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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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Harvard researcher unearths data airlines don’t want you to notice: Three-hour flight delays are 4x more common now than 30 years ago
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Tech industry insiders share their picks for the next startups who will ride the IPO wave after Figma’s blockbuster debut
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Inside the rise of Whatnot, the wildly-entertaining, FOMO-inducing, $5 billion shopping app you’ve never heard of
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Nintendo’s New Patent Describes A Joyfully Weird Multi-Touchscreen Game System
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    Design ThinkingIBM Is Making Its Design Thinking Available to Clients, Says Its Design Chief
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By Hallie DetrickMarch 26, 2018
Forget Flamethrowers, Elon Musk Is Now Hawking ‘Boring’ LEGO Rocks
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Design Thinking‘Bringing the Tribes of the Design Community Together.’ Brainstorm Design 2018 Closes After Three Inspiring Days
By Casey QuackenbushMarch 8, 2018
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Design Thinking‘Oddness Is Okay.’ Thomas Heatherwick on the Secret to Successful Urban Design
By Robert HornMarch 8, 2018
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Design ThinkingForget Grand Architecture. This Is What Well Designed Cities Actually Need
By Debbie YongMarch 8, 2018
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    Design ThinkingDesigners Need to Stop Praising Good Design and Start Talking About the Bad Design
    By Robert HornMarch 7, 2018
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Design Thinking‘A Childhood Memory.’ How Masazumi Imai Designed the X-Series Cameras for Fujifilm
By Casey QuackenbushMarch 8, 2018
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Design Thinking‘Stop Viewing Digital and Physical as Separate.’ How UX Is Being Changed by New Technology
By Eli MeixlerMarch 8, 2018
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Design Thinking‘Let’s Be Curious.’ Artist Daan Roosegaarde Says Design Must Be Inspired by Nature
By TF ChanMarch 8, 2018
City Views of Singapore Ahead of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat's Budget Speech
Design ThinkingThis City Wants to See a ‘Basic Level of Design Skill in Everyone’
By Casey QuackenbushMarch 7, 2018
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Design Thinking‘It’s Crazy, We’ve Had Enough.’ Designers Need to Tackle the Environmental Mess They’ve Made
By TF ChanMarch 7, 2018
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    Design ThinkingHow Can You Prepare Design Students for an Uncertain World?
    By Casey QuackenbushMarch 6, 2018
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Design ThinkingIf You Don’t Embrace Design as a CEO, You Risk Becoming a Dinosaur
By Robert HornMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingOwning an Actual Car Is Soon Going to Seem Obsolete. Here’s Why
By Debbie YongMarch 7, 2018
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Design Thinking‘A Strong Identity is an Icon’ Says the Designer Behind the Uniqlo Logo
By Robert HornMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingDesign Is Continuous Experimentation Says Patricia Urquiola
By Casey QuackenbushMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingThe Mandate of Design Has Never Been So Broad, Says Alipay’s UX Chief
By Eli MeixlerMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingMeet the Man Who Turned Aluminum Into a Material for High-End Art
By Casey QuackenbushMarch 7, 2018
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Design Thinking‘Asking Really Big and Bold Questions.’ Experts Debate the Power of Design to Disrupt
By Casey QuackenbushMarch 7, 2018
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Design Thinking‘Have Positive, Real World Impact.’ Why Facebook Is Redesigning Data for Social Good
By Eli MeixlerMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingDesign Needs to Address Some of the World’s Biggest Problems, Says This Author and Architect
By Casey QuackenbushMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingAirbnb Is an Expert At Building Trust Between Strangers. Now It’s Using That Skill for Good
By Eli MeixlerMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingDo We Need to Rethink the Meaning of Design Thinking?
By Casey QuackenbushMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingThe 4 Questions You Must Ask When Briefing Any Designer
By Fortune StaffMarch 7, 2018
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Design Thinking‘Exploding Building.’ How Architects Are Radically Changing the Spaces in Which We Live and Work
By Robert HornMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingSAP’s Design Chief Explains How to Scale Design Across Organizations
By Eli MeixlerMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingDesigners Need to Embrace Artificial Intelligence But Do So Responsibly, Experts Say
By Robert HornMarch 7, 2018
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Design Thinking‘Giving People Permission to Be Heard.’ The Life-Changing Power of Social Design
By Eli MeixlerMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingCreativity Is More Important Than the Bottom Line, Says Manolo Blahnik’s CEO
By Robert HornMarch 7, 2018
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Design ThinkingThis Top Designer Says Lighting Can Be Part of the Identity of a Brand
By Casey QuackenbushMarch 7, 2018
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Design Thinking‘We Care.’ Changi Airport’s CEO on How His Organization Stays on Top of Its Game
By Robert HornMarch 7, 2018
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