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DESIGN-MILK.COMTake 5: A Cosmic Plant Stand, a Collectible Cabinet + More1. The Popo Chair by WillettWith a market supersaturated in seats aspiring to be modernist icons, conceiving of a worthy contender is daunting. And avoiding the pitfalls of hubris, which many architectural designers succumb to when creating furniture, even more so. But Los Angeles-based, multi-hyphenate Willett manages to marry artful product design with an aesthetic experience in his first foray into dining chair design with The Popo Chair. He sculpts stacked MDF into a rectilinear framework later tempered by soft edges for approachability. The final modest structure punches up with a high-gloss lacquer finish sure to be the focus of every dinner table conversation over meals around it.2. Andreu World Launches Next Chapter in Circular Design ChallengeActivism is inextricably linked to design, and when world leaders fail us, it is up to companies and consumers alike to assume responsibility for the sake of environmental advocacy. International award-winning manufacturer Andreu Worlds Circular Design Challenge champions that cause with a call to action and blueprint for other companies to adopt practices such as eco-design, zero waste management, and a coveted carbon neutral footprint. The occasion is also marked by the 23rd Andreu World International Design Contest, with a specific focus on circular design. Its worth noting the Spanish brands certifications include B Corp, Cradle to Cradle, and Level 3 indoor air quality, as well as Greenhealth approval.3. BRYLA cabinet by Serhiy and Anna Baiersdorf for YakushaNarratives of resilience, sensuality, and pride are deeply ingrained in Ukrainian craft as showcased by emerging design duo Serhiy and Anna Baiersdorf with BRYLA, translating to boulder. The objet dart was commissioned by architect and designer Victoria Yakusha for her DZHERELO exhibition at this years Salon Art + Design in Manhattan. The brutalist-leaning home furnishing functions as both a kinetic sculpture and cabinet, symbolizing balance and unity upon assembly. Individual elements build on, complement, and enhance one another. This interplay is highlighted through its notched forms and evenly weathered surfaces, which are adorned with liquid metal and glass components. And at a time like this, her future-retro design exudes optimism the world so desperately needs.Floral Arrangement: WIFE NYC4. Saturns Return Plant Stand by Micah RosenblattBrooklyn-based metalworker Micah Rosenblatt has quickly become one of my favorite designers with beguiling works that exist somewhere liminal between furniture, fine art, and mysticism. As of late, his Saturns Return Plant Stand captivates me with its oversized body and strong graphic language. The sculptures focal point is a small, removable, spherical sliced steel pot suspended by a chain within a large circular element. That halo is forged from a solid steel rolled ring and stands on two equally thin legs terminating in a solid base. A smaller steel sphere floats between the vertical members creating a center of mass around which linework and pure geometry generate substantial visual gravity from its weight.Special objects: Thomas Engelhart \\\ Photo: Elliott Fuerniss5. Ryan Lawson Paint Collection LaunchWhat do you look for when hunger strikes something rich, bold, and full bodied? Or perhaps you prefer sharp and tangy to sugary sweet. How we view and consume color, so to speak, isnt far off from the way we experience cuisine. Those with a discerning palate and an insatiable appetite for design will appreciate the latest launch from interior designer Ryan Lawson and French brand Ressource, a storied paint and wallcovering company focused on the fine art of pigment. Each of the 12 hues are nuanced enough to stand alone, yet tempered to blend well without overpowering one another. Whats more, all mineral-based formulations are sensitive to environmental issues, so youll never have to feel guilty about indulging.0 Comments 0 Shares 91 Views
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UXDESIGN.CCDesigning for inclusivityAchieving DEI success isnt an easy road, but it doesnt have to be a rough oneespecially when we bring design into the process.Continue reading on UX Collective0 Comments 0 Shares 80 Views
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UXDESIGN.CCCompany acquisition, AI agents as personas, how might things go wrongWeekly curated resources for designersthinkers andmakers.Three years ago, during the hard Covid lockdown in The Netherlands, the news arrived at our company; we were going to be acquired by a competitor. At that point, my reference to company acquisitions was Meta buying Instagram or movies depicting evil corporations pushing local shops into bankruptcy.I had no idea how common mergers and acquisitions are all around the world, across many industries. Naturally, questions piled up in my mind: Will I still have a job? Will my colleagues still be around? Will I be replaced by their own designers? Will we lose all the hard work weve put to get the product where itwas?How did a company acquisition feel like for a product designer By TeisanuTudorEditor picksDesigning for how might things go wrong? Anticipating and designing for failure.By ElvisHsiaoHow to build a legendary park Applying UX to transform green spaces.By Rita Kind-EnvyGentrified by design Reflections on the role of algorithms in creative work.By Kristina Gushcheva-KeippilThe UX Collective is an independent design publication that elevates unheard design voices and helps designers think more critically about theirwork.98.css: a library for building UI that looks like Windows 98Make methinkCare doesnt scale Were pretty limited when it comes to care. In any given moment, you can only really care deeply and individually for one person. There was some pain in that