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bbc.co.uk - Lindsey Alder - Worcester gets new design of postbox for parcels
Worcester gets new design of postbox for parcels
BBC

A post box which was being used as a bin by walkers in Worcester city centre has now been revamped to allow people to send parcels. The red pillar box on Barbourne Road opposite Gheluvelt Park had been taped off for six months with black plastic…

fastcompany.com - Emily Price - How Visa is designing smarter credit cards for AI shopping
How Visa is designing smarter credit cards for AI shopping
Fast Company

For years, predictions about the future of commerce have often ended the same way: Credit cards eventually disappear. Digital wallets would replace them. Cryptocurrencies would replace them. Buy now, pay later services would replace them. More…

bbc.co.uk - Lee Blakeman - Interior Design Masters' Sophie Newlands says show 'made me more confident'
Interior Design Masters' Sophie Newlands says show 'made me more confident'
BBC

Lee Blakeman, BBC Radio Stoke and Eleanor Lawson, West Midlands 'You naturally lose that confidence as you get older and it's definitely ignited something in me.' Sophie Newlands, who runs Shag Interior in Cannock, has just finished as the…

bbc.co.uk - Lee Blakeman - Interior Design Masters' Sophie Newlands says show 'made me more confident'
Interior Design Masters' Sophie Newlands says show 'made me more confident'
BBC

Lee Blakeman,BBC Radio Stokeand 'You naturally lose that confidence as you get older and it's definitely ignited something in me.' Sophie Newlands, who runs Shag Interior in Cannock, has just finished as the runner-up on the BBC One reality…

9to5mac.com - Zac Hall - Pocket Casts adopts Liquid Glass design in latest podcast player app update
Pocket Casts adopts Liquid Glass design in latest podcast player app update
9to5Mac

Pocket Casts for iOS has picked up a fresh visual overhaul this week. The latest version brings Apple's Liquid Glass design language to one of the most popular podcast apps on the platform. The update arrives as Liquid Glass continues to shape the…

wwd.com - Rosemary Feitelberg - Albanian Designers Give Close-ups of the 'Flamingo Revolution'
Albanian Designers Give Close-ups of the 'Flamingo Revolution'
WWD

As thousands of protesters in Albania continue to march against a luxury development project that is tied to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the pink flamingo has emerged as the movement's symbols. For 10 consecutive days, people of all ages have…

fastcompany.com - Grace Snelling - Adidas designed these World Cup jerseys for elite athletes-and clever art buffs
Adidas designed these World Cup jerseys for elite athletes-and clever art buffs
Fast Company

For the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Belgium's Red Devils are bringing surrealism to the pitch. The team's away jersey, designed in partnership with Adidas, is a blue and pink pattern based on the works of the Belgian artist René Magritte…

bloomberg.com - Chris Welch - Logitech Debuts $80 Travel Mouse With Unique Folding Design
Logitech Debuts $80 Travel Mouse With Unique Folding Design
Bloomberg

Computer accessory maker Logitech International SA announced a sleek wireless travel mouse aimed at professionals and Gen Z, with a unique folding design meant to fit in a pocket. The $80 Mobi Fold — a play on the word “mobile”…

housebeautiful.com - Blair Donovan - The Next Big Things: The People, Places, and Trends That Will Rule the Design World in 2027
The Next Big Things: The People, Places, and Trends That Will Rule the Design World in 2027
House Beautiful

On the cover: Project designed by KOBEL + CO, photo by Nate Sheets Photography Welcome to The Next Big Things, your inside look at the people, places, and trends shaping the design world in 2027 and beyond. To forecast what's to come across…

cbsnews.com - Noel  Brennan - Exhibit at Chicago Architecture Center showcases designs for bird-safe buildings
Exhibit at Chicago Architecture Center showcases designs for bird-safe buildings
CBS News

Tourists flock to Chicago to see the city's soaring architecture, but for migrating birds, those magnificent buildings and their windows pose a deadly threat. Now, to prevent that threat, a world-renowned architect is helping to build a bird-safe…

vox.com - Bryan Walsh - Designer babies. Self-improving AI. Are we ready for either?
Designer babies. Self-improving AI. Are we ready for either?
Vox

How do we know when the world has changed? On June 1, a team of scientists published a preprint scientific paper claiming they had edited human embryonic DNA with more precision than any previous attempt. As a technical achievement, the work is…

seekingalpha.com - Ignacio Planas Gonzalez - Cadence Design Systems: The Software Version Of An AI Bottleneck (NASDAQ:CDNS)
Cadence Design Systems: The Software Version Of An AI Bottleneck (NASDAQ:CDNS)
Seeking Alpha

Cadence is emerging as the most obvious AI winner among software names, benefiting from surging demand rather than disruption. Cadence sits in an EDA duopoly where AI is a demand driver, not a disruptor: its tools are now ~11% of customers'…

fashionista.com - Janelle Sessoms - The Emerging Designer Whose Sculptural Looks Are Already All Over Red Carpets
The Emerging Designer Whose Sculptural Looks Are Already All Over Red Carpets
Fashionista

“I thought it was a scam,” designer Kuai Li recalls of the DM she received from Kylie Jenner's stylist, Mackenzie Grandquist, in 2023. In her defense, most people in her position probably would, too. At the time, Li was a first-year…

fastcompany.com - Hunter Schwarz - 2 candidates, 1 logo: This Alaska Senate race just made design theft its No. 1 issue
2 candidates, 1 logo: This Alaska Senate race just made design theft its No. 1 issue
Fast Company

Two Dan Sullivans are running for Senate in Alaska, and if their names aren't confusing enough, you might want to take a look at their logos. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan is an incumbent Republican who's served in the U.S. Senate since 2015, while Dan J.

ndtv.com - Deepak Bopanna - Bengaluru Researcher's Design Concept Could Enable Lighter, Safer Spacecraft
Bengaluru Researcher's Design Concept Could Enable Lighter, Safer Spacecraft
NDTV

The concept was inspired by the growing global push towards reusable space transportation systems. Bengaluru: A Bengaluru researcher pursuing his doctorate in aerospace engineering and working with a European agency has proposed a new design…

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