Chicago isn’t just the birthplace of deep-dish pizza and jazz clubs, it’s also home to some of the most groundbreaking innovations in history. From everyday conveniences to game-changing inventions, here are 10 famous designs born in Chicago. 1. Mail-Order Catalog Shopping – Aaron Montgomery Ward (1872) Before Amazon, there was Montgomery Ward. This was the […]
Products were the key ingredient at the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show 2025, and Beyond Design was there to get the full scoop. From new waves of kitchen technologies to fresh ways of accessing information, and even bio-friendly, food-safe products, this report delves into the exciting overarching trends to come in the restaurant and foodservice […]
Google has long made it clear that it doesn’t want to just help users search – it wants to help them find answers. Its latest round of updates in Search and Maps, powered by generative AI, further help to fulfil Google’s aim of giving users what they want with as little friction as possible. This […]
HiJiffy has launched Aplysia 3, a new type of chatbot powered by Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology, enabling hotels to deliver accurate, context-aware responses across unlimited topics – without relying on rigid FAQs. Quick to deploy, simple to update Hotel teams can easily input their information into two editable documents: a shared Company Knowledge Document and […]
