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From beyond the museum walls Monday, works of art will move and take shape as the glitterati of guests from Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman to Venus Williams will fashionably ascend the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s steps and exhibit their creative interpretations of this year’s dress code, “Fashion is art.”The question of whether fashion is art has long been topic of conversation for fashion insiders, and this first Monday in May the dress code is leaving nothing up for debate.The dress code for the starry fundraising event calls for guests to “express their relationship to fashion as an embodied art form.”Fashion has…
To rebrand the Allen Institute, designers thought horizontally instead of vertically.The nonprofit bioscience research institute, founded by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen to map the human brain, had a perfectly sufficient logo that designer Neville Brody says was “at the heart of everything.” But Brody, a legend in the industry who has designed for Coca-Cola, Nike, and Channel 4, reimagined the Allen Institute’s new identity so “the brand is a platform” for a company’s activities.Of the elements that comprise a brand, the logo traditionally comes first then the other components spin off of it. But for this project, Brody collapsed the…
Published May 4, 2026 05:02AMFellow nature lover Carley Fortune cemented herself as one of my favorite authors with her knack for transportation. While romance isn’t my go-to genre, Fortune’s heartwrenching and nostalgia-washed story arcs, often featuring rekindled teenage love, have always pulled me in. But what keeps me glued to the page is her ability to whisk me straight into parts of Canada I’ve never experienced, whether that’s the sundrenched shores of Barry’s Bay or the sweeping landscapes of Prince Edward Island. Her sense of place is exquisite. When I read that her fifth and newest book, Our Perfect Storm…
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning. On any given workday, you might find Whatnot employees hawking trading cards, apparel, or other items on the digital live-shopping app. They’re not slacking on the job or trying to make rent—they’re actually evaluated on whether they’ve spent time selling and buying on the app. “We only exist to the extent that we provide our customers a lot of value,” says cofounder and…
Cuban said young professionals shouldn’t look to big companies—which have already put a pause on hiring entry-level roles, especially for software engineers and programmers. Instead, he said, they should shift their focus to outsourcing their AI skills to smaller-scale companies.“If I was graduating today, or if I was a 16-year-old looking for a job, I would learn everything there is to know about AI. And I would go to small and medium-size businesses and say, ‘Let me walk in the door,’” Cuban said.As these systems constantly develop, they require modifications and updates. Cuban said that managing a company’s AI systems—or…
Published May 4, 2026 03:30AMI’ll sky-watch on any clear night of the year, but in my book, there’s nothing like stargazing in the northern hemisphere’s summer—especially in 2026. The next few months are packed with interstellar action: not one but two eclipses, extended hours with the Milky Way core, and near-perfect conditions for the prolific Perseid meteor shower.Warm summer nights are also my favorite time to learn and navigate between famous star patterns. I can even spot portions of many constellations, including Ursa Major and Boötes, while stargazing in my backyard in light-polluted Cleveland, Ohio. If admiring the cosmos is…
CEO of Black Girls Code, Cristina Mancini shares her perspective on leaders treating DEI as a brand strategy rather than a true commitment. Source link
Chriselle Lim didn’t come from a perfume background, but she didn’t let that stop her. She realized there is always room for new brands that bring a different perspective. Source link
If you’re still copy-pasting the same formatting requests or resorting to “write this like a professional” prompts every single time you open ChatGPT, you’re working too hard.There’s an essential feature buried in the Settings menu called Custom Instructions. In short, it lets you set permanent preferences so you don’t repeat prompts.Think of it as a set of persistent filters. Instead of reminding ChatGPT that you hate long-winded intros or that you need everything delivered in a clean table, you tell it once and it remembers forever.Setting it up is a breeze: Click your profile name or icon in the bottom-left…
Most founders believe their job is to stay deeply involved as their company grows. But that instinct often becomes the very thing that holds the business back. As companies scale, what once made them successful—founder-led decision-making, strong creative direction, tight control—can start to create bottlenecks. Teams can’t become truly autonomous, leadership layers struggle to emerge and the organization remains tied to the founder’s perspective instead of evolving beyond it.I saw this firsthand after a decade of building Kurppa Hosk with business partner Thomas Kurppa. Nothing was broken; we had become a globally renowned creative agency. But growth was becoming constrained in…