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By Design Design Podcast · Updated Monthly · Design is no longer just about aesthetics—it's shaping the way we live, work, and interact with the world. Join ‘Fast Company’ senior editor Liz Stinson and global d...

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Apple finally adding windows to iPad OS feels eerily like Max coming full circle to add back the HBO

Can Jony Ive and Sam Altman build the fourth great interface? That's the question behind io Where Meta, Google, and Apple zig, Ive and Altman are choosing to zag. Can they pull it off?

Two years ago, Jony Ive and I spoke about the potential of AI. He believed it would usher in the fourth great modality in UX www.fastcompany.com/91341731/jon...

OpenAI acquires Jony Ive's hardware firm, io, to create AI devices Stocked with ex-Apple talent, io, LoveFrom, and OpenAI are assembling to develop the future of AI products.

OpenAI x io x LoveFrom - what do you think if you're Apple, or anyone else in hardware, right now? www.fastcompany.com/91338779/ope...

You can buy the new pope’s childhood home for $199,000 Robert Prevost’s former house in Dolton is about to become a landmark.

You can afford the downpayment www.fastcompany.com/91326862/you...

A16z’s new Ayn Rand-style logo is the perfect embodiment of its Trumpian ethos The storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm has ditched sans serifs for Art Deco and Objectivism.

The new Ayn Rand-inspired a16z brand is telling you exactly what it believes in www.fastcompany.com/91327237/a16...

The insidious design of Trump’s second term President Trump has rewritten the propaganda playbook for the modern political age. It’s one part Cold War witch hunt, one part Michael Bay movie.

Trump take two - the sequel is always worse www.fastcompany.com/91324283/the...

The kerning on the pope's tomb is a travesty The internet is up in arms about Pope Francis's tomb, and it's all because of lettering.

Ooph, the kerning on the Pope's tomb really is that bad—and we figured out why www.fastcompany.com/91324550/ker...

HP just blew $116 million of your ink cartridge money to buy one of Silicon Valley's biggest flops Even though the public didn’t buy into Humane’s nonsense with its Ai Pin, HP found something worth paying for.

The worst AI company of the past decade will linger as some sort of “smart” notification that your magenta is low www.fastcompany.com/91281283/hp-...

Why The Sims is still so popular, 25 years later A game no one understood in 2000 is bigger than ever in 2025. We talk to the development team to learn why.

Why Sims are still peeing themselves, 25 years later Why Sims are still peeing themselves, 25 years later www.fastcompany.com/91268974/the...

How Peloton is becoming a social network (exclusive) As the exercise platform grows beyond the bike, it’s launching constructs of social networks to build community and keep you working out on the service.

While Peloton is known for its iconic bikes, soon you may know it as a social network www.fastcompany.com/91268591/how...

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Does the non-alcoholic craze just keep us drinking? We live in the golden age of non-alcoholic beverages. But am I breaking any habit if I’m still reaching into a cardboard box labeled Budweiser?

Non-alcoholic drinks are good now. Are they...too good? www.fastcompany.com/91266999/doe...

Trump knows the fastest way to dismantle America is to just delete it What’s even faster than the swipe of a pen? The stroke of a key. Trump’s new empire is thriving online, instantly.

A day into the presidency, and Trump is already reshaping the [digital] world in his image www.fastcompany.com/91264538/tru...

Inside the making of 50 years of iconic 'Saturday Night Live' opening credits 'SNL' has been establishing its vibe for 50 years and counting. We talked to the designers behind the most iconic sequence in television.

The SNL opening credits are iconic. Here's how they've been made fresh and familiar for 50 years and counting www.fastcompany.com/91249850/ins...

Pentagram partner Paula Scher unapologetically defends using generative AI Parts of the creative community erupted in outrage after partner Paula Scher and her team designed a government website using Midjourney.

how do we respond to new tools of our time? @ctrlzee.bsky.social talks to
@pentagramdesign.bsky.social's paula scher on the backlash against her use of generative AI. www.fastcompany.com/91240809/pen...

Why a 4-minute wait is the magic number for Starbucks The company’s new CEO has promised to serve you coffee faster than before. And that will involve rethinking everything.

Starbucks is about to change a ton about its experience... all in service in this number www.fastcompany.com/91226415/why...