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Co.Design After a year of ‘Zoom poisoning,’ will we ever love chatting online again? We’ve been trapped in the same chat interfaces for years. Is Clubhouse the paradigm shift we need? Co.Design See the beautiful school these dads built for their daughters Local stoneworkers and furniture makers—many of them dads—construct a new school for girls in a region where female literacy is just 36%. Fast Company Magazine How Salesforce, Spotify, and Okta are redesigning their offices after COVID-19 We’ve all been changed by the pandemic. New office designs reflect that. Co.Design ‘The volume of the problem is astonishing’: Amazon’s battle against fakes may be too little, too late After a major investment in AI, Amazon says it blocked 10 billion attempted counterfeit listings in 2020. But shoppers should still beware. Co.Design This map of the U.S. heating up is horrifying. Show it to every climate denier you know The U.S. looks like it’s on fire. Co.Design What happened to Halston? 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