Generative AI could have been an existential threat for Canva, which made billions by making graphic design quick and easy. But for CEO Melanie Perkins, it’s simply making the world more visual.

In retrospect, 2023 felt like the closing of a chapter. At least for a class of design leaders, who spent more than a decade participating in a massive expansion of design’s role across every sector ...

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 ...

1 Sarah Fathallah and A.D. Sean Lewis, “Abolish the Cop Inside Your (Designer’s) Head: Unraveling the Links Between Design and Policing,” Design Museum Magazine, vol. 18, 2021. 2 Lorraine Gamman & ...

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 ...

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