Exciting nominations, the importance of ‘taste’ and spot the space invader
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First up, some exciting news...
The Webby Award nominees were just announced and we’re proud to have two Nominees and one Honoree in the "academy awards" of the web.
🪙Our work with Azteco was honored in the Responsible Innovation category.
🦑 Last year we helped BBH USA ship the brilliant "The Price of Morals" Campaign for Netflix’s- Squid Game: The Challenge launch.
It’s nominated in the following categories:
We’d appreciate your (moral) support and votes for the project over the next couple of weeks. Congratulations to all the knights involved in both projects – it’s brilliant to get industry recognition for their hard work!
And with that, we’ll leave you with our 10 links of the week…
⚔️ Your Majesty
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the importance of taste – and how to acquire it
With so much ‘sameness’ being spouted out of AI image generators, what it means to have ‘taste’ is becoming more and more important. This author explores.
Read more on 'taste'itsnicethat.com (opens in a new tab)The hardest part of building software is not coding, it's requirements
Why replacing programmers with AI won’t be so easy – it always needs human input, ideas and requirements.
Find out morestackoverflow.blog (opens in a new tab)Space Invaders gone global
With over 4000 invaders worldwide, this UFA (unidentified free artist) is on a mission to liberate art from its usual alienators and free the Space Invaders from their video games. Spot these, fun ceramic tile artworks in over 80 countries.
Find your playerspace-invaders.com (opens in a new tab)Baltimore bridge collapse: a bridge engineer explains what happened, and what needs to change
The science behind the shocking event last month and what engineers must do to help avoid this problem in the future.
Learn more about bridgestheconversation.com (opens in a new tab)Apple claims its on-device AI system ReaLM 'substantially outperforms' GPT-4
Scary new developments? Apple's new AI models could let Siri remember your conversation history, understand what's on your iPhone screen, and be aware of surrounding activities.
Learn morezdnet.com (opens in a new tab)Level up: exploring the artistic side of video game design
An exploration into the world of video games and the artistic and creative efforts that go into such a stunning visual experience.
Read moreitsnicethat.com (opens in a new tab)Gmail is next in line for a Gemini-powered AI overhaul
Google is testing out its AI darling Gemini in Gmail, to prompt suggested replies. The AI will then learn how to tailor the experience to each user.
Check it outandroidpolice.com (opens in a new tab)DALL-E now lets you edit images in ChatGPT
This week’s updates make it possible for a more casual DALL-E user to tweak and refine their results from within the ChatGPT interface.
Get the latest newstheverge.com (opens in a new tab)New Adobe Research: Generative AI Is Changing What Consumers Expect From Brands
New research reveals that consumers understand the power and potential of gen-AI and as a result are adjusting service and experience expectations.
Dive deeper into the researchforbes.com (opens in a new tab)Adidas SPEZIAL is still delivering ten years in
With the Handball SPEZIAL growing in popularity with a new, younger audience the brand’s s/s 24 collection gives a nod to archival designs but with a contemporary twist.
Check out the collectionhighsnobiety.com (opens in a new tab)
“Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent.”
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