X now marks the spot where Twitter’s blue birdie used to be, as Elon Musk rebranded the social media company he owns. Those tweeting — or X-ing (?) — about it seem… Read More
Figma, the San Francisco startup that makes cloud-based design collaboration software, has opened a small engineering hub in Seattle. The company is working out of a WeWork space at 1201… Read More
Mike Davidson, a Seattle technology veteran and longtime designer, is joining Microsoft as the corporate vice president of design and research. Davidson will head up design for the Web Experiences… Read More
Two industrial designers who helped create and launch the first Amazon Go cashierless convenience store have a new baby, as some founders like to refer to their startups. Newly launched… Read More
A lot can change in the landscape during a year in which social isolation is the norm. At the University of Washington, the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health has… Read More
After ditching its longtime shopping cart app icon in favor of a cardboard box with blue tape on it earlier this year, Amazon has revisited the new design for another… Read More
Once the pandemic passes and everyone can stop thinking about relocating to Butte, perhaps we can reconnect with the imaginative spirit that fuels what it means to live in a… Read More
Six months into a global health crisis that has redefined where and how many of us work, Ethan Pearl is ready to talk about what we’re missing at the office.… Read More
More than a decade after Virgin Galactic unveiled a swoopy, spacey look for the passenger cabin of its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, the company took the wraps off a more down-to-Earth… Read More
[Editor’s note: Amy Balliett is founder and CEO of Seattle-based creative content agency Killer Visual Strategies. This excerpt is from her new book of the same name.] While visual content… Read More
A Seattle-based industrial design company has come up with a 3-D-printed ventilation system that it says can create invisible curtains of air around airplane passengers, reducing the risk of coronavirus… Read More
A Portland, Ore., startup that develops online tools for architects and designers just closed a $2.5 million fundraising round to take its platform national. Source, which rebranded from Krowdsourced, has… Read More
Art and architecture already speaks to us on a multitude of levels. A new installation on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Wash., communicates in a new way, using artificial intelligence to… Read More
Leafly, the Seattle-based cannabis information resource, is aiming to do more to help people understand the effects of marijuana. The company announced Tuesday the release of the “Leafly Cannabis Guide,”… Read More
Dr. Ian Malcom would get a kick out of Sheryl Cababa. “I jokingly compare myself to the Jeff Goldblum character in the original ‘Jurassic Park,’” said Cababa, the executive creative… Read More
In a small apartment just a couple blocks from the waterfront in downtown Seattle, windows looking south over the Alaskan Way Viaduct usually afford a view of Mount Rainier. Clouds… Read More
Inclusion is a buzzy word these days for businesses intent on conveying to people that they are a place for everyone, offering a product or service for everyone. In a… Read More
In tech-focused Seattle, design might often be thought of as a means to deliver another luxury to consumers who demand an increasing amount of convenience in their daily lives. At… Read More
After four years as the VP of design at Twitter — and two years on his couch — Mike Davidson is returning to work, accepting a position as the head of… Read More
Picture a scandal that has rocked the tech world in the past year or two and chances are the people or company involved have been blamed for launching a product… Read More
In his job as a visualization designer with the global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will, Simon Chavez uses virtual and augmented reality to help people get a better sense of… Read More
While the Seattle Seahawks have certainly been making plenty of news during the offseason for changing the look of the team that will take the field in 2018, the organization… Read More
There’s been plenty of fallout in recent days due to the scandal enveloping Facebook, and the social media giant’s reaction to research firm Cambridge Analytica’s misuse of data tied to 50… Read More
Five years after first proposing the construction of three glass domes on its downtown Seattle campus, Amazon is set to welcome employees into its fully realized, plant-filled Spheres next week, and… Read More
Five years after they were first proposed as an indoor space filled with plants and tall trees, The Spheres at the base of the tall towers on Amazon’s downtown Seattle… Read More
Marty Brennan wants us all to have a desk by the window. At the very least, our latest Geek of the Week hopes someone is paying attention to the lighting… Read More
Genessa Krasnow spent several years at Microsoft as a creative strategist, building prototypes to illustrate the future of technology. Focused on the living space, Krasnow produced pioneering work in HDTV,… Read More
Apple Michigan Avenue, a first in the tech giant’s reimagining of its premiere store locations, opens on Friday along Chicago’s riverfront. A preview on Thursday showed off some of the… Read More
Looking down is part of the point of going up in Seattle’s Space Needle. For visitors to the landmark’s restaurant high above ground, it will be a featured element of… Read More
The revamped Echo from Amazon, unveiled Wednesday in Seattle, comes with improved sound, a lower price and a new design. But for the discerning eye, at least a couple of… Read More
