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FastCompany Design

Why urban planners should strive for ‘the photo album standard’

My family had Slide Show Night when I was growing up. Not every Saturday, but a whole bunch of Saturdays. Either my sister or I would be in charge of setting up the projector, the screen, and loading the carousel. During the show, there'd be a few landscapes or skylines taken during vacations, but almost ...

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FastCompany Design

Why urban planners should strive for ‘the photo album standard’

FastCompany Design

Whether you use it or not, better public transit makes your commute better

You're stuck in traffic again, late for work, watching brake lights stretch to the horizon. According to the most recent data in the U.S. (2024), here are some of the ways traffic jams are lowering the quality of life: Americans lost an average of an entire work week sitting in traffic. Commuter ...

3 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Whether you use it or not, better public transit makes your commute better

UX Collective

Field study: prototypes over mockups

9 hours ago

UX Collective

Field study: prototypes over mockups

FastCompany Design

Anthropic is fighting with a big client, and it’s actually good for its brand

Can a headline-making squabble with a client actually be good for a brand? This week’s dispute between the Department of Defense and Anthropic, a high-profile player in the super-competitive field of artificial intelligence, may be just that. The dispute involves whether the Pentagon, which ...

10 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Anthropic is fighting with a big client, and it’s actually good for its brand

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Runway vs Malloy: exploring what they could be used for in everyday motion design

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Runway vs Malloy: exploring what they could be used for in everyday motion design

Muzli

Beyond Digital: Why Banks Must Move to Design-Led Transformation

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Beyond Digital: Why Banks Must Move to Design-Led Transformation

FastCompany Design

Lego’s new Monet-inspired set is full of hidden details

From afar, Lego’s new set inspired by Claude Monet’s painting Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies looks like a slightly more vivid version of the original. Step a bit closer, though, and you’ll find that its intricate brushstrokes are composed of Lego bananas, katana swords, and carrot tops. ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

Lego’s new Monet-inspired set is full of hidden details

FastCompany Design

This new social network is designed specifically for neurodivergent adults

Can AI help neurodivergent adults connect with each other? That's the bet of a new social network called Synchrony, which believes AI and a well-designed social network with the right safeguards can reduce social atomization and calm the overwhelming cacophony of socializing online. Launching February ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

This new social network is designed specifically for neurodivergent adults

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 544

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Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 544

FastCompany Design

Political branding’s most infamous punctuation mark launched decades before you think

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential campaign is remembered a decade on for the exclamation point in its "Jeb!" logo, but Jesse Jackson's campaign actually used the punctuation 28 years before him. Jackson, the civil rights activist who died Tuesday at the age of 84, ran for president ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

Political branding’s most infamous punctuation mark launched decades before you think

UX Collective

Are we performing ourselves into exhaustion?

2 days ago

UX Collective

Are we performing ourselves into exhaustion?

UX Collective

OpenAI: from ads to content

2 days ago

UX Collective

OpenAI: from ads to content

Muzli

You Don’t Need More Skills. You Need Standards.

2 days ago

Muzli

You Don’t Need More Skills. You Need Standards.

smashing magazine

Designing A Streak System: The UX And Psychology Of Streaks

What makes streaks so powerful and addictive? To design them well, you need to understand how they align with human psychology. Victor Ayomipo breaks down the UX and design principles behind effective streak systems.

2 days ago

smashing magazine

Designing A Streak System: The UX And Psychology Of Streaks

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 544

2 days ago

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 544

UX Collective

5 Reasons why AR glasses are inevitable

2 days ago

UX Collective

5 Reasons why AR glasses are inevitable

UX Collective

Bad (model) behaviour by design

2 days ago

UX Collective

Bad (model) behaviour by design

UX Collective

The problem with best practices in the age of AI

I showed my team an AI-generated design. Two senior designers called it &x2018;solid.' None of them questioned where it came from. Continue reading on UX Collective »

2 days ago

UX Collective

The problem with best practices in the age of AI

Muzli

The Reality of Game UI/UX Design: The Unfiltered Truth About PS5, VR, and PC Gaming

2 days ago

Muzli

The Reality of Game UI/UX Design: The Unfiltered Truth About PS5, VR, and PC Gaming