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WWD Honors Industry's Top-Performing Companies, Designers and Executives
An overflow crowd turned out Tuesday night for the 10th edition of WWD Honors: The Global Fashion Awards, where top executives, designers and businesses were singled out for their outstanding contributions to the fashion industry. The big award of…
Industrial Designer Moritz Schmid's Patio Chair for Embru
Swiss furniture brand Embru is teasing this Patio Chair, by Swiss industrial designer Moritz Schmid. The form somehow manages to make a shopping-cart-like grid look both attractive and desirable. 'The design is based on a modular construction and…
Best Christmas gifts for design lovers, chosen by an interiors editor
I'll admit: I'm a Victoria Beckham superfan. To me, the former Spice Girl and now fashion powerhouse can do no wrong, and the fact that she loves tequila makes her all the more fabulous. From her new collection with Westwing, it's this set of four…
Morocco's Design Renaissance Is Underway
When Yves Saint Laurent set up a home in Marrakech in the late 1960s, his enchanting lifestyle offered the world a rare glimpse into the world of Moroccan interiors. For decades to come, international companies like Inditex would go on to incept…
These tiny rat backpacks are designed to help find victims in an earthquake
All too often rats get a bad rap. They can be vectors of disease, and cities like New York invest heavily in fighting them. But maybe it's just that we're not seeing their potential. Once trained, backpack-wearing African giant pouched rats can…
Building big': Amherst celebrates a school designed for the future
AMHERST — The new Amethyst Brook Elementary School is about $100 million worth of steel, brick and mortar. It's a haven to cultivate learning for the town's young people, and a place of recreation for residents of all ages who will have…
The Honda Ridgeline 'Wasn't Really Designed to Be a Truck, But Everybody Thinks It Is', Designer Says
The Honda Ridgeline has faced ‘fake truck' accusations for its entire production run. Even after Honda beefed up the model for its second generation, the unibody pickup has never really earned acceptance from the truck community. But the…
Apple updates Design Resources portal with assets for the new touchscreen MacBook Pro
If you're a designer who relies on Apple's official design resources, the company has already added the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display to its collection of product bezels. Here are the details. Apple's Design Resources portal features a…
The biggest names in European design merge at this new Sydney store
he new Molteni&C showroom in Sydney, which overlooks the traffic below on Cleveland Street, feels delightfully serene. Classic and new furniture by some of the world's most prominent designers is arrayed across a succession of spaces intended to…
All-new MacBook Pro brings back beloved design feature from the past
Apple unveiled its MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR today, and the all-new model features the return of a beloved design feature: a glowing Apple logo on the lid. One of the MacBook's most iconic design features in the past was its glowing Apple logo on…
You Can Now Spend the Night at a Jean Prouvè-Designed Home
A Modernist home designed by Jean Prouvè and his son Claude has been restored and transformed into a guesthouse, offering a chance to stay inside an architectural gem. The home, named Maison Prouvè 58, is located near the French…
Obra Blanca 2026 Explores the Connection Between Materials and Design
Direct contact with a material allows one to appreciate textures, compare finishes, and observe how its appearance changes under different lighting conditions. At an exhibition, these possibilities are complemented by exchanges with manufacturers…
Designing new nuclear alloys, element by element
The periodic table contains more than 100 elements. Combine them in different ways, and the possibilities quickly multiply. For researchers designing materials for advanced nuclear reactors, the abundance presents an opportunity: Could entirely new…
Why Are Businesses Still Designing Customers Around Their Products?
Product, not just rates. The traditional mortgage no longer connects equity-rich sellers with payment-strapped buyers, which makes housing affordability partly a product-design failure. Friction as signal. Customer friction tells a business its…
This Musician Bride Designed Her Own Wedding Dress to Marry in Agoura Hills
It was, according to Noah Urrea (the 25-year-old musician otherwise known as Noah Noah), divine intervention that brought Abby-Lynn Keen (the 22-year-old Tooting native who performs as Absolutely) to his doorstep in 2023. “I like to say that…
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