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Volvo creates « instantly readable » typeface to improve driver safety

Swedish car brand Volvo has collaborated with type studio Dalton Maag to create a dedicated typeface for use in its cars, which aims to be as easy to read as possible. Read more

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« To chop this structure up feels tragic » says commenter

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that The Grand Ring in Osaka will be mostly turned into firewood, according to its architect Sou Fujimoto. Read more

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SOM uses AI to design diamond-like West Bund Convention Centre in Shanghai

Global architecture studio SOM has used AI tools to inform its geometric design for the West Bund Convention Centre, which has risen beside the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Read more

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Ross Lovegrove co-creates chair with Google AI trained to emulate his style

British designer Ross Lovegrove and his studio have collaborated with Google DeepMind to co-create a chair using a generative AI trained on the designer’s sketches. Read more

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Designing for Scale: How Visual Systems Break (and How to Make Them Resilient)

A design system is a promise. It promises that a button in Tokyo will feel like a cousin to a button in Toronto. It promises that an icon born today will align with an icon created three years from now. But as a product grows from a single team to dozens, from one market to …

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The Quantified Designer: Should We Track Our Own Creative Process Like a Product?

We track everything. Our apps count our steps, our sleep, our screen time. We A/B test headlines, optimize conversion funnels, and measure user engagement with obsessive precision. We treat products as systems to be tuned, yet we treat our own creative process as a mysterious black box. It becomes a matter of mood, muse, and …

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Sustainable Art and Design: Can Creativity Exist Without Exploitation?

[Source: Pexels] Art has always reflected how people relate to resources, time, and meaning. From early pigments ground by hand to contemporary studio practices, creative work mirrors broader social habits. In recent years, questions around sustainability have entered artistic conversations with growing urgency. Viewers now look beyond surface appeal, asking how art is made, what …

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Best Plugins for WooCommerce

WooCommerce has transformed e-commerce for businesses of all sizes in Melbourne. It provides a powerful platform to sell products online efficiently. A wide range of plugins enhances its functionality, allowing store owners to manage their online shops effectively. Choosing the right plugins can improve sales, optimise workflows, and offer a better experience to customers. If …

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Luca Guadagnino evokes Call Me by Your Name with sensuous peach paperweights for JW Anderson

Director Luca Guadagnino has teamed up with JW Anderson to create a trio of paperweights immortalising the infamous scene from his film Call Me by Your Name, in which actor Timothée Chalamet’s character pleasures himself with a peach. Read more

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Ceramiche Refin’s textured Ink collection features hand-drawn graphics

Promotion: Italian company Ceramiche Refin has unveiled its Ink collection, presenting a series of textured ceramic tiles « inspired by moods ». Read more

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