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Why Designers Are Suddenly Using Cork for Everything in 2026
As sustainability becomes a key focus in design, architecture, and product development, natural materials are gaining renewed attention. Among these materials, cork stands out as a versatile, renewable, and lightweight resource with remarkable…
He's been sewing since 14. Now this Hong Kong designer has his own couture label
Just over a year ago, Hong Kong-born fashion designer Alvin Ho was ready to pack his bags and leave his dreams behind in London for good. Yet with rigorous ambition – and many sleepless nights of sewing – he defied the odds in an era…
Elevate Your Space: The Art of Modern Interior Design
Interior design is more than just arranging furniture—it's about crafting an environment that reflects your personality while balancing aesthetics and functionality. Modern interior design takes these principles a step further by blending…
Tastemakers: Interior designer turns hawker in Chinatown
SINGAPORE – For almost 30 years, Patrick Tay made a living designing spaces in Beijing. Now, the 60-year-old spends his days working in one measuring just 2.6m by 3.35m. At Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan dessert stall in Chinatown Complex, the former…
Rise of 'XL Bully' designer cats leading to 'cruel' suffering, warn experts
Cruel 'Frankenstein' cat breeding is creating a generation of pets doomed to a lifetime of agony, animal welfare experts have warned. Demand for bizarre 'designer' breeds, including flat-faced cats, hairless mutants and short-legged 'XL Bully'…
Disney Unveils New Stitch Design as Live-Action Sequel to $1B Smash Finally Announced
A few years ago, nobody at Disney would have predicted that a live-action remake originally built for streaming would end up carrying the studio's entire 2025 slate. But that's what Lilo & Stitch did, opening to a record Memorial Day weekend and…
Exclusive | NYC designer found dead on Montauk yacht 'harassed' and accused of fraud by boat owner days before death, texts reveal
Hamptons fashion entrepreneur Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra said she was being “harassed” and accused of fraud by financier Chris Durnan just days before she was found dead on his boat, texts obtained by The Post reveal. The 33-year-old…
'We believe in the power of ordinary items to inspire your daily life': welcome to Copenhagen's new Korean design boutique
Hye the Store, a boutique celebrating the best of South Korean and Asian craft and creativity, has just opened in Copenhagen 's Nordhavn. It's a welcome addition to a revitalised northern harbourside district already home to design destinations…
Anti-drone chain gun with 50mm precision-guided ammunition unveiled - Northrop Grumman's Raid Hunter is designed to wipe out drone swarms and cruise missiles
U.S. aerospace, defense and security giant Northrop Grumman thinks it has a solution that will provide short-range, layered air defense against the increasingly complex aerial threats we see in modern war. The new Raid Hunter uses the firm's Chain…
Witcher 3 designer says it wasn't easy to convince players its NPC simulation wasn't 'just fakery': 'People nowadays are interested in those kinds of details, and it really came to haunt us'
It might seem silly to ask in our post-Red Dead horse testicles world, but how much exacting detail is too much? How much is not enough? Gamedev can go on forever if you don't prioritize the things that players actually notice, but if you're making…
The prediction that Linux had no future aged disastrously
A few months after Linus Torvalds released the first version of Linux, he found himself arguing publicly with someone whose work had helped shape the project in the first place. If you're fuzzy on the terminology, what the Linux kernel actually…
Tried And Tested: The CIGA Design Hunter Titanium Skeleton Automatic
A continuation of the 2026 Hunter expansion with in-house caliber My first encounter with CIGA Design was with its Blue Planet model. In 2021, it won the Challenge Watch Prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), which obviously…
The $3.5 Trillion Bleisure Boom Reshaping The Future Of Work
Future of work is being impacted by the rise of bleisure travelers. The global bleisure travel market was valued at $816.24 billion in 2025 by Precedence Research, which projects it will reach $3.57 trillion by 2034. A separate 2025 estimate from…
What Building Typing Games Taught Me About Designing Better Web Interactions
I am a digital marketer rather than a professional developer, so I didn't expect a project about children's typing practice to teach me much about frontend interaction. But while building GamesMom, I spent a surprising amount of time thinking about…
Ballet flats are so popular that even brands like Birkenstock and Crocs are cashing in on the trend
Ballet flats are back in vogue, and that's prompted some unlikely companies to hop on the bandwagon with their own riffs on the classic shoe silhouette. Brands like Birkenstock BIRK, Crocs CROX and Ugg DECK have rolled out mash-up designs over the…
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