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AI-pilled bosses and clients are turning designers into 'pixel pushers
Emily Foran, a creative director and graphic designer, has not been asked by clients to come up with an original idea from scratch in a year. “That's kind of killing my soul,” Foran says. “I'm having clients, new and existing…
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Merino Laminates turns small samples into a big design question
Merino Laminates has launched a pan-India campaign for Studio Merino that addresses the challenge of visualising how a laminate design will look across a full wardrobe, kitchen or other interior surface. Conceptualised by WillBe Done, the campaign…
Phius Announces 2026 Passive Projects Design Competition Winners
The juried competition recognizes fully certified passive building projects across a range of building types and climate zones. Unlike other passive building standards, Phius standards provide a climate-specific, cost-optimized path to…
Spredges, glitter, and lots of gold foil: Penguin is betting on deluxe book design to win over kids
This holiday season, you can give your child an actual Golden Ticket. It comes tucked inside a new special edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, one of a slew of deluxe editions of books Penguin Young Readers is releasing this fall. The new…
BLANCO Showcases Design-Led Innovation at High Point Fall Market 2026
Sculptural Design Meets Functional Innovation At the center of BLANCO's High Point presentation is the revolutionary OOVALON / LUNEOO UNIT, recognized by KBB Awards, Red Dot: Best of the Best, German Design Award, and iF Design Award for…
Tommy Hilfiger and fragment design Announce Debut Collaboration
Tommy Hilfiger and fragment design have officially announced their first collaborative collection titled Tommy Hilfiger x FRGMT Hiroshi Fujiwara replaces Tommy Hilfiger's classic red accent with his signature light blue tone across relaxed…
Pidilite Industries names Agarwal as CFO - Designate, effective Oct 09
Pidilite Industries has appointed Amit Agarwal as Chief Financial Officer – Designate and Senior Management Personnel, effective October 9. Sandeep Batra, Executive Director & CFO, is scheduled to superannuate in 2027 after his full five…
Korea designates midcentury masterpieces, historic Gwangju theater as cultural heritage sites
Four sites reflecting Korea's industrial, architectural and wartime history have been proposed for national heritage registration, including a factory designed by one of the country's most influential modern architects and a cinema that has served…
37 TikTok Products Designed To Make Being A Human So Much Easier
Check out a TikTok of the Shapermint jelly bra in action. Promising review: 'As someone who needs full coverage, I know that finding a wireless option that actually lifts without digging in is rare. The cups are lightweight and molded, giving a…
Game Design Taste evals - LessWrong
A personal eval I run on new AI models is “design a novel game, with mechanics that have never been seen before.” I do this because this is a domain I have enough taste in that I think I can tell if they are doing something actually…
I'm a Russian fashion designer - Vladimir Putin is terrified of me
Anastasia Vistorobska, left, worked for Chanel and Givenchy before taking arms against Putin Less than five years ago, her life could hardly have been more glamorous or safer. Anastasia Vistorobska worked in Paris for two of the world's best- known…
Delhi Police Designates Ramlila Maidan, Burari and CBD Ground as New Protest Sites
Delhi Police Designates Ramlila Maidan, Burari and CBD Ground as New Protest Sites | Image: X Delhi Police has designated three new venues for holding protests and demonstrations in the national capital, following recommendations by a committee…
Yorkshire designer outlet welcomes exciting big name new opening
A popular Yorkshire designer outlet has welcomed a big name new opening. The new addition has come at Frasers Plus Designer Outlet Leeds. We have seen Pret A Manger open its doors at the destination. It launched on Thursday, October 8. Known for…
28 Things That Will Finally Help You (Affordably) Design The Living Room Of Your Dreams
You deserve a living room that looks put-together — even if you're working with a shoestring budget. If you're searching for small space ideas, renter-friendly upgrades, or clever ways to hide cords and clutter, this list delivers. Keep…
'A Place Remembers What Has Happened:' Tsuyoshi Tane on Memory as a Design Driver in Louisiana Channel Interview
Tsuyoshi Tane is a Japanese architect born in 1979 in Tokyo and based in Paris, where he founded ATTA – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects in 2006. Working across cultural, institutional, and landscape-related projects, Tane has developed an…
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