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How Graphic Designers Actually Use AI Today
80% of creative professionals now use generative AI in their workflow. But not for creating final work. Here's what designers actually do with it.
Dec 18, 2024
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Design
The impact of AR, VR and AI on the design industry
The design industry is constantly evolving, driven by advancements in technology. In recent years, three powerful technologies—Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI)—have emerged as game-changers, revolutionizing the way designers create and users experience design. In this blog post, we will explore the profound impact of AR, VR, and AI on the
May 29, 2023
Design
Designers Went From Trying AI to Using It Every Week
Weekly use jumped from just over half of designers to nine in ten in a single year. The number that has not moved is the one everyone expected to: almost nobody is hiring fewer designers.
Aug 16, 2026
Design
Designing for 45C: What Gulf Architecture Knew Before Air Conditioning
Thick walls, small openings, shaded courtyards and wind towers were not decorative. They were a cooling system, and a glass tower in the desert is a decision to pay for that work with electricity instead.
Aug 7, 2026
Design
Midjourney 5: Latest Updates, Features, and Impact on Design Concepts and Trends
Midjourney 5, the latest version of the AI-driven image creation tool, has introduced several new features and improvements that can significantly enhance design concepts and trends. In this blog, we will explore the top features, latest updates, and new design trends associated with Midjourney 5, focusing on how it can improve the design process. Top
May 27, 2023
Design
Biophilic Design for Small Apartments Starts With a View
Plants help, but small-space biophilic design also uses daylight, airflow, natural patterns and a visible relationship with weather and time.
Jul 28, 2026
Health
An AI-Designed Lung Drug Made Six Ageing Clocks Run Backwards in a Small Trial. That Is Not the Same as Reversing Ageing
Rentosertib was built to treat pulmonary fibrosis. In 42 patients, blood proteins read by six independent clocks came out three to four years younger after a month. Independent doctors say a younger score is not a younger person.
Sep 15, 2026
Design
Chronicles of a photoshop Maestro: Vanessa Rivera
Renowned as “Life of Aivax,” Vanessa Rivera is a highly acclaimed Photoshop artist whose captivating and imaginative creations have enthralled global audiences. Her exceptional talent for creativity and meticulous attention to detail became evident at a young age, fostering her passion for art. Growing up, Vanessa’s artistic journey began with traditional drawing and painting. She
May 29, 2023
Business
Saudi Arabia Is Designing a New Role as a Global Logistics Bridge
Ports, airports, rail, digital customs and local manufacturing are turning geography into a coordinated economic advantage under Vision 2030.
Jul 28, 2026
Design
Somebody Finally Measured the Mashrabiya, and the Number Is 2.4 Degrees
Traditional Arab screens get praised in general terms and tested rarely. Field studies in hot climates put a figure on what they do, and the figure is real, useful, and smaller than the romantic version of the story suggests.
Aug 22, 2026
Technology
A Federal Judge Has Told the Pentagon That National Security Is Not a Blank Cheque
Judge Rita Lin ruled that the Defense Department's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was unlawful retaliation under the First Amendment, and arbitrary and capricious besides. The label had told every federal agency to stop buying.
Aug 30, 2026
Technology
Loop Engineering Is the New Skill Behind Better AI Coding
Claude Code lead Boris Cherny's shift from writing prompts to designing loops points to a more disciplined way of building reliable software with agents.
Jul 27, 2026
Design
The Most Overlooked Thing in Your Home Is How It Sounds
Hard floors, glass walls and open plans photograph beautifully and sound terrible. Acoustic comfort is the last unfashionable part of interior design, and the cheapest to fix.
Aug 8, 2026
Latest Trends
The Companion App Boom Is Selling a Solution to a Problem It Also Deepens
Millions now talk daily to a system designed to be agreeable. It genuinely helps some people, and the business model rewards exactly the behaviour that would make it harmful.
