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The Business of Design-and the Design of the Future
Featuring Bill Ackman, CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management Moderated by Stephanie Mehta, CEO and Chief Content Officer, Mansueto Ventures Design is often treated as a finishing touch: Make it beautiful. Make it intuitive. Make it sell. But what…
Industrial Designer Erina Caldeira's Steel Twist on Woven Baskets
This KŌSA container references the directionality of traditional basket weaving, but here the perpendicular elements do not actually touch. Instead the structure comes from the material: Two pieces of thin sheet steel, seamlessly joined. It…
Episode 182: Human Factors: Designing Systems with People in Mind - Part 1 of 2
Cynthia Null: The knowledge of how human cognition systems work and how they're evolved has led to a lot of misconceptions and oversimplifications in human performance. And miscalibration of how humans contribute to the system and system…
When Anyone Can Build An App, Game Design Becomes The Differentiator
Michal Rahamim is Co-Founder & COO of Liberty Pixel, leading AI innovation, operations and technology strategy across its gaming portfolio. Gamification has been discussed to death, so I want to approach it from a slightly different angle:…
Inside the renaissance of modular furniture design
If Justin Bieber, Travis Scott or Kim Kardashian are anything to go by, then the latest must-have in interior design is a modular sofa, specifically the Dune by Pierre Paulin. Designed nearly 60 years ago in collaboration with Herman Miller, this…
The New Rules of Great Design
Featuring Carson Caprara, Chief Product Officer, Brooks Running; Brooke Ellis, Chief Design Officer, Block and Emily Galloway, Senior Director of Product Design, Spotify Moderated by Liz Stinson, Senior Editor, Fast Company What makes a product…
Alia Bhatt, Kiara Advani's Trending Blouse Designs
The sari may be timeless, but the blouse is having a serious main-character moment. From giant bows and corsets to dramatic back details, halter necks and sheer overlays, celebrities are proving that the right blouse can completely change the…
Atos receives SAP Sovereign Cloud Partner designation, reinforcing its Digital Sovereignty strategy
Atos receives SAP Sovereign Cloud Partner designation, reinforcing its Digital Sovereignty strategy Recognition strengthens Atos' position to support regulated organizations in adopting cloud and AI solutions from SAP with full control over data…
'Every magazine cover needs to seduce': designers pick their favourites
‘We need to rethink what a successful magazine looks like,” says Steve Watson, founder of the subscription magazine club Stack. “It doesn't make sense to compare the magazines of today to those of the 1960s when many people…
Pantone Adds 224 Colors for Design's Maximalist Moment
Minimalism may not be dead, but Pantone is preparing for something louder. The color authority has added 224 shades to the Pantone Matching System, answering designers' growing appetite for saturated pinks, citrus greens, aquatic blues and other…
Sew fresh: Meet 7 emerging designers stitching the future of fashion
Don't let the naysayers fool you. New York Fashion Week is better than ever! In addition to Henry Zankov's debut at Diane von Furstenberg and the return of Thom Browne (who has decamped to Paris in recent years), the Big Apple boasts the freshest…
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, Matthieu Blazy and Sarah Burton Lead Designer of the Year Race at Fashion Awards
LONDON — The British Fashion Council on Wednesday unveiled the nominees for this year's Fashion Awards. Contenders for the top honor Designer of the Year include Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row ; Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent ;…
Regulators Don't Love The Tesla Cybercab's Driverless Design
Sjoerd Van Der Wal/Getty Images Happy Wednesday! It's September 16, 2026, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most important…
Tech meets tradition as 17 designers reimagine Korea's 'soban' table
A humble Korean table is getting a high-tech second life in Seoul, where 17 designers are turning the traditional 'soban' into sculptural objects shaped by 3D printing, lacquer and mother-of-pearl. The Seoul Design Foundation is presenting SEOUL…
Interior design: Nonna-maxxing for the young at heart
The nonna maxxing trend has arrived as if right on cue. Not that it ever actually disappeared from the kitchens of actual Italian nonnas, but its resurgence among interior design blogs coincides with our current cultural quagmire of economic…
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