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staticmade.com

Turn off the internet

Unfortunately nothing keeps people engaged quite like rage.

inimigosdopovo.com

Enemies of the people

The members of Brazilian congress who voted to achieve self-immunity; this side project reminds electors not to vote on them in the next elections.

youtube.com

The new aesthetics of fascism

Using AI to generate new fantasies.

theverge.com

Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring

The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

chrbutler.com

The national design studio is a scam

Why president Trump’s appointment of AirBnB co-founder Joe Gebbia as “Chief Design Officer” of the United States is a sickening travesty.

uxdesign.cc

Should every country have a design minister?

Why national design policies and even design ministers could reshape our collective future.

ethanmarcotte.com

A notional design studio

A closer look at the USA's recent announcement of the “America by Design” initiative.

thenewatlantis.com

We live like royalty and don’t know it

The heroic systems required to bring all the elements of our lives together are invisible to many people.

cghnyc.com

America250 branding

July 4, 2026 marks America's 250th anniversary. This branding project aims to create the most inclusive commemoration in American history.

bluedot.org

The key paths to success in AI safety

The most promising path forward probably involves different groups working on different strategies simultaneously.

curbed.com

Zohran Mamdani’s logo looked nothing like a logo

The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign for mayor of New York City.

mironov.com

The truth about office politics

The frustration with C-level peers doing unexpected or unreasonable or department-centric things.

remysharp.com

Do politics belong at web events?

Nothing is free of politics in this era as it does indeed impact nearly everything we do.

notforprivategain.org

Not for private gain

Opposition to OpenAI’s proposed restructuring that would transfer control of AGI from a nonprofit charity to a for-profit enterprise.

vitalik.eth.limo

Why I support privacy

Whoever has the information has the power, ergo we need to avoid centralized control over information.

calculatingempires.net

A genealogy of technology and power since 1500

Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.

theguardian.com

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down

I just didn’t expect them to be such losers.

designweek.co.uk

A lesson from the US: identity is complex

Amid the cavalcade of commentators, we’ve heard enough from the experts, the pollsters, the politicians. It’s time a design journalist weighed in.

stevenscrawls.com

Care doesn’t scale

We’re pretty limited when it comes to care. In any given moment, you can only really care deeply and individually for one person.

theverge.com

Jony Ive’s latest design is the emblem for King Charles’ coronation

A new design from Ive and LoveFrom.