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Muzli

If Your Brand Isn’t Changing, It’s Already Dying

10 hours ago

Muzli

If Your Brand Isn’t Changing, It’s Already Dying

FastCompany Design

OpenAI wants your brand mascot on Sora. What could possibly go wrong?

When OpenAI launched its text-to-video app Sora in September, there was immediate blowback. To absolutely no one's surprise, users on the platform had a field day using popular characters in their AI-generated videos, in all sorts of—admittedly creative!—situations. (See OpenAI founder Sam Altman ...

7 hours ago

FastCompany Design

OpenAI wants your brand mascot on Sora. What could possibly go wrong?

FastCompany Design

How the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is building a modern brand

The value of higher education has been on a steady decline for Americans over the past 15 years. According to a September Gallup poll, only 35% of U.S. adults said a college education is “very important,” compared to 75% in 2010. This is what a marketer would call a brand problem. The University ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

How the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is building a modern brand

FastCompany Design

This Black-owned clean makeup startup bootstrapped its way to being a $10 million brand

Many entrepreneurs launch beauty startups because they see a glaring gap in the market. It's only after they've formulated their products and launched them that they learn how incredibly difficult it is to turn a profit as a beauty business. That wasn't the case for Tisha Thompson, founder of LYS ...

2 days ago

FastCompany Design

This Black-owned clean makeup startup bootstrapped its way to being a $10 million brand

FastCompany Design

How Mamdani could push a bold redesign of New York’s streets

When he takes office next year, Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor of New York City in decades not to own a car. Mamdani—who bikes and rides public transit to work—wants to make city buses both faster to ride and free, building on a fare-free pilot he helped run in 2023. He also plans to ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

How Mamdani could push a bold redesign of New York’s streets

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 ...

2 days ago

FastCompany Design

Zohran Mamdani actually won two elections