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bhg.com - Maria Sabella - The Top Interior Design Trends Experts Predict for 2026
The Top Interior Design Trends Experts Predict for 2026
Better Homes & Gardens

At the top of this new year, it's evident that the design world continues to shift from cool to warm, minimalist to maximalist, neutral to color-filled. 'If 2025 has been the year of rediscovering warmth and personality, then 2026 is shaping up to…

fastcompany.com - Grace Snelling - Why it took years to design the Girl Scouts' new Exploremore cookie
Why it took years to design the Girl Scouts' new Exploremore cookie
Fast Company

Inside Girl Scouts' headquarters in New York City and its two licensed bakeries, a team of trend forecasters, marketers, and food scientists spend years cooking up its next iconic cookie. Now, fans of the annual cookie sale are about to get a taste…

wsj.com - Michael Luca - 'Lucky by Design' Review: The Game of Getting More
'Lucky by Design' Review: The Game of Getting More
Wall Street Journal

Economists love using prices to solve societal problems, from congestion pricing and toll lanes to cap-and-trade for carbon. Oh, the allure of market forces. Consider ticket scalping. While some might feel a twinge of shame when buying (or selling)…

macrumors.com - Hartley Charlton - Apple Loses Safari Lead Designer to The Browser Company
Apple Loses Safari Lead Designer to The Browser Company
MacRumors

Apple has lost another senior figure from its Safari team as a lead designer departs for The Browser Company, extending a pattern of high-profile exits from Apple's browser team amid intensifying competition around AI-driven browsing. Marco…

thesun.co.uk - Fabulous Editor - Win a designer lamp in this week's Fabulous competition
Win a designer lamp in this week's Fabulous competition
The Sun

WE'VE found the perfect antidote for the January blues with this gorgeous rechargeable lamp. Fabulous have been fans of Manchester-based designer Eleanor Bowmer for yonks and we love the hand-painted look of this beauty. Your info will be used in…

theguardian.com - Guardian staff reporter - How a TV interior designer is helping revive a remote Scottish island
How a TV interior designer is helping revive a remote Scottish island
The Guardian

Ulva House is a building site. There are workmen up ladders, hammering, plastering, but I leave my muddy walking boots by the door. There's no central heating or hot water and Banjo Beale and his husband, Ro, have been camping out here for weeks…

theguardian.com - Catherine Slessor - Fungi: Anarchist Designers review - a perverse plunge into mushroom mayhem, from stinkhorns to zombie-makers
Fungi: Anarchist Designers review - a perverse plunge into mushroom mayhem, from stinkhorns to zombie-makers
The Guardian

Sylvia Plath's poem Mushrooms is a sinister paean to the natural world. Her observations on fungi are freighted with foreboding, noting how “very / Whitely, discreetly, / Very quietly” they “Take hold on the loam, / Acquire the…

washingtonian.com - Eric Wills - The Hottest Home Design Trends of 2026
The Hottest Home Design Trends of 2026
Washingtonian

2025 was a year of political upheaval and turmoil in Washington, so the pull of home—the comfort of finding refuge in your own space—seems as vital as ever. When we called leading designers and architects to discuss their recent…

wallpaper.com - Laura May Todd - Wallpaper* Design Awards: Meet Designer of the Year Willo Perron
Wallpaper* Design Awards: Meet Designer of the Year Willo Perron
Wallpaper*

The role of the creative director, at least in the form we know it now – the multi-hyphenate aesthete that dictates everything from imagery to experience – is a relatively recent invention. As culture and media have become more…

wwd.com - Miles Socha - What to Watch: More Designer Debuts Are Happening in 2026 - and Beyond
What to Watch: More Designer Debuts Are Happening in 2026 - and Beyond
WWD

While nothing may ever top last year's deluge of designer debuts, fashion's great creative reshuffle continues into 2026 — and beyond. Here, a recap of what are expected to be the main events: While primarily known as a rapper and actor…

prweb.com - Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy - Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy introduces new visual identity system by design office Order
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy introduces new visual identity system by design office Order
PRWeb

Of almost 500 designs that Frank Lloyd Wright saw realized during his lifetime, nearly 15% have been lost to demolition or neglect. With each additional structure that is destroyed, the transformative potential of countless future experiences is…

thestar.com.my - JUSTIN ZACK - New design passports, upgraded MyKad to be introduced within six months, says Saifuddin
New design passports, upgraded MyKad to be introduced within six months, says Saifuddin
The Star Online

Nation PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will have a newly designed passport and enhanced security MyKad within six months, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. The Home Minister said that Malaysia's passport is currently ranked the third most trusted in…

sonicstate.com - Patchbay Designed To Eliminate Cable Chaos
Patchbay Designed To Eliminate Cable Chaos
Sonic State

US Black Lion Audio Announces the PBR XLR 16F DSub: A 16-Point Female XLR/DB25 patchbay 08/01/26 Black Lion Audio has announced the PBR XLR 16F DSub, a 16-point female XLR/DB25 patchbay which they say is designed to eliminate cable chaos while…

express.co.uk - Antigoni Pitta - 'Beautiful' designer watches slashed by up to £150 in half price sale
'Beautiful' designer watches slashed by up to £150 in half price sale
Express.co.uk

This Vivienne Westwood watch has 50% off This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Whether you're thinking ahead to Valentine's Day, have a loved one's birthday coming up, or…

elle.com - Katie Berohn - Why Designers Are Scenting the Runway to Make a New Fashion Statement
Why Designers Are Scenting the Runway to Make a New Fashion Statement
ELLE

At the spring 2026 Tom Ford show in Paris, models glided down the runway in glittering jewel tones and creamy ensembles, a sartorial feast for the eyes. But it was the addition of another sense—smell—that made the moment…

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