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Hunter Schwarz

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Disney is about to get AI-generated park sets

Disney’s design and engineering team partnered with Adobe to bring AI-generated art to the parks.

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This inflatable furniture has an invisible innovation that makes it more than just a grown-up Y2K throwback

Inflatable furniture isn’t just for kids anymore.

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Trump’s UFC cage was built to frame the White House

The massive stage constructed for the UFC fights happening on the South Lawn had a design constraint to keep in mind.

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MetLife Stadium? Lumen Field? Not during the World Cup

Brands who paid millions of dollars for naming rights are being scrubbed from stadiums during the World Cup. There are no free rides for big, global...

12.06.2026 4

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5 ways the World Cup ticketing process is a complete design fail

Annoying glitches, confusing web flows, and subpar infographics: As design refs, we’d issue a red card.

11.06.2026 10

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Penn Station is about to be a lot more pleasant

The architects at PAU and HOK share more details on the roomier, brighter train station.

08.06.2026 5

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This gorgeous lamp is made from egg shells

It turns out that eggshells make a beautiful and surprisingly durable design material.

08.06.2026 20

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The perfect Knicks orange? It’s actually carrot

Pantone was a bust, so two MTA employees found a perfect color match in the most New York way possible: at a 24-hour hardware store.

04.06.2026 9

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He designed a perfect logo for the New York Knicks 30+ years ago. They’re still using it today

The designer of the Knicks logo reflects on what makes it so iconic.

03.06.2026 5

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Why you’re seeing dueling logos for America’s 250th birthday

President Trump’s counter-programming for the semiquincentennial has people confused over who’s celebrating what, and why.

02.06.2026 8

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How the Library of Congress packed 250 years of U.S. history into a vial the size of a quarter

Using synthetic DNA, the LOC shrunk down handwritten lyrics to the ‘Star-Spangled Banner,’ a rendering of Abe Lincoln’s hand, and more...

29.05.2026 10

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How do you 3D print a book? This 3D-printed book will teach you

‘Manual’ is a 26-page, 3D-printed book with the code inside for how to make it.

28.05.2026 10

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Trump’s UFC fight ring won’t solve his political woes

The stadium going up on the White House grounds is a machismo photo op that obscures the people’s house.

27.05.2026 10

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Why people are losing it over Ferrari’s first all-electric car

Initial reaction to the Jony Ive-designed EV is that it doesn’t look much like a Ferrari at all.

26.05.2026 9

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The LA28 typography is made of 4 custom fonts

Each font in the LA28 type family is designed for a different purpose.

22.05.2026 10

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This beautiful, biophilic phone case is on a mission to reduce your screen time

Want to keep your terrarium alive? You’ll have to put your screen down.

21.05.2026 4

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Relax, Spotify was never going to keep its disco logo

Spotify’s went full ‘discomorphism’ for its 20th anniversary logo. The internet didn’t approve.

18.05.2026 10

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So, you look at Pantone swatches all day? Prove it by winning this viral game!

Matching colors, shapes, and sounds is harder than it seems.

18.05.2026 10

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Wendy’s restaurants abroad are about to break the biggest color rule of food branding

Franchisees in international markets can make their restaurants light blue instead of red. Visually, it signals digital ordering. But does it make you...

14.05.2026 10

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Yeti’s logomark is its best brand asset. It just got rid of it in a new ad

The clever concept shows the limitations of a simple, sans-serif logo.

13.05.2026 10

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This tiny Maine town used AI to make a new logo. Its residents had other ideas

In a state where major data center construction is now banned, the residents of a small town blocked the adoption of an AI-generated logo.

13.05.2026 20

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Have it your way with this delightful Burger King font generator

The fast-food giant’s burger logo finally gets the customization it always wanted.

08.05.2026 30

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Trump’s latest logos leave out Vice President Vance

Increasingly, the president’s email fundraising is branded only for him.

07.05.2026 10

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Whataburger’s redesigned packaging proves the Happy Meal could be happier

‘We wanted to build something that was a bit more intentional and experience-led.’ —Whataburger CMO Scott Hudler

06.05.2026 9

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The humble aluminum can gets a leak-proof redesign

Watch your back, plastic bottles.

