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bbc.co.uk - Cathy Killick - Bradford care home residents design dementia soap collection
Bradford care home residents design dementia soap collection
BBC

Cathy Killick, in Bradford and Sofía Luis-Hobbs Residents at a Bradford care home have come together to help curate a bespoke line of soaps with their memories at the heart. The dementia support soap collection is a collaboration between…

bbc.co.uk - Cathy Killick - Bradford care home residents design dementia soap collection
Bradford care home residents design dementia soap collection
BBC

Residents at a Bradford care home have come together to help curate a bespoke line of soaps with their memories at the heart. The dementia support soap collection is a collaboration between Springfield care home and The Yorkshire Soap Company.

wwd.com - Julia Teti - Salma Hayek Pinault Thrills in Feathery Design
Salma Hayek Pinault Thrills in Feathery Design
WWD

Salma Hayek Pinault went the textural route in a custom design by Gucci for the annual Kering Women in Motion Dinner during the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on Sunday night in Cannes, France. The Oscar-nominated “Frida” star wore a…

theguardian.com - Samuel Gibbs - Nothing Phone 4a Pro review: premium aluminium meets quirky design
Nothing Phone 4a Pro review: premium aluminium meets quirky design
The Guardian

Nothing's latest quirky smartphone is a huge aluminium Android with three cameras and a big LED matrix screen on the back that challenges the notion mid-range phones can't be just a bit more fun. The Phone 4a Pro is a bit of a departure from…

housebeautiful.com - Alyssa Khan - Designers Say This Trend Is Actually Making Your Home Feel 'Sad'
Designers Say This Trend Is Actually Making Your Home Feel 'Sad'
House Beautiful

How do you know when you've taken the “clean” aesthetic too far? We're talking all-white everything and restrained minimalist accents. When does that blank slate look go from trendy to tacky? According to our experts, it happens the…

fortune.com - Nick Lichtenberg - A record number of 18-year-olds are set to graduate into an economy designed against them
A record number of 18-year-olds are set to graduate into an economy designed against them
Fortune

At commencement ceremonies across the country this May, a telling phenomenon is obvious. A speaker steps to the podium. They say the words “artificial intelligence.” And the audience erupts in boos. It happened at the University of…

yankodesign.com - JC Torres - The Orion PDA Runs on Sunlight and Ignores the Internet by Design
The Orion PDA Runs on Sunlight and Ignores the Internet by Design
Yanko Design

The smartphone has become so dominant in daily life that it's hard to remember what it felt like to carry a device that did only a handful of things. Every swipe, tap, and notification competes for your attention, turning what was once a…

cosmopolitan.com - Urmi Pandit - Glossy Pink Nails Are Trending for Summer: 6 Elegant Designs to Try, From Ballet Slippers to Pearly Rose
Glossy Pink Nails Are Trending for Summer: 6 Elegant Designs to Try, From Ballet Slippers to Pearly Rose
Cosmopolitan

Of all the beauty things that feel synonymous with summer (hey, fruity perfumes and sun-kissed skin), nothing beats a bright, fresh manicure. After months of wearing winter-y burgundies and browns on my nails, I'm itching to embrace color again.

phonearena.com - Adrian Diaconescu - Yet another exciting Motorola phone is 'coming soon' with a 'stunning' design and convoluted name
Yet another exciting Motorola phone is 'coming soon' with a 'stunning' design and convoluted name
PhoneArena

If you thought Motorola was done with its product launches for (at least) a few months after recently taking the wraps off the Razr (2026), Razr Plus (2026), Razr Ultra (2026), Moto G37, G37 Power, G47, Moto G87, and Signature Swarovski Edition…

chron.com - Gregory M. Dickinson - Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you - why aren't they all illegal?
Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you - why aren't they all illegal?
Chron

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) You open a free app to do one simple thing. Before you even start, a full-screen message asks whether you want to…

wwd.com - Lisa Lockwood - EXCLUSIVE: Calvin Klein Partners With Jung Kook on Limited-edition Capsule, Blending Iconic Designs and Rebellious Style
EXCLUSIVE: Calvin Klein Partners With Jung Kook on Limited-edition Capsule, Blending Iconic Designs and Rebellious Style
WWD

Calvin Klein Inc., part of PVH Corp., will launch Jung Kook for Calvin Klein, a limited-edition men's and women's capsule in partnership with global brand ambassador Jung Kook, marking his first fashion collaboration. The 28-year-old South Korean…

wallpaper.com - Jonathan Bell - A Francesco Castiglioni-designed hymn to Italian brutalism hits the market
A Francesco Castiglioni-designed hymn to Italian brutalism hits the market
Wallpaper*

In a small Milanese suburb, lies a quiet masterpiece of Italian brutalism - the work of architect Francesco Castiglioni. Built as a substantial family home in the 1970s in the Cusano Milanino area, the 650 square metre residence is a generous…

afr.com - Angela Macdonald-Smith - Woodside mulls veto right to Inpex gas deal amid project design threat
Woodside mulls veto right to Inpex gas deal amid project design threat
Australian Financial Review

Woodside Energy's multibillion-dollar plan to use gas from the remote Browse fields off Australia's far north-west coast to fill up its North-West Shelf LNG plant could be under threat from an unexpected move by Japan's Inpex to buy into the…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - Design Therapeutics, Inc. (DSGN) Discusses Data from RESTORE-FA Trial of DT-216P2 for Friedreich Ataxia Transcript
Design Therapeutics, Inc. (DSGN) Discusses Data from RESTORE-FA Trial of DT-216P2 for Friedreich Ataxia Transcript
Seeking Alpha

Design Therapeutics, Inc. (DSGN) Discusses Data from RESTORE-FA Trial of DT-216P2 for Friedreich Ataxia May 18, 2026 8:00 AM EDT Sean Jeffries - Chief Operating Officer Pratik Shah - Co-Founder, President, CEO, Principal Financial Officer &…

forbes.com - Jeffrey Steele - Emerging Wellness Trend: Disaster-Proof Architecture
Emerging Wellness Trend: Disaster-Proof Architecture
Forbes

Located in Charlotte and Lee counties near Fort Myers, Fla., Babcock Ranch is a pioneering 18,000-acre master-planned community in Southwest Florida, recognized as America's first solar-powered town. Health care professionals strongly emphasize…

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