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Jonathan Arena @jonathan_arena

Co-Founder @ New Generation, alum @Meta @Patreon @Cruise @Harvard @RISD, Cofounder @Harvardxdesign

Joined July 2014
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What is this? A pint for ants?!
Katie Dill
 @lil_dill
Jun 15
I've been thinking a lot about the future of user experience and what it looks like when commerce becomes AI-native. Had a great "cheeky chat" with @jonathan_arena from New Generation about exactly that—the future of commerce, the web, and creativity.
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Ben Blumenrose
 @benblumenrose
Mar 3
This is a good one - spoke to @jonathan_arena about everything from what skills designers need now to why starting a company is the “best expression of a designer’s intuition”.
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Soleio
 @soleio
19 Nov 2025
“Taste is kind of a dirty word.” Everyone’s obsessed with taste in the AI era. Jonathan Arena @jonathan_arena argues sensibility is the creative’s true superpower. Check out our full Design Fireside at @southpkcommons
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Good design is important. thestreet.com/technology/sna…

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Blames Shrinking User Base on Disastrous Snapchat Redesign

On an earnings call, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel blamed its drop in users on a widely-hated redesign and talked up its monthly user count.

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Good design doesn't try to be anything. It's self evident - JP Ren
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bit.ly/1rCuxDM Great quarter for Facebook, @Bloomberg with the details.
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bit.ly/1kLVCwQ Herman Miller is buying Design Within Reach
Good article in the New York Times about happiness and unhappiness. mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/2…
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Working out of Facebook NY this week. Great to be back on the east coast!
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