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AI-pilled bosses and clients are turning designers into 'pixel pushers
Emily Foran, a creative director and graphic designer, has not been asked by clients to come up with an original idea from scratch in a year. “That's kind of killing my soul,” Foran says. “I'm having clients, new and existing…
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Merino Laminates turns small samples into a big design question
Merino Laminates has launched a pan-India campaign for Studio Merino that addresses the challenge of visualising how a laminate design will look across a full wardrobe, kitchen or other interior surface. Conceptualised by WillBe Done, the campaign…
Phius Announces 2026 Passive Projects Design Competition Winners
The juried competition recognizes fully certified passive building projects across a range of building types and climate zones. Unlike other passive building standards, Phius standards provide a climate-specific, cost-optimized path to…
Spredges, glitter, and lots of gold foil: Penguin is betting on deluxe book design to win over kids
This holiday season, you can give your child an actual Golden Ticket. It comes tucked inside a new special edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, one of a slew of deluxe editions of books Penguin Young Readers is releasing this fall. The new…
BLANCO Showcases Design-Led Innovation at High Point Fall Market 2026
Sculptural Design Meets Functional Innovation At the center of BLANCO's High Point presentation is the revolutionary OOVALON / LUNEOO UNIT, recognized by KBB Awards, Red Dot: Best of the Best, German Design Award, and iF Design Award for…
Tommy Hilfiger and fragment design Announce Debut Collaboration
Tommy Hilfiger and fragment design have officially announced their first collaborative collection titled Tommy Hilfiger x FRGMT Hiroshi Fujiwara replaces Tommy Hilfiger's classic red accent with his signature light blue tone across relaxed…
11 Latest Crochet Masterpieces Taking Over Clothing, Home Design and Lifestyle Trends in Winter 2026, From Cute Blankets to Birthday Gifts
Look around a closet, a living room or a birthday gift table in 2026 and there's a good chance something in it came off a crochet hook. The craft has outgrown the hobby basket and moved into clothing, home design and everyday lifestyle. Granny…
Pidilite Industries names Agarwal as CFO - Designate, effective Oct 09
Pidilite Industries has appointed Amit Agarwal as Chief Financial Officer – Designate and Senior Management Personnel, effective October 9. Sandeep Batra, Executive Director & CFO, is scheduled to superannuate in 2027 after his full five…
Korea designates midcentury masterpieces, historic Gwangju theater as cultural heritage sites
Four sites reflecting Korea's industrial, architectural and wartime history have been proposed for national heritage registration, including a factory designed by one of the country's most influential modern architects and a cinema that has served…
This Cozy Room Trend Is on the Rise, and Designers Say It Makes Any Home Feel More Relaxing
Spaces to unwind at home tend to come to life in expected forms: a workout studio with a sound-dampening floor, a transportive primary bathroom, a cozy color-drenched library. These days, however, there's a new iteration showing up on designer…
37 TikTok Products Designed To Make Being A Human So Much Easier
Check out a TikTok of the Shapermint jelly bra in action. Promising review: 'As someone who needs full coverage, I know that finding a wireless option that actually lifts without digging in is rare. The cups are lightweight and molded, giving a…
Game Design Taste evals - LessWrong
A personal eval I run on new AI models is “design a novel game, with mechanics that have never been seen before.” I do this because this is a domain I have enough taste in that I think I can tell if they are doing something actually…
How 'Ink' Production Designers Recreated The Sun Newsroom Using Functional Linotype Machines, Working Rotary Phones and Old Typewriters
Danny Boyle 's latest film “ Ink ” traces the rise of Rupert Murdoch on London's Fleet Street and the takeover of The Sun newspaper. The film premieres at the London Film Festival and will open in select theaters Dec. 11 before…
I'm a Russian fashion designer - Vladimir Putin is terrified of me
Anastasia Vistorobska, left, worked for Chanel and Givenchy before taking arms against Putin Less than five years ago, her life could hardly have been more glamorous or safer. Anastasia Vistorobska worked in Paris for two of the world's best- known…
Delhi Police Designates Ramlila Maidan, Burari and CBD Ground as New Protest Sites
Delhi Police Designates Ramlila Maidan, Burari and CBD Ground as New Protest Sites | Image: X Delhi Police has designated three new venues for holding protests and demonstrations in the national capital, following recommendations by a committee…
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