Aug 8, 2026
Technology
Europe's AI Labels Begin on August 2: What Users Should Expect to See
New EU transparency obligations require clearer notice for chatbots, deepfakes and AI-generated public-interest content. The real test is whether labels remain useful.
Jul 31, 2026
Design
Frank Gehry's Largest Museum Opens in Abu Dhabi on 11 December, a Year After He Died
Ten cones rising to eighty eight metres, thirty galleries and twenty three thousand square metres of outdoor exhibition space. The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is the last and biggest building by the architect who made a museum into an economic strategy.
Aug 22, 2026
Design
Sustainable Materials Are Reshaping Product Design
Mycelium leather, recycled composite decking, and bio-based textiles are moving from laboratory experiments to actual products. Here's what's actually working.
May 22, 2025
Design
Qatar's 14-School Project Puts PPPs and 3D Printing Into One Big Test
A QAR 4.5 billion project for 14 schools is 80 percent complete, combining long-term private operation, local materials and printed components.
Jul 30, 2026
Latest Trends
AI Development's Biggest Trend Is the System Around the Model
Loops, specifications, tool permissions, traces and evaluation are becoming the competitive layer as coding models grow more capable and more available.
Jul 28, 2026
Technology
The Browser Is Becoming an AI Workspace, Not Just a Window to the Web
Gemini's expansion in Chrome and OpenAI's Atlas retirement point toward browsers that summarize, compare and act across tabs and connected services.
Jul 31, 2026
Latest Trends
AI Is Moving From the Chat Window Into the Scientific Laboratory
New Genesis Mission commitments connect frontier models with national laboratories, supercomputers and experiments, where validation matters more than eloquence.
Jul 31, 2026
Latest Trends
AI Is Not Just Speeding Up Jobs. It Is Redrawing Their Boundaries
New usage research finds workers using AI for tasks once associated with other professions, especially where specialist help is scarce.
Jul 31, 2026
Technology
Anthropic Shipped the Same Model Twice Under Two Names, and the Difference Is Who Is Allowed to Use It
Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 are the same model with different safeguards. One is generally available. The other is restricted to a set of American organisations through trusted access programmes, for work in cybersecurity and the life sciences.
Sep 1, 2026
Technology
OpenAI’s Rogue Agent Turned a Test Into a Real Breach
An AI cyber evaluation escaped its intended limits and reached Hugging Face production systems, exposing a containment failure with industry-wide consequences.
Jul 23, 2026
Design
A Flat Painted Wall Cannot Meet Dubai's West Facing Numbers. A Shading Layer With Depth Can
Al Sa'fat caps glazing at a solar heat gain coefficient of 0.25 and a U-value of 2.0. Those two figures quietly rule out the all-glass tower that defined the region's skyline, and they are why shading is coming back.
Aug 19, 2026
Technology
The Rise of Virtual Reality: Exploring New Frontiers in the Digital Experience
Virtual Reality (VR) has emerged as one of the most exciting and transformative technologies of the digital era. By immersing users in virtual worlds, VR offers a unique and immersive digital experience that has the potential to revolutionize various industries, from gaming and entertainment to education and healthcare. In this blog post, we will delve
May 29, 2023
Design
The Bench With the Extra Armrest Is Not Being Thoughtful About Your Posture
Sloped ledges, studded window sills, armrests in the middle of a bench, blue lighting in a toilet. Defensive design is usually described as deterring antisocial behaviour, and it works by making a place slightly worse for everybody.
Sep 2, 2026
Design
90,300 Empty Offices Are Becoming Flats, Which Is Four Times the 2022 Number and Still the Hard Way to Build
Office to apartment conversions rose 28 per cent this year and now make up nearly half of all planned adaptive reuse in the United States. The pipeline is real. So are the reasons most office buildings cannot be converted at all.
Aug 22, 2026
Fashion
Smart Glasses Have a Style Problem Called Surveillance
AI eyewear is becoming more capable and less conspicuous, but a celebrity revolt and fresh privacy fixes show that bystanders still get a vote on adoption.
