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Culture
Why Do You Work? Your Answer Might Make the Work Issue
We're currently assembling our Work issue, which looks at the changing role of work in our lives; what our work says about us; and how we can...
Business
Skechers's Amazing Toms Shoes Rip Off
Bobs, like much like Toms, is a one syllable, generic name. Both shoes are little canvas slip-ons with cute patterns. See the pattern?
Culture
Are You an Asker or a Guesser?
For those who find the odd bit of behavioral psychology as interesting as I do, take a look at this excerpt from a recent Guardian article on...
Lifestyle
What if Everything You Needed to Survive Had to Fit Through a Tiny Hole? (Not Your Mouth)
Newsweek just published a great piece outlining the struggles of the 33 Chilean miners trapped 2,230 feet underground. From now until a rescue...
Business
Transparency: Crime Rates and Unemployment Rates
The unemployment rate is the highest it's been in 20 years. One might assume that as more and more people fell out of work, the crime rate would...
Transparency
Transparency: The Rise of Atheism in America
America has always been a religious country. But a recent study finds that might be changing; The percent of the country who considers...
Design
Ten Ways to Take Up Less Space
As America's interest in McMansions dwindles, could an opposite extreme take hold? All but one of the pint-sized abodes on Mother Nature...
Three Years of Silent Retreat
A conversation with one of the West's only female lamas, Christie McNally. In late 2010, in the sun scorched highlands of Arizona's Chirakawa...
Culture
Inspiration: Wheelchair Athlete Pulls First Ever Double Backflip
Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham is an 18-year-old wheelchair athlete from Las Vegas, Nevada. In the following video, watch as he triumphantly lands...
Culture
Infographic: The New American Marriage
A Pew study showing the decline of marriage among lower-income groups, among other findings, is visualized here.
GOOD Blog
People Who Carry Guns Are More Likely to Get Shot, Killed
The principle behind Chekhov's Gun goes something like this: If there's a rifle in the first act, it better be fired by the third. The great...
GOOD Blog
Love and Marriage (and Infographics)
The Pew Research Center's report on the state of marriage in states across the country is full of fascinating information-such as the amusingly...
Culture
Dodgeball
Anyone who remembers childhood as a time of innocence and joy was never on the wrong side of a dodgeball. If you ever packed a few extra...
GOOD Blog
Will You Get the H1N1 Flu Shot?
I seem to be hearing stories both about how dangerous the H1N1 flu can be (even for young, previously healthy people) and about how many people...
Culture
Urban Golf
Certain personal attributes can be advantageous in particular sports. In basketball, height helps. For sprinting, fast twitch muscle fibers...
Technology
The Evolution of Storage
If you haven't already seen this Evolution of Storage infographic, take a look. It's beautiful and fun, and it has me thinking about the way we...
The Community Board
How GOOD are you?
As designers we all want to make money, at times immense amounts of money. But, do we ever stop, look around us and think? What makes a good...
Culture
This Year I Will Be More Resolute. What Did You Resolve?
We at GOOD generally consider New Year's resolutions to be tools of the weak. On the other hand, resolutions are fantastic tools for dealing with...
