Obsession, Authorship & the Tools We Choose

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This week's 10 Things moves between the monumental and the microscopic. Yayoi Kusama's landmark retrospective opens in September. If you're an early bird, now is the time to book.

From there we go from font tools to TED talks, street art to vibe coding, and one carousel on the internet that has absolutely no right to be this good.

Enjoy , Your Majesty

  1. Seven Decades of Dots, Mirrors & Obsession

    On 11 September, the Stedelijk opens a landmark retrospective of Yayoi Kusama — more than 70 years of work from one of the most relentless imaginations in modern art.

    Get your ticket herestedelijk.nl (opens in a new tab)

  2. The Visual Solar System of SZA

    For ten years, creative director Jas Bell has been building SZA's visual world. Here he breaks down how colourways, textures and temperatures all do narrative work.

    Discover hereitsnicethat.com (opens in a new tab)

  3. From the Streets to the Museum Wall

    Graffiti writer and commercial sign painter Alfonso Gonzalez Jr. takes his work inside LACMA. His solo show 'In Between Stops' asks what happens when the street becomes the gallery.

    View hereprintmag.com (opens in a new tab)

  4. What AI and a Design Studio Made Together

    YOYOYO is a hypothetical brand built from a collaboration between Google DeepMind and Porto Rocha. Part product, part provocation — it asks what happens when AI and creative vision share the brief.

    View moreyoyoyo.ai (opens in a new tab)

  5. A Better Way to Live With Your Fonts

    Pica is a MacOS font management app that makes your type library actually usable. Small tool, big quality of life upgrade for anyone who works with type seriously.

    Test it outpica.joshpuckett.me (opens in a new tab)

  6. The Message Is the Relationship

    New research from Omnicom and Snapchat shows that over 80% of consumers are open to direct brand messages — and that relevance and clear intent are the price of entry.

    Read morelbbonline.com (opens in a new tab)

  7. Prediction Is Power. Be Careful Who Has It.

    Philosopher Carissa Véliz takes the TED stage to make the case that data-driven prediction doesn't just read the future — it shapes it. A sharp, necessary watch.

    Watch hereyoutube.com (opens in a new tab)

  8. When Usability and Accessibility Diverge

    As vibe coding accelerates interface creation, a growing gap is opening up between what works and what works for everyone. A clear-eyed look at what AI-generated UX is quietly leaving behind.

    Read more hereuxdesign.cc (opens in a new tab)

  9. Build Anywhere, Ship Fast

    Lovable has launched its vibe-coding app on iOS and Android, letting users build websites and web apps through voice or text prompts. Creation on the go, with the desktop just a tab away.

    Read more heretechcrunch.com (opens in a new tab)

  10. And a little candy for the end

    Just a carousel. No pitch, no product, no explanation needed. Trust us — you will lose time to this.

    Test it here51.as.wild.tools (opens in a new tab)

“Every one of us is different from the other — and it is exactly this different quality that is the force and beauty of life”

— Yayoi Kusama

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