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Fitbit Edge: Premium design for an active life
With a reimagined screen, refined mechanics, and elevated style, our newest fitness tracker looks as good as it performs, year after year. Your browser does not support the audio element. We designed the new Fitbit Edge with a bright Hybrid OLED…
3 design principles in the AI age
We live in a world where technology is evolving at a breakneck speed. It can be daunting, especially for designers, when tools that seem to replace us come out every week. What does it mean to be a designer today? What is good design anymore? How…
These tiny trackers were designed to be light enough for a butterfly
Researchers track animal movements through tags on their limbs, wings, and shells, but how do you track a creature that weighs less than a gram? To build a device tiny and light enough for a monarch butterfly, designers had to make the smallest…
Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software
Protein design tools may be getting increasingly sophisticated, but you still need a sophisticated understanding of protein structure for them to work. This can include knowing enzyme mechanisms down to the positions of specific amino acids, as…
Design trends: A home worth waiting for
When Toronto designer Joan MacAlpine, principal of Joan & Co., and her family bought their home back in 2020, it was, you might say, a diamond in the rough. It was in a location they loved: a pocket of Etobicoke with good schools and quiet streets…
Designer Henry Zankov Is One to Watch
It's the process designer Henry Zankov has been following since founding his own label in 2020 after designing and consulting across the fashion industry for over 15 years for the likes of DKNY/Donna Karan, Edun and Diane von Furstenberg. And it's…
Who's designing Africa's future? Discover seven emerging designers to watch
What does it mean to design a new Africa? Design Week Lagos 2026 explored the topic inside the Nigerian capital's beret-shaped National Theatre, through a series of exhibitions, installations, launches, talks, showrooms, creative hubs, and design…
Nalwa Aero EVTOL Aircraft Flight Test Validates Box-Wing Design
Punjab-based Nalwa Aero has achieved a significant milestone by successfully flight-testing its scaled electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, featuring an innovative box-wing design, poised to advance global aviation. Punjab-based…
Sudhakar Nadkarni and the making of Indian design
Nadkarni breathed his last on October 20 in Mumbai at the age of 90. His seven-decade-long career began in 1958 when he joined an advertising agency in Mumbai as a commercial artist. There, a colleague, Yeshwant Chaudhury, advised him to join Ulm…
We Chat with the Designer of LEGO PlayStation, a Recreation of Sony's Original Hardware.
LEGO PlayStation is a new buildable set based on Sony's original game console from the 1990s. It's a near 1:1 scale recreation of the original PS1 hardware. I can say that definitively, because I dug up my old console when I built LEGO PlayStation…
H&M Design Award Unveils Eight Finalists
LONDON — H&M on Tuesday revealed the eight finalists of this year's Design Award, having announced the return of the fresh graduate-focused competition in January after a five-year hiatus. The finalists come from schools in Tokyo, London…
PAÑPURI's New Hong Kong Boutique Is Designed as a Moment of Pause
PAÑPURI opens a new Sensorial Boutique at Hysan Place in Causeway Bay. “Lush Reminiscence” translates Hong Kong through olive tones, reflections and shifting light. The boutique extends PAÑPURI's wider philosophy of…
NYC woman accuses Anthropologie of attempted design theft
Morgan Thomas (@yam_nyc), owner of Queens-based company Yam NYC, accused Anthropologie of trying to steal her latest kitchenware designs on TikTok. She suspected the retailer tried to bypass her by ordering multiple samples. “I received an…
Moog Music Launches Model 112 and Model 210, Amps Designed for Electronic Instruments
Moog Music today announced Model 112 and Model 210, two full-range, flat-response (FRFR) instrument amplifiers purpose-built for synthesizers, keyboards, drum machines, and modern electronic performance rigs. Model 112 combines a portable 12-inch…
Manchester Christmas Markets unveils 2026 mug design, price and deposit scheme
We're less than two weeks away from the launch of the Manchester Christmas Markets, and today, the iconic mug design for 2026 has been revealed. The tall and short mugs will be used across the markets for mulled wine and hot chocolate drinks with…
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