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Mark Wilson

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Global Design Editor, Fast Company

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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
RIP PCs www.fastcompany.com/91511368/the...
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The PC era is dying. Welcome to the collective computer era
What happens when you take the personal out of the personal computer? In an age of AI as metered utility and OpenClaw rigs jacked into ChatGPT or Claude, we're about to find out.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Starbucks has designed a new ceramic cup and brought back its '90s chair - read about their development here www.fastcompany.com/91499407/sta...
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How Starbucks designed its new iconic cup and big comfy chair
The coffee chain wants to revive hospitality with premium mugs and a plush chair that hearkens back to its ’90s heyday.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A first look at Jony Ive’s Ferrari www.fastcompany.com/91488756/fir...
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First look inside the Ferrari Luce: The closest thing to an ‘Apple car’ we will ever get
Five years in the making, Jony Ive's LoveFrom has helped design the Ferrari Luce, the Italian automaker's first EV.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Trump decimated the government’s digital design agencies and replaced them with a personal propaganda czar. Read @fastcompany.com's profile on America’s first Chief Design Officer, Joe Gebbia www.fastcompany.com/91458973/chi...
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From Airbnb to the White House: Joe Gebbia is reshaping the government in Trump’s image
The president decimated the U.S. government’s digital design agencies and replaced them with a personal propaganda czar.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Take a first look inside Netflix House—where there is actually just one movie theater, and it's free www.fastcompany.com/91438158/nef...
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A first look inside Netflix House, Disneyland for the rest of us
Netflix House, the streaming giant's new, 100,000 sq. ft live entertainment space, is a bold, immersive vision for the future of the cineplex—and almost certainly coming to a mall near you.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The makers of August locks want to fix the smart home with their new startup Doma www.fastcompany.com/91389235/exc...
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Yves Béhar and Jason Johnson want to fix the smart home ecosystem (again)
The duo made August smart locks a smash hit, and now their new startup Doma aspires to fulfill the dream of the intelligent home.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
At @fastcompany.com we've launched a new podcast called By Design—listen here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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By Design
Design Podcast · Updated Monthly · Design is no longer just about aesthetics—it's shaping the way we live, work, and interact with the world. Join ‘Fast Company’ senior editor Liz Stinson and global d...
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Apple finally adding windows to iPad OS feels eerily like Max coming full circle to add back the HBO
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Two years ago, Jony Ive and I spoke about the potential of AI. He believed it would usher in the fourth great modality in UX www.fastcompany.com/91341731/jon...
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Can Jony Ive and Sam Altman build the fourth great interface? That's the question behind io
Where Meta, Google, and Apple zig, Ive and Altman are choosing to zag. Can they pull it off?
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
OpenAI x io x LoveFrom - what do you think if you're Apple, or anyone else in hardware, right now? www.fastcompany.com/91338779/ope...
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OpenAI acquires Jony Ive's hardware firm, io, to create AI devices
Stocked with ex-Apple talent, io, LoveFrom, and OpenAI are assembling to develop the future of AI products.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
You can afford the downpayment www.fastcompany.com/91326862/you...
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You can buy the new pope’s childhood home for $199,000
Robert Prevost’s former house in Dolton is about to become a landmark.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The new Ayn Rand-inspired a16z brand is telling you exactly what it believes in www.fastcompany.com/91327237/a16...
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A16z’s new Ayn Rand-style logo is the perfect embodiment of its Trumpian ethos
The storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm has ditched sans serifs for Art Deco and Objectivism.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Trump take two - the sequel is always worse www.fastcompany.com/91324283/the...
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The insidious design of Trump’s second term
President Trump has rewritten the propaganda playbook for the modern political age. It’s one part Cold War witch hunt, one part Michael Bay movie.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Ooph, the kerning on the Pope's tomb really is that bad—and we figured out why www.fastcompany.com/91324550/ker...
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The kerning on the pope's tomb is a travesty
The internet is up in arms about Pope Francis's tomb, and it's all because of lettering.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The worst AI company of the past decade will linger as some sort of “smart” notification that your magenta is low www.fastcompany.com/91281283/hp-...
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HP just blew $116 million of your ink cartridge money to buy one of Silicon Valley's biggest flops
Even though the public didn’t buy into Humane’s nonsense with its Ai Pin, HP found something worth paying for.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Why Sims are still peeing themselves, 25 years later Why Sims are still peeing themselves, 25 years later www.fastcompany.com/91268974/the...
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Why The Sims is still so popular, 25 years later
A game no one understood in 2000 is bigger than ever in 2025. We talk to the development team to learn why.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
While Peloton is known for its iconic bikes, soon you may know it as a social network www.fastcompany.com/91268591/how...
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How Peloton is becoming a social network (exclusive)
As the exercise platform grows beyond the bike, it’s launching constructs of social networks to build community and keep you working out on the service.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Non-alcoholic drinks are good now. Are they...too good? www.fastcompany.com/91266999/doe...
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Does the non-alcoholic craze just keep us drinking?
We live in the golden age of non-alcoholic beverages. But am I breaking any habit if I’m still reaching into a cardboard box labeled Budweiser?
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
A day into the presidency, and Trump is already reshaping the [digital] world in his image www.fastcompany.com/91264538/tru...
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Trump knows the fastest way to dismantle America is to just delete it
What’s even faster than the swipe of a pen? The stroke of a key. Trump’s new empire is thriving online, instantly.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The SNL opening credits are iconic. Here's how they've been made fresh and familiar for 50 years and counting www.fastcompany.com/91249850/ins...
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Inside the making of 50 years of iconic 'Saturday Night Live' opening credits
'SNL' has been establishing its vibe for 50 years and counting. We talked to the designers behind the most iconic sequence in television.
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diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
how do we respond to new tools of our time? @ctrlzee.bsky.social talks to @pentagramdesign.bsky.social's paula scher on the backlash against her use of generative AI. www.fastcompany.com/91240809/pen...
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Pentagram partner Paula Scher unapologetically defends using generative AI
Parts of the creative community erupted in outrage after partner Paula Scher and her team designed a government website using Midjourney.
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Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Starbucks is about to change a ton about its experience... all in service in this number www.fastcompany.com/91226415/why...
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Why a 4-minute wait is the magic number for Starbucks
The company’s new CEO has promised to serve you coffee faster than before. And that will involve rethinking everything.
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