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Passeig de Gracia Apple Store reopens, updated with new industrial design
After more than three months of renovations, the doors of the Passeig de Gracia Apple Store in Barcelona are open, with updated interior, bigger Genius Bar, and a dedicated online order pickup area. Opened in 2012, Apple's Passeig de Gracia store…
Designing AI Platforms for Reliability: Tools for Certainty, Agents for Discovery
Aaron Erickson: I'm Aaron Erickson. We're going to talk about why it's not all AI, but sometimes it's AI. 'Tools for Certainty, Agents for Discovery', is the name of the talk. Who here has ever had this question? 'I know, what if we decided to do…
MUSKITA debuts CSR initiative bridging industry, design, innovation, culture
MUSKITA is expanding its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy through a new initiative that connects sustainability with contemporary design and cultural creation. As part of this initiative, the company presented the collectible…
Toy Designer Charged With Stealing $1 Million in Miniature Cars
A former MGA Entertainment Inc. designer who created the CarTuned line of diecast cars was charged with stealing more than a $1 million of the collectibles, prosecutors said. Luis Tanahara, 55, faces felony charges of grand theft and receiving…
Couture's Latest Design Atelier Class Brings Fresh Perspective to Fine Jewelry
Rising gold prices and an increasingly competitive luxury landscape continue to reshape the fine jewelry market, placing renewed pressure on emerging brands to distinguish themselves through design, craftsmanship and point of view. Enter Couture's…
iPhone 18 Pro could further a design trend I've finally come around on
iPhone 18 Pro is coming this fall, and rumors indicate it will further a design trend started last year with iPhone 17 Pro: making the iPhone even thicker. Here's why I'm actually behind this decision despite previously opposing it. Last year, when…
iPhone designer's Ferrari Luce is being compared to Apple's biggest design crime
The design of luxury electric vehicles has a tendency to polarise. From the Jaguar Type 00 prototype to Tesla's Cybertruck disaster, radical departures from traditional car design have divided opinion. The newly unveiled Ferrari Luce is no…
The new BTS Oreos are more than cookies. They were designed to become collectibles
BTS has turned sold-out stadium tours, albums, and merch drops into global events. Now, the group is taking on another challenge: reinventing the Oreo cookie. Oreo is teaming up with the Korean supergroup on a limited-edition cookie that blends…
Rethinking organizational design in the age of agentic AI
Doing so may be preventing organizations from unlocking the full value agentic AI offers, creating circumstances where disillusionment can quickly creep in. That full value lies in agents' capacity to execute entire workflows with limited human…
SLA Designs Public Spaces and Streetscapes for Toronto's New Island Community in the Port Lands
Landscape and urban design studio SLA has unveiled the design for the public realm and streetscapes of Toronto's new 39.8-hectare waterfront community. The urban landscape project 'Ookwemin Minising' is located in the Port Lands, an industrial and…
Ferrari shares fall after launch of first EV as Jony Ive design proves divisive
Ferrari's share price has dropped after it revealed a long-awaited first electric vehicle, with a minimalist look created by former Apple design chief Jony Ive that departs from the Italian manufacturer's petrol sportscars. The Luce, starting at…
Google finally gets around to formally introducing its new icon designs
New icon designs for many popular Google apps and services have been showing up over the past several weeks. Today Google formally announces the new designs for Workspace products. It could still be another week or so before everyone gets access to…
They Came to America: French Designers Driving Luxury in the U.S.
“In America, love for France is instinctive,” Women's Wear Daily wrote in 1917. This sentiment heralded the declaration of France Day in New York State that year. This enduring bond between America and France has left its mark on…
Ethical by design: Ensuring responsible AI to build trust in the age of intelligent systems
South African organisations are eager to take advantage of AI, but concerns about ethics, governance, compliance and security are slowing adoption by many of them, says Deon Thomas, Managing Director of eBlocks Software, a software engineering…
Longevity Suite and Visionnaire Tap Architect Luca Dini Design to Conceptualize Longevity Living
MILAN — Longevity is the latest buzzword to emerge as a hard-to-reach luxury. In-home air filtration system, light, sound, thermal regulation and on-site health clinics can extend one's life by five to 14 years, studies show, but so far it's…
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