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When Americans redesigned the American flag

Almost 60 years ago, the United States government changed the design of its flag for the last time.

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How the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaign got its powerful design

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez waged a wholly different political campaign–one that entailed a wholly different kind of visual identity.

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Why tech's favorite color is making us all miserable

When I was 14, I saved up money from my first web design job to trick out a really nice gaming PC.

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Knowing when you've failed can be design's key to success

Sometimes failure is what government needs to start innovating.

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A peek at Massimo Vignelli's glorious forgotten subway maps

The modernist designer Massimo Vignelli is the father of New York City's famous 1972 subway map.

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An ingenious alternative to the hideous folding chair

You can assemble and disassemble them in minutes.

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Pentagram designed an identity that never stops changing

Cytora, an AI-powered insurance company, tasked the firm with creating a brand that could communicate what its machine learning does.

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How my son's disease made me rethink UX

Twenty-two years ago, my son Nolan was born with a congenital birth defect called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.

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Google Just Remade Its Brand Again

Today, Google announced a major new initiative called Material Theming.

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Two Fascinating Things Salesforce Discovered When It Studied Color

Consider the last time you made a decision with data. Chances are, you used some kind of visualization to help understand the bigger picture.

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Walmart.com Redesigns As The Anti-Amazon

Amazon's unstoppable growth has set the entire world of retail back on its heels, but at least one company has the footprint to stand in its way.

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Here's How Designers Would Fix Amazon

Amazon is woefully lacking when it comes to user-centered design. So Co.Design asked a top design studio to rethink it.

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Calm Interfaces Are Here, And They're Wonderful

To fight digital overload, Udayan Umapathi is working on "calm interfaces"--user experiences that don't constantly demand our attention.

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Apple's New Design Ethos: Making Gadgets Easy To Sell, Hard To Use

I'd been pining for a new MacBook Pro for almost a year until last week, when a friend told me that she'd just paid $700 to get hers fixed.

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Design Thinking Is B.S.

In a recent talk at the School of Visual Arts, Pentagram partner Natasha Jen argues against the cult of design thinking.

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Helvetica Is Now An Encryption Device

Let's say you're an operative with the CIA. Your agents are filing intelligence briefs to you in text documents.

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Designers Just Fixed Facebook. Your Move, Zuckerberg

What would a more honest and transparent Facebook look like? Here’s how NewDealDesign redesigned the social media giant.

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Ad Legend George Lois: Magazine Covers Are "Trash Today"

Back in the 1970s, the average American was exposed to between 500 and 1,300 ads per day. But today, that number is probably closer to 5,000.

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What You're Getting Wrong About Inclusive Design

Inclusivity. It's one of the biggest buzzwords inside corporations right now.

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Google's Latest Experiment Is Like Reverse Image Search For Color

Google's Experiments are always a source of joy-like its recent viral selfie feature, which matched your face to your long-lost twin in fine art.