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forbes.com - Terri Williams - Luxury Pool Design Trends To Elevate Your Backyard Entertaining
Luxury Pool Design Trends To Elevate Your Backyard Entertaining
Forbes

Summertime is synonymous with outdoor living and hosting. Many homeowners are incorporating outdoor entertaining trends in their backyard designs to create beautiful, comfortable, and functional spaces. Houzz recently revealed 4 vacation-inspired…

forbes.com - David Prosser - Cyber Security By Design In The Age Of AI
Cyber Security By Design In The Age Of AI
Forbes

AI tools can find software vulnerabilities more rapidly than security engineers can patch them Mahdi Abdulrazak, CEO and co-founder of cyber security start-up Dawnguard, describes the current moment as the “Mythos Era”. At a time when…

boston.com - Lauren Daley - HGTV's Taniya Nayak talks designing a Bruin's home and new Boston restaurants
HGTV's Taniya Nayak talks designing a Bruin's home and new Boston restaurants
Boston.com

It's been a whirlwind year so far for Taniya Nayak. She got an honorary doctorate from Boston Architectural College, is renovating a home with 98 Degrees alum Drew Lachey, and designing yet another Massachusetts restaurant. And Nayak — make…

fastcompany.com - Grace Snelling - Sporting Clube de Portugal gets a high-design rebrand inspired by the '40s
Sporting Clube de Portugal gets a high-design rebrand inspired by the '40s
Fast Company

When one of the world's biggest sports clubs, Sporting Clube de Portugal (SCP), was founded in 1906, it was centered on one code: “Develop the human, then the athlete.” Now, 120 years later, the club is getting a major rebrand that…

fastcompany.com - Nate Berg - Inside Samsung's design process to make your earbuds fit just right
Inside Samsung's design process to make your earbuds fit just right
Fast Company

Federico Casalegno has been thinking about ears. Billions of ears. “Ears are almost like fingerprints. Every one of us has a different one,” says Casalegno, executive vice president of design at Samsung. It's a pertinent topic for…

buzzfeed.com - Ross Yoder - 'Frankly, It's Tacky': People Are Revealing Common Interior Design Trends They Can't Stand
'Frankly, It's Tacky': People Are Revealing Common Interior Design Trends They Can't Stand
BuzzFeed

And if you have any strong feelings about modern home decor that you'd like to share with us — or if you agree or disagree with any of the opinions below — you can do so in the comments at the end of this post or through this…

hypebeast.com - Sophie Caraan - Miami Design District's 'Now Showing' Campaign Is a Four-Act Declaration That Predictability Is Banned
Miami Design District's 'Now Showing' Campaign Is a Four-Act Declaration That Predictability Is Banned
Hypebeast

Miami Design District has unveiled its 2026 brand campaign and visual identity, developed with creative studio Made Thought and photographed by Kenyon Anderson. Titled “Now Showing,” the campaign reframes the District not as a fixed…

bleedingcool.com - Gavin Sheehan - Sprite Launches The Living Tracklist With New Customized Designs
Sprite Launches The Living Tracklist With New Customized Designs
Bleeding Cool News

Posted in: Nerd Food, Pop Culture | Tagged: Sprite, The Coca-Cola Company Sprite has launched The Living Tracklist with 50 songs that influenced hip-hop and pop culture, complete with customized cans. Sprite launches The Living Tracklist, a 50-song…

9to5mac.com - Ben Lovejoy - Would a sleeker Apple Watch design justify losing band compatibility?
Would a sleeker Apple Watch design justify losing band compatibility?
9to5Mac

The first report of a major new Apple Watch design dates back to 2023, so you probably shouldn't hold your breath on the basis of the latest claim. The original Bloomberg report said that an Apple Watch X would arrive in 2024 or 2025, so ……

boston.com - Hayden Bird - Revolution still chasing permanent move for Matt Turner, possible Designated Player acquisition
Revolution still chasing permanent move for Matt Turner, possible Designated Player acquisition
Boston.com

Though it might seem like odd timing, the Revolution officially named a new general manager on Monday during the Major League Soccer summer break (with the World Cup in full swing). Chris Tierney, formerly the assistant sporting director, will…

iclg.com - Ella Fincken - Puma Case: Design and Trademark Right Conflicts
Puma Case: Design and Trademark Right Conflicts
ICLG

In the first half of 2026, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) rendered final judgments reversing rulings in multiple invalidation cases involving design patents for side stripe motifs on sports shoes. The judgments clarified judicial standards for…

buzzfeed.com - Liz Richardson - 50 'Outdated' Home Design Trends People Really, Really, Really Want To See Come Back
50 'Outdated' Home Design Trends People Really, Really, Really Want To See Come Back
BuzzFeed

'You can still put a shower head above a tub and just take a shower. Why do you need to completely remove the tub?' —Anonymous, 30, North Carolina —Anonymous, 68, Tennessee —Anonymous, 75, Pennsylvania —Anonymous, 70…

arstechnica.com - Ashley Belanger - Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors
Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors
Ars Technica

President Donald Trump's plan to “fill the digital potholes” and use AI to quickly redesign every government website isn't going very well. Last August, Trump created the National Design Studio, or NDS, by executive order. A temporary…

nymag.com - Brenley Goertzen - I'd Replace All My Weights With These Design-y Dumbbells
I'd Replace All My Weights With These Design-y Dumbbells
New York Magazine

Over the past few months, I've noticed a kind of funny workout-gear trend: The clunky kettlebells and dumbbells of yore have been joined by surprisingly art-y weights, ones that look more like an elegant vase than something you'd use at the gym.

mit.edu - How urban design leads to better wellness
How urban design leads to better wellness
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A new big-data analysis of the U.S. pinpoints how urban design aids the health of city residents — especially when cities provide walking opportunities, greenery, and mixed-use streets with a blend of commercial and residential activity. The…

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