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Figma is getting crushed in its post-IPO earnings debut; CEO Dylan Field is focused on AI’s long-term power to ‘raise the ceiling’

In an interview with Fortune, the cofounder and chief executive of the newly public Figma discussed the increasingly interconnected future of design and AI.

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By Andrew NuscaNovember 14, 2018
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Design ThinkingBMW’s Vision iNext Concept Forgoes Screens for ‘Smart Fabric’
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By Hallie DetrickSeptember 11, 2018
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By Aaron PressmanSeptember 10, 2018
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Design ThinkingA Suicide Net Is Quietly Being Added to the Golden Gate Bridge. Here’s Why It’s So Controversial
By Brittany ShootAugust 15, 2018
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By Emily PriceAugust 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingWhy Google’s Toronto ‘Smart City’ Project Is Running Into Hefty Local Resistance
By Alice TozerAugust 2, 2018
A skyscraper featuring a waterfall in Guiyang, China.
Design ThinkingThis Chinese Skyscraper Has a 350-Foot Waterfall Cascading Down Its Side
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Robert Gregory, 49, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, demonstrates his iBot, a high-tech wheelchair that improves mobility for the disabled, in his backyard
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