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There’s an argument to be made that we have heard everything we ever need to hear from John Galliano, the subject of this knotty, complex documentary portrait. That after the formerly celebrated and adored British fashion designer was filmed, booze-sodden, bitter and spewing an antisemitic tirade at strangers from his preferred corner seat in La Perle, his local bar in Paris, his legacy should have been buried and the attention of the fashion world should have moved on to other, less radioactively compromised figures.…

International Business Machines on Wednesday said that its initial testing of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools from Adobe has resulted in productivity improvements.IBM said it was using Adobe's tools, which can generate images from text-based prompts, to help with marketing campaigns. It is an early test of Adobe's strategy to create AI systems trained on its own proprietary data with legal guarantees against lawsuits, a strategy that Adobe hopes will lure in large businesses.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with…

When production designers Shona Heath and James Price were tasked with designing the dark comedy Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Oscar-nominated movie about a woman whose resurrected with her infant’s brain, they had several key decisions to make. For starters, how would they represent the London mansion, which included the laboratory of mad scientist Dr. Baxter, played by Willem Dafoe? The answer turned out to be simple: They’d put human anatomy along the walls and ceiling.  They stapled packing foam to the atrium…

Images shown to study participants include four classrooms with features ranging from traditionally masculine to traditionally feminine. Credit: Michael Ralph, study authors The way people interact with the built environment can influence whether they feel comfortable in a space or if they feel they belong among people who gather there. However, the people who design learning spaces and those who use them might not feel the…

Tesla’s upgraded Model 3 sedan has been available in the U.S. since last month, and on Wednesday designers and engineers at the automaker appeared in a video (below) showing off the refreshed design. Upgraded Model 3 | Design & Engineering Walkthrough The Model 3 launched in 2017 and is Tesla’s most affordable electric vehicle. The refresh was a long time coming, and should help to retain the Model 3’s popularity going forward. One of the vehicle designers in the video says they “took out what I call the baby…

Last updated: February 14th, 2024 at 18:33 UTC+01:00 Jonny Ive had long been the face of Apple's industrial design. We'd see him explain the design choices made for Apple products in his impeccable British accent at launch events. Ive's vision aligned with that of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and the two famously got on very well. So it was a big deal for the company when Ive decided to leave Apple in 2019. Ive's design influence is no longer seen on Apple's devices. Some of the other members of the team have either…

It’s that time of the year, Pandas! The time for heart-shaped candies, ‘I heart you’ balloons, and bad love puns. You might hate the commercialization of the day that’s supposed to represent love and connection. But you can’t deny that with loads of merchandise comes the opportunity to laugh at some fails.We’ve scoured the Internet and found the best of the worst. From funny spelling mistakes and cringy design choices to some absurdly grotesque Valentine’s products. You mean to tell me they sell heart-shaped beef? Bacon…

Designcrowd's members are never ones to disappoint with their Photoshop skills and this time they are back on Bored Panda to engage in a unique challenge: transforming iconic horror movies into child-friendly versions.The contest rules are simple yet imaginative - take well-known scary films and replace the horror elements with something wholesome and fun, just as a parent might do to protect their child's innocence. For instance, envision "Jurassic Park" with Barney the Dinosaur instead of the fearsome T-Rex, "The…

Before all the Sam Altman drama at OpenAI, we saw various reports claiming that the CEO was setting up plans to develop ChatGPT hardware. What was exciting about those plans was Jony Ive’s involvement. Apparently, Sam Altman and Jony Ive have been meeting to discuss making a product that might be seen as the iPhone of AI. Reports at the time said the new venture might rely on a massive $1 billion backing.I explained why ChatGPT would need its own home and why hardware development is inevitable. With or without…

Lizzo, facing multiple harassment allegations from former employees, has made moves to put one lawsuit to rest. The “Truth Hurts” singer requested that Los Angeles court officials dismiss a September harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed by New York designer Asha Daniels, who designed costumes for the Grammy winner’s tour dancers. In the motion, filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Lizzo called Daniels’ suit “meritless and salacious” and said that the designer has “no basis to seek recovery under…