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All The Musts At Milan Design Week 2025
Last spring, I was sitting in a quiet Milanese courtyard with a Negroni Sbagliato, watching the late afternoon light stretch across worn stone. Next to me, a designer sketched furiously. “It's either genius or a logistical nightmare,”…
Nebraska fashion week outfit sparks backlash as designer apologizes
Designer Kelli Molczyk caused mass fury after her jacket contained a 'swastika' Molczyk released a statement saying it was not intentional and it was a mistake READ MORE: Model's $6,300 designer dress slammed over 'nightmare' detail A designer who…
How Mindful Design Can Help Advance Mental Health
Earlier this century, the Journal of Urban Health pointed out an intriguing contradiction. Humans spend more than 90% of their lives indoors. Yet the research up to that time had focused far more on the connection between ambient environmental…
London's 'it' design photographer opens the doors to his own home
As one-half of French+Tye — the starry photography duo that has become synonymous with achingly cool design amongst some of the biggest names in the industry — Dom French knows interiors and architecture. But even then, it took real…
Holly Valance steps out in $18,000 worth of designer accessories
READ MORE: Holly Valance's steamy kiss after slamming Greta Thunberg Holly Valance certainly enjoys the finer things in life. The former Neighbours star stepped out in London on Sunday on a lunch date with her billionaire husband Nick Candy. The…
4 Digital Products That Can Make $10K A Month-No Design Skills Needed!
Be honest: What do you see when articles talk about earning five to six figures from selling digital products online? Most of them are gorgeous Canva templates and print-ready designs, right? There's no denying that these products help you make…
Designer Responds to Ban by Omaha Fashion Week
A Nebraskan fashion designer, who has been banned from Omaha Fashion Week for what has been described as an apparent swastika on the back of a jacket, has claimed it was a pinwheel pattern from a repurposed quilt. Kelli Molczyk has come under fire…
Competition opens to design new Cumbria community flag - BBC News
Flags can be used to express identity, allegiances and social pride, and are seen everywhere from government buildings, to festivals and football matches. But unlike many English counties, Cumbria does not have an official community flag. That is…
Who Are Loewe's New Designers?
One speculative week later, the industry can finally officially announce Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez as Loewe's new co-creative directors. Effective April 7, the previously New York-based designers will take over from beloved Jonathan…
This $5 cowboy hat is designed to smuggle a secret soda (or beer)
Marketing stunts tend to range from the banal to the broadly clever—but rarely do they border on the chaotically brilliant. Today, the beverage company Evolution Fresh is debuting a 10-gallon hat designed to smuggle 12-ounce cans of its new…
Mauro Porcini, PepsiCo's first chief design officer, is leaving the company
After nearly 13 years leading PepsiCo design, its first chief design officer —Mauro Porcini—is departing the company. (Previous to PepsiCo, he was the first designer named to a chief design officer role at 3M.) Under Porcini, design…
Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud 'snubbed' by bosses in surprise rebuke
Bosses took a huge leap of faith for Kevin McCloud as they initially believed he wasn't the right person to present Grand Designs. When the Channel 4 program was first pitched to production company Talkback Thames in the late 90s, bosses weren't…
The Definitive Ranking of Television's Interior Design Stars
Television, especially home makeover shows, has had a huge impact on the interior design industry—from establishing popular trends, to putting little-known towns on the map, to changing the way viewers understand the renovation process. For…
iOS 19: What to Expect From Apple's Dramatic Design Overhaul?
Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that Apple is planning 'one of the most dramatic software overhauls in the company's history' – an update that aims to bring iOS, iPadOS, and macOS into closer visual alignment. The redesign is said to…
The interior designer creating bourgeois spaces in Europe
It's easy to miss the entrance to Milan's newest members' club, The Wilde, despite it being a kitten-heel away from the glamorous stomping ground of Via Monte Napoleone. Located in a 1950s brick and concrete building, the former residence of Santo…
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