realization.The best prompts start as conversations But my breakthroughs with the new technology started when I realized I was thinking about it all wrong. I needed to stop treating AI like a search engine and start treating it like a jam session.How did you pick that typeface? I think the most important and difficult thing about being a designer is making decisions. () There are around 500,000 fonts available; designers have to choose 2 or 3 for any given project.Little gems thisweekWhy over 100 million athletes are hooked on Strava By MaryBorysovaUser experience without intentional limitations creates chaos By SimoHeroldLaid off twice in a year as a product manager By JeanHuangTools and resourcesTreating AI Agents as personas The Agent Computer Interaction era.By PazPerezCan you design it more like Apple? Stakeholders favorite question and how to respond.By AndreaGrigsbyDesigning errors for workflow automation platforms Pushing for more accessible error resolution.By Rucha AbhyankarSupport the newsletterIf you find our content helpful, heres how you can supportus:Check out last weeks sponsor to support their worktooForward this email to a friend and invite them to subscribeSponsor aneditionCompany acquisition, AI agents as personas, how might things go wrong was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.0 Comments 0 Shares 78 Views
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LIFEHACKER.COMAmazon Is Saying Goodbye to FreeveeStreaming services are finding new ways to make sure we spend more money than ever, like cracking down on password sharing. But not all streaming services charge an arm and a leg for their content. In fact, there's a decent list of options that are totally free of charge (and legal, at that). Among those is Amazon's Freevee, a way to watch shows and movies without worrying about your walletat least, it used to be. On Tuesday, we learned Amazon plans to shut down Freevee over the next few weeks, a move that may surprise casual fans, but not others who saw the writing on the wall. The service, as its name implied, offered content to users for free, supported by ad breaks throughout shows and movies. But once Amazon started offering an ad-supported Prime Video plan last year, Freevee started to seem a bit redundant. Undoubtedly, the platform's most famous original show was Jury Duty, a Truman Show-like reality series that tricked one man into serving his "jury duty" with a court full of actors surrounding a fake trial. However, there were plenty of other Freevee originals, including Alex Rider, Bosch: Legacy, and Judy Justice (yes, featuring Judge Judy).Freevee hasn't always been Freevee, however. The service originated under IMDb (a subsidiary of Amazon), as IMDb Freedrive in 2019. Shortly thereafter, it rebranded to IMDb TV, but in 2022, Amazon changed the name again to Freevee.Can you still watch Freevee?The good news is none of Freevee's content is going away. Amazon is simply folding it under its "Watch for Free" category, which will be available with or without a Prime membership. That means you can boot up Prime, scroll to any "free" content, and watch it with ads. Right now, that requires scrolling through a sea of locked content that requires a Prime membership to find, but perhaps Amazon will make this free content more apparent in the coming weeks.0 Comments 0 Shares 45 Views
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LIFEHACKER.COMFreeze Fresh Cranberries Now to Make Thanksgiving EasierAll too often, I've been the person who buys two bags of cranberries a week before I need them only to find that 50% of them are an awful, slimy mess once its time to cook. Alternatively, Ive also been the person who waits until the last minute to find the cranberry shelf has been completely decimated. The choices have always been: Shop too early and the berries turn to mush, or too late and the shelves have nary a cranberry in sight. Both of these options leaves you berry-poor.However, if you store your fresh cranberries right, you can have perfect, unspoiled berries ready for when you need them. Stock up on a few bags right now, and freeze them. Heres how to do it properly so they stay nice and fresh.How to store fresh cranberries in the freezerRegardless of where you stand on the great cranberry sauce debate, whole fresh cranberries are a cold-weather gem. Use them in cookies, cakes, pies, or chill your beverages with them. 1. Sort out the bad cranberriesAfter youve purchased your bounty of (hopefully) top notch, firm, unmarred cranberries, you need to check them over. Resist the urge to just chuck the entire bag in the freezer. Its important to check them now because once theyre frozen you wont easily be able to tell if theyve gone rotten or not. I set up a sorting station with a pan to sort through, a small bowl for the busted berries, and a big bowl for the keepers. Spill some cranberries out of the bag and into the pan. Pick up a handful and take out the bad berries. they go in the small bowl to get composted. Put the good ones into the big bowl. Repeat with all of your cranberries. Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann How do you know if cranberries are bad?Gently squeeze them and roll them around to check out all of the sides. Any cranberries that are crushed, extremely wrinkled, brown, or feel like water balloons are on their way out, if not completely rotten already. A good cranberry is hard with a tight, shiny skin. Some flat spots are to be expected because cranberries have internal seed chambers, so they're not always perfectly round. They can range in color from light pink and splotchy-white to dark red, nearly black. Ones that have mushy brown areas are no good.2. Freeze them in a single layerAfter youve sorted out the berries, lay them out on a clean sheet tray or cake pan in a single layer. Put the whole tray in the freezer for 20 to 30 minutes. This step allows the berries to freeze loose from each other and preserve their plump round shape. Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann 3. Consolidate the cranberriesOnce theyre frozen, pour the berries into a container or freezer bag. Seal it up tight and store these tart orbs in the freezer until you need them. Theyll keep well in the freezer for eight months to a year. Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann When youre ready to use them, measure the frozen berries directly into your recipe. Theres no need to thaw them; they can be used immediately from a frozen state. Pour them into a pot to cook into the best cranberry sauce, or drop a few into your champagne to keep it chilled and festive.0 Comments 0 Shares 45 Views
