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How Cambodian Refugees Started the Pink Doughnut Box Trend

California shop owners have made the pink doughnut box an icon.

Fans of The Office, Rejoice: A Dunder Mifflin LEGO Set Could Someday Become a Reality

That's what she said.

IKEA’s New Augmented Reality App Lets You Test Out Virtual Furniture in Your Home

It's the next best thing to actually having the products in the room with you.

“Dissension” by Tobias Rothe. Original image courtesy Fondazione Federico Zeri/Università di Bologna // CC-BY 3.0

Get Your GIFs Ready for This International Public Domain GIF-Making Competition

Hosted by digital libraries in Europe, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, GIF IT UP honors the best animated images that use public domain images.

Meet the 12-Year-Old Boy Who Makes Surreal-Looking Dolls Using Found Materials

Some dolls are cutesy, but not Callum Grujicich's fantastical creations.

The Secret to the World's Most Comfortable Bed Might Be Yak Hair

Instead of counting sheep, you may want to start counting yaks.

Chocolate Maps Turn the Streets of Famous Cities Into Edible Art

London, Tel Aviv, and New York City now come in chocolate.

What It's Like to Hire a Virtual Interior Designer

Modsy will create a 3D rendering of your home and populate it with real furniture you can buy.

The 'Diverging Diamond' Could Be Improving Traffic on a Road Near You Soon

You'll never have to turn against traffic again. Well, not to get on the highway, at least.

Artist Screen-Prints Fabrics With Bacteria

The process is environmentally friendly and the results are beautiful.

Artist Screen-Prints Fabrics With Bacteria

The process is environmentally friendly and the results are beautiful.

Courtesy of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, MD

Frances Glessner Lee's Crime Dioramas Are Getting Their Own Smithsonian Exhibition

The "Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death" were used to train investigators to solve murders, suicides, and other mysterious cases.

5 Reasons It’s So Hard to Sell a Frank Lloyd Wright House

Offloading an architectural marvel isn't always easy.

Watch an Artist Build a Secret Studio Beneath an Overpass

What it lacks in convenience it makes up for in privacy.

IKEA Publishes Instructions for Turning Rugs Into Game of Thrones Capes

<em>Game of Thrones</em> costume designers use rugs from IKEA to make their capes—now you can too.

Meet Mexico City’s New Official Emojis

Mexico City put out a call for new symbols to represent the metropolis. These designers knocked it out of the park.

This California Bus Stop Doubles as an Experimental Perfume Lab

A recent art installation lets people explore the scents of L.A. before getting on the bus.

The Most Overused Business Jargon in Each State

Please, don't ever use the phrase "revolutioneering."

How Pantone Comes Up With New Colors for Its Authoritative Guide

The process takes years.

This Vacation Rental Site Will Let You Stay in a Frank Lloyd Wright House

Plans Matter is basically Airbnb, but only for houses with impeccable architectural pedigrees.

Dive Into What the Web Looked Like 10 Years Ago With This Site

It’s not a pretty sight.

Studio Roosegaarde's Van Gogh path in the Netherlands in 2014.

Glow-in-the-Dark Paths Come to Singapore

Singapore is testing a glow-in-the-dark road material in a new park.

Lovely Vintage Manuals Show How to Design for the Human Body

A design agency launched a Kickstarter to get the landmark Humanscale Manuals, first published in 1974, back in the hands of everyday designers.

Graphic Designer Visualizes America's Major Rivers as Subway Routes

"I have always been fascinated by transit maps and river systems, and I thought, 'Why not put them together?'"

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