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Seoul Design Week turns city into sprawling creative showcase
Seoul will turn itself into a sprawling design showcase this month, linking Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) with 150 design destinations across five districts during Seoul Design Week. The 12-day festival, running from Wednesday through Oct. 25, will…
Sanoma Learning launches Sanna, an AI teacher assistant designed to reduce teachers' workload
Sanoma Learning, Press Release, 1 October 2026 at 12:00 p.m. EET Sanoma Learning launches Sanna, an AI teacher assistant designed to reduce teachers' workload Co-created with more than 1,500 teachers across Europe, Sanna addresses the need for…
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adfest gets a new logo designed by Santosh Padhi and Into Creative
adfest has unveiled a new logo designed by Santosh Padhi, founder, CCO and chairman of Into Creative, Mumbai. The new identity comes ahead of adfest 2027, which will mark the festival's 30th year. The logo takes inspiration from the lotus and the…
Elon Musk's Grokipedia has a 'newly refreshed' design
The AI-powered Grokipedia, which recently started updating again after months without edits, just got some visual updates. The AI-powered Grokipedia, which recently started updating again after months without edits, just got some visual updates.
How should a national commission on electoral reform be designed? | UCL Constitution Unit Blog
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a national commission on electoral reform. In this article originally published in the Conversation UK, Alan Renwick explains that such a body should secure public involvement, not aim for a particular…
Huawei unveils Mate 90 phones, leans on homegrown chip design to offset US curbs
Huawei Technologies unveiled its Mate 90 smartphone series on Thursday, betting on its in-house operating system and redesigned chip architecture to boost its performance in the face of US curbs on shipments of advanced semiconductors. SCROLL TO…
Grand Designs' Kevin McCloud issues warning over 'stressful' build
Kevin McCloud issued a warning over a stressful Grand Designs ' build. The Channel 4 property design show is returning to screens tonight, Wednesday 30 September, continuing its new series, which has already seen an emotional family home built in…
Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins
AI-based tools seem to be causing security threats on a nearly daily basis, in part because we've been slow to recognize potential threats. One area where we seem to be ahead of the game, however, is in biosecurity. As with most things biological…
Mayor Mamdani just hired a bunch of 'grocery store nerds' to design NYC's city-owned markets
A consortium of designers, branding professionals, and grocery experts have been named to design a visual identity for New York City's municipal grocery stores. Their goal? To make something that looks authentically New York. New York City's…
Amplio Pharma Reports Positive Early Clinical Results for NovoBioJect, Designed to Make the World's Most-Used Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Work for More Patients
A single dose of NovoBioJect increased the active form of methotrexate inside patients' immune cells by 38%, a first step toward a potential next-generation first-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis First clinical proof of principle. In an…
Carney expected to announce decision on pipeline's national interest designation
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This adorable phone is designed to get kids off screens and into the world
Sam Terris spent his childhood roaming the woods around Walden Pond. Growing up in Concord, Massachusetts, he and his friends would spend hours outdoors, away from their parents. “We were really bored kids, so we had to invent games and…
Volvo's Design Team Likes Heritage But Won't Go Retro
It's safe to say Volvo design moves at a different pace. The current design language, best showcased in the 2028 XC40 and XC60 unveiled this month, has its most direct roots in the 2015 XC90. The flagship SUV was a turning point for the brand not…
Korean designer helps build LEGO's first Dragon Ball set
LEGO Group has unveiled its first Dragon Ball set, created with the participation of a Korean designer at the Danish toymaker. The 1,764-piece LEGO Icons Dragon Ball Shenron & Goku set, developed in partnership with Japanese animation studio Toei…
RIP Microsoft Publisher: As a Pro Designer, Here Are the 8 Alternatives I Actually Recommend
Long live Publisher. Microsoft is officially winding down support for the Windows graphic design app that's been a staple for the last 35 years. Beloved for its simplicity and effectiveness, it was always up to the task of creating brochures…
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