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In today's enterprise landscape, software development often resembles a game of telephone. Business users articulate needs, and—after those needs go through layers of marketing, product and ...

In the first of a multi-part series on how to design a custom chip for under $1,000, our Analog Editor gets you started with a Magnificent 7 list of textbooks. TinyTapeout offers a course that ...

For a long time, the architectural world seemed convinced that the only way to make a building feel healthy was to cover it in actual plants. The star of healthy architecture was the living building.

This clear, organized process can help teams break free of a variety of human tendencies that get in the way of innovation. For business leaders, the struggle between efficiency and innovation is ...

Effective design in startups goes beyond mere aesthetics, focusing on structured decision-making to solve real problems and drive business growth. Founders often misjudge the role of design, either ...

Designer and educator Omari Souza conceived of his new book Design Against Racism: Creating Work That Transforms Communities, well before the Trump administration began its campaign to demonize ...

When most think of journalism, we think of: Headlines. Breaking News. Facts. But more often than not, it’s design. Quiet and often invisible, it determines whether those facts are seen, understood, or ...

On the first day of a required class for freshman design majors at Carnegie Mellon, my professor stood in front of a lecture hall of earnest, nervous undergraduates and asked, “Who here thinks that ...

Consumers are returning to the physical store for all the advantages it offers: the ability to touch, feel and experience the brand — and most importantly, be a part of the brand’s community or “tribe ...

Design thinking is, at its core, a process of empathizing with the user. The methodology has been successfully used in many industries to drive human-centred innovation, resulting in the creation of ...