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This Interior Designer's Career Began in Accounting
For interior designer Beth Diana Smith, the path to home décor began with numbers. Math came easily to her and by age 10, she said, “I knew I wanted to become an accountant.” She received a bachelor's in business administration…
7 home design elements to consider when decorating a child's bedroom
Subtler shades of pink like the blush hue of this Crate and Kids bed can work with a variety of coordinating styles and colors. (Photo credit: Crate and Kids) Kids are fickle creatures, but their whims don't have to come at the price of fun or…
Paris Bookstores Are Designated Essential - But These Landmarks Struggle To Survive
Gibert Jeune bookstore has held a prominent place on Paris' Place Saint Michel for decades, its yellow awnings nearly as iconic as the plaza's fountain statue of Saint Michael slaying a dragon. Here, generations of students, intellectuals…
The design companies celebrating grand milestones with new pieces
Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice I 'm a sucker for serendipity. Whenever coincidence shuffles around the…
Flashback: When Apple made Macs with transparent design elements
For those following Apple from its earlier days, the journey of Macs can be divided into different design eras. It all started with Hartmut Esslinger, founder of Frog Design, the company credited for creating the ‘Snow White' design of Apple…
Telangana designates two hospitals for treatment of Black Fungus, issues guidelines
Amidst rising concerns over the emergence of Black Fungus or Mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients, the Telangana government designated the Gandhi General Hospital and state-run ENT Hospital as nodal centers for its treatment. The Directorate of Health…
China Lawyer Says Tesla Protest Is Designed to Please the CCP
Following her protest against Tesla at the Shanghai Auto Show last month, a woman surnamed Zhang, owner of a Tesla electric vehicle from Anyang, Henan Province, filed a lawsuit on May 6 with Beiguan Court against Tesla China and its Vice President…
New Estes Kit Based on Model Rocket Pioneer G.Harry Stine's Original Antar Design
Attention rocketry nerds. Venerable rocketry makers, Estes Industries, now offer a kit based on the early designs of the Antar, a rocket designed (but never built) by the father of model rocketry, G. Harry Stine (founder of the National Association…
Liquid Wind selects Worley to design first eMethanol plant
The Liquid Wind consortium in Sweden has selected Worley to provide basic engineering services for one of the world's first commercial-scale eMethanol facilities. Worley is a leading supplier of engineering, procurement and construction services…
Filipino designer, artist had just 2 days to make Miss Universe Singapore's national costume
Miss Universe Singapore Bernadette Belle Ong revealed on Friday, May 14 that her “Stop Asian Hate” national costume was made by a Filipino designer and artist in just two days. Ong said that the sparkly red bodysuit she wore during…
Cult Shop: Japanese and Nordic design converges under one London roof
“It's about a simplicity of design – Japanese and Nordic – two sides of the world coming together,” says Barry Hirst, the Liverpudlian co-founder of Pantechnicon, the five-storey food, drink, culture and design emporium…
FBI reverses course, admits GOP baseball shooting was terrorism despite previous 'suicide by cop' designation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation did an about-face in a recent report which reclassified a 2017 baseball field shooting by a radical Bernie Sanders supporter as “domestic terrorism.” Just last month, a lawmaker revealed that the…
Android 12 leak hints at fresh design for widgets, notifications
Google IO 2021 is just around the corner. The annual Android developer event goes virtual on May 18 after a year's break. Google is likely to introduce its next iteration of Android; Android 12. Ahead of the developer event, key details of the next…
Amazon Summer Fashion Sale: Deals on Designer Dresses
Memorial Day is just a couple of weeks away and there's no better time to trade in your tired loungewear and sweatpants for a few summer dresses. Right now, you can find loads of discounts on all types and styles of designer dresses that we love…
iPhone 13's juiciest rumors so far: What's going on with Apple's notch design?
Major design changes probably won't happen for the iPhone 13, but people are getting pretty riled up about rumored tweaks to the notch, camera bump and a potential bubblegum pink color. We're more than halfway between the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13…
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