How does a digital company do industrial design? OpenAI’s first physical product
On July 15, 2026, OpenAI released its first piece of branded hardware: not the long-rumoured AI companion device it has […]
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is becoming part of the design process across products, architecture and digital experiences. This section gathers articles on AI tools, generative design, machine learning, robotics and emerging applications that influence how ideas are developed, tested and produced. DesignWanted covers artificial intelligence through projects, products and research that show its growing role across the design industry. The editorial selection looks at practical applications, creative experimentation and the questions AI raises for designers, manufacturers and businesses.
Mad scientist of thread: inside The Fabrick Lab
Elaine Yan Ling Ng runs The Fabrick Lab out of a factory unit in Kwai Hing, on the industrial fringe […]
Can an underwater body scanner replace traditional MRI machines?
Midjourney, the generative AI company, is building a body scanner that can assess a user’s health by submerging them in […]
What AI-powered design could look like with no data scraping
An interesting, design-driven response to some of AI’s biggest issues, such as data scraping, energy consumption, and the systematic disregard […]
Smart living, materials innovation, and global sourcing meet under one roof
If you want to understand where the built environment is heading — not in five years, but now, at the […]
Swimming in the Pool or the Ocean?
When Tadanori Nagasawa, Executive Chairman and Former President of Musashino Art University, posed this question at a Design for Longevity […]
The outliers economy: who survives AI?
Everyone is telling us that yes, there is agentic AI, and it will transform the way we work and design. […]
Light with a mind of its own, Andrea Mancuso’s LUMIAC
At Milan Design Week 2026, there was a peculiar irony between the fair being widely noted for its collective pivot […]
Creating false memories through smell: the Anemoia device
Anemoia is a neologism, coined by John Koenig in his Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a project that invented names for […]
Cork, code, and a question about what forests will look like in 50 years
What happens when you train an artificial intelligence on the plants of a greenhouse — and then ask it to […]
Are we outsourcing our thinking to AI?
As spring arrives and the winter semester comes to a close, the University of Michigan campus turns greener—more vibrant, more […]
Turning futures thinking into something you can touch, question, and act
After two editions that positioned it as one of the most relevant emerging platforms for design foresight, Future Days 2026 […]
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