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FastCompany Design

Uber’s founder wants to disrupt your apartment

Tech founder and provocateur Travis Kalanick made millions betting on key parts of the young adult lifestyle with Uber (transportation) and dining (ghost kitchen startup CloudKitchens). Can he hit a trifecta with a bet on tech-focused, community-driven apartments? Kalanick has partnered with ...

2 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Uber’s founder wants to disrupt your apartment

UX Collective

Giraffe, muppet, or human?

4 hours ago

UX Collective

Giraffe, muppet, or human?

UX Collective

How wrong becomes normal

The quiet normalization of dark patterns Continue reading on UX Collective »

4 hours ago

UX Collective

How wrong becomes normal

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 541

4 hours ago

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 541

FastCompany Design

Oxford’s giant new lab building has a secret hidden in its facade

As researchers approach the front doors of Oxford’s new Life and Mind Building (LaMB), they’re greeted with a towering concrete facade, rendered with a rippling surface effect. What first appears to be a mere stylistic choice actually encodes something more special: Each of the concrete’s waves ...

5 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Oxford’s giant new lab building has a secret hidden in its facade

Muzli

Gamification in UX: Using Psychology to boost engagement

Have you ever wondered why apps like Duolingo, Swiggy, or even LinkedIn feel slightly addictive? Continue reading on Muzli - Design Inspiration »

7 hours ago

Muzli

Gamification in UX: Using Psychology to boost engagement

IxDF

The Top UX Design Books You Need to Read in 2026: Beginner to Expert

The digital world may be where it’s at for UX (User Experience) design, but of course it’s grounded in the real-world needs of human users. Books, those physical-based stalwarts of information transmission (although, yes, you can get electronic versions of them), are maybe the most traditional way ...

8 hours ago

IxDF

The Top UX Design Books You Need to Read in 2026: Beginner to Expert

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Muzli

The Colours on Everyday Packaging We Think Are Codes (But Aren’t)

20 hours ago

Muzli

The Colours on Everyday Packaging We Think Are Codes (But Aren’t)

UX Collective

Are we doing UX for AI the right way?

20 hours ago

UX Collective

Are we doing UX for AI the right way?

Muzli

From Design to Code Without Losing Context: An MCP-First Workflow

21 hours ago

Muzli

From Design to Code Without Losing Context: An MCP-First Workflow

FastCompany Design

Yahoo claps back on AI search engines with Yahoo Scout

Yahoo may not be the most headlined company in tech anymore, but its reach can’t be denied. With nearly 250 million monthly users across the country and 700 million globally, it’s still the second most popular email client in the world, and the third most popular search engine in the U.S. (even ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

Yahoo claps back on AI search engines with Yahoo Scout

UX Collective

Stop Burying Your Impact: Why Most UX Storytelling Advice Falls Flat

Fiction story frameworks aren't effective for telling a UX story Continue reading on UX Collective »

1 day ago

UX Collective

Stop Burying Your Impact: Why Most UX Storytelling Advice Falls Flat

UX Collective

AR/VR vibe coding: prototyping immersive reality with AI

1 day ago

UX Collective

AR/VR vibe coding: prototyping immersive reality with AI

FastCompany Design

This simple robot could drastically speed up data center construction

To anchor the long rows of server racks that power the artificial intelligence boom, every data center needs thousands of holes drilled into its concrete floor. It's a precise part of the construction process that has required workers to bend over with handheld drills for hours at a time grinding meticulously ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

This simple robot could drastically speed up data center construction

smashing magazine

Unstacking CSS Stacking Contexts

In CSS, we can create “stacking contexts” where elements are visually placed one on top of the next in a three-dimensional sense that creates the perception of depth. Stacking contexts are incredibly useful, but they’re also widely misunderstood and often mistakenly created, leading to a slew of ...

1 day ago

smashing magazine

Unstacking CSS Stacking Contexts

Muzli

Exploring 7d4039: My Personal Experience with This Unique Color

1 day ago

Muzli

Exploring 7d4039: My Personal Experience with This Unique Color

UX Collective

AI won’t (re)generate your focus

1 day ago

UX Collective

AI won’t (re)generate your focus

FastCompany Design

Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile race returns to the Indy 500

The Wienermobiles are coming back for a bite at the Brickyard in May, giving them another chance to relish the spotlight of racing's biggest weekend. Oscar Mayer announced Sunday all six of its famed street-ready vehicles will compete for the second straight year on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile race returns to the Indy 500

Muzli

Best Free Variable Fonts for UI and Web Design (2026)

2 days ago

Muzli

Best Free Variable Fonts for UI and Web Design (2026)

FastCompany Design

The decline of Food52, Goop, Hodinkee—and the internet’s dream of content-to-commerce

Remember how much fun it was to shop on the internet a decade ago? If you visited the Goop website, Gwyneth Paltrow might introduce you to her favorite $75 candle or $95 vibrator. If you were looking for a lasagne recipe, you could find a good one on Food52—along with recommendations for a baking ...

2 days ago

FastCompany Design

The decline of Food52, Goop, Hodinkee—and the internet’s dream of content-to-commerce

IxDF

Introverts Make Great Presenters: Here’s How You Turn Your Introversion into Your Superpower

At some point, someone with a big personality took the stage, spoke confidently, made jokes, and walked away with applause. You watched from your seat and thought, “I could never do that.” Long before that, back in school, the same people always volunteered to speak: The ones who seemed to enjoy ...

2 days ago

IxDF

Introverts Make Great Presenters: Here’s How You Turn Your Introversion into Your Superpower