Suzanne LaBarre
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Past articles by Suzanne:
Why corporate America broke up with design
Every company wanted to be Apple. Then reality set in. → Read More
How GoFundMe’s new pages take a sensitive approach to grief
The crowdfunding website drew inspiration from insurance apps—and the head of design’s own experience with loss. → Read More
Meta faces lawsuit over logo
A blockchain organization is suing Meta for using a logo similar to its own, claiming Meta’s ‘sordid online privacy history’ could jeopardize its reputation. → Read More
Cooper Hewitt Design Museum’s new director: ‘I see design as a great equalizer’
Maria Nicanor, the new director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, wants to change how you think about design. First step? Move away from the shiny object. → Read More
Design leaders at Microsoft, General Mills, and PepsiCo announce ambitious plan to fight climate change
Nine entities, including some that are themselves major environmental polluters, join forces in a nonprofit that addresses the UN’s sustainability goals. → Read More
6 ingenious ideas for push notifications that won’t drive you mad
Google Seed Studio and Map Project Office experiment with new ways to alert you to important information, without distracting you into oblivion. → Read More
The untold story of how Apple built a retail empire on trial and error
In his new book ‘Make to Know,’ ArtCenter College of Design President Lorne Buchman reveals how Apple’s iconic retail-store design owes less to the visionary genius of Steve Jobs than to a collaborative process of iteration, experimentation, and improvisation. → Read More
This AI-generated haunted house is way creepier than the real thing
It’s also a lesson in how flawed AI can be. → Read More
This AI-generated haunted house is way creepier than the real thing
It’s also a lesson in how flawed AI can be. → Read More
3 common assumptions that lead to bad design
Make these three shifts in your design practice to improve how you show up as an expert and a decision maker. → Read More
‘This was a life and death branding assignment’: On advertising for the COVID-19 age
A powerful public-health campaign in Illinois aimed to meet historically underserved residents where they are: on their phones. → Read More
‘This was a life and death branding assignment’: On advertising for the COVID-19 age
A powerful public-health campaign in Illinois aimed to meet historically underserved residents where they are: on their phones. → Read More
Designers rally behind social change, combatting everything from gun violence to racist banking
We look back at 10 years of design innovation in social justice. → Read More
How public-health crises spur major design innovation
Public-health disasters have long given rise to important new design ideas, from Charles and Ray Eames’s molded plywood leg splints to 3D-printed nasal swabs. → Read More
How businesses learned to embrace sustainable design—and where it’s headed next
We look at the winners of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards over the past 10 years as a lens onto a broader shift toward sustainable design thinking. → Read More
How inclusive design became big business
Nike, Google, Microsoft, and Unilever have all embraced accessible and inclusive design. Here’s why. → Read More
Can innovative design get us out of the mess it helped create?
Just because a design is effective doesn’t make it good. The 2021 Innovation by Design honorees are focused on creating a better future by enhancing equity, inclusivity, and sustainability. → Read More
Just 3% of designers are Black—Mitzi Okou is on a mission to change that
After George Floyd’s murder, design organizations pledged solidarity on social media. Where Are the Black Designers? Cofounder Mitzi Okou held them to it. → Read More
“Make your mess beautiful”: How to navigate the chaotic world of startups
Domonique Fines, co-founder of When Founder Met Funder and a Y Combinator alum, offers advice to female and underrepresented founders. → Read More
The best Olympic logos of all time, according to design experts
The real Olympic’s blood sport? Debating the official logos. → Read More