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High-end, Quiet Design Steers Worldwide Yacht Industry to New Heights
MILAN — As designers worldwide flex their potential in the nautical world, overall sales of the industry continue to rise amid one of the most complex economies of all time. As the Genoa International Boat Show show kicked off in Italy on…
Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis?
Humans can be a frisky bunch, and it wasn't very long after Tesla Autopilot started letting drivers go hands-free before people decided to post footage of themselves having sex from the driver's seat. Recently, The San Francisco Standard…
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.
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…
Why Designer Brands Is Closing its Corporate Offices for One Day
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) will close its corporate office on Friday so 1,200 employees worldwide and volunteer with nonprofit and community organizations as part of the firm's second annual Step Up and Serve day. DBI staff have the option of…
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…
Federal panel gives final approval to new design for White House security screening center
A federal panel has approved final design and building plans for an underground facility to screen visitors to the White House, the latest advancement in the Trump administration's efforts to amp up security while also reshaping the aesthetics of…
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…
Manolo Blahnik's New Harrods Boutique Features 300 of the Legendary Designer's Shoe Sketches
Manolo Blahnik is back at Harrods with a new boutique at the retailer's Knightsbridge flagship in London. Located within Harrods ' fifth floor “Shoe Heaven,” a 42,000 square-foot space dedicated to fine footwear, the new boutique…
Carney expected to announce decision on pipeline's national interest designation
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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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