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An an industry notorious for chasing trends, true innovation is hard to come by. As I write this, designerati have just finished their annual schmoozefest in Milan, where they traipsed the halls of the world’s most prestigious furniture fair. But while Salone del Mobile was in full swing, on the other side of the Atlantic a new kind of armchair was taking shape.

Guy Kawasaki and Madisun Nuismer outline the everyday habits that make people remarkable. Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic-design tool. Formerly, he was an advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google and chief evangelist of Apple. He is the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchantment, and nine other books.

Ramen has surged in popularity in the U. S., South Korea and other countries. Spicy, steaming, slurpy ramen might be everyone’s favorite Japanese food.

With this thoughtful new tool, finding the best possible products for any purpose has never been easier. Tell me if you can relate to this: The time comes for you to buy something new. Maybe it’s something big and expensive, like a refrigerator. Or maybe it’s something small and insignificant, like a spatula.

Rags-to-riches tales, revenge plots, and plenty of twists—Chinese viewers are loving what they can find in internet “micro-dramas,” the latest big thing in Chinese entertainment of vertically-shot shows posted on social media with episodes that have runtimes of just a few minutes or less. But Chinese authorities, wary of losing control over messaging, aren’t loving the new medium so much—and are cracking down on the booming micro-drama industry. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Unlike legacy television productions with longer production schedules and larger budgets—and strict government oversight—the micro-drama industry has risen through the proliferation of low-budget, quickly made mini-shows that often cost only a fraction of the time and money to put in front of viewers, and until recently, were largely unregulated. Not known for award- or acclaim-worthy scripts or acting but rather for their pure bingeworthiness, micro-dramas tend to lean into familiar tried-and-tested themes, like love affairs, family disputes, and tensions between the rich and poor. Read More: China’s Solution to Inequality?