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WWW.ENGADGET.COMBluesky surges to 15 million users after getting a million sign-ups in one weekBluesky may still be the underdog in the race for alternatives to X, but the once Twitter-affiliated service is gaining momentum. The app just passed the 15 million user mark after adding more than a million new users over the last week, the company said in an update.While Bluesky is still considerably smaller than Threads, which with 275 million users is its biggest rival, there are signs that Threads users have been increasingly curious about the upstart. Bluesky has been a trending topic on Threads in recent days and an in-app search suggestion shows there are more than 19,000 posts about Bluesky. Bluesky itself has also made a push to win over Threads users in recent weeks by posting regularly on the Meta-owned service.That effort seems to be working. A month ago, Engadget noted, the service had just under 9 million users. Its mobile app also has the top spot in Apples App Store, followed by Threads and ChatGPT. Its recent success also seems to be driven, at least in part, by frustration with Elon Musk and X following the US presidential election.A recent report from web analytics company SimilarWeb found that more than 115,000 US web visitors deactivated their accounts, on November 7, more than on any previous day of Elon Musks tenure. The report also noted that web traffic and daily active users for Bluesky increased dramatically in the week before the election, and then again after election day, with Bluesky at points seeing more web traffic than Threads. (Threads mobile usage, however, is still far ahead of Bluesky.)SimilarWebIn the US, Bluesky got more web visits than Threads in the immediate aftermath of the election, the report notes. For context, its important to note that both services are app centric, even though they support a web user interface.On its part, Bluesky seems intent on distinguishing itself from its larger, billionaire-controlled rivals. The company, which began as an internal project at Twitter before it spun off into an independent entity, has experimented with novel features like custom feeds, user-created moderation services and starter packs for new users.You're probably used to being trapped in a single algorithm controlled by a small group of people, that's no longer the case, Blueskys COO Rose Wang shared in a video aimed at new users Tuesday. On Bluesky, there are about 50,000 different feeds these feeds provide a cozy corner for you to meet people with similar interests. And you can actually make friends again, because you're no longer tied to a dominant algorithm that promotes either the most polarizing posts and or the biggest brands, and that's the mandate of Bluesky.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/bluesky-surges-to-15-million-users-after-getting-a-million-sign-ups-in-one-week-224213573.html?src=rss0 Comments 0 Shares 46 Views
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WWW.ENGADGET.COMThe Professional Women's Hockey League will join EA's NHL 25 this yearNHL 25 is slated to get a sizable content update at the end of the year. EA announced that the six teams of the Professional Women's Hockey League will be added to the game in an update this December. The Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost, Montral Victoire, New York Sirens, Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres will be available to choose in the game's Play Now, Online Versus, Shootout and Season modes.This EA sports franchise has been putting more women's leagues and female players into the spotlight in recent installments. Women's teams first appeared in NHL 22 back in 2022, and last year NHL 23 showcased Olympic gold medalist Sarah Nurse of Team Canada on its cover alongside Trevor Zegras of the Anaheim Ducks.In addition to the December update with the PWHL partnership, NHL 25 is adding an NHL Arcade mode this Friday. In early 2025, the game will also see new content tied to the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off event.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-professional-womens-hockey-league-will-join-eas-nhl-25-this-year-224023998.html?src=rss0 Comments 0 Shares 44 Views
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WWW.FACEBOOK.COMCavalry 2.2 is outCavalry 2.2 is out. Check out the new features in the next-gen motion design software, including support for OpenType fonts and the option to create color gradients along paths.https://www.cgchannel.com/2024/11/scene-group-releases-cavalry-2/#latestupdate0 Comments 0 Shares 65 Views
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WWW.FACEBOOK.COM241112_BlenderStudioFreeBrushstrokeToolsBlender_tw.mp4Free tool: get the Blender Studio's Brushstroke Tools for Blender. The open-source extension makes it possible to apply painterly brushstrokes to the surface of 3D models to create stylized looks for illustration, animation or motion graphics, and edit the strokes procedurally.https://www.cgchannel.com/2024/11/get-the-blender-studios-free-brushstroke-tools-for-blender/0 Comments 0 Shares 64 Views