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Big 12 tournament basketball games to be played on LED floor, designs can change in real time
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark recently teased some “big-time enhancements” coming to the conference's men's and women's basketball tournaments. One of those enhancements was revealed Wednesday, with the league announcing that…
The Top 5 Interior Design Trends Of 2026
As we step into 2026, the world of interior design continues to evolve, blending innovation with timeless elegance to create spaces that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing! Whether you're renovating your current home or designing a new…
Designers Say This is the Most Underrated Design Surface
When you're designing a space, you probably spend plenty of time thinking about paint colors, lighting, and furniture. But there's one element that designers say is often overlooked: the ceiling, a.k.a. the 'fifth wall.' Pros say the fifth wall is…
Designing Prediction Markets - LessWrong
Prerequisite: basic familiarity with what a prediction market is So you want to run a prediction market. You need a way for people to trade shares. What are your options? If you were making a prediction market from scratch, you'd probably come up…
This designer bootstrapped her way to building a cool-girl fashion brand
Nili Lotan's Tribeca flagship has been a fixture in the neighborhood for 20 years. It's an austere space that brings her aesthetic universe to life, one that blends silk slip dresses with military-inspired jackets, and crisp button-down shirts with…
Designing with What Exists: Rieder's HQ Expansion Turns Residual Materials into Facade Design
What if industrial leftovers weren't waste, but the start of architectural design? At Rieder's headquarters in Maishofen, Austria, over 1,300 cubic meters of timber, 180 ceiling elements, and hundreds of upcycled glassfiber-reinforced concrete…
Ford's Mustang GTD Design Dispute Shows How Far Automakers Will Go to Protect Styling
The clash between Ford and an aftermarket builder over Mustang GTD–inspired styling didn't make headlines yesterday. But the message behind it has only grown louder since. As automakers increasingly move to protect high-end designs, a…
Cadence Design Systems Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of Cadence Design Systems Inc. CDNS rose 2.75% to $299.00 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.10% to 50,188.14 and the S&P 500 Index SPX…
Designers Say These Retro Patterns Are Back
Nostalgia is having a moment in interior design. There are plenty of retro design trends that are becoming popular, like tiled countertops and pink kitchens. We asked designers about other vintage trends, and many said the 1970s retro patterns…
Steelcase's CTO says the AI boom will reshape office design
Steve Miller joined office furniture manufacturer Steelcase in 1999 as a software developer, coinciding with the tail end of the dot-com boom times that birthed future tech giants like Amazon and eBay, as well as plenty of flops like Pets.com and…
Massimo Bottura's Torno Subito returns-this time in the Design District
The Moore's latest tenant is no stranger to large spaces and fluctuating crowds. Torno Subito, Massimo Bottura's playful Italian restaurant, first opened atop downtown Miami food hall Julia & Henry in the summer of 2024, lasting only 10 months.
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5 Outdated Decor Trends That Make Your Living Room Look 'Cheap and Tired,' According to Designers
We're already halfway through the 2020s, but some living rooms still look like they're stuck in the 2000s or 2010s. Not sure if yours is one of them? Sometimes, it's the little things—a color palette, a piece of furniture, or an outdated…
Scaling India's Heritage Arts: MeMeraki's Founder on Culture, Design, and Global Impact
Yosha Gupta, Founder and CEO of MeMeraki, shares how the company grew from a deeply personal calling into a culture-led business creating sustainable livelihoods for master artisans. Drawing from years spent working across fintech, technology, and…
Strategic awareness tools: design sketches - LessWrong
This is a linkpost for https://www.forethought.org/research/design-sketches-tools-for-strategic-awareness We've recently published a set of design sketches for tools for strategic awareness. We think that near-term AI could help a wide variety of…
I Saw These 13 Trends at the World's Biggest Design Trade Show-and They'll Be Everywhere in 2026
For those who aren't as immersed in the design world as I am, trade shows might seem like insider-only events that are relevant to very few. But after attending Ambiente in Frankfurt, Germany—the largest trade fair of its kind—I can…
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