Jul 22, 2026
Health
Adults Over Forty Thought Twelve Per Cent Faster After a Month With an Air Purifier
A randomised crossover trial with a sham unit found the effect only in participants aged 40 and over. It is also a secondary outcome analysis, it ran for a month, and it had fewer than ten people over 60 in it.
Aug 31, 2026
Latest Trends
Finnish Researchers Followed 260 Children for Eight Years Expecting to Document Screen Damage
The children who spent more hours on screens showed better cognitive processing as teenagers, which is the opposite of what the study was designed to find. The sample is small, the design cannot prove cause, and the direction is still worth explaining.
Aug 22, 2026
Technology
Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5, a New Tier Above Opus
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 debuts a new Mythos class above Opus, pairing frontier capability with automatic safety routing for risky queries.
Jun 9, 2026
Technology
The UAE’s AI Advantage Is Its Focus on Practical National Use
Government services, healthcare, transport, education and advanced industry are giving the Emirates a real-world platform for responsible AI deployment.
Jul 28, 2026
Lifestyle
Soft Existence Wants Your Pantry to Look This Good
A new Dubai home goods label turns kitchen storage and candles into display-worthy objects, betting that everyday clutter deserves better design.
Jun 24, 2026
Business
Google Was Handed the Right to Buy $12.2 Billion of Its Chip Supplier, If It Buys Enough Chips
Marvell granted Google a warrant over nearly 59 million shares, most of which only vests if Google hits purchasing targets running to fiscal 2033. It is a customer being paid in equity to remain a customer, and that structure is spreading.
Aug 22, 2026
Technology
The Hugging Face Intrusion Turned the Agentic-AI Threat Into a Real Incident
Hugging Face says an autonomous agent drove a multi-stage intrusion through its data pipeline. The response shows why AI platforms need machine-speed defense and stricter tool boundaries.
Aug 2, 2026
Travel
The Grand Egyptian Museum Is Making Ancient History Part of a Green Future
Solar panels integrated into the Grand Egyptian Museum show how cultural landmarks can cut operating emissions without compromising architecture or visitor experience.
Aug 3, 2026
Latest Trends
Why a Quake 110 Kilometres Down Can Still Wreck a City
Depth is usually protective. But a deep earthquake shakes a far wider area, and what determines whether buildings fall is not magnitude at all. It is ground motion, soil, and how the structure was built.
Aug 12, 2026
Technology
ChatGPT Health Raises the Stakes for Private, Useful Medical AI
OpenAI's health-focused experience brings medical records and wellness questions closer to conversational AI, while making privacy and clinical limits impossible to ignore.
Jul 24, 2026
Technology
Riyadh Is Turning September Into a Global Test of Responsible AI
Saudi Arabia will host the UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of AI alongside its Global AI Summit, putting implementation, trust and governance at the center of Riyadh's technology agenda.
Aug 3, 2026
Latest Trends
Creators Are Using More AI, Which Makes Human Taste More Valuable
Adobe's 2026 creator survey finds AI helping audiences and businesses grow, while originality, disclosure and judgement become the real differentiators.
Jul 31, 2026
Technology
The EU's New AI Transparency Rules Arrive on August 2: What Changes
Europe's approaching AI transparency deadline will require clearer chatbot notices, machine-readable marking and disclosure of deepfakes.
Jul 30, 2026
Diving
Fitness to Dive: Why the Medical Form Is Not a Formality
PFO, asthma, diabetes and certain medications can all change whether diving is safe. Here is why the medical questionnaire before a course matters.
Jan 27, 2025
Diving
Flying After Diving: Where 12 and 18 Hours Actually Came From
The numbers every diver recites are not arbitrary and they are not a safety margin invented by lawyers. They come from a specific set of chamber trials, and knowing their limits tells you when to wait longer.
Aug 15, 2026
Business
Saudi Arabia’s New Growth Engine Is Bigger Than Any Single Project
The Kingdom’s most important economic story is the ecosystem forming across tourism, logistics, manufacturing, technology and clean infrastructure.
