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nytimes.com - Chris Vannini - The 'hella atrocious' history of college football's most daring uniform designs
The 'hella atrocious' history of college football's most daring uniform designs
The New York Times

Former Arkansas receiver JJ Meadors is remembered in Fayetteville for three things. No. 1 is his game-winning catch on fourth down to beat Alabama early in the 1995 season. No. 2 is being part of the first Hogs team to reach the SEC Championship…

fastcompany.com - Hunter Schwarz - Trump's new passport design is a too-perfect metaphor
Trump's new passport design is a too-perfect metaphor
Fast Company

A new, limited-edition U.S. passport design meant to mark the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence uses the document as a backdrop for a portrait of President Donald Trump. The White House released a new passport…

fastcompany.com - Nate Berg - The dollhouse just got an ingenious design update
The dollhouse just got an ingenious design update
Fast Company

The cutaway has been the default design of dollhouses for generations. Like a house that's been sliced in half from the roof to the floor, this conventional dollhouse design is a standard part of many childhoods. But for very young children, the…

boston.com - Lauren Daley - Noah Kahan asks his audience to please not poop at venues (except in designated areas)
Noah Kahan asks his audience to please not poop at venues (except in designated areas)
Boston.com

Folks, we all know the bathroom lines are long at concerts. But Noah Kahan is pleading: Please don't poop anywhere other than designated bathroom areas. Unfortunately, for folks in adjacent rows, someone apparently pooped at their seat at Kahan's…

fastcompany.com - María José Gutiérrez Chávez - FIFA, who? The World Cup's coolest jerseys come from indie designers
FIFA, who? The World Cup's coolest jerseys come from indie designers
Fast Company

On the soccer field, athletes sporting official gear from the likes of Nike and Adidas might be the norm. But on the sidelines, it's bootleg merch by independent designers that is dressing stylish fans during the World Cup. Designing an official…

fastcompany.com - Patrick Sisson - How newly minted millionaires could reshape San Francisco home design
How newly minted millionaires could reshape San Francisco home design
Fast Company

Cold plunges, circadian lighting, and robot closets aren't on the typical home renovation checklist. But then again, the once-in-a-generation wealth creation coming from the Bay Area's new wave of tech companies going public offers a singular shift…

bloomberg.com - Austin Carr - Ferrari Luce, New Golf Cart Reflect Apple Design Aesthetic
Ferrari Luce, New Golf Cart Reflect Apple Design Aesthetic
Bloomberg

This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world. Today, Austin Carr reflects on the Apple flair that former designers Jony Ive and Julian…

scmp.com - Peta Tomlinson - The fifth wall: how ceilings became the next frontier in interior design
The fifth wall: how ceilings became the next frontier in interior design
South China Morning Post

Throughout history, ceilings have been a canvas for artistic expression, with some of the most celebrated examples found in the world's most revered architecture. In modern mass residential construction, however, we somehow settled for the idea of…

buzzfeed.com - Ross Yoder - 'It's Going To Look Really Dated': People Are Sharing The Terrible Home Design Trends That Are Found In Many Newer Homes
'It's Going To Look Really Dated': People Are Sharing The Terrible Home Design Trends That Are Found In Many Newer Homes
BuzzFeed

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afaqs.com - afaqs! news bureau - Spicetree Design Agency appoints Sujit Das as creative consultant
Spicetree Design Agency appoints Sujit Das as creative consultant
afaqs!

Spicetree Design Agency (SDA) has appointed Sujit Das as a creative consultant as the Mumbai-based agency looks to strengthen its creative capabilities amid the growing use of artificial intelligence in marketing and communications. The agency said…

wwd.com - Julia Teti - Naomi Osaka Takes the Wimbledon Court in Hana Yagi Design
Naomi Osaka Takes the Wimbledon Court in Hana Yagi Design
WWD

Naomi Osaka returned to The Championships, Wimbledon in London on Monday for the 2026 edition of the grand slam tennis tournament in a walk-on look by Hana Yagi that honored the athlete's Japanese heritage. Osaka stepped onto court three of the All…

wwd.com - Lisa Lockwood - Louis Vuitton Opens Temporary Women's Miami Design District Store
Louis Vuitton Opens Temporary Women's Miami Design District Store
WWD

Louis Vuitton has unveiled a new women's temporary store in the Miami Design District. The resort-inspired location features an assortment of women's collections, including leather goods, accessories, ready-to-wear, shoes, watches, jewelry and…

9to5mac.com - Ryan Christoffel - Apple just acquired the app that won last year's 'Innovation' Apple Design Award
Apple just acquired the app that won last year's 'Innovation' Apple Design Award
9to5Mac

Apple has acquired a variety of apps recently, and the latest—Play—won the 2025 Apple Design Award in the ‘Innovation' category. Here's what it does. Due to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the EU, certain tech companies are…

wwd.com - Samantha Conti - Zandra Rhodes Donates Archive Designs to Her Beloved Fashion and Textile Museum in London
Zandra Rhodes Donates Archive Designs to Her Beloved Fashion and Textile Museum in London
WWD

LIVING COLOR: Dame Zandra Rhodes is looking after her rich legacy in fashion and textile design with the donation of five key archive garments from her eponymous foundation to the Fashion and Textile Museum's permanent collection in London. The…

businessinsider.com - Lakshmi Varanasi - OpenAI's head of Codex says AI still can't get creative design right: 'Give it up for the human brain
OpenAI's head of Codex says AI still can't get creative design right: 'Give it up for the human brain
Business Insider

The technology is revolutionizing all kinds of industries, but there are some things it still can't quite get right, and, by most accounts, design is one of them. The gap is not just technical. It has to do with taste, and the judgment required to…

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