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nytimes.com - Jacob Gallagher - Versace Didn't Look Far for Its Next Designer
Versace Didn't Look Far for Its Next Designer
The New York Times

|Versace Didn't Look Far for Its Next Designer https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/style/versace-pieter-mulier-new-designer.html For the first time in Versace's 48-year history, its creative vision has been placed in the hands of someone born…

nytimes.com - Emmanuel Morgan - Super Bowl Halftime Is the World's Biggest Stage. He Designs It.
Super Bowl Halftime Is the World's Biggest Stage. He Designs It.
The New York Times

Months before Prince's Super Bowl halftime performance amid a Florida downpour in 2007, Bruce Rodgers told producers that he wanted only a few backup dancers and props onstage. “This guy in a gigantic stadium was like a little…

marthastewart.com - Angelika Pokovba - 7 Tacky Home Trends That Interior Designers Secretly Love
7 Tacky Home Trends That Interior Designers Secretly Love
Martha Stewart

Some home trends get labeled as tacky simply because they're bold, personal, or misunderstood. Interior designers, however, see these choices differently—less as mistakes, and more as opportunities to add character to your space. When done…

buzzfeed.com - haein_jung - People Are Sharing The Home Design Trends They Instantly Regretted Following
People Are Sharing The Home Design Trends They Instantly Regretted Following
BuzzFeed

futurism.com - Joe Wilkins - Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work
Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work
Futurism

When past generations imagined the best version of the future, it was one of leisure. Advertisements, cartoonists, and pulp novelists dared us to dream of a world where the spoils of industrial development were shared with all: robot butlers…

buzzfeed.com - Liz Richardson - People Are Calling Out The Current Home Design Trends That Are Quickly Becoming 'Outdated'
People Are Calling Out The Current Home Design Trends That Are Quickly Becoming 'Outdated'
BuzzFeed

'I feel like older homes with more nooks and crannies have aged well, and I wouldn't be surprised if people started seeing homes without much storage as a sign of the era of the house.' —Anonymous, 25, California —Anonymous, 68…

bhg.com - Patricia Shannon - Designers Say This Will Be the Most Requested Kitchen Feature of 2026
Designers Say This Will Be the Most Requested Kitchen Feature of 2026
Better Homes & Gardens

Kitchen islands are replacing dining tables as the ultimate entertaining space, and this trend shows no signs of slowing down as we head into 2026. Gone are the days when an island was simply an afterthought—it's now taking center stage, no…

space.com - Kimberley Lane - My thoughts on the Peak Design 7L sling bag
My thoughts on the Peak Design 7L sling bag
Space

External dimensions: 13.78 x 8.66 x 4.33-inches (35 x 22 x 11 cm) Internal dimensions: 13.58 x 8.46 x 4.13-inches (34.5 x 21.5 x 10.5 cm) Phone pocket capacity: Fits up to iPhone 15 Pro Max, Samsung S24 Pocket opening width: 6.5-inches (16.5 cm)…

vogue.com - Jenny Berg - These Tinted Moisturizers Are Designed With Women Over 40 in Mind
These Tinted Moisturizers Are Designed With Women Over 40 in Mind
Vogue

They moisturize; even out skin tone; and, in 2026, the best tinted moisturizers cater particularly well to mature skin. I should know: At 45, I leave a bottle of Dr. Julius Few's Tinted Mineral Sunscreen next to my Nespresso machine—it's…

yankodesign.com - Pooja Khanna Tyagi - 5 Biomimicry-based Architectural Designs That Copy Nature's Best Ideas
5 Biomimicry-based Architectural Designs That Copy Nature's Best Ideas
Yanko Design

Designers working across product design and interior architecture view the Amazon not as a backdrop, but as a lesson in how materials, forms, and systems perform under real conditions. Designing in this context means moving away from rigid objects…

pcmag.com - David English - Canon imageFormula DR-C350 Review: Serious Scan Speeds, Spartan Design
Canon imageFormula DR-C350 Review: Serious Scan Speeds, Spartan Design
PCMag

From the specs, it's a workhorse: The Canon imageFormula DR-C350 desktop document scanner pairs fast scan speeds with a large paper capacity. On the input side, this model has a dedicated mode for accommodating thicker documents, such as passports…

nypost.com - Phil Mushnick - Everything in Roger Goodell's NFL is designed to make you feel sick
Everything in Roger Goodell's NFL is designed to make you feel sick
New York Post

Exciting night. Can't wait for pandering Roger Goodell's latest halftime extravaganza in tribute to the continued degradation of American society and common decency as per the nation's involuntary capitulation to incivility. In other words, I sure…

winnipegfreepress.com - The Associated Press - British skeleton team loses appeal to wear newly designed helmets at the Milan Cortina Olympics
British skeleton team loses appeal to wear newly designed helmets at the Milan Cortina Olympics
Winnipeg Free Press

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hollywoodreporter.com - Mike Barnes - Camilla Carr, Actress in 'Keep My Grave Open' and 'Designing Women,' Dies at 83
Camilla Carr, Actress in 'Keep My Grave Open' and 'Designing Women,' Dies at 83
The Hollywood Reporter

Camilla Carr, the Texas-born actress who appeared for director S.F. Brownrigg in the low-budget 1970s horror films Don't Look in the Basement, Poor White Trash Part II and Keep My Grave Open, has died. She was 83. Carr died Wednesday in El Paso…

yankodesign.com - Ida Torres - This $550 Modular Light Lets You Design Your Own Wall Art
This $550 Modular Light Lets You Design Your Own Wall Art
Yanko Design

There's something fascinating about watching designers take inspiration from the natural world and translate it into something you can actually use in your home. The ARID Modular Lighting System from Nahtrang Studio and Spanish brand Bover does…

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