Tally lets you design great free surveys in 60 seconds

Business 7/4 7:11A Jeremy Caplan

Use Tally for any kind of survey, whether you’re getting feedback from clients or students, collecting RSVPs, or gathering ideas. This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools , a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful...

These Lego-like homes are designed to float in floods

Business 7/3 4:00A Adele Peters

LifeArk’s amphibious housing can move with rising water, which lets people build in areas with high flood risk. And new supportive housing projects are already using the company’s innovative design in another way. Outside a warehouse in a Los...

‘Creatives are going to be elevated’: Canva’s COO on how AI is transforming the artistic landscape

Business 7/2 7:00A Robert Safian

Cliff Obrecht shares how the company is balancing innovation with empowerment—making powerful tools accessible to everyone while ensuring creators remain at the center. For over a decade, Canva has made design and publishing accessible to anyone....

Lululemon claims Costco knocked off its designs. Online, the big-box retailer has already won

Business 7/2 5:30A Grace Snelling

In an era of design dupes, of course the court of public opinion is siding with Costco. On June 27, Lululemon filed a lawsuit alleging that Costco has infringed on its copyright with several “knockoff” athleisure products. It’s just the latest...

AI chatbots are breaking the web—and forcing a 404 makeover

Business 7/2 5:03A Chris Stokel-Walker

With chatbots sending users to nonexistent pages, websites are redesigning their 404 error messages to serve content, retain visitors, and keep up with a shifting search landscape. More than half of Americans now use a chatbot , with an...

This chair costs $10,000—but it’s life-changing for people who need it

Business 7/2 5:00A Elissaveta M. Brandon

By 2035, older adults will outnumber American minors. The Awe chair is designed for them. Janet Feldman spent 20 years working in footwear. As VP of her family s business, she flew to Asia, supervised factory operations, and negotiated with...

Why showing your work is the new mark of great design

Business 7/1 7:00P Dan Harden

AI’s rise is cheapening the creation process—brands need to differentiate themselves. As AI -generated content becomes ubiquitous, products that reveal the time, care, and judgment behind their creation will offer a powerful point of emotional...

Trump’s big bill keeps senators in tense, overnight session as July 4th deadline nears

Business 7/1 7:50A Associated Press

The vote-a-rama spiraled into a marathon session as Republican leaders tried to find more support for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. The Senate is slogging through a tense overnight session that has dragged into Tuesday, with Republican leaders...

The anatomy of Zohran Mamdani’s winning campaign poster

Business 6/30 12:08P Diana Budds

The creatives behind Mamdani’s striking striking branding talk about how they designed a poster that broke all the rules of political aesthetics. There isn’t a single element that carried Zohran Mamdani’s campaign—except, well, for Mamdani...

Your leadership playbook needs an AI update

Business 6/30 6:11A KARALEE CLOSE

Here are 5 smart strategies to take your team from AI-wary to AI-ready As organizations embed artificial intelligence into business operations, the demands on leaders are changing. Today’s teams aren’t made up of people alone—they’re increasingly...

On Verizon’s 25th anniversary, CEO Hans Vestberg shares how he’s future-proofing the company

Business 6/30 6:00A Stephanie Mehta

A $52 billion bet on spectrum. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with...

The rise of AI in CEO communications—and the credibility threat it poses

Business 6/30 5:38A Jim O'Leary

The CEOs who win will balance technology with authenticity. CEOs have become more than just corporate leaders—they’re among the most valuable assets on the balance sheet. Great leadership can drive billions in market cap by shaping narratives and...

King’s Hawaiian just got a fluffy rebrand inspired by its classic rolls

Business 6/30 5:00A Grace Snelling

The new look, created by design agency Mrs&Mr, is an ode to the nostalgic sweet bread of our childhoods. King’s Hawaiian—the maker of the sweet, buttery rolls that were a staple in many American childhoods—just got a fluffy rebrand.

These gorgeous housing designs could remake Los Angeles’s fire-ravaged neighborhoods

Business 6/30 5:00A Nate Berg

Top L.A. architects are designing a catalog of house designs that residents can buy at a discount. For the Los Angeles area neighborhoods devastated by January s wildfires, rebuilding is a question of how, not if. A new effort involving 40...

Urban design job listings are up 102%. This might be why

Business 6/30 4:00A Andrew Thompson

Designers who can think at the scale of a city are in high demand right now, a new ‘Fast Company’ analysis shows. With more and more people moving to urban areas, there s an ever-growing need for people who can think at the scale of a city in...