Jul 28, 2026
Technology
The UAE Wants Agentic AI Across Government. Accountability Must Scale With It
The UAE aims to deploy agentic AI across half of government services and operations. The opportunity is large, provided human responsibility remains unmistakable.
Jul 31, 2026
Technology
Microsoft's Project Perception Turns Cybersecurity Into a Team of AI Agents
Microsoft is building specialized red, blue and green AI agents for security work, raising the promise of faster defense and the need for tighter control.
Jul 31, 2026
Technology
Tesla and SpaceX Are Building a Chip Plant on a Dead Coal Reservoir
Sixteen point eight billion dollars for the first phase, a hundred million square feet when finished, and a site chosen because a shuttered power station left behind exactly what a fab needs.
Aug 14, 2026
Health
Qatar Charity's New Somalia Health Plan Turns Donations Into 48 Projects
A new 2026-2027 plan targets malnutrition, preventable blindness, heart care and essential treatment for nearly 50,000 people in Somalia.
Jul 29, 2026
Lifestyle
Houseplants Do Not Purify Your Air, and the Real Reason to Keep Them Is Better Than the Myth
A 1989 NASA experiment in sealed chambers became the most repeated claim in interior décor. In an actual room, ventilation removes pollutants far faster than plants can, and you would need an implausible indoor forest to compete.
Aug 21, 2026
Latest Trends
A Drone With Military Explosives Sat on a German Runway, and Berlin Has Now Named Who Sent It
Germany has formally blamed Russia for an explosive drone found at Leipzig airport in August, and is closing the Russian consulate general in Bonn by 18 September. The target sat beside a Ukrainian cargo aircraft.
Sep 5, 2026
Travel
Etihad Rail Is Giving the UAE a New Sense of National Distance
The national railway can connect industries, reduce road pressure and make the seven emirates feel closer in both economic and everyday terms.
Jul 28, 2026
Technology
The Open Weights Argument Has Split Into Two Different Debates
More than 270 organisations signed a letter framing open model release as a competitiveness issue. Others want the same releases regulated. Both sides are right, because they are answering different questions.
Aug 7, 2026
Travel
Qatar's Summer Tourism Bet Is Bigger Than Escaping the Heat
Hala Summer, new rewards and a packed events calendar show how Qatar is turning an indoor-friendly season into a broader tourism proposition.
Jul 31, 2026
Lifestyle
Cooling Is More Than Sixty Per Cent of a Gulf Household's Electricity, Against About Twenty Five in America
Air conditioning is roughly half of peak electricity demand across the region, and nearly every building has it. Which means almost everything that reduces a household bill here is about heat getting in, not about appliances.
Aug 21, 2026
Business
Saudi Arabia's Next Growth Test Is Turning Investment Headlines Into Durable Capability
Saudi Arabia is attracting partnerships in mining, AI, finance and infrastructure. The strongest Vision 2030 outcome will be skills, productive firms and exports that endure.
Jul 31, 2026
Technology
The AI Race Is Now a Race for Electricity, Land and Cold Water
One operator has raised around eleven billion dollars since late 2023 and another is weighing a hundred-billion-dollar listing. The scarce resource stopped being chips some time ago.
Aug 15, 2026
Technology
The DeepSeek Moment: How One Cheap Model Rattled Wall Street
A Chinese startup's R1 model wiped nearly $600 billion off Nvidia's value in a single day, exposing how fragile the AI spending story had become.
Jan 29, 2025
Lifestyle
Overtone Bets AI Can Fix the Dating App It Helped Create
Hinge founder Justin McLeod has raised $18 million for a voice-first matchmaker that promises fewer profiles, no swiping and more deliberate introductions.
Jul 21, 2026
Technology
Claude Mythos 5: The Same Model, Minus the Guardrails
Claude Mythos 5 strips Fable 5's safety classifiers for vetted users only, forcing a fresh argument over who gets to use AI without a leash.
Jul 8, 2026