05.05.2026 10

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Paul Allen’s bioscience institute gets a refreshingly playful new brand

Rather than taking a logo-centric approach, designer Neville Brody built a visual grammar for the Allen Institute and let the logo follow.

04.05.2026 10

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People are saying Lady Gaga’s ‘Runway’ video looks like a Target ad. Here’s what they mean

Target’s commercials have become a visual reference to an earlier era of advertising that was more colorful and camp.

30.04.2026 10

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Addicted to social media? This adorable, infuriating cat will stop you from doomscrolling

A new Chrome extension lets a lazy cat block your browser when you’ve spent too much time on social media.

28.04.2026 10

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Trump wants to rebrand ICE to NICE. It’s destined to backfire

Renaming the controversial agency is a marketing disaster waiting to happen.

27.04.2026 10

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This app turns your email inbox into your personal assistant

The smart email app Extra surfaces your most important emails at a glance and makes the inbox more visual.

24.04.2026 20

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This clever bucket solves mopping’s gross factor

Watch out, #CleanTok.

23.04.2026 10

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This triangle-shaped stamp has an unusual purpose

USPS Postcrossing stamps commemorate a global pen pal project to connect people across countries and cultures.

22.04.2026 20

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Warby Parker’s new sport sunglasses won’t make you look like a bug

Warby Parker designed its performance sunglasses to hug the face and deflect glare. You might even wear them when you’re not working out.

21.04.2026 10

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For her ‘Confessions’ sequel, Madonna takes Helvetica to the club

The creative agency behind ‘brat’ did the typography for Madonna’s forthcoming ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor 2.’

16.04.2026 10

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The Trump Store isn’t shy about hawking merch. It’s paying off like never before

‘The merch store is just the most obvious physical representation of how Trump has essentially put his office up for sale.’

16.04.2026 10

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Why Trump’s proposed gilded arch is so tall

The president announced the arch design he wants to build in Washington, D.C. A group of veterans is suing.

14.04.2026 30

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McDonald’s next big bet is quenching your thirst

McDonald’s is growing its drinks menu to compete with chains and coffee shops.

13.04.2026 10

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Chrome’s new feature makes life easier for people with a million open tabs

You can now stack your tabs vertically in the Google Chrome browser.

09.04.2026 10

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Noise-canceling headphones can’t block out this genius bike bell

A carmaker found just the right frequency for a bike bell to make it past a headphone’s noise-canceling algorithm.

09.04.2026 10

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Instagram’s awkward ‘link in bio’ work-around might be on its way out

An update will give select Instagram creators the ability to tag linked products directly in Reels posts.

07.04.2026 10

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Dawn’s refill jug got an ergonomic makeover

After finding that just 12% of households utilize its refill jugs, the company redesigned them with a lid that pours 37% faster and spills less.

07.04.2026 40

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AI has come for Domino’s pizza tracker, and we’re not mad about it

Domino’s pizza tracker gets a new look and AI brains that will pinpoint your pizza’s delivery time.

03.04.2026 30

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This simple website tells you if you’re eating a stolen KitKat

After 12 tons of its candy bars were stolen, Nestlé launched a website to track where they might have gone.

01.04.2026 10

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Meta’s new AI tool turns anyone into a type designer

Now you can design your own text styles using AI prompts.

01.04.2026 20

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Inside the race to rebrand Cesar Chavez Day

In California and elsewhere, public officials aim to honor the farmworkers movement rather than the man.

31.03.2026 20

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Trump plans to redesign D.C.’s public golf course on top of East Wing rubble

The reported name, ‘Washington National,’ naturally follows the naming convention of clubs privately owned by Trump.

26.03.2026 10

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United upgraded the economy flight experience with this brilliant new seat design

As airlines are tripling down on serving premium customers, United has figured out how to cater to the back of the plane.

25.03.2026 10

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Adidas is bringing back its trefoil logo for the 2026 World Cup

The iconic logo hasn’t appeared on World Cup jerseys in decades.

25.03.2026 10

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President Trump wants his face on a coin. Maybe he shouldn’t

The last time a living president was on a coin it didn’t work out so well.

23.03.2026 10

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Fallingwater’ is too iconic for a logo

Fallingwater has a new wordmark that lets the architecture speak for itself.

20.03.2026 10

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