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Hunter Schwarz

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With Meta’s Muse Charm, AI enters its kawaii era

To sell AI hardware as a consumer product, Meta designed its Muse Charm and chatbot to be cute.

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This app is a smart glasses creep detector

By recognizing Bluetooth signals from top smart-eyewear brands, ZuckOff notifies users of nearby AI glasses.

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Trump loves good ratings. He won’t find them on ‘Trump TV’

A just-launched YouTube channel that shows nothing but 24/7 Trump clips is having trouble attracting viewers.

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This futuristic Nike speed suit has an opening for a ponytail

Runner Keely Hodgkinson set a meet and venue record wearing a one-of-one speed suit that looks like a superhero costume.

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How one branding agency redesigned its website to reduce carbon emissions

MEK, in Melbourne, Australia, ditched duplicated HTML tags and welcomed a new font in order to make its digital footprint more sustainable.

21.09.2026 3

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Think you can design a better iPhone? Here’s your chance

Your imagination is the limit with a new “Design the Next iPhone” simulator.

18.09.2026 3

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Does Novo Nordisk’s slimmed down rebrand signal a new era of DTC revivalism?

The drugmaker behind Ozempic and Wegovy wants to be on a first-name basis with customers.

16.09.2026 3

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‘I wanted it to be raw’: Paula Scher explains her squished map logo

Created for a revue of women-written plays, the handmade logo is designed to reflect how women are “squeezed out of democracy.”

16.09.2026 5

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It took 2,977 drones to create this stunning 9/11 memorial show. Here’s how they pulled it off

One of the biggest challenges was finding a suitable launch location.

11.09.2026 6

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Trump wanted to change the design of mail-in ballot envelopes. A court just ruled against him

The Trump administration asked local election officials to add a new barcode to their mail-in ballot envelopes, a demand that would have caused...

11.09.2026 10

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Apple’s new iPhone Duo turns the interface on its head

The iPhone Duo takes controls that once were displayed horizontally and turns them vertical.

10.09.2026 6

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Rick Owens, Kelly Wearstler, and Playlab just redefined the chair

Could unique materials and avant-garde designs shape new industrial design classics?

09.09.2026 7

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Team Lake Ontario, or team Lake America? There’s a hat for both camps

‘Canada Is Not for Sale’ is meant to ‘subvert President Trump’s most powerful political symbol and meet him where he is.’

09.09.2026 8

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This 3D-printed alarm clock has an arcade-style snooze button

The CinderClock was designed to fight doomscrolling when you wake up.

07.09.2026 20

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Trump’s Lake America font underscores the new name’s silliness

President Trump gave Lake Ontario a MAGA rebrand with a font to match.

04.09.2026 5

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Apple has a hardware guy as CEO. Here’s what people want him to do

Apple’s new CEO is experienced in product design, and he’s already getting plenty of unsolicited suggestions.

03.09.2026 7

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AI ruined posters. This human designer is fixing them

It’s AI versus humans, and the humans are winning.

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The Twitter brand is back. It’s not how you remember it

Twitter.now argues Elon Musk’s X abandoned the old Twitter brand, so it’s adopted the look—albeit with a twist.

01.09.2026 8

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Man City fans used AI to design the team’s new kit

A crowdsourced contest led to the winning design.

01.09.2026 8

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This shirt is like an AI invisibility cloak

The wacky pattern on this garment from designer Simon Weckert turns it into AI camouflage.

29.08.2026 20

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You can now buy Billie Jean King’s famous blue suede shoes from Battle of the Sexes

Adidas has reimagined the blue-and-white shoe as a lifestyle silhouette.

27.08.2026 9

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Why this company ditched tech blue for construction yellow in its new logo

With bright colors and sturdy font, Samsara’s new branding is a visual reminder that it’s a tech company that powers the physical world.

27.08.2026 20

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These 60-sided dice never have to be rolled twice

A new sculpture honors one of math’s most intriguing pursuits: a set of dice that never tie.

27.08.2026 10

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Why obscure playlist names are popping up on billboards

A new Spotify campaign from Uncommon Creative Studio taps into the feeling a perfectly curated playlist can evoke.

26.08.2026 10

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Why Pizza Hut is dropping the ‘pizza’

The pizza chain is the latest to undertake a stunt rebrand, going by Hut for the start of football season.

