Apps as we know them will disappear. Luxury will trickle down to the masses. VR will go mainstream. These are just a few of the major design and technology trends shaping the world in 2016. The trends we’ve identified focus on issues we–a firm with over 600 designers and developers–expect to tackle…

Jimmy Chin at first light on the 11th day of climbing on the 2011 Meru expedition. This was the summit day push. Photograph by Renan Ozturk It’s not very often that a world-class climber and photographer agrees to answer any question asked—live! But that’s just what happened last week on our Nat Geo…

"The internet is shit today. It's broken. It was probably always broken, but it's worse than ever." My conversation with Peter Sunde , one of the founders and spokespersons of The Pirate Bay, did not start out optimistically. There's good reason for that: In the last couple of months, the…

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Alle Inspirationen zu Dingen, die wir lieben! Entdecke jetzt auf COUCH die besten Ideen zu unseren Lieblingsthemen Living, Fashion und Beauty. Hier teilt die Community ihre schönsten Wohnideen, die neusten Stylingtrends und ihre Lieblingsprodukte für deine Beautyroutine. Lass dich inspirieren und…

“If one more fat cigar smoker blows smoke in my face and yells at me, “What was it really like up there?” I think I may bury my fist in his flabby gut; I have *had it* with the same question over and over again.” – Astronaut Michael Collins I quite frequently do interviews for blogs or magazines –…

“You know how advice is: you only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyways.” – John Steinbeck There are three stages of flabbiness in life. Each is more restricting and stifling than the one before. They creep insidiously over me like vines until it takes one hell of a struggle to…

Only one of these weather apps is attempting to solve the real problem. There are divergent things happening in the product and interaction design community. On one hand, we have some amazing pieces of writing from the likes of Ryan Singer and Julie Zhuo , moving our craft forward. On the other…

Die westlichen Gesellschaften wären gern rational und aufgeklärt - aber in Extremsituationen reagieren sie emotional und reaktionär. Die Hoffnung, dass es eine einfache Antwort auf Bedrohungen wie Terrorismus gibt, ist groß. Und falsch. Kolumne Die Absage des Fußball-Länderspiels in Hannover wirkte…

Travel by October 29, 2015 Jaka Bulc is a freelance photographer from Slovenia, who also works as a music journalist and hosts his own weekly radio show. We’ve featured his travel photography before and his latest journey took him to the Pacific Northwest in the USA. Bulc says about his trip: “It…

Overconsumption: we’ve all been there.Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters To hell with Don Draper: Greg Foyster is a real-­life ad man gone rogue. After five of years writing ad copy to sell everything from toasters to condiments, he just couldn’t take it anymore. So he started writing a magazine…

Nadav Kander Salman Rushdie is best known for his fifth book, The Satanic Verses, which prompted a fatwa against him in 1989. But over the past 40 years he has published 16 others, including Midnight’s Children —the winner of three Booker awards—and his latest novel, Two Years Eight Months and…

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The author poses with his book in Buenos Aires. I have a confession. Are you ready for this? I feel like you’re going to judge me. Okay, well here goes…I don’t really like traveling. I feel like I’m the only person. It seems everyone fantasizes about quitting their job and traveling around the…

The first time that you begin moving in an unconventional direction is the hardest beginning. You don’t yet have confidence in yourself. There is no roadmap to guide you. It can seem overwhelming. Once you accomplish something and know loads of people doing similar things to you, you wonder what all…

What Makes Your Heart Beat Hardest? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2XRlcLEFvo “What makes your heart beat hardest?” Answer this most important question for yourself. Then move in that direction with every fiber of your being. Because in truth, nothing else matters. I have stuff to do. Once again,…

Once upon a time, I used to dream of adventure. I sat at home, reading books, flicking through magazines, scrolling through blogs, and drooling over places like this: and even this: Trouble is, they are the sort of places that other people go to. They are places for adventurers and travellers and…

We feel guilty that we’re constantly plugged in. We sense that our smartphones are making us less focused, that constantly checking our email and Twitter is making us less productive, and more disconnected from our real lives. But what do we really know about how our devices are affecting us? We…

REUTERS Fünf Jahre war der frühere Guerilla-Kämpfer José Mujica Präsident Uruguays. Jetzt ist seine Amtszeit vorüber - eine Zeit, die ihm zu weltweitem Ruhm verholfen hat. Ein ehemaliger Guerilla-Kämpfer und "Feind des Systems" steht neben einer Garde von Soldaten und nimmt dem künftigen Präsidenten…

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A couple years ago I went for sushi with Chase Jarvis and as we sat across the table talking about art and commerce and life and stuff, he expressed an idea that I’ve loved and played with ever since – that the task of an artist is this: to create, and to share, and to do whatever you need to do to…

[Photo: Flickr user DWRose ] Feeling stuck in your career isn't just frustrating; it can be debilitating. But the notion that we have to choose a single career path and stick with it from beginning to end is simply a myth. Regardless of your age or experience, we all eventually hit a roadblock at…

After my hugely popular blog post earlier this week, ‘ What kind of man would do that and then brag about it on Facebook?’ , a lot of people have asked me what I think we can do to fix the problem of the ‘Rōnin’ generation – those young men who lack a deep sense of direction and purpose because of…

Air pollution is decreasing over parts of the Middle East. But researchers say that for most Middle Eastern cities, the clearer air is actually a symptom of conflict, not a sign of progress. A team of atmospheric scientists led by Jos Lelieveld discovered that in most of the Middle East, nitrogen…

The rich, diverse, free web that I loved — and spent years in an Iranian jail for — is dying. Why is nobody stopping it? By Hossein Derakhshan Illustrations by Tim McDonagh S even months ago , I sat down at the small table in the kitchen of my 1960s apartment, nestled on the top floor of a building…

Elle Luna is an artist and designer who lives and works in San Francisco. She worked with teams to design and build Mailbox , redesign Uber ’s iPhone app, and scale the storytelling platform Medium . Before startups, Elle spent five years at IDEO where she worked across a variety of industries to…