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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a contract for the design and construction of the new Brickland MRT station and viaduct, valued at around S$281 million, to Obayashi…
If you’re an entrepreneur, at the end of the year you’re probably excited about the prospect of time off, but also daunted by the new year’s potential and all the deadlines you should be…
We used to argue whether design was about aesthetics or about functionality. But in 2025, those conversations seemed downright quaint. Simpler debates for a simpler time. Now we’re…
It’s easy, for me at least, to be cynical about the state of design. Our visual environment can feel bland, everything from brands to buildings homogenized around similar styles. The…
With its goofy block lettering and bright colors, the MetroCard feels like a relic, which it sort of is—an early 1990s design, complete with gradients and drop shadows, that’s managed to…
Modern software systems power everything from banking platforms and airline networks to clinical decision engines and global digital commerce. Yet behind the scenes, these systems depend…
MILAN — Despite the seven decades that have passed since the creation of The Capricorn Collection of furniture, characterized by its metal and curved silhouettes and tech-forward grid…
When Apple launched the App Store in 2008, it was impossibly influential to the future of the internet. The all-powerful world wide web was sliced and diced into bite-sized apps oft-dubbed…
The Malaysian company by Ng’s former employee Goh Song Guan, manufactures a similar slide-and-swing door known as “SD Door” A Singapore inventor behind a space-saving door system widely…
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, whose ancestors were uprooted by the U.S. from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s, are facing outrage from fellow Native Americans over plans to profit…
At a 7-Eleven convenience store in Taiwan, you can pick up a 4-inch plushie of Miffy, the bunny character from the Netherlands, a mini bento box charm complete with a realistic chicken…
Cursor, the wildly popular AI coding startup, is launching a new feature that lets people design the look and feel of web applications with AI. The tool, Visual Editor, is essentially a…
MILAN — For Parisian designer Laura Gonzalez, the U.S. is the place to be. On Thursday, she will unfurl a new collection of lighting and furniture in the gallery she opened in New York…
In the English countryside, a new project has emerged from the landscape—quite literally. Rammed Earth House, a residential estate by London-based Tuckey Design Studio, combines renovated…
Michael Mauer spent two decades crafting the look and feel of Porsche, but his influence reaches far beyond luxury automobiles. Guided by the ethos of Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys,…
Frank Gehry, the famed architect who died Friday at age 96, had close ties to the worlds of luxury and retail, in later years working closely with Bernard Arnault and the LVMH Moët…
MILAN — In an age in which reducing waste and living sustainably is paramount, why not give the gift of design? Collectible design pieces and accessories are steeped in storytelling and…
Apple just lost a top design talent. Meta has hired Alan Dye, who was the head of Apple’s human interface design team. The company is filling his position with Stephen Lemay, who CEO Tim…
The video game Valorant, a fast-paced team-based shooter, has recently become a testing ground for a promising new direction in artificial intelligence research. The game’s developers at…
Inside a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology late last year, scientists gave an AI system a new task: designing entirely new molecules for potential antibiotics from scratch.…
Accessibility used to mean compliance. An installed grab bar, an added ramp, a resized font. But meeting physical standards is only half the challenge. The other half, the part that truly…
Newness is still possible from Italian design legend Gio Ponti, even 46 years after his death. In November, Molteni&C presented its first collection of objects designed by Ponti which…
