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This genius new game might be the one thing your family agrees on this holiday season

After entrepreneur Brynn Putnam sold her smart fitness company, Mirror, to Lululemon for $500 million in 2020, she was looking for her next big idea. It was the middle of the pandemic, and Putnam was living with five kids ranging in age from 2 to 21. She says she often found herself dreaming of an activity ...

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This genius new game might be the one thing your family agrees on this holiday season

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I tried Apple’s iPhone Pocket. It’s as awkward as it is beautiful

The line had just died down at Hong Kong’s Apple flagship store on Canton Road when I arrived on what happened to be the release day for the iPhone Pocket, the company’s new and very buzzed-about design collaboration between Apple and Issey Miyake Design Studio. I purchased it immediately—a short ...

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FastCompany Design

I tried Apple’s iPhone Pocket. It’s as awkward as it is beautiful

FastCompany Design

In L.A.’s fire zone, factory-built houses are meeting the moment

At 3:20 a.m. on January 8, Steve Gibson and his wife were jolted awake by a phone call: the Eaton fire was approaching their home in Altadena, California, and they had to evacuate. “We left in about 15 minutes,” Gibson says. “So we only took our passports, our insurance papers, three pairs ...

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FastCompany Design

In L.A.’s fire zone, factory-built houses are meeting the moment

FastCompany Design

Kids will keep these practical gifts for years

As a parent, shopping for holiday gifts for your kids can be a dilemma. Of course you want to surprise the little ones with exciting presents, but you also know that most flashy toys won’t hold their attention for very long. They’ll likely lose interest in them within a few days and you’ll be ...

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FastCompany Design

Kids will keep these practical gifts for years