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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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Design ThinkingThe art of colorizing black and white photographs of the past is undergoing an ethics review
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TechEasing ‘Zoom gloom’: How to reduce the stress of virtual meetings
By Aaron PressmanApril 20, 2021
LifestyleHow restaurant design will change post-pandemic
By Regan StephensApril 17, 2021
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By Danielle AbrilApril 15, 2021
TechAussie design startup Canva’s valuation balloons to $15 billion
By Robert HackettApril 6, 2021
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By Rachel KingMarch 13, 2021
ConferencesGraphic videos of Black people dying at the hands of police should not be continuously shown, some scholars argue
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By Bernhard WarnerFebruary 16, 2021
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By Fred DustNovember 24, 2020
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By Aaron PressmanOctober 30, 2020
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By Jeff John RobertsOctober 27, 2020
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By Mark Gurman and BloombergOctober 21, 2020
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By Clay Chandler and Eamon BarrettOctober 20, 2020
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