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An interior design lover's guide to November
Everything buyers and renters need to know about the London property market, plus neighbourhood guides and interiors inspiration. I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Longer…
How Smart Design Choices Can Help Reduce Electricity Consumption
Large west facing windows contribute to afternoon heat gain, add further pressure on air conditioning. Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed Building electricity demand is largely determined at the design stage before construction begins…
Mercury Capital lines up exit at $500m-plus design firm Architectus
Clark Perkins' Mercury Capital is ready for a major renovation of the shareholder register at Architectus, the award-winning design practice behind landmark projects such as the State Library of Victoria's redevelopment and Sydney's Salesforce…
Iran Designates UK's Royal Navy, Royal Air Force as 'Terrorist Organisations', Classifies Mi6 as 'Hostile Group
Tehran: Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday announced the designation of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as 'terrorist organisations' and classified its Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) as a 'hostile group', citing…
Penpot 2.4 adoption drives designer movement toward open-source tools - TechNewsDaily - Technology News & Reviews
Figma is expensive. Designers increasingly adopt Penpot to escape the subscription models of Figma. Subscription fatigue in 2026 drives teams toward alternatives with predictable costs. Figma charges between €12 and €35 per user per…
Artisans Break Down the Tricks and Treats of Designing a Trojan Horse at SCAD Savannah Film Festival
As part of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking team presents “Behind Their Lens,” a series of panel discussions with some of the most exciting artisans, directors, and producers of 2026. On the artisans…
Fashion Retailers Add Designer Tie-Ups and AI Styling as Sales Diverge
Fashion retailers are refreshing their offers with designer collections and digital styling, while Gap Inc.'s latest quarter and ASOS' half-year results show mixed sales trends across different reporting periods. Gap brand net sales rose 9% year…
DeepSeek unveils 'Super-agent' design to handle multiple tasks in parallel and improve efficiency
The DeepSeek logo is displayed on a smartphone screen, with the words “AI Agent” in the background. Photo: VCG Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has unveiled a new system architecture called 'Super-Agent,' designed…
Sovereign AI, male-dominated by design: how EU procurement ignores women-led tech
In high-income countries, 9.6 percent of employed women work in jobs in the highest exposure category for generative artificial intelligence (AI), against 3.5 percent of men. Women make up 19.5 percent of information and communication technology…
'Created 40-50 designs': Nitesh Tiwari spent over half a decade on just one Ramayana scene
The countdown to one of the biggest visual spectacles in Indian cinema, Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, has begun. Following its worldwide premiere in Los Angeles, the cast and crew have kick-started the film's promotions in India. During a conversation…
'Use their tools against them': why AI isn't the death of production design
In a creative industry grappling with the increasing influence of AI, it can be disheartening for a newcomer. It seems every day we're met with news of job layoffs and new 'time-saving' tools that skimp on human creativity, but industry vet…
Row over Puthukkad flyover in Keralam intensifies as NHAI rejects pillar-based design
The proposed design of the Puthukkad flyover on National Highway 544 has triggered fresh protests, with the Puthukkad Flyover People's Committee challenging the National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) reported rejection of a pillar-based…
Nordstrom Rack's most classic designer bags are under $100, and they go with everything
The little black dress of accessories? A perfect purse, of course. While we all love a pop of color at times, nothing is as versatile and chic as a black handbag. And with the cooler weather setting in, now's the perfect time to pack away your…
Atari 2600 Adventure's Easter Egg: Warren Robinett Signed a 4K Game With 128 Bytes of RAM Because Atari Kept Its Designers Anonymous
Some kid in Salt Lake City found the room first. Robinett told the story to Russ Perry Jr. of the Atari Compendium: “Some kid in Salt Lake City, Utah, discovered the room. He wrote a letter to Atari … That was the first anybody at…
Deterrent measures needed to clean up building maintenance market: Paul Lam
The government must implement tough new measures to eliminate corruption and monopolistic practices in the city's building maintenance market, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said on Sunday. Lam said that lucrative maintenance contracts…
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