1. Google unveils Gemini 3 AI model and AI-first IDE called Antigravity
A paradigm-shifting look at “agent-first” development, where Google’s new Gemini 3 Pro model powers Antigravity, an IDE that treats AI agents as autonomous collaborators across editor, terminal, and browser, generating verifiable “Artifacts” of their work for clarity and trust.
“Antigravity flips the script: agents don’t live inside tools, tools live inside agents.” (arstechnica.com)
2. Technology starts with imagination, not analysis
An elegant Aeon essay arguing for design fiction as foundational to imagining future technologies—using speculative prototypes (like microbial cheeses) to spark real debate and guide ethical, human-centred innovation before products even exist.
“Design fiction helps us envision possible worlds and choose wisely which we want to build.” (aeon.co)
3. Beyond the Machine
In this Longreads transcript of a Brooklyn talk, Frank Chimero reframes AI as an instrument—inviting creators to stand above, beside, or even within the machine, and to choreograph human-machine collaboration as a dynamic, spatial relationship.
“To be beside is to collaborate; to be under is to serve; to be above is to steer.” (longreads.com)
4. The Complete History of the Apple Logo (1976–2025)
A captivating visual essay tracing Rob Janoff’s bite-silhouette, the rainbow stripes, San Francisco typeface, and 2024’s Celtic-knot AI mark—revealing how ruthless simplification and context-driven tweaks made the bitten apple a timeless brand icon.
“Get the shape right, and it will last a lifetime.” (fineprintart.com)
5. Living with the water: the Netherlands’ floating futures – photo essay
Alessandro Gandolfi’s intimate, large-format study of experimental floating neighbourhoods in response to rising seas, blending architectural ingenuity with environmental urgency and human stories of resilience.
“Architecture meets adaptation as these communities learn to live atop the water.” (theguardian.com)