Business

David Z. Morris|Analysis

“Suddenly everyone’s life got a lot more similar”: AI isn’t just imitating creativity, it’s homogenizing thinking

Generative tools may be flattening creativity, innovation, and even self-understanding.

Jameson Proctor|Commentary

Open systems, open futures

What designers can learn from WordPress about the next generation of AI

Kim Devall|Commentary

The most disruptive thing a brand can do is be human

Creative director Kim Devall argues that in an era of automation, human craft, taste, and imperfection remain a brand’s most disruptive advantage.

Louisa Eunice|Essays

The afterlife of souvenirs: what survives between culture and commerce?

“Arts and crafts is the only creative industry where developing countries have a leading position in the global market.” What we often call kitsch may, in fact, be cultural endurance.

Taraka ‘TK’ Tennakoon

A new chapter of human ingenuity in the age of AI

Dave Snyder

The compound interest of design: what not to build

Tom Haslett|What's Money For?

Insurance

In the calculus for risk, we can control for vulnerability by practicing collective care.

Masha Safina|Peru's Sacred Valley

The layers of value creation

Our modern perception of value is shaped by scarcity. Alternative systems that center abundance and relational exchange offer a more hopeful future.

Ashley Lukasik|Peru's Sacred Valley

Foraging design futures in Peru

A four-day cultural immersion in Peru’s Sacred Valley fosters four principles for the future of design, informed by the region’s centuries-old Indigenous philosophies

Ellen McGirt|Peru's Sacred Valley

Ashley Lukasik is designing a more meaningful way to convene

Introducing a series on design lessons learned from a multi-disciplinary immersion in Peru’s Sacred Valley

Alexis Haut|Analysis

Say it with your chest: WNBA players fight for pay and justice on their t-shirts

Earning just 9% of league revenue, WNBA players are demanding fair pay. Their protest t-shirts are changing how sports activism looks today.

Katica Roy|Analysis

300,000 Black women exit: July’s gender economy in four essential data points

Cooling inflation is a red herring. For the women concentrated in caregiving, hospitality, education, and healthcare, prices fell because wages and hours did, too.