The Weekly Nugget

Your Friday dose of tech, branding & design inspiration

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Welcome to the Weekly Nugget — Most Studios Friday wrap up, where we share nuggets of inspiration from the world of tech, branding & design.

The world’s most innovative companies 2021

To determine this year’s Top 50, Fast Company editors and reporters mined our lists of the Top 10 companies by industry for organizations that embody creative problem-solving and fearlessness in the face of crisis.

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Pentagram’s identity for gaming brand Nuverse reflects ‘excitement and escapism’

Pentagram partners Jody Hudson-Powell and Luke Powell have designed the identity for game development and publishing company Nuverse, working with Yuri Suziki on the sound design and aiming to reflect gaming’s “excitement and escapism”.

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Google and Facebook killed free

Is the mania for subscriptions a choice, or the only path in an ad system dominated by giants?

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Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing with new test

Another way to tighten security measures, too

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Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath on the design-led electric car brand’s ambitions

The German car designer turned CEO discusses Polestar’s design “secrets and mysteries”, driving less and the importance of unexpected collaborations.

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