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Apple
fromZDNET
21 hours ago

I'm ready for a foldable iPhone, but only if Apple does this right

Apple is rumored to release a foldable iPhone in 2026, requiring significant iOS changes for multitasking capabilities.
#graphic-design
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
34 minutes ago

Graphic design schools are teaching tech, but are they teaching taste?

Graphic design education should prioritize creativity and knowledge over job placement, treating it as a liberal art rather than a trade school.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
34 minutes ago

Graphic design schools are teaching tech, but are they teaching taste?

Graphic design education should prioritize creativity and knowledge over job placement, treating it as a liberal art rather than a trade school.
Software development
fromBusiness Matters
2 days ago

Top Benefits of Using Structural Design Software (And Why Spreadsheets Won't Cut It Anymore)

Modern structural design software automates repetitive tasks, improving accuracy and efficiency while reducing errors and costs in complex engineering projects.
fromUSA TODAY
1 day ago

How this laptop sleeve is changing the way people work from anywhere

The Ergo Sleeve is a laptop sleeve that unfolds into a portable ergonomic workstation, combining a laptop stand, wrist support and workspace organization into one slim design.
Wearables
#ai
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
4 days ago

Notes from the people building your future

AI-driven job displacement requires thoughtful policy to ensure equitable distribution of prosperity and prevent increased inequality.
UX design
fromMedium
2 days ago

The trust-latency gap: why the future of UX is intentionally slower

AI chat assistants use word-by-word responses to build anticipation and enhance user trust.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
4 days ago

Notes from the people building your future

AI-driven job displacement requires thoughtful policy to ensure equitable distribution of prosperity and prevent increased inequality.
UX design
fromMedium
2 days ago

The trust-latency gap: why the future of UX is intentionally slower

AI chat assistants use word-by-word responses to build anticipation and enhance user trust.
Bicycling
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

A sleek, wearable airbag for cyclists is nearly here

A new airbag system integrated into a skinsuit for cyclists aims to enhance rider safety during high-speed races.
Tech industry
fromThe Verge
12 hours ago

Microsoft's finally giving up on its massive Surface Hub touchscreen displays

Microsoft is ending production of the Surface Hub 3 and canceling plans for Surface Hub 4.
Web development
fromCSS-Tricks
1 day ago

7 View Transitions Recipes to Try | CSS-Tricks

View transitions enhance user experience and are supported by major browsers, but require careful setup and understanding of animation types.
Berlin music
fromArchDaily
1 day ago

Milan Design Week 2026: Must-See Installations, Exhibitions, and Events

Milan Design Week 2026 emphasizes design as a dynamic, human-centered process focused on exploration and experimentation.
Marketing tech
fromForbes
2 days ago

How AI Interfaces Are Reshaping Discovery, Trust And Decision Making

The traditional home page is losing its significance as AI assistants reshape how users interact with brands online.
Productivity
fromFast Company
1 day ago

The productivity question AI forces us to ask

Productivity tools increase capabilities but also raise expectations, leading to a cycle of anxiety and an overwhelming pace of work.
#future-of-work
Remote teams
fromForbes
5 days ago

The Shift From Place To Performance In Workplace Design

The future of work focuses on workplace performance metrics rather than just location, emphasizing adaptability and efficiency.
fromSilicon Canals
20 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

The rise of the generalist - Silicon Canals

39% of core skills will change by 2030, emphasizing the value of generalist skills over specialist credentials.
Remote teams
fromForbes
5 days ago

The Shift From Place To Performance In Workplace Design

The future of work focuses on workplace performance metrics rather than just location, emphasizing adaptability and efficiency.
Remodel
fromTasting Table
2 days ago

Upcycle Those Old Fruit Containers To Keep Kitchen Drawers In Tip-Top Shape - Tasting Table

Repurposing plastic fruit containers for kitchen organization enhances efficiency, reduces waste, and saves money.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

AI and the 10-Minute Mind

Ten minutes of AI use can significantly reduce persistence and impair independent cognitive performance, undermining the long-term journey to expertise.
Online learning
fromMedium
2 days ago

Designing adaptive teams

Organizations must cultivate a collective capacity to learn faster than competitors to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.
Everyday cooking
fromFast Company
1 week ago

The simple cutting board gets a long-overdue modular redesign

The cutting board design has evolved with the launch of Prepwell's modular Chef Station, enhancing food preparation efficiency.
#design
fromMedium
13 hours ago
UX design

How to turn your competitor's worst reviews into your strongest design argument

UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

Designers finally have a say in the product they design.

AI empowers designers by restoring their decision-making authority in the design process.
UX design
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

Sorry, designers, we don't decide the future of design

Designers do not shape their field; they respond to market-driven changes, especially with the rise of AI in design processes.
Web design
fromLukew
6 days ago

LukeW | Should Designers

Designers should code, and AI coding agents are bridging the gap between design and development.
UX design
fromMedium
13 hours ago

How to turn your competitor's worst reviews into your strongest design argument

Convincing stakeholders requires better evidence, often sourced from competitive research, rather than just better arguments.
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

Designers finally have a say in the product they design.

