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Houzz Report Reveals What's Hot: 8 Emerging Summer Home Design Trends
Tays & Co. Design Studio; Marka Architecture; Photographer: Taylor Hall O'Brien Whether you're renovating or decorating, you can find inspiration from the Houzz 2026 U.S. Emerging Summer Trends Report, which reveals 8 up-and-coming design trends…
Tech Rivals Unite To Stop AI-Designed Bioweapons
Scientist shows virus container in lab Mail-order bioweapons: it sounds like something from a dystopian movie. But artificial intelligence leaders are increasingly worried that powerful AI models could be used to design highly contagious viruses or…
Design Your Dream Bugatti Veyron And Bugatti Will Build It - Today!
The new Bugatti Veyron configurator allows owners to reconfigure, and then rebuild, their car Time travel has served as a focal point for many popular books, TV shows and movies. But (so far) it hasn't manifested as a real-world option for even the…
Project Mirage Launches Dune Context-Aware Keypad Designed For MacBook
“QWERTY keyboards were designed over a hundred years ago, for the purpose of capturing text, at a time when multitasking wasn't a concept,” says Apoorv Shankar, founder and CEO of Project Mirage. “And while computing power and…
Elon Musk Shows More Detailed Design of AI Data Center Satellite
Elon Musk unveiled a more detailed look at an initial version of an AI data center satellite SpaceX plans to build, providing fresh insight into the ambitious project driving the company's highly anticipated initial public offering. During a…
This famed architecture firm is bringing rare designs from its archive back to life
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, the giant of corporate office architecture in the mid-20th century, has its fingerprints on some of the most iconic buildings in American business. From Sears Tower in Chicago to IBM's New York headquarters to Lever…
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Why workplace design is becoming part of brand strategy
For many organisations, brand strategy has long been viewed through the lens of advertising campaigns, digital marketing, public relations, customer journeys, and visual identity systems. While these elements remain foundational, a growing number…
LEGO Designers on Creating Pokémon SMART Play Sets
LEGO and Pokémon are teaming up for a dozen incredible new sets that use SMART play technology. It allows you to truly bring your favorite Pokémon characters to life and become their trainer. You can even feed them and give them a…
This Prada-designed onesie will help keep NASA's Artemis astronauts cool on the moon
Axiom Space and Prada on Sunday unveiled the cooling inner garment NASA's Artemis astronauts will wear under their spacesuits on the moon Join Our Community of Science Lovers! I agree my information will be processed in accordance with the…
Meet the Londoner making a splash in Australian swimwear design
Alex Eagle has great taste. It has taken her from working as “an absolute dogsbody” at The Sunday Times Style magazine and Harper's Bazaar to being the “token young person” at British fashion brand Joseph, to opening her…
iOS 27 has new app icon designs for many iPhone apps
Last year with iOS 26, Apple redesigned its full lineup of app icons for iPhone. But just one year later, iOS 27 has even more design changes for many app icons. Apple unveiled iOS 27 earlier today, and the developer beta is available now. One…
Axiom and Prada advance design of spacesuit
NEW YORK — Axiom Space unveiled the design of another element of the lunar spacesuit it is developing for NASA in partnership with luxury designer Prada. During a June 7 event at a Prada store, the companies showed off the Liquid Cooling and…
Carven's New Design Director Is Kai Nesselrath
Carven 's top design position has sat vacant for just over a month following Mark Thomas' April departure, but now, a new designer is taking over the French fashion house. Kai Nesselrath, a German designer born and raised in Rome, is Carven's new…
Seeing a lot of attack ads and texts? That's by design
Political campaigns turn more negative as primaries near AND FIVE, AS WELL AS AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER. AND AS THE DAYS TICK DOWN TO HOURS FROM PRIMARY DAY, MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN GETTING SOME SPAM TEXT AND POLITICAL ADS AS WELL. AND COUNTLESS…
Women Who Rock: Designer Veneda Carter on How Collaborations Can Empower Female Creatives
While successfully beefing up its cultural cachet in recent years, Timberland has seen few of its releases draw as much noise as Veneda Carter 's patent leather 6-Inch Boots. The glossy take on Timberland 's famed “Wheat” boot has…
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