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'Little ingredients but well executed': Prada design duo outline minimalist vision
Speaking backstage before the Prada show at Milan fashion week on Sunday, the co-designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons described their latest collection as “breaking the perception of what is perceived as typical luxury in high fashion…
Designers Say These Retro Paint Colors Are Trending Again
Paint is one of the easiest ways to transform a room, but choosing the right shade can be surprisingly complicated. We tapped experts to see what trends they're seeing when it comes to paint colors in today's homes. Surprisingly, it's all about the…
I design mega mansions for ultra-rich - these are my client's wildest demands
WHETHER it's building a shark lagoon in the living room, installing a plane hangar or designing a bespoke pool – no request is too big or too outrageous for builder Manny Angelo Varas. Dubbed “The Billionaire's Builder”, the…
Flicker, form, future: how Swiss design learned to move
On the 19 floor of a Lower Manhattan high-rise, the word EAU in white block letters flickers across a black screen. Across from it, H2O flashes in black against a white backdrop. Ambient music drifts through the space as visitors linger before the…
John Ternus set to re-establish importance of Apple's design team when he takes over as CEO: report
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman today posted the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, recapping the last ten years of Apple's corporate structure in which the influence of the design team waned at the executive levels in the Cook era, fuelled by Jony…
The Decorating Rules Designers Follow in Their Own Homes
Designing your space can be fun, but it can also be overwhelming. That's why many people turn to interior designers to learn the dos and don'ts of decorating a home. We asked professional designers to share the decorating mistakes to avoid. The…
How to Think like Antoni Gaudi - Turning Nature Into a Design System
How does an architect collaborate with gravity? What happens when a building's support system is designed to branch and spread weight just like a forest canopy? These are the kinds of questions that drove Antoni Gaudi's work. He approached…
With iOS 27, you can get Apple Intelligence to design custom shortcuts
For a long time, my iPhone's Shortcuts app sat completely untouched. Every time I opened it, I was staring down an overwhelming maze of workflows, actions, and conditional logic — concepts that felt way too close to coding for my liking. So…
Palo Alto looks to restore 'parkland' designation to contested Baylands site
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fifteen years after Palo Alto voters agreed to let the city built a waste-to-energy facility in the Baylands, prompting complaints from local conservationists, city officials are preparing to restore most…
Korean Designer Juntae Kim Updates the Asics Gel-Kinetic With Signature Flower Motif
Seoul-based designer Juntae Kim has teamed up with Asics on the Gel-Kinetic sneaker model as part of his spring/summer 2027 collection. For this tie-up, Kim brings the brand's signature flower motif to the Asics Gel-Kinetic FR in a way that…
The former F1 designer helping build Britain's next-generation military drones
Mike Gascoyne once built race-winning Formula 1 cars. Now the former Jordan technical chief is applying F1 technology to develop long-range military drones for the battlefield. Gascoyne has an impressively long CV in Formula 1, having worked with…
Why the mosquito coil is a masterpiece of Italian design
In a new Wallpaper* summer series, architect Carlo Ratti explores Italy through the ordinary objects that define daily life. First up: the humble mosquito coil, a lesson in design, climate and the art of living outdoors. Summer has arrived. And…
First female RHS chair-designate on her plans to 'sow the seeds of rural Scotland
Last August, she was selected as the first female chair-designate of the Royal Highland Show board in its illustrative history. Speaking to The Herald at the historic Ingliston House at the Royal Highland Centre, Ms Adam shared her excitement and…
Why Sarah stopped buying designer tees and now picks this budget-friendly option
Each week, we quiz a prominent person about their style and the inspiration behind it. Ahead, furniture designer Sarah Ellison. How would you describe your style? Comfortable, sculptural and classic. What's the oldest thing in your wardrobe? A…
Video of a 1949 kitchen design has people drooling over its brilliant features
Modern kitchens are pretty epic in the historical scheme of things. We have refrigerators that dispense ice, cold water, and even hot water. We have faucets that turn on and off with a touch. We have garbage disposals, automatic trash-can lids, and…
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