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Software-defined vehicles and UX design by Volkswagen, Audi and Tesla

The Rabbit R1 and the Humane AI Pin were, until recently, heralded as the dawn of a new age in personal computing. Infused with “artificial intelligence” and wrapped in hardware shaped by superstar designers (Teenage Engineering for the R1, former member of Apple’s Industrial Design Group for the AI ​​Pin), here were two products that, according to their makers, were going to change the world or, at the very least, the way we interact with computers for the better.

We would speak to them and have them respond as if they were our personal assistants. Their cameras would capture, analyze

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This 7-Eleven logo design detail has got people in a spin

Another day, another “secret” logo. This time, certain corners of the internet have been sent into collective meltdown after realizing that the 7-Eleven logo features a lowercase letter that nobody noticed (myself included). It turns out that the iconic logo has had a lower case ‘n’ this whole time and now my life feels like a lie.

Some of the best logos have hidden features that most of us never notice, like Amazon’s secret smile or Toblerone’s hidden bear. It’s these little quirks that make them memorable and iconic.

@twosometravellers ♬ The Feels – Labrinth

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Best web design software of 2024

The best web design software lets you prototype site refreshes and map out effortless UI/UX designs. There is something out there for you, regardless of whether you have tons of front-end experience or you’ve never designed a website in your life.

Best web design software of 2024: Quick menu

Creating a functional and visually striking website will help you grab visitors’ attention and support their journey throughout your content, allowing them to easily navigate and interact with your site. Web design software lets designers and developers do with this with as little fuss as possible.

In our experience, the best

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How Kia’s design chief is making Americans want to drive sedans again

Kia’s K4 sedan, a sleek, compact four-door that debuted this week at the New York International Auto Show, has stiff competition — mainly from the Korean brand’s own sport-utility vehicles and crossovers.

American drivers, however, may soon become enamored with the sedan’s fastback styling and airy interior.

“We’re not all going to drive SUVs … people have different tastes and needs and desires,” Karim Habib, the head of Kia Global Design, told ABC News. “We wanted to make the sedan relevant for the future.”

Habib joined Kia in 2019, overseeing the brand’s exterior, interior, color and material teams. He’s also

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Snow Miku 2025 Nendoroid Design Poll Opens

Every year, Good Smile Company asks for artists to submit designs for the new Hatsune Miku “Snow Miku” Nendoroid, and the 2025 one is now open. People have until April 8, 2024 to vote once for one of the six options on the official site.

The theme for 2025 is “Glittering Snow Material.” Each of the outfits is designed to highlight a sparkling effect. This means we have designs like Nimoji’s miner with horned hat and huge hammer, as well as RAOOO’s with a stained glass type of design. In each case, the artist submitted outfits for both Miku and

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Design-build team chosen for Nappanee’s new fire station | News

NAPPANEE — The scores have been tabulated and at Monday afternoon’s Board of Public Works meeting it was announced that Weingard Construction and K2M Design will design and build Nappanee’s new fire station.

Landon Martin of the Veridus Group, the city’s owner representative, said the technical review team, consisting of himself as a non-voting member, Todd Nunemaker, Jeff Knight, Don Lehman, Steve Heckathorn and Doug Berger, received and reviewed the price proposals and qualitative proposals and scored them accordingly. They also meet with the team. Once they had the scores, he said according to Indiana state code (IC 530-7-5) they

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Design news: style after a mastectomy, a pop art funfair and a skate ramp at Chelsea | Life and style

Qhis month brings a great revival as well as new launches. Luna Luna was a 1980s funfair created by artists, including a carousel by Keith Haring and a mirrored maze by Roy Lichtenstein. Read about how it was restored here, as well as Chelsea Flower Show’s first skateable garden and clothing for asymmetric bodies.

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All the fun of the art fair

Keith Haring with his carousel at the original Luna Luna. Photograph: Luna Luna

If a funfair which includes rides and exhibits created by the likes of David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dalí and Jean-Michel Basquiat sounds preposterous,

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ABB Expands Its Modular Large Robot Portfolio

ABB Robotics has expanded its modular large robot portfolio with the introduction of the new IRB 7710 and IRB 7720. The new robots, combined with recently launched IRB 5710-IRB 5720 and IRB 6710-IRB 6740, offer a combined total of 46 different variants capable of handling payloads between 70kg-620kg, to give customers a new level of flexibility, greater choice and performance in their operations.

New modular robots

Image courtesy of ABB Robotics

“As businesses introduce new technologies and components to meet productivity and sustainability goals, we’ve engineered our modular large robot portfolio to enable them to select the best robots and variants to allow

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