and predict skin aging and health over time.

Psychology podcast episode exploring why running collectives have become the most popular fitness trend globally. Maps belonging, rhythm, and shared suffering as drivers of community.

The Maintainers' initiative documenting and supporting tool sharing libraries worldwide. Explores how access to objects (not ownership) strengthens communities and reduces consumption.

Origin story of Barcelona-based streetwear brand that scaled from university founders to global cult following. Documents building brand loyalty through authenticity and community over marketing spend.

New York's first free grocery store powered by community wealth models. Offers fresh produce and pantry staples at no cost, challenging assumptions about food access and economic participation.

A video documentary from the Behind Creativity series following a full day with Andrea Trabucco-Campos, Pentagram partner in New York. The film documents his creative process, design thinking, and approach to identity work, alongside a tour of the Pentagram New York offices. Trabucco-Campos is an Italian-Colombian designer who co-founded the independent publisher Vernacular and wrote Artificial Typography, a book on AI and design.

A Big Think interview with Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman, author of Exercised. Lieberman argues that avoiding unnecessary physical effort is not laziness but an ancient survival mechanism: for most of human history, moving without purpose wasted scarce calories. He explains why guilt-driven fitness culture consistently fails, and what hunter-gatherer lifestyles reveal about sustainable movement and health today.

A 24-minute video interview between Fast Company and Anthony Bourdain, conducted weeks before his death in June 2018. Bourdain discusses his creative process, team dynamics, and storytelling philosophy — arguing he is not interested in competence but in originality, style, and the willingness to fail. He describes a powerful reaction, one way or the other, as infinitely preferable to pleasing everybody.

A Design Better Podcast episode featuring Daisy Fancourt, UCL professor of psychobiology and epidemiology, discussing her book Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives. Drawing on longitudinal data from 52 countries, Fancourt argues that engaging with the arts changes gene expression, slows biological aging, and reduces risk of dementia, depression, and chronic pain. She observed firsthand how singing to her premature daughter in the NICU stabilized the baby's vitals.

A Fast Company piece on “Dream Recorder,” a device concept that captures dream narratives and renders them as short films.

A report on VoxeLite, a thin wearable that wraps a fingertip to deliver high-resolution haptic feedback and simulate textures on touchscreens.

Six-album, six-and-a-half-hour series by James Leyland Kirby as The Caretaker (2016-2019). Each stage portrays the progression of dementia through increasingly degraded samples of 1920s and 1930s ballroom music, from nostalgic clarity to total sonic collapse. Released at six-month intervals to simulate the passage of time.

A 16-ounce hexagonal stainless steel water bottle with a wrist strap and crossbody option, launched March 2026 as Stanley 1913 pivots beyond the Quencher into accessories, bags, and lifestyle products after the reusable bottle craze peaked.

How South Korea turned skincare into cultural infrastructure, where retail, ritual, and inheritance quietly design identity.

LEGO bricks designed with Braille dots to teach visually impaired children literacy and Braille through play.

A parasitic flowering plant producing the largest individual bloom.

The cultural shift of Japanese labor uniforms influencing global fashion aesthetics.

Rubin Museum page documenting the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room installation.

A research initiative using machine learning and robotics to analyze sperm whale communication patterns.

Stanford HAI's concept of rapidly assembled teams, often blending humans and AI to deliver outcomes fast.

Documentation of Conjunto Satélite, the mid-century Mexican housing development featuring Torres de Satélite by Luis Barragán.

A viral collaboration between MSCHF and Fenty Beauty selling a palette containing either ketchup packets or lip gloss.

Brian Lowery's TED Talk offers insights on social connection and the construction of the self through others.

The world's first museum dedicated to art created with artificial intelligence, blending data, machine learning and media art, opening in Los Angeles with immersive AI‑driven experiences and residencies.

In a five-by-five-metre space near Ginza, a former bookseller is rewriting the rules of bookselling: one week at a time.

Museum exhibition exploring architecture's role across time and society.

Iconic Chicago residential towers integrating living, parking, and urban infrastructure.

Architecture firm known for minimal, human-centered design across civic and commercial projects.

Global photography competition showcasing images of wildlife and natural environments.

Swedish artist creating abstract ceramic sculptures that resemble stretched, organic forms.

Artist who creates images using thousands of date stamps, each mark recording the time of its making.

Global network supporting women through events, mentorship, and shared resources in innovation and design.

S/PARK in Yokohama, an open innovation lab and museum by Shiseido dedicated to the science of beauty.

The new vertical museum in Oslo dedicated to Edvard Munch, designed to be a prominent landmark on the fjord skyline.

A strategic partnership to expand Netflix's audio storytelling into video podcasts, broadening their media ecosystem.

A clothing brand using origami-inspired pleats that expand to grow with children (fitting sizes from 9 months to 4 years).

An adaptive fashion brand designing functional, stylish clothing specifically for wheelchair users (e.g., higher backs, pockets).

An AI agent created by O2 mimicking an elderly grandmother to waste the time of telephone scammers with endless rambling.

A Colombian eyewear brand creating glasses handcrafted in total darkness by blind artisans, featuring Braille details.

A mobile app that scans food and cosmetic barcodes to rate their health impact, empowering consumers with instant transparency.

A wearable robotic exoskeleton designed by Hyundai Motor Group to support the shoulder joints of industrial workers during repetitive overhead tasks.

A partnership integrating 'Squid Game' lore into Duolingo's Korean language lessons to engage fans of the show.

The first-ever architectural guidelines specifically for elite women's football stadiums, optimizing for female athletes and fanbases.