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forbes.com - Kumar Rupesh - ​Formidable Agility: Designing Organizations That Remain Relevant
​Formidable Agility: Designing Organizations That Remain Relevant
Forbes

Kumar Rupesh is a finance executive at FUTEK and author of From Theory to Execution, with 20+ years in strategy, finance, and operations. Many organizations generate bountiful ideas. But they still struggle. To sustain, and to grow. In many cases…

forbes.com - Goran Paun - ​How Design Systems Are Turning Brand Voice Into Brand Behavior
​How Design Systems Are Turning Brand Voice Into Brand Behavior
Forbes

Goran Paun, Creative Director at ArtVersion, designing and developing human-centered user experiences for forward-thinking companies. Brand voice is often understood as the style and tone through which an organization becomes recognizable. Yet in…

techcrunch.com - Sarah Perez - Google's answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design
Google's answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design
TechCrunch

Google is entering the creative design market with a new image creation and editing tool called Google Pics, which will become a part of its Google Workspace suite for business customers and premium Google AI subscribers. The company says the…

mirror.co.uk - Antonia Kraskowski - M&S launch 'incredible' designer-inspired leather jacket for under £70
M&S launch 'incredible' designer-inspired leather jacket for under £70
Daily Mirror

With autumn finally here, it's time to rethink your wardrobe and where better to start than a classic leather jacket that will work with everything from flouncy floral midi dresses to your favourite jeans. Scrolling through the new in section…

wwd.com - Julia Teti - Naomi Osaka Debuts Latest Designer Tennis Kit at the 2026 US Open
Naomi Osaka Debuts Latest Designer Tennis Kit at the 2026 US Open
WWD

Naomi Osaka aced her 2026 U.S. Open look for the final Grand Slam of the season. The two-time U.S. Open champion wore a Nike tennis kit and custom Who Decides War walk-on ensemble for her first round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National…

fastcompany.com - Hunter Schwarz - Man City fans used AI to design the team's new kit
Man City fans used AI to design the team's new kit
Fast Company

Manchester City's new uniforms are the first professional kits designed by fans using AI that will be worn on a football pitch. The Premier League team announced a new fan-designed alternative kit that was made using Puma AI Creator, the German…

archdaily.com - Agustina Iñiguez - Thinking Through the Hand: Atelier CRAFT on Design and Making
Thinking Through the Hand: Atelier CRAFT on Design and Making
ArchDaily

What narratives do materials carry, and how can the visible 'traces' of artisans engage in a dialogue with manufacturing processes and industrialization ? Between design and construction, the act of thinking through making can become a guiding…

kcci.com - Fall Design Forecast: The Trends Transforming Iowa Homes
Fall Design Forecast: The Trends Transforming Iowa Homes
kcci

elle.com - Véronique Hyland - The Designer Quietly Reinventing Calvin Klein
The Designer Quietly Reinventing Calvin Klein
ELLE

On Seventh Avenue, the main drag of Manhattan's garment district, appearances are everything—even when it comes to minute details. A block away from the Calvin Klein headquarters, I witness a window-washer's boss pointing out the spot he…

wwd.com - Kanika Talwar - EXCLUSIVE: 'Saturday Night Live's' Costume Designer and Stylist Launch Anywear App
EXCLUSIVE: 'Saturday Night Live's' Costume Designer and Stylist Launch Anywear App
WWD

As long as “ Saturday Night Live 's” costume designer Jill Bream and stylist Alexis Teller have been working in the industry, the two have been inundated with messages asking for outfit advice. Bream and Teller met while working at…

wwd.com - Angela Velasquez - 7 For All Mankind Reimagines NYC Flagship With Gallery-Like Retail Design
7 For All Mankind Reimagines NYC Flagship With Gallery-Like Retail Design
WWD

7 For All Mankind (7FAM) transforms denim retail into a gallery-like experience at its renovated New York flagship at 394 W. Broadway in SoHo. The premium denim brand opened the men's and women's store on Tuesday. The redesign, developed in close…

cosmopolitan.com - Alexandria Dale - Ballet cardigans are autumn's most polished knitwear trend - New Look's £28 burgundy design ticks two trends
Ballet cardigans are autumn's most polished knitwear trend - New Look's £28 burgundy design ticks two trends
Cosmopolitan

It's no secret that, collectively, the favourite footwear of every fashion girlie around right now is a pair of ballet flats. Loved primarily for their versatility, it's hard not to find an outfit that won't work with these pretty pumps. Floaty…

yankodesign.com - Gaurav Sood - A gull-winged flying car concept designed to overshadow a Bugatti or Lamborghini
A gull-winged flying car concept designed to overshadow a Bugatti or Lamborghini
Yanko Design

Flying cars were once considered a pipe dream, eventually moving into feasible territory. Now, after years of research and development by visionary minds, the distant dream is almost on the horizon, with prototypes and concepts in their final…

wwd.com - Martino Carrera - EXCLUSIVE: Changbin of Stray Kids Designs Capsule Collection for Autry
EXCLUSIVE: Changbin of Stray Kids Designs Capsule Collection for Autry
WWD

MILAN — Changbin of the K-pop group Stray Kids is taking his partnership with Autry up a notch. Named the Italian footwear brand's first global brand ambassador last February, the K-pop sensation has now codesigned a capsule for Autry…

wallpaper.com - Reeme Idris - Dive into a design double bill in Tuscany
Dive into a design double bill in Tuscany
Wallpaper*

LABottega has stood on Viale Apua in the Tuscan town of Pietrasanta since 1920, when art director and curator Serena del Soldato's great-grandparents opened it as a shop on a bare stretch of the Versilia coast, adding a trattoria under the plane…

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