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Mark Wilson

@ctrlzee.bsky.social

Global Design Editor, Fast Company

1,277 Followers  |  14 Following  |  20 Posts  |  Joined: 12.11.2024  |  1.7485

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First look inside the Ferrari Luce: The closest thing to an β€˜Apple car’ we will ever get Five years in the making, Jony Ive's LoveFrom has helped design the Ferrari Luce, the Italian automaker's first EV.

A first look at Jony Ive’s Ferrari www.fastcompany.com/91488756/fir...

09.02.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From Airbnb to the White House: Joe Gebbia is reshaping the government in Trump’s image The president decimated the U.S. government’s digital design agencies and replaced them with a personal propaganda czar.

Trump decimated the government’s digital design agencies and replaced them with a personal propaganda czar. Read @fastcompany.com's profile on America’s first Chief Design Officer, Joe Gebbia

www.fastcompany.com/91458973/chi...

13.01.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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A first look inside Netflix House, Disneyland for the rest of us Netflix House, the streaming giant's new, 100,000 sq. ft live entertainment space, is a bold, immersive vision for the future of the cineplexβ€”and almost certainly coming to a mall near you.

Take a first look inside Netflix Houseβ€”where there is actually just one movie theater, and it's free www.fastcompany.com/91438158/nef...

10.11.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yves BΓ©har and Jason Johnson want to fix the smart home ecosystem (again) The duo made August smart locks a smash hit, and now their new startup Doma aspires to fulfill the dream of the intelligent home.

The makers of August locks want to fix the smart home with their new startup Doma www.fastcompany.com/91389235/exc...

21.08.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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By Design Design Podcast Β· Updated Monthly Β· Design is no longer just about aestheticsβ€”it's shaping the way we live, work, and interact with the world. Join β€˜Fast Company’ senior editor Liz Stinson and global d...

At @fastcompany.com we've launched a new podcast called By Designβ€”listen here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

24.06.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

09.06.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

29.05.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

21.05.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

08.05.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

02.05.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

29.04.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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 badβ€”and we figured out why www.fastcompany.com/91324550/ker...

28.04.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€œsmart” notification that your magenta is low www.fastcompany.com/91281283/hp-...

20.02.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

30.01.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

29.01.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

could be!

29.01.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

27.01.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

23.01.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

20.12.2024 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

05.12.2024 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

12.11.2024 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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