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Ikea is growing its resale business. It's attracting bargain hunters and design nerds.
Your old Ikea bookshelf is part of a growing secondhand market. Ikea has spent five years growing its buyback and resell division, which pays customers for their old Ikea-brand furniture in store credit and resells it at the chain's stores. In…
Apple considers round screens and more radical designs for future Apple Watch revamp
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman goes into some detail today about the future for the Apple Watch product line. He suggests Apple is going back to the drawing board as the Watch faces stiffer competition from the likes of the Oura Ring and other screenless…
This on-trend design detail makes date night tops feel less basic - M&S' £36 puff sleeve style looks designer
Whether it's a date night with your partner or brunch with your besties, ' jeans and a nice top' is always a go-to. After a while, though, that fail-safe can sometimes feel a little, well, basic. Not anymore! Knot fastenings (which are also called…
iPhone 18's Base Design Will Just Be an iPhone 17 in Disguise
For years, a new base iPhone has always looked at least a little different from the one before it. Never a full redesign, just enough to spot from across a room. New colors show up. The camera housing gets nudged, angled differently, or grows by a…
From 'Designed Viruses' To 'Digital Telepathy' - AI Panic Kicks Into Overdrive
Two days ago, I wrote an article detailing the sudden rash of “rogue AI agents” allegedly besetting the tech community, and how that may be used to bring in new regulations, notionally targeting AI, but actually limiting or monitoring…
Designers swear by these weird hacks that make your home way bougier
Making your home look more expensive does not have to involve a full renovation or a designer-sized budget. Sometimes, the biggest difference comes from paying attention to a few unexpected details — like hiding loose cords, swapping dated…
Why the Autogrill bridge is Italy's testbed for motorway design
In a new Wallpaper* summer series, architect Carlo Ratti explores Italy through the ordinary objects that define daily life. Meet the Autogrill Bridge, Italy's ubiquitous motorway restaurant chain Here we are, in the middle of Italy's great summer…
23-yr-old design student raped by security guard on terrace of Ahmedabad apartment complex
2 min read Ahmedabad Make us preferred source on Google A 23-year-old student of interior design was allegedly raped by a security guard on the terrace of a housing society in Ahmedabad late on Saturday (August 8) evening, police said on Sunday.
Magic Designer Wants to Resurrect a Forgotten Card That Tells a Perfect Miniature Horror Story
Everyone knows how this story ends. A brave but probably stupid archaeologist ventures into an ancient tomb, perhaps with a crew. They dodge traps and ignore warnings etched into stone walls in hieroglyphics. Once the sarcophagus is disturbed, the…
From Zootopia and Toy Story to X-Men's Storm, the Disney D23 poster design is raising big expectations
Disney 's been the centre of controversy lately amid the Pixar layoffs, the critical and commercial mauling of the live-action Moana, the skepticism about Hexed and the regular claims of Disney same-face syndrome. We needed a reminder of what…
Chicago Bears Sign 2 More Defensive Backs, Waive 2 Others With Injury Designations
After making a few roster moves on Friday, the Chicago Bears started their weekend with four more. The Bears announced that they waived defensive backs K.C. Eziomume and Gervarrius Owens with injury designations. In addition, Chicago has signed…
Singapore designer Faezah Shaharuddin is taking Malay cultural references to the world through furniture
Mention the words Onde, Agar and Biskut and most Singaporeans would think of familiar Malay desserts and biscuits, not contemporary furniture. Yet these are the names of furniture collections by Singaporean designer Faezah Shaharuddin, who is based…
AI Can Write the Code. You Still Have to Design the System.
The foundation of your application is everything, especially when you use agents to write your code. Everyone talks about garbage in/garbage out with AI and machine learning, but no one really talks about what that means when you hand an LLM an…
Dynaudio's wild soundbar with moving 'kinetic fins' is one of the most impressive I've ever seen - I spoke to the company's CCO about building a luxe soundbar for giant TVs and its impressive 24-driver design
Recently, I had the chance to attend High End Vienna, where I bore witness to an incredible array of audio gear. Whether it was new flagship loudspeakers from Bowers & Wilkins, futuristic looking headphones, or innovative portable DACs, there was a…
GTM engineering is a systems design job. Most people doing it are building the wrong system.
Two years ago 'GTM engineer' wasn't a job title. Now it's in every growth team's hiring plan. If you're a developer, you've probably seen it on your feed and wondered: real engineering job, or a marketer who learned Zapier? The honest answer: it's…
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