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FastCompany Design

Inside Netflix’s big deal with AB InBev

The term brand entertainment is tough to define. For many people, it’s an oxymoron and these two words should never be in the same room as one another. For many others, though, it’s simply when brands make stuff we actually want to pay attention to. It could be a short ad, or a feature-length ...

2 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Inside Netflix’s big deal with AB InBev

UX Collective

We wanted Superman-level AI. Instead, we got Bizarro.

7 hours ago

UX Collective

We wanted Superman-level AI. Instead, we got Bizarro.

UX Collective

Is Figma in its accessibility era?

7 hours ago

UX Collective

Is Figma in its accessibility era?

FastCompany Design

This fantastical pop-up book tells the mind-bending history of typography

Have you ever wondered how the letter “A” got its shape" Or why some fonts instantly look “psychedelic”" Or where the word “text” even came from in the first place" Kelli Anderson, a graphic artist, author, and master of all things paper, has asked all of those questions—and she’s ...

8 hours ago

FastCompany Design

This fantastical pop-up book tells the mind-bending history of typography

FastCompany Design

Zohran Mamdani actually won two elections

The people of New York have spoken. In electing Zohran Mamdani mayor, they voted for generational change, democratic socialism, and joyful pop-culture politics. The historical significance of Mamdani’s victory will be parsed for days, weeks, and years to come. But the people of New York did not ...

9 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Zohran Mamdani actually won two elections

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FastCompany Design

This typeface is too elegant to ignore

Porte Neue is the typeface of effortless sophistication, and that's why the ‘Fast Company’ design team chose it for the latest issue

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FastCompany Design

This typeface is too elegant to ignore

FastCompany Design

France threatens to block Shein over selling childlike sex dolls

French authorities have warned they may block access to Shein after it emerged that the online fast fashion giant had been selling sex dolls with a childlike appearance. France’s consumer watchdog, the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control, said last week it ...

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FastCompany Design

France threatens to block Shein over selling childlike sex dolls

FastCompany Design

Forget AI companions. This $249 AI ring lets you talk to yourself

There's a new AI companion in town. Just don't call it that. Launching today, Stream Ring is a wearable device that lets you capture your thoughts, brainstorm ideas, prepare for an interview, or—if you're the company CTO's 7-year-old child—simply learn about dinosaurs. The ring, which ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

Forget AI companions. This $249 AI ring lets you talk to yourself

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 530

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Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 530

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 530

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Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 530

UX Collective

Shifting within: creating change inside a corrupt system without losing ourselves

1 day ago

UX Collective

Shifting within: creating change inside a corrupt system without losing ourselves

Muzli

How I Built a Data Factory for 6,000 Years of History

2 days ago

Muzli

How I Built a Data Factory for 6,000 Years of History

smashing magazine

How To Leverage Component Variants In Penpot

With component variants, design systems become more flexible, letting you reuse the same component while adapting its look or state with ease. In this article, Daniel Schwarz demonstrates how design tokens can be leveraged to manage components and their variations using Penpot, the open-source tool built ...

2 days ago

smashing magazine

How To Leverage Component Variants In Penpot

UX Collective

How AI writing tools fail to speak to writers

2 days ago

UX Collective

How AI writing tools fail to speak to writers

UX Collective

A Hippocratic Oath for tech… with teeth

2 days ago

UX Collective

A Hippocratic Oath for tech… with teeth