innovation by design 2026
IF “THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL INDUSTRIAL WASTE INCINERATOR” SOUNDS LIKE AN OXYMORON, JUST PERUSE THIS YEAR’S CROP OF INNOVATION BY DESIGN WINNERS. THIS COLLECTION OF HONOREES ILLUSTRATES HOW THE HUMAN TION CAN TRANSFORM THE MOST MUNDANE CONCEPTS (A TOILET, A SOFA) INTO INSPIRED NEW CREATIONS.
WHAT I_M WARP ART SPEED
UNDER NEW CEO JOHN FURNER, WALMART IS UNDERGOING AN AMBITIOUS TRANSFORMA-TION, USING AI AND AUTO-MATION TO BECOME THE FASTEST RETAILER ON THE PLANET. INSIDE ITS HIGH-TECH SPRINT TO THE FUTURE.
World Changing Ideas
BIG PROBLEMS NEED CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, AND THESE PROJECTS DELIVER. SOME ARE TACKLING ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY, WHILE OTHERS ARE USING NEW TECH TO SOLVE OLD PROBLEMS (AND VICE VERSA!). ALL ARE AMBITIOUS ENOUGH TO GET EXCITED ABOUT.
AI 20: Rising Stars expanding AI´s Research
These 20 human beings are inventing new ways to harness the ever-accelerating cognitive power of agentic AI.
01 GOOGLE
FOR SEEING INTO OUR AI-ASSISTED FUTURE
10 PROXIMITY MEDIA
FOR GENERATING BLOCKBUSTER REVENUES FROM INDIE STORYLINES
OCTOPUS FARM
THEY'RE CLEVER, THEY'RE OTHERWORLDLY, AND IF A GROWING BAND OF COMPANIES AND SCIENTISTS HAVE THEIR WAY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RAISED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSIDE THE BIRTH OF A NEW AND CONTROVERSIAL INDUSTRY.
WHO'LL START THE RAIN?
RAINMAKER FOUNDER AND CEO AUGUSTUS DORICKO WANTS TO HELP DROUGHT-PRONE AREAS BY USING DRONES TO NUDGE CLOUDS INTO PRODUCING SNOW AND RAIN. HE'S GENERATING A STORM OF CONTROVERSY IN THE PROCESS.
innovation by design 2026
IF “THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL INDUSTRIAL WASTE INCINERATOR” SOUNDS LIKE AN OXYMORON, JUST PERUSE THIS YEAR’S CROP OF INNOVATION BY DESIGN WINNERS. THIS COLLECTION OF HONOREES ILLUSTRATES HOW THE HUMAN TION CAN TRANSFORM THE MOST MUNDANE CONCEPTS (A TOILET, A SOFA) INTO INSPIRED NEW CREATIONS.
WHAT I_M WARP ART SPEED
UNDER NEW CEO JOHN FURNER, WALMART IS UNDERGOING AN AMBITIOUS TRANSFORMA-TION, USING AI AND AUTO-MATION TO BECOME THE FASTEST RETAILER ON THE PLANET. INSIDE ITS HIGH-TECH SPRINT TO THE FUTURE.
World Changing Ideas
BIG PROBLEMS NEED CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, AND THESE PROJECTS DELIVER. SOME ARE TACKLING ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY, WHILE OTHERS ARE USING NEW TECH TO SOLVE OLD PROBLEMS (AND VICE VERSA!). ALL ARE AMBITIOUS ENOUGH TO GET EXCITED ABOUT.
AI 20: Rising Stars expanding AI´s Research
These 20 human beings are inventing new ways to harness the ever-accelerating cognitive power of agentic AI.
01 GOOGLE
FOR SEEING INTO OUR AI-ASSISTED FUTURE
10 PROXIMITY MEDIA
FOR GENERATING BLOCKBUSTER REVENUES FROM INDIE STORYLINES
OCTOPUS FARM
THEY'RE CLEVER, THEY'RE OTHERWORLDLY, AND IF A GROWING BAND OF COMPANIES AND SCIENTISTS HAVE THEIR WAY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RAISED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSIDE THE BIRTH OF A NEW AND CONTROVERSIAL INDUSTRY.
WHO'LL START THE RAIN?
RAINMAKER FOUNDER AND CEO AUGUSTUS DORICKO WANTS TO HELP DROUGHT-PRONE AREAS BY USING DRONES TO NUDGE CLOUDS INTO PRODUCING SNOW AND RAIN. HE'S GENERATING A STORM OF CONTROVERSY IN THE PROCESS.