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nytimes.com - Emily Badger - Trump's Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized
Trump's Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized
The New York Times

Columns will block interior ballroom view Grand staircase doesn't lead to ballroom Columns will block interior ballroom view Grand staircase doesn't lead to ballroom Design bumps existing path, ruins symmetry Columns will block interior ballroom…

searchengineland.com - Danita Smith - Build your marketing ark: A framework for AI, empathy, and design
Build your marketing ark: A framework for AI, empathy, and design
Search Engine Land

There's a flood coming. A downpour of noise — more content, more channels, more AI-generated everything, moving faster than most teams can keep up with. Somewhere in that volume, your customers are quietly drowning — overwhelmed…

fastcompany.com - Ainsley Harris - Finally, a wearable designed for women approaching menopause
Finally, a wearable designed for women approaching menopause
Fast Company

In a companion app, women can log lifestyle variables, like caffeine and alcohol consumption, as well as supplement use and medication. Over time, Peri packages this data into insights designed to help women as they progress toward menopause…

marketwatch.com - Plug Power Shares Rise After Winning Design Contract in Canada
Plug Power Shares Rise After Winning Design Contract in Canada
MarketWatch

Plug Power shares were trading 5.3% higher, at $2.37, after the company said it was awarded a front-end engineering design contract to supply a 275 megawatt GenEco PEM electrolyzer system for Hy2gen Canada's Courant project. The company said the…

thehill.com - Miranda Nazzaro - Trump admin asks court to reimpose Anthropic supply chain risk designation
Trump admin asks court to reimpose Anthropic supply chain risk designation
The Hill

The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge's temporary suspension of the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation for artificial intelligence firm Anthropic. The notice of appeal, filed in a California federal court Thursday, was largely…

yahoo.com - JENNIFER McDERMOTT and ALI SWENSON - EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
Yahoo!

Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin speaks at EDSI Cables, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals…

fastcompany.com - Grace Snelling - Why are designers, engineers, and product managers in a 'three-way standoff'?
Why are designers, engineers, and product managers in a 'three-way standoff'?
Fast Company

A newsletter about the state of the product job market recently went viral in the design corner of the internet. It's exposing a widespread debate about whether the role of the designer is narrowing in the age of AI. On March 24, Lenny Rachitsky, a…

businessinsider.com - Ben Shimkus - I finally sat in the Bezos-backed Slate truck. It's designed to be unfinished.
I finally sat in the Bezos-backed Slate truck. It's designed to be unfinished.
Business Insider

In March 2025 — before I started writing for Business Insider — I met two automotive executives in a New York City coffee shop. They wanted to show me a truck from a secretive new company. 'This is the most public place we've ever…

wwd.com - Miles Socha - Designer Mark Thomas Is Leaving Carven
Designer Mark Thomas Is Leaving Carven
WWD

After roughly a year as design director at Carven, Mark Thomas is leaving “to pursue other opportunities,” the Paris-based house said in a brief statement Thursday. His next move could not immediately be learned and “the next…

wwd.com - Sofia Celeste - Design Legend Tobia Scarpa on Editing a Breakthrough Lighting Classic
Design Legend Tobia Scarpa on Editing a Breakthrough Lighting Classic
WWD

MILAN — “The lamp in itself is a neutral object, but the person who handles it is able to convey its expressive power, which translates into the strength of its light,” 91-year-old designer Tobia Scarpa told WWD. A master of…

businessinsider.com - Steven Cohen - I got an early look at Samsung's new OLED TVs, and the S95H wowed me with its stunning picture and design
I got an early look at Samsung's new OLED TVs, and the S95H wowed me with its stunning picture and design
Business Insider

Samsung just dropped its 2026 lineup of OLED 4K TVs, including the S95H, S90H, and S85H. They come in a wide range of sizes, from a compact 42-inch screen to an extra-large 83-inch option. I got some early hands-on time with the S95H and S90H at…

fastcompany.com - Jesus Diaz - How NASA designed the Artemis II space suits for a worst-case scenario
How NASA designed the Artemis II space suits for a worst-case scenario
Fast Company

“Houston, we have a problem.” The misquoted phrase is so ingrained in popular culture that it has become the standard comeback to any unexpected mishap. It's also the last phrase NASA's Artemis II mission control wants to hear in the…

gizmodo.com - James Whitbrook - The 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Moment Designed for You to Gawk at Hugh Jackman's Chiseled Body Is Now an Action Figure
The 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Moment Designed for You to Gawk at Hugh Jackman's Chiseled Body Is Now an Action Figure
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

We might be a few years on from Deadpool & Wolverine at this point, but Hasbro has found yet further ways to put Hughs Jackman on your shelf. We've had casual-clothed Wolverine, we've had suited Wolverine, we've had sleeveless Wolverine, we've had…

yankodesign.com - Ida Torres - What Happens When You Stop Fighting the Rain and Design With It
What Happens When You Stop Fighting the Rain and Design With It
Yanko Design

Most architects treat rain as an obstacle. Drain it. Redirect it. Keep it away from the interior at all costs. Australian architect Steven Chu had a different idea entirely, and it just earned him the Grand Prize at the NOT A HOTEL DESIGN…

abcnews.com -  JENNIFER McDERMOTT and ALI SWENSON Associated Press - EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
ABC News

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities. EPA…

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