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Innovation by Design
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MAKING THE TOUGH CALLS
FACEBOOK’S PLAN TO LIVE FOREVER • THE ONLY SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM LEFT FOR THE TECH BEHEMOTH TO CONQUER IS THE ORIGINAL ONE: MONEY.
THEY SHOOT, HE SCORES • TERENCE BLANCHARD’S MUSIC ENLIVENS FILMS BY SPIKE LEE, KASI LEMMONS, AND MORE.
Hitting the Right Notes • BLANCHARD EXPLAINS HOW HE CREATED THE MUSIC FOR A FEW PIVOTAL FILMS.
WHERE’S THE BEEF? • PLANT-BASED MEAT ALTERNATIVES ARE GAINING GROUND.
MIKE JUDGE’S TRIUMPH OF ENGINEERING • AS SILICON VALLEY DRAWS TO A CLOSE, THE MASTER PARODIST BEHIND THE HIT SHOW REFLECTS UPON WHAT BIG TECH HAS WROUGHT.
Beavis and Beyond • THE INSPIRATION BEHIND MIKE JUDGE’S OTHER CREATIONS
CHEERS AT THE FINISH LINE • ATHLETES ARE FLOCKING TO SUFFERFEST AND OTHER NEW “PERFORMANCE BEERS.”
Upgrade your marketing with machine learning
Beatific Brews • LOWER-ALCOHOL “PERFORMANCE BEER” IS GROWING FAST AMONG THE WELLNESSFOCUSED SET. THESE BRANDS HAVE THE WIDEST DISTRIBUTION TODAY ACROSS THE U.S.
FAST COMPANY PRESS. THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE BOOK PUBLISHER. • We’re turning the publishing industry on its head and want business leaders who have done the same
BUZZY BAGS • A button inside Bee & Kin’s luxury leather bags can help you start a playlist or call a ride.
The Books That Inspire Me • KEN BURNS, FILMMAKER, COUNTRY MUSIC
Music for Every Moment • ROBIN ARZON, VICE PRESIDENT OF FITNESS PROGRAMMING AND HEAD INSTRUCTOR, PELOTON; AUTHOR, SHUT UP AND RUN
MY OPERATING SYSTEM BASKETBALL PLAYER, AUTHOR ANDRE IGUODALA • The NBA star, tech investor, and author of The Sixth Man takes our career questionnaire.
What are your four favorite Twitter accounts?
My Daily Media Diet • ANTONI POROWSKI, HOST, QUEER EYE; AUTHOR, ANTONI IN THE KITCHEN
Flight Pattern • ANNA BLUE, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GIRL UP
INNOVATION BY DESIGN • THE HONOREES OF THIS YEAR’S INNOVATION BY DESIGN AWARDS HAVE DISCOVERED NOVEL—AND OFTEN BEAUTIFUL—WAYS TO POINT BUSINESS TOWARD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
Nike • HOUSE OF INNOVATION
Mastercard and Doconomy • DO BLACK
WayB • PICO
TerraCycle • LOOP
Jennifer Kinon and Bobby Martin • ORIGINAL CHAMPIONS OF DESIGN
Steven Holl Architects • CRINKLE CONCRETE
Snøhetta • UNDER RESTAURANT
EIR Healthcare • MEDMODULAR
Charlotte McCurdy • AFTER ANCIENT SUNLIGHT CARBONNEGATIVE JACKET
Target • MADE BY DESIGN
Tarform • ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE
Techshot and Tupperware • PONDS
Akoto Ofori-Atta • SINCE PARKLAND
Branch Creative • KODAK SMILE
0202 • FACEWEAR
Gh3 • BORDEN PARK POOL
Airbow • FRAMER
Augmented Human Lab, University of Auckland • CHEWIT
Ikea and Sonos • SYMFONISK LAMP
AWARDS INNOVATION BY DESIGN 2019
EUROPEAN INNOVATION FESTIVAL • POWERED BY GUCCI
HERD MENTALITY • Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd wants nothing less than to create a female internet, but first she has to get a lot more women (and men) to see things her way. Misogynists welcome.
MEMBERS OF THE HIVE • MASTER NETWORKER WOLFE HERD HAS ATTRACTED A CELEBRITY NETWORK THAT HELPS HER AMPLIFY BUMBLE’S GOALS.
FEMALE FOUNDERS SPEAK OUT • They...