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UX Collective

AI tools + AI fluency + human advantage = AI-native designer

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UX Collective

AI tools + AI fluency + human advantage = AI-native designer

Muzli

Designing for synthetic empathy: Making tech feel more human

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Muzli

Designing for synthetic empathy: Making tech feel more human

Muzli

How to Create a Strong and Memorable Brand

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Muzli

How to Create a Strong and Memorable Brand

Muzli

How to design for short attention spans

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Muzli

How to design for short attention spans

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 514

2 days ago

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 514

FastCompany Design

A new generation of magazines is getting kids to put down their phones

On a recent Saturday afternoon, I noticed an unusual silence from my 9-year-old's room. I was surprised to find she wasn't taking advantage of her allotted two hours of screen time; instead, she was curled up on her chair reading a magazine. Three decades ago, when I was her age, this wouldn't ...

19 hours ago

FastCompany Design

A new generation of magazines is getting kids to put down their phones

FastCompany Design

What if transportation were treated like a phone plan?

Transportation can be affordable or even “free” (to the user) if we rethink the assumptions baked into our infrastructure and business models. The prevailing belief in the U.S. is that roads, buses, bikes, and other forms of mobility must be either government-funded, directly paid for by customers ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

What if transportation were treated like a phone plan?

FastCompany Design

New York City’s most iconic hotel just got a $2 billion glow-up

“A 1.6 million square foot, three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle.” That is how architect Frank Mahan, from the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, described the Waldorf Astoria's near $2-billion renovation project on a recent behind-the-scenes tour. "If you were here a few months ago, or a year ago, ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

New York City’s most iconic hotel just got a $2 billion glow-up

FastCompany Design

This purse that doubles as a speaker is the ultimate party trick

These specialty-made purses double as a mobile DJ kit. That's because Nik Bentel Studio's newest purse, called the Tati Fête Bag, is actually wearable tech. The bag comes in two models: The $350 Speaker Bag, which pairs with bluetooth, and the $400 Mixer Bag, which has four input channels and ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

This purse that doubles as a speaker is the ultimate party trick

FastCompany Design

How the internet could be redesigned to promote collective care

In 2001, social theorist bell hooks warned about the dangers of a loveless zeitgeist. In “All About Love: New Visions,” she lamented “the lack of an ongoing public discussion ... about the practice of love in our culture and in our lives.” Back then, the internet was at a crossroads. The ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

How the internet could be redesigned to promote collective care

FastCompany Design

Meta is using tents to build its giant AI data centers

When Mark Zuckerberg announced on July 14 that his company Meta was embarking on a project to build massively power-hungry data centers to support its ambitions for advancing artificial intelligence, the imagery that accompanied his posts on Facebook and Threads was stark. The data centers he was announcing ...

2 days ago

FastCompany Design

Meta is using tents to build its giant AI data centers

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