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Fast Company DesignWorried your writing sounds like AI? These tools can help Today, AI -generated writing is not just found in conversations with chatbots, but in a major chunk of all LinkedIn posts, Substack articles, and tweets ; in medical papers ; and even in published literature . You’re not
Fast Company DesignApple has a hardware guy as CEO. Here’s what people want him to do Apple’s new CEO John Ternus wrote “hello” in his first X post on Tuesday after taking the helm from former CEO Tim Cook , and his replies were immediately inundated with with requests for products and product design chan
Fast Company DesignCannabis consumers are no longer stoner stereotypes. Not all brands are marketing accordingly When it comes to marijuana, millennials may be the last generation of Americans to grow up when Amsterdam still had a whiff of the mystical. For those who were cannabis-curious in the ‘90s and early-aughts, Amsterdam rep
Fast Company DesignNotion’s new San Francisco HQ is an ode to classic design Ever since offices have existed, they’ve projected a certain image of the companies who build them. And in the tech space, this has usually meant a forward-looking aesthetic—Apple’s spaceship , Amazon’s geodesic domes ,
Fast Company DesignPetrus Palmér doesn’t want Hem to be the next Ikea “No Black Friday. No seasonal sales. No promotional pricing.” Earlier this year, Petrus Palmér, the founder of Hem, wrote these words on LinkedIn about his decision to do away with all discounts. This isn’t the first tim
Fast Company DesignThis clever app turns photos of everyday objects into an aesthetic file system A new app will let you build your own museum-worthy archive out of everyday objects and bring it with you everywhere you go. Archiv is the brainchild of designer David McGillivray . The app, which is currently in beta (p
Fast Company DesignAI ruined posters. This human designer is fixing them Bad AI -designed posters have become so prolific that actual, human graphic designers are redesigning them on their own just to show the value of a living, breathing designer’s touch. AI-designed posters have a particula
Fast Company DesignConnor Blakley used to tell America’s biggest brands what Gen Z wanted. He’s no longer waiting for them to listen Mark Smucker probably should have taken the meeting. In 2018, Connor Blakley, then 18, mailed a handwritten letter to the CEO of J.M. Smucker Co., the fifth generation of the Smucker family to lead the business. Blakley
Fast Company DesignThe Twitter brand is back. It’s not how you remember it Arguing that Elon Musk abandoned the old Twitter name and logo when he rebranded the social network to X , a group called Operation Bluebird has launched Twitter.now , an X alternative that brings back the Twitter brandi
Fast Company DesignThe Supreme Court just handed Trump a win for his White House ballroom project A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the White House to continue construction on a $400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out, a win for President Donald Trump as he flexes unprecedented executive power and
Fast Company DesignThis clever art project lets you feel how high the rent is While biking the perimeter of Prospect Park in Brooklyn on a sunny August afternoon, the pedal strokes are smooth. On the Citi Bike, I ease through all of Park Slope and most of Windsor Terrace, but as I bike through Pro
Fast Company DesignMan City fans used AI to design the team’s new kit Manchester City’s new uniforms are the first professional kits designed by fans using AI that will be worn on a football pitch. The Premier League team announced a new fan-designed alternative kit that was made using Pum
Fast Company DesignDyson just solved flossing with a toothbrush that does it for you Every time I go to the dentist, I get a lecture about how important it is to floss my teeth. But after a few weeks of good behavior, this is the part of my daily routine I’m most guilty of skipping, because it’s such a l
Fast Company DesignThese automated vending machines are moving into NYC’s subway newsstands For most New York City subway riders, especially in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, underground newsstands are often nothing more than a relic of history turned into prime real estate for graffiti and branded stic
Fast Company DesignThis famous architect died before finishing his last building. Then his son stepped in to help The final project of César Pelli—the architect behind major buildings such as San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower, Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers, and Los Angeles’s Pacific Design Center—has been completed. But unlike these
Fast Company DesignThis Oregon library ditched Dewey Decimal and got people excited about books again American libraries have evolved in recent decades as their role as centers for learning and community expand. Many have added maker spaces , turned into climate resilience hubs , and even become partners in projects to a
Fast Company DesignBeauty brands have been waiting for this sunscreen moment When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved bemotrizinol (BEMT) as a sunscreen filter on June 9, the entire Ultra Violette office in Melbourne, Australia, erupted screaming. Stateside, the La Roche-Posay group ch
Fast Company DesignFitbit’s founders designed a wearable for the whole family Long before 2007 when the health tracker Fitbit single-handedly mushroomed the market for wearable technology, another wearable device had been dominating the niche for nearly 20 years. Life Alert, an emergency medical a
Fast Company DesignThis shirt is like an AI invisibility cloak To the human eye, the Digital Camouflage shirt has an abstract colorful pattern showing green, pink, and orange shapes. To robots, it hides the human wearing it. German designer Simon Weckert created the button-up shirt
Fast Company DesignThe urbanism lesson in Dolly Parton’s Dollywood When beloved country star Dolly Parton died on August 25, she left behind not only albums, accolades, and mourning fans, but also an entire urban project where her legacy lives on—not just as a faint memory, but as a tan
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