“Design Is Inherently An Unethical Industry”
Readers respond to a Co.Design story asking: What role do designers play in an industry ruled by…
Author Katharine Schwab
Katharine Schwab
Katharine Schwab is a contributing writer at Co.Design based in New York. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Seattle Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
How Pentagram Helped Samsung Rethink Its Design Language
Samsung tapped the design powerhouse to overhaul the S8’s interface and establish a cohesive design…
5 Mind-Bending Experiments That Show Where Creativity Is Headed Next
Researchers showed off new tools to augment human creativity at Siggraph, the year’s biggest computer…
Hone Your Data Bullshit Detector With This Free Online Course
The class was so popular it filled up in less than a minute. Earlier this…
Designers Are Forgetting One Major Element Of The Design Process
What do you do with broken products? You fix them. What do you do when…
Trump’s Branding Strategy Got Him Elected. Now It’s Failing Him. Sad!
Trump is a great trash talker, but his approach doesn’t work when it comes to…
Google’s Next Design Project? Artificial Intelligence
“In the early days of graphical user interfaces, people had to invent scroll bars and…
Will VR Ever Be Mass Entertainment?
Exorbitant costs, confused customers, and fire risks: bringing VR to the people is proving tricky.…
What Designers Can Learn From The Museum Of Failure (Yes, It Exists)
“I just got sick and tired of all these success stories,” says the museum’s founder.…
These Color-Changing Tattoos Monitor Your Health, No Wearable Needed
Researchers at MIT Media Lab and Harvard Medical School teamed up to create tattoo ink…