Dessn raises $6M for its production focused design tool
A new startup called Dessn has raised $6M to build AI-powered design tools that work directly with production codebases.
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Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect
Arnell joins Gebbia’s National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Americans use government services.
Canva apologizes after its AI tool replaces ‘Palestine’ in designs
One of Canva’s new AI features has been caught replacing the word “Palestine” in designs. The Magic Layers feature – which is designed to break flat images out into separate editable components – isn’t supposed to make visible alterations to user designs, but it was found by X user @ros_ie9 to automatically switch the phrase […]
Google’s new gradient icon design is coming to more apps
In late 2025, Google started rolling out new icons with a gradient design. Now it seems the new look is coming to the rest of Google’s apps. 9to5Google got its hands on images of the new icons that ditch the uniform circle design that tries to cram in every color of the Google logo. In […]
Ikea’s new inflatable chair doesn’t look like an inflatable chair
Ikea shared a sneak preview of three pieces from a new experimental collection, set to be fully revealed at an annual company event on May 13th. One of the pieces is an inflatable chair that looks like a far cry from the cheap and lumpy inflatable furniture popularized in the ’90s. This isn’t the first […]
Canva’s CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software
Today, I’m talking with Melanie Perkins, founder and CEO of Canva, a popular online design tool. I always enjoy talking with Melanie. She was last on the show a couple of years ago, just as the AI revolution was coming to the worlds of art and design. At the time, Canva had escaped a lot […]
Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals
The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily.
Teenage Engineering might be getting into instrument amps next
An unannounced Teenage Engineering device, the KO-Amp 35, can be found over at the FCC in a new filing. The label clearly marks it as a member of the mid-range EP family instruments, which currently includes the KO-II and its spinoffs, the Riddim and the Medieval. The name suggests that TE could be getting into […]
Interior design at 25,000 mph
As the Artemis II astronauts prepare for the most dramatic and potentially dangerous part of their mission – reentry into Earth’s atmosphere – the eyes of the world will be on the Orion capsule and the people inside it. Getting glimpses into the capsule during the mission, the public has been able to observe the […]
The Artist Pro 27 is XP-Pen’s latest 4K flagship display tablet
XP-Pen has launched a new 27-inch display drawing tablet that competes with the visual performance of Wacom’s beloved Cintiq Pro series, but for a fraction of the cost. The Artist Pro 27 is available starting today for $1,899.99, providing a 4K resolution display with a 120Hz refresh rate and extreme color accuracy, according to XP-Pen’s […]