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Designing for Time: Material Aging as a Design Strategy
The figure of Tithonus in Greek mythology offers a reflection on the paradox of permanence. In pleading with Zeus for immortality, he forgot to request eternal youth, resulting in a life of endless aging. Over time, his body deteriorates, turning…
God's Design Wasn't Accidental
One of the strangest things about modern America is watching people exhaust themselves trying to out-argue reality. Men are women. Women are men. Mothers are optional. Fathers are interchangeable. Biology is negotiable. Family structure is…
Want to tax the rich? Encourage them to keep spending ridiculous amounts of money on designer clothes.
If you want to tax the rich, don't turn up at the Met Gala in New York City wearing a “tax the rich” dress, like U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did a few years ago. Instead, just encourage all the rich people there to keep doing…
Are Fashion Students Designing for the Algorithm?
Parsons professor Geoffrey Gertz remembers the days when peak visibility for a designer came from paying for an ad in the glossy pages of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar or another high-profile magazine. They might cost more than $30,000, but media ad…
iPhone 18 Pro: Three new design updates are coming this year
iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will launch this fall, and in addition to packing a variety of new features, there are three design changes reportedly coming. Here's what rumors say to expect. Among the iPhone 17 Pro's several design changes, colors have…
Could one of these young designers be the next Zimmermann?
Since 1999, emerging designers from Fashion Design Studio – once known as East Sydney Tech – have presented graduate collections at Australian Fashion Week. The stage has acted as a launchpad for the likes of Anna Quan, Christopher…
The Designer Who Helped Bring Vans Back
From the Pearlized narrative to the Souvenir series, Greg Betty helped redefine Vans for a new era — and has since landed at Jordan Brand. If 2026 ended today, what would be the sneaker brand of the year? It's an often-asked question, and…
Kodak Charmera wins iF and Red Dot Design Awards
You know the Charmera. It's that tiny Kodak keychain that takes blocky 1.6-megapixel photos, sells out the moment it hits a shelf, and somehow turned a deliberately bad camera into one of the year's most chased gadgets. Now it has hardware to match…
Milan Design Week with Vikram Goyal
Milan Design Week is often framed as a series of fairs and events. But after years of attending, I've come to see it as a series of encounters. Beyond schedules and spectacles, it offers the freedom to move through courtyards, industrial spaces…
'Ralph Lauren Catwalk,' a Book Chronicling Decades of Ralph Lauren's Women's Designs, Published by Thames & Hudson
“ Ralph Lauren Catwalk,” which will be published Thursday by Thames & Hudson, marks a milestone as the brand is the first American fashion house to be featured in the “Catwalk” series. The book gives an inside look into…
The towering sets for Broadway's 'The Lost Boys' have audiences gasping. Here's how the designer pulled it off
When you're building sets for a musical that's populated by flying vampires, you have to challenge yourself to think three-dimensionally. But Dane Laffrey is used to challenging himself. Over the course of his decades-long career in theater, the…
The stars who ditched designer for discount shops including rapper seen in Co-op
WHETHER that's a discounted gem or a yellow sticker, millions of thrifty Brits get a kick out of finding a bargain. But where do you shop when you've got millions in the bank? Turns out, some of the richest stars in the business are just like us…
Kith West Hollywood Reopens With a New Design, 'Ronnie's Pronto,' and an Exclusive New Balance Drop
Kith has officially reopened its completely redesigned and expanded West Hollywood flagship on Sunset Boulevard The massive ground-level expansion introduces “Ronnie's Pronto,” a new grab-and-go eatery offering New York classics…
ICE Taps BTK Killer To Design New Migrant Detention Center
WASHINGTON—Calling the upcoming collaboration their most “ambitious foray yet into the field of human suffering,” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Wednesday that they had tapped Dennis Rader, the BTK…
Sculpted Interaction: a Design-First Approach to AI Alignment - LessWrong
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Aditya Adiga for leading this project and trusting his ideas to me. Thanks to Matt Farr for comments on this draft. Thanks to Kuil Schoneveld for organizing the project. And thanks to the several friends who tested the…
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