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While stuck at home, this VC built a virtual version of Silicon Valley

Investor Brianne Kimmel created the digital environment Stay at Home Valley, which has sprouted versions of tech company headquarters and even an engagement celebration.

While stuck at home, this VC built a virtual version of Silicon Valley

Type in the digital era is a mess

Laying out text used to be fairly straightforward. Then computers came along and ruined everything.

Type in the digital era is a mess

What design tools get wrong

Designers have more digital design tools than ever before. Yet some key problems remain.

What design tools get wrong

The explosion of design tools has come at a cost

Sketch, Framer, Figma, Adobe XD: Design tools are proliferating, but they don’t always simplify the design process. Here are five ways toolmakers can create a better design ecosystem for everyone, writes Designer Fund codirector Ben Blumenfeld.

The explosion of design tools has come at a cost

As Design And Engineering Blur, Figma Wants To Be Their Platform

This design tool is built for the web, which gives it the potential to simplify the messy process of melding concepts and code.

As Design And Engineering Blur, Figma Wants To Be Their Platform

Impact

In Arizona, Indigenous nations suffer more COVID-19 cases—and more blame

Strict voter ID laws directly reduce minority turnout

We are throwing away a record 53.6 million metric tons of electronics

Creativity

Let’s cancel the 4th of July this year

‘Hamilton’ on Disney Plus is a nostalgic tour de force—and that’s the problem

How to watch Hamilton for free on Disney Plus: You can’t, and here’s why

Co.Design

New Trump campaign tee says America First, but Nazi symbol is front and center

You can now smell like space, with this new NASA-inspired fragrance

This $2,500 ventilator is a master class in designing for the COVID-19 era

Work Life

How this software company saw the opportunity—and went remote nearly overnight

We have a window to create a more racially equitable workplace. Will we take advantage of it?

This is the right way to challenge someone’s thinking