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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

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The Pop-Tarts mascots are about to die again—from trying too hard

In 2023, Pop-Tarts changed the world of brand mascots forever when it sacrificed the life of a Strawberry Pop-Tart and fed its remains to the Kansas State football team as a reward for winning the Pop-Tarts Bowl game. The weirdly macabre stunt got 4 billion media impressions, and in the eight weeks ...

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FastCompany Design

The Pop-Tarts mascots are about to die again—from trying too hard

FastCompany Design

U.S. releases a new female crash test dummy that more closely resembles women

The U.S. government on Thursday released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. The Department of Transportation will consider using the dummy in the government'svehicle crash testfive star-ratings once a final rule is adopted, the agency said ...

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FastCompany Design

U.S. releases a new female crash test dummy that more closely resembles women