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"95% of web design is typography."[^1] You may have heard Oliver Reichenstein, CEO and designer of iA (information Architects), a design firm that has created designs for major clients like NHK and Wikipedia, urging designers to get typography right. Oliver Reichenstein, CEO and designer of iA (information Architects), a design firm that has designed information for many major clients including NHK and Wikipedia, has a message for designers. Typography is a technology that mediates between writer and reader to enhance the reading experience, and a large portion of all web content is composed of language.

As digital technology continues to lower the barriers between industries, the businesses and organizations of the major companies that have driven the Japanese economy must transform to create new business opportunities and economic value.

Last year saw significant changes in economic and social assumptions, with signs of improvement in economic activity, including the normalization of global supply chains and an increase in inbound demand, driven by infection control measures like COVID-19 vaccination and efforts to ensure continuity of life and business amidst the ongoing pandemic.

In today's rapidly evolving society, how can we create products that effectively address users' challenges and needs? The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is often highlighted as a powerful solution to this question.

With the spread of the new coronavirus, the need for remote work, including from home, has rapidly increased, making SaaS a widely recognized term in Japan.

Apollo GraphQL and SaaS are transforming modern data processing, enabling efficient API integration, real-time responses, and scalable solutions for web and mobile applications.

As climate change and weather-related disasters intensify due to global warming, companies and governments are increasingly focusing on greenhouse gas reduction and carbon neutrality initiatives to achieve a decarbonized society.

The software environment is rapidly evolving, and the needs for software are changing continuously. In this dynamic context, if development is planned and executed without flexibility, the resulting product may be outdated by the time it is released. Maintaining high agility in development has become a key competitive advantage, with agile methodologies like Squad, LeSS, and SAFe gaining traction due to their scalability. This shift is driving a transition from traditional waterfall development to agile practices, particularly within large corporations. This article explores agile development and its implementation in major companies, highlighting essential considerations.

Figma, known for its simple shapes and colorful Memphis-style graphics, is widely used by designers, product managers, and engineers alike, creating a unique and evolving ecosystem. The number of users has rapidly expanded.

Inditex (Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A.), one of the largest apparel companies globally and the owner of the ZARA brand, exemplifies the SPA (Specialty store of Private label Apparel) model, where it designs, manufactures, and sells its own products. Besides ZARA, the company owns other brands such as Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, ZARA HOME, and Uterqüe.

Salesforce established a SaaS (Software as a Service) business model that delivers software services via the Internet. While it is best known for business applications like CRM and SFA, Salesforce has significantly broadened the scope of the entire enterprise software market.

As remote work and online lessons have become more common due to COVID-19, the demand for audio devices such as earphones has expanded alongside the increased use of online conferencing platforms like Zoom.

Over the past few years, the keyword "digital transformation" has rapidly increased in prominence in both media coverage and documentation. As all companies, regardless of industry size, promote a variety of DX initiatives, the discussion is increasingly focusing on the use of digital technology not only to improve operational efficiency but also to create new business models and revenue streams.

In recent years, Kotlin has been attracting attention as a server-side development language, and while it is most commonly recognized for its use in Android app development, more and more startups and major tech companies (Adobe, AWS, Expedia, etc.) are actively adopting Kotlin for server-side development as well.

In recent years, the term "design engineering" has become increasingly common in software development. In the past, design engineering was discussed as an industrial design field that involved many people involved in the manufacturing and construction of the target product, and as an approach to both pursuing convenience and utility for the user and reducing lead time and maximizing loss efficiency in the manufacturing process in the manufacturing process, which involves a wide range of processes. Recently, this approach has been expanding into the realm of software development.