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Flora, whose node-based design tool uses AI to create media assets for clients like Lionsgate, raised a $42M Series A, bringing its total funding to $52M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/node-based-design-tool-flora-r…

Node-based design tool Flora raises $42M from Redpoint Ventures | TechCrunch
Flora's node-based design tool is being used by companies like Pentagram and Lionsgate.

from my link log —
Arcan as operating system design.
https://arcan-fe.com/2021/09/20/arcan-as-operating-system-design/
saved 2025-12-28

Arcan as Operating System Design
Time to continue to explain what Arcan actually “is” on a higher level. Previous articles have invited the comparison to Xorg ( part1, part2 ). Another possibility would have been Plan9…



Both Quikscript and Shavian were essentially the results of a design competition,
sponsored--posthumously--by playwright George Bernard Shaw,
who laid out the terms in his will.
Shaw wanted someone to create an ideal phonetic alphabet for English that trumped Pitman shorthand.
British designer Ronald Kingsley Read, a finalist in the 1960s competition, designed both Quikscript and Shavian, the latter being named in Shaw's honor

Here are 50 Different Written Languages. Can You Tell Which are Fake? - Core77
Below are examples of 50 different written languages. Unless you're Indiana Jones, I doubt you'll recognize more than a handful. However, of these 50 scripts, five of them are contrived 20th Century creations. Two of them are shorthand-style phonetic alphabets designed for English; one of them is an ideographic writing

Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of the iPhone camera app Halide who previously freelanced for Apple, says he has joined Apple's Human Interface Design team (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/28/halide-cofounder-sebastiaan-de-wi…

Halide cofounder Sebastiaan de With joins Apple's design team - 9to5Mac
Halide and Lux co-founder and designer Sebastiaan de With announced today that he is joining Apple’s human interface design team....

Biggest looming free agent decisions for all 32 teams https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47734878/2026-nfl-free-agency-32-free-agents-decisions-every-team

Nicht mehr Tim Cook: John Ternus ist Apples neuer „Designchef“
Seit Abgang von COO Jeff Williams hatte Apples CEO beim Design das letzte Wort. Nun darf der Hardwarechef ran – als potenzieller Cook-Nachfolger?
ht…

Wow, Apple's issues with one of their most important core values (#UX, #UI design) does seem to be worse than I'd have expected.
More and more complaints do pop up in my bubble.
Latest example:

Sean Payton: Play call 'irks me' more than decision to go for it on 4th down vs. Patriots https://www.nfl.com/news/sean-payton-play-call-irks-me-more-than-decision-to-go-for-it-on-4th-down-vs-patriots

A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010…

Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti
A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.

Privacy-focused MVNO Cape, which has raised $61M from a16z and others, launches across the US following a March 2025 beta, offering a $99 monthly plan (Steven Melendez/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91481000/this-

This new privacy-focused phone service is designed to keep your phone from getting hacked
Cape, which offers a range of enhanced privacy and security measures, is now offering service across the United States.