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The new design hotspots and art fairs to visit in London in March
Sign up for your inside guide to buying, renting and decorating in London from our award-winning experts I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Insiders will be flocking to the…
The 2026 National Design Awards are steeped in climate and craft
At a time of broken climate pledges and an economy-wide bearhug of automation and artificial intelligence, the dominant themes of the recently announced 2026 National Design Awards—climate action, sustainability, dedication to…
Woman thrifts 'manifested' dream designer item-it cost just $10
You truly never know what you might find when thrifting, but one Florida woman hit the jackpot with her latest designer find that cost less than $11. While TikTok user @chiarasvibezz was scouring the shoe department of the thrift store, she…
What should you charge for freelance design work? We're about to find out
Being a freelance designer has its perks, but pay transparency is not one of them. Designers are constantly forced to second-guess themselves: Should you charge a day rate or a project fee? Are you earning as much as your peers? Is AI taking…
How recent laws impact game design, from in-game chat to notifications
2026 is already proving to be the year when the reality of video game regulation hits home for the industry. Games studios are suddenly confronting a host of new and impending regulations, and it can feel an impossible task to sift through the…
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The Home Paint Colors Designers Say You'll Regret Most
Choosing the right paint color can be a daunting endeavor when you consider the array of shades available. What's more, there seems to be a new color trend every season, and each year paint companies introduce a new color of the year. If you're not…
London Designers Are Rethinking the Rules of Fashion Week
A cool crowd sipping natural wine spilled onto the street outside Perfect Lives bookstore in Hackney on the first day of the Fall 2026 shows at London Fashion Week. It wasn't a fashion show that brought them there, but Talia Byre's annual zine…
Orlando Bloom and Porsche Design Release Co-created Capsule Collection
Porsche Design and Orlando Bloom have unveiled a limited-edition capsule collection, adding another chapter to their partnership. The collaboration includes two pieces: the P'86007 “Targa #1 by Orlando Bloom” sunglasses and a…
From Cabinet secretary to doomsday president: What being the designated survivor is like
'It focuses your mind. It also enhances your prayer that it doesn't happen to you,' James Nicholson, who was President George W. Bush's veterans affairs secretary and designated survivor during the 2006 State of the Union, said of possibly becoming…
Designers You May Have Missed at London Fashion Week Fall 2026
LONDON — From Petra Fagerström's moody rink moms to Lucila Safdie's errant debutantes, WWD highlights emerging names making waves in London this past fashion week. Petra Fagerström's first fashion week presentation is not one to…
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Interior Designers on the Most Iconic Furniture of All Time
Sometimes, a piece of furniture comes along and changes everything around us. If a painting is meant to be looked at and fashion meant to be worn, furniture is meant to be lived in—slept in, worked in, sat in. It dictates how we interact…
French Design Meets Sustainability in L'Oeuf Electrique
In English, L'Oeuf Electrique means electric egg. Why it was dubbed an egg is obvious, and the electric part is how it's powered. But don't expect to find one of these cars at your local dealer, because there was only one ever built, and that was…
ADATA SC735 Review: Thumb-Drive Design, Speedy SSD Ambitions
Ultracompact external SSDs usually ask you to compromise—on speed, on capacity, or on convenience. The ADATA SC735 (starts at $189.99 for 1TB; $329.99 list for 2TB, as tested) tries to dodge those trade-offs by shrinking a USB 3.2 Gen 2…
11 Velvet Nail Designs That Are More Interesting Than Allover Sparkles
I hate long nail appointments. I get restless when sitting for extended periods with nothing to do. (I can't even scroll on my phone!) That's why I have typically avoided nail art unless it was for a special occasion—that is, until I…
Trump tariff rebuke, thoughts of a 100-year-old banker, and designer babies
When former Swiss banker Yves Oltramare first travelled to the United States aged 25, Donald Trump was still a toddler. Now 100, Oltramare looks back on an extraordinary life, although he is concerned about the country that he used to love so much…
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