With the stroke of a super-powered digital pen, the Cooper Hewitt reinvents itself and the very way that visitors experience a museum.

As if you needed another reason to head for Seattle, there’s the famous Space Needle, hip since 1962 when it was built for the World’s Fair. Now there’s a brand new way to experience the amazing views. Skypad™, designed by Belle & Wissell, is an award-winning interactive experience that invites guests to browse photo archives, sign into a 3D guestbook, and make their own wonderful (but possibly vertigo-inducing) memories.

Like the tech campuses we've all read about, Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash., has all the perks: ping-pong tables and pinball machines, beach volleyball courts and soccer fields, and of course free snacks. But like the rest of us, Microsoft employees still go to work inside generic-looking corporate buildings and stay inside for long hours at a time. Gensler and Digital Kitchen set out to change that in two Microsoft buildings, where new digital portals connect employees with the world outside.