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Figma isn’t just design software: it’s a collaboration platform for making software. I call it the OS for design. That, by extension, means that Figma is much better positioned than it might seem for AI: instead of an agent making everything, agents will work alongside humans, with Figma as the coordination layer.
Ben Thompson • 2025.31: How to Think About Figma
we’d argue that if you produce something iconic, you can create a cultural moment that ripples through people’s crowded psyches and impacts them deeply. And if you’re culturally and commercially successful, it paves the way for future experiments: it becomes easier to both sell tickets and sell ideas to potential clients.
Olivia Squire • 7 Ways To Make An Iconic Experience In 2024 — WXO
Peanut Pearls: the aperitif of my @rosewoodlondon residency menu
Yoghurt covered raisins are decorated with silver paint and dust then sealed inside empty peanut shells— this has by far been one of my favourite dishes to develop 🤍
Paired with @ruinart R de Ruinart Brut for a little play on... See more
instagram.comThis woman’s work is certainly a definition of food porn.
The fork on your plate isn’t inevitable—it’s propaganda. Its design has been polished by centuries of iteration, yes, but also by centuries of forgetting. We stopped asking why a fork looks the way it does because it became too familiar to question. It’s not a tool anymore; it’s a dogma.
But supernormal isn’t about inevitability. It’s about normalization. When something becomes so ubiquitous, so embedded in daily life, it disappears from view. That’s not just true for objects—it’s true for the systems we live by. Markets, money, time.
Resources on Product Design
drocarmo.comIf you're small, you're in a position where it's to your advantage to be weird—you can have a point of view that the big tech companies never could. In the world of chairs—you're not going to build a cheaper chair than Ikea. Why not build something they couldn't—like a more interesting one?