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Nike is taking a plunge deeper into the world of crypto collectibles, announcing that they’re acquiring the NFT studio RTFKT (pronounced “artifact”). The acquisition announcement comes at an opportune time for the studio; RTFKT is currently behind one of the most talked-about NFT project drops of the month — a sweeping avatar partnership with artist Takashi Murakami called CloneX.
With that out of the way, let's get into the reads from this week.
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Context in design: A keystone to understanding users
Designers need to be keen on creating useful designs that suit the context of how and where users are using them. In the article, Canvs Editorial elucidates why context is important and how to build contextually aware designs.
Artificial Intelligence Is Developing A Sense Of Smell
What Could A Digital Nose Mean In Practice?
See Little Robots Get Swole in This Virtual 'Gym'
The bizarre robots look like cobbled-together Tetris pieces. A new system "evolves" them to run, climb, and throw stuff better.
Micropedia is a sleek, intuitive resource on microaggressions, which are often subtle and hard to define. This new encyclopedia can help you avoid saying something offensive.
2022 needs to be the year virtual leadership gets better
Researchers from the School of Business at George Washington University showed that relationship-focused leadership is a stronger predictor of virtual team performance than task-focused leadership, and explain best practices to encourage it.
How Shein beat Amazon at its own game — and reinvented fast fashion
By connecting China’s garment factories with Western Gen-Z customers, Shein ushered in a new era of “ultra-fast” shopping.
This Dark Matter Radio Could Tune Into New Physics
Researchers are hoping to "hear" dark matter particles using a super-cooled experiment in California.
The first self-funded tourism mission to space
Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, arrived at the International Space Station this morning after soaring into outer space aboard a Russian-built Soyuz capsule, kicking off the first self-funded tourism mission to the International Space Station in a decade.
Adobe's Creative Cloud Express brings content editing to the masses
It's competing directly with Canva, a template-builder for non-professionals.
Inside Apple Park: first look at the design team shaping the future of tech
Opening the doors to studio at Apple Park in Cupertino for the first time, it offers a deep dive into the working processes behind the latest creations.
Honorary mentions
TIME 'Person of the Year 2021'
Pantone's colour of the year 2022
Instagram reportedly hit 2 billion active users but probably won’t admit it
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