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He designed sneakers for Jordan, Melo. Now he's revived an HBCU to teach the next generation
Staring down the company suggestion box at LA Gear, 19-year-old D'Wayne Edwards sketched a sneaker on a 3-by-5 notecard, signed his name and dropped it in the box. The next day, a different idea, and a different illustration, went in. Never mind…
Cook County's Tax Algorithm Worked As Designed. That Was The Problem
Cook County's machine-learning tax model made assessments fairer, yet homeowner bills soared. The appeals system, not the algorithm, is the culprit. 'I'm in the hood,' Michael Strode told the Cook County assessor at a church meeting in West…
Haiti forced to change World Cup jerseys over 'political' battle design
Haiti's long-awaited return to the FIFA World Cup has been overshadowed by a last-minute row over its national team jersey, after the sport's governing body ruled elements of the design breached rules on political messaging. Just days before their…
Cadence Design Systems Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors
Shares of Cadence Design Systems Inc. CDNS shed 1.48% to $385.13 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.62% to 7,266.99 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA…
How Visa is designing smarter credit cards for AI shopping
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…
Interior Design Masters' Sophie Newlands says show 'made me more confident'
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…
Interior Design Masters' Sophie Newlands says show 'made me more confident'
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…
Pocket Casts adopts Liquid Glass design in latest podcast player app update
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…
Albanian Designers Give Close-ups of the 'Flamingo Revolution'
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…
Adidas designed these World Cup jerseys for elite athletes-and clever art buffs
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…
The Next Big Things: The People, Places, and Trends That Will Rule the Design World in 2027
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…
What SA businesses should look for when searching for the best web design agency
Woww designs websites that look professional, communicate clearly and support measurable business outcomes. (Image: Woww) For many South African businesses, a website is no longer just a digital brochure. It is often the first serious trust signal…
Jason Wu Brings Fashion, Heritage and Doll Design Full Circle at LACMA
For Jason Wu, “Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity ” is more than a museum collaboration. It's a return to a passion that first shaped his work. “I started my career when I was 17, and I had designed dolls,” Wu…
Designer babies. Self-improving AI. Are we ready for either?
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…
The Emerging Designer Whose Sculptural Looks Are Already All Over Red Carpets
“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…
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