25.08.2026 10

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A neighborly feud is playing out in Starbase, Texas. Cards Against Humanity wants designers on its side

The maker of the irreverent card game is crowdsourcing ideas for a monument that will annoy Elon Musk. The ideas are already pouring in.

20.08.2026 10

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Ikea’s new art collection is perfect for more-is-more postmodernists

Take that, greige.

20.08.2026 10

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Heinz’s new adjustable cap looks simple. Its design process was another story

It took a lot of engineering to get the perfect pour.

20.08.2026 10

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How Trump lost his retail appeal

Trump stores keep closing, and the president’s own online point of sale is now offering bulk MAGA hats at a discount.

18.08.2026 10

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Why no one has a fun couch anymore

Ikea’s catalogs used to show off colorful couches. Then the great furniture blanding happened.

18.08.2026 20

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Screen-free nostalgia hits the cereal aisle with the return of real toys

As breakfast cereal sales fall, some of the biggest brands are placing limited-edition prizes back inside the box.

13.08.2026 30

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AI security cameras are everywhere. Can these garments scramble them all?

A former chief intelligence officer has turned fashion designer with one specific goal: creating a universal adversarial camouflage.

12.08.2026 10

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This design studio spent 10 years perfecting a lampshade made out of bacteria

The lampshades for the Cenit lighting system are made from bacteria grown using agro-industrial fruit waste.

12.08.2026 20

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Red Lobster is redesigning its dining rooms for ‘newstalgia’

As part of its post-bankruptcy comeback plan, the seafood chain is redesigning its dining rooms to feel nautical without looking like a themed...

11.08.2026 20

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Why 7UP gave itself a lime-lemon makeover

In a crowded lemon-lime soda landscape, 7UP is flipping the script with a new lime-forward taste and rebrand.

10.08.2026 20

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This font looks perfectly normal to humans but wreaks havoc on AI

ShieldFont was designed to poison the well of data scraped by LLM bots.

10.08.2026 20

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Who wants to buy NYC’s last MetroCard vending machine?

One of a limited number of the iconic machines—all 1,050 pounds of it—could be yours.

07.08.2026 20

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Levain Bakery just dropped a Crate & Barrel collab for all your cookie needs

The famed New York City bakery now makes the cookies and the cookie jar.

04.08.2026 20

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Natural food dyes are winning the snack wars

Sales of food and beverages that use natural dyes are growing faster than those with artificial colors.

04.08.2026 10

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This clever road sign in Austin will compliment you only if you’re a good driver

The carrot-instead-of-stick approach for an an insurance company activation brought a smile to motorists’ faces.

03.08.2026 20

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41 million names, 528 LED screens: This memorial recognizes every U.S. veteran from the Revolutionary War to today

The USAA National Military Monument, up now in D.C., is a temporary installation that honors every U.S. veteran.

30.07.2026 20

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The architects behind planned Kansas City Chiefs stadium want it to be as noisy as possible

When the jumbotrons read ‘get loud,’ fans will really be able to deliver.

30.07.2026 30

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Duffy’s ‘DEI bike lanes’ comment politicizes urban design. The policy won’t make roads faster

Is transportation choice woke?

29.07.2026 30

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These bills could make it easier to tell when influencers and AI are shilling for politicians

The political advertising landscape has gotten murkier. A pair of new bills aims to clarify things for voters.

28.07.2026 20

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This simple UI fix made verifying early voting signatures faster in Arizona

Instead of scrolling down to compare signatures, election officials can now see them side by side.

28.07.2026 10

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At the Obama Presidential Center gift store, shoppers buy into a new brand

No Obama-Biden ’08 mugs here.

24.07.2026 20

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This applicator claims to do away with the worst part of getting tattoos

Can London-based company CipherX’s microneedle technology make the tattoo process pain-free?

23.07.2026 10

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The sale of this monumental Frank Gehry desk proves his legacy is stronger than ever

‘Icehenge’ reimagined the trite form of a desk into an uncontainable force of nature. It just set a new record at auction.

23.07.2026 30

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Trump wants to ‘max out’ Air Force One

Following questions about security on the donated aircraft, Trump indicated his new airplane is going to get upgrades.

21.07.2026 30

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Rebranded ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas stations bring White House marketing ploys straight to the pump

Gas for a symbolic $3.47. Social media content: priceless?

16.07.2026 30

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