AI empowers designers by restoring their decision-making authority in the design process.
UX design
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

Sorry, designers, we don't decide the future of design

Designers do not shape their field; they respond to market-driven changes, especially with the rise of AI in design processes.
Agriculture
fromdesign-milk.com
6 days ago

Reused Shipping Containers Form A Flexible Workplace in Spain

Agricultural design requires unique considerations, as seen in Agrosemillas' headquarters, which integrates local materials and efficient layouts.
#architecture
Design
fromArchDaily
7 hours ago

What Lies Beneath: 10 Projects Reshaping the Ground Level

Architecture's pursuit of lightness often leads to fragmented public spaces rather than continuous, accessible ground areas.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 day ago

Mapping the Technosphere: Architecture as an Interface Between Systems and Territories

Architecture must be viewed as interconnected with technical networks that support modern life, requiring new approaches and understandings.
Design
fromArchDaily
7 hours ago

What Lies Beneath: 10 Projects Reshaping the Ground Level

Architecture's pursuit of lightness often leads to fragmented public spaces rather than continuous, accessible ground areas.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 day ago

Mapping the Technosphere: Architecture as an Interface Between Systems and Territories

Architecture must be viewed as interconnected with technical networks that support modern life, requiring new approaches and understandings.
#furniture-design
Renovation
fromDesign Milk
1 day ago

Circularity Cements Memory in Cast Concrete

True ingenuity in architecture lies in negotiation with the past rather than erasure, as demonstrated by the Trace project in London.
Bicycling
fromBikerumor
1 day ago

First Look: Bumbinos Modular Strap-On Kids Bike Fenders Take The Ass Out Of Ass Savers

Bumbinos offers kid-friendly bike fenders that combine functionality with fun designs, promoting cycling without inappropriate language.
Apple
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

You can make a multicolor MacBook Neo out of Apple's spare parts

Apple allows customization of the MacBook Neo with various spare parts in different colors, enhancing personalization options.
Data science
fromMedium
1 week ago

Context matters... A lot

Large language models excel at tasks but struggle with context, leading to potentially misleading answers despite their capabilities.
Remodel
fromTasting Table
3 days ago

Where To Place The Sink When Designing A Kitchen (And Why It Matters) - Tasting Table

The kitchen sink's placement is crucial for functionality and influences the overall kitchen layout.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
5 days ago

While AI is building the web faster than ever, accessibility can't be left behind

AI has accelerated marketing processes, but speed can compromise accessibility, impacting customer experience and conversion rates for people with disabilities.
Software development
fromInfoWorld
2 days ago

AI has to be dull before it can be sexy

The gap in enterprise AI lies in building effective systems for retrieval, evaluation, memory, and governance, not just access to models.
fromBon Appetit
1 day ago

Dyson's Sleek 'Pencil' Vacuum Got Me to Clean My Kitchen More Often

The PencilVac sufficed as a surface sweeper on rugs, but I found that even with the more powerful turbo mode activated, it left debris in the recesses of my textured doormats.
Gadgets
Graphic design
fromMedium
1 day ago

Practical Guide for Creating Animated Effects with Claude Code

Use specific, clear prompts for Claude Code to create effective animated effects.
Gadgets
fromWIRED
3 days ago

No 2-in-1 Laptop Is Perfect, but These Are the Best I've Tested

2-in-1 devices combine tablet and laptop functionalities, but often favor one over the other.
UX design
fromMedium
3 days ago

Rethinking design critique

Design critique is essential for designers to build knowledge and confidence through structured feedback and reflection.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
2 days ago

This collaged architect's identity from Alexis Mark drew from departure boards and timetables

Collage serves as a central identity for Cobe, blending playful design with systematic organization inspired by transit communication systems.
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

You can't design what you won't maintain

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is one of the most idyllic cities in the Canary Islands. At its heart stands the jewel - the Auditorio. It's a place where talent from both worlds, New and Old, comes together. A theatre, opera, dance, and music heaven.
Berlin
Design
fromArchitectural Digest
15 hours ago

An Eames House for Everyone: Could This New 'DIY Kit' Change How We Live?

Eames Office and Kettal will launch a modular housing system inspired by the Eames House at Milan Design Week 2026.
#ux-writing
UX design
fromMedium
2 days ago

Most products don't need tone of voice - they need a point

Focus on practical content that aids user tasks rather than on tone or personality.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

You're not supposed to get it right

Design challenges for UX writers can be intimidating due to the pressure of making quick, impactful decisions and the emphasis on visual elements.
UX design
fromMedium
2 days ago

Most products don't need tone of voice - they need a point

Focus on practical content that aids user tasks rather than on tone or personality.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

You're not supposed to get it right

Design challenges for UX writers can be intimidating due to the pressure of making quick, impactful decisions and the emphasis on visual elements.
DevOps
fromMedium
4 weeks ago

System Design - Designing Intelligent UIs as MCP Client

MCP is a standardized interface enabling AI models to dynamically discover and invoke tools, APIs, and capabilities through schema-driven contracts rather than hardcoded integrations.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 day ago

Architecture of Water: Disappearing Fixtures in Contemporary Wellness

Advanced bathroom design emphasizes minimalism by making fixtures less visible, allowing water and light to shape the experience.
UX design
fromMedium
1 day ago

The erosion of design authority, burnout problems, invisible customers

Vibe coding is reshaping design authority by bridging the gap between description and interaction.
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

Designing for Obsolescence in an Age of Perpetual Upgrades

In the nineteenth century, entire railway networks became obsolete almost overnight, not due to physical deterioration, but because of changes in the technical standards that supported them. The expansion of railroads across Europe and North America adopted different track gauges, and as a dominant standard gradually emerged, these infrastructures became incompatible with one another.
Renovation
Design
fromDesign Milk
6 days ago

An Argument for Interior Design with Neuroaesthetics in Mind

Interior design should prioritize functional aesthetics to enhance mental health, creativity, and interpersonal connections through a new field called Neuroarchitecture.
#ai-agents
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

Designers, your next user won't be human

Every SaaS company will transform into agentic-as-a-service platforms, requiring designers to solve fundamental problems in agent interaction, behavior, and user experience as AI agents become central to enterprise software.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

Designers, your next user won't be human

Every SaaS company will transform into agentic-as-a-service platforms, requiring designers to solve fundamental problems in agent interaction, behavior, and user experience as AI agents become central to enterprise software.
#ux-design
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

The mirage of UX Design's demise keeps coming back

The claim that 'UX Design is dead' reflects deeper anxieties about existence and professional relevance.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Beyond the user: why design needs to widen its circle

Human-centered design must evolve to consider ecological impacts alongside user comfort and needs.
UX design
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Design has been solving the wrong problem

Design should prioritize real-life usability over aesthetic appeal to enhance long-term satisfaction with products.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Who are we really designing for?

Designing effectively requires distinguishing between the individual User and the collective Customer.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

The UX ground is shaking, synthetic users, building perspective

A clear design perspective is crucial; it defines what to exclude, ensuring focus on what truly matters.
Software development
fromMedium
1 month ago

You're still designing for an architecture that no longer exists

The traditional graphical user interface built on windows, menus, and clicks is being replaced by AI-driven environments where work happens through natural interaction without navigating applications or interfaces.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Human-Centred Design has grown up. It's time we did too.

Technology must prioritize human needs over user convenience to avoid harm.
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

Design engineers, UX Design's demise, forget your "lovable" products

Design Engineering merges visual design and front-end development, focusing on the intersection of design decisions and technical implementation.
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

What AI exposes about design

AI is transforming design by automating tasks, emphasizing speed, and allowing a focus on user satisfaction and meaningful outcomes.
UX design
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

The three thirds

Many mid-career designers feel disillusioned as they reach a ceiling in their careers, realizing the promised growth and impact is limited.
fromFlowingData
1 month ago

Illustrated engineering in everyday objects

I take the product apart. CAD it up. Illustrate each view. Then animate and lay it out for the web. That sounds quick, but it does take me quite a bit of time to create each one.
Graphic design
fromv buckenham
2 months ago

Some thoughts about tool design and AI

The normative form for interacting with what we think of as "AI" is something like this: there's a chat you type a question you wait for a few seconds you start seeing an answer. you start reading it you read or scan some more tens of seconds longer, while the rest of the response appears you maybe study the response in more detail you respond the loop continues
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
2 months ago

Against cleverness

Today we are at the cusp of revolutions in artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, renewable energy, and biotechnology. Each brings extraordinary promise, but each introduces more complexity, more interdependence, and more latent pathways to failure. This elevates prudence to be critical. Good design recognizes what cannot be foreseen. It acknowledges the limits of prediction and control. It builds not merely for performance, but for recovery.
Design
fromMedium
2 months ago

Against cleverness

Design complex systems to anticipate unpredictability, favor systemic resilience over individual blame, and make correct actions the natural, default behavior.
UX design
fromFast Company
1 month ago

5 design principles to feel fully alive

Meaningful life emerges through daily design practices and experiences rather than one-time discovery, with aliveness and human potential exceeding what any single lifetime can express.
UX design
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Stop designing for categories, start designing for life in motion

Design for fluctuating ability states rather than fixed demographics to make products usable across contexts, increasing relevance, adoption, and satisfaction.
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

The natural design process

Design should return to essential, natural practices emphasizing observation and focused problem-solving rather than bloated processes.
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

From Design to Code: Copiloting the Future of Design Systems

AI automation requires design systems to be structurally precise, with explicit behavioral rules and enforceable processes rather than human-tolerated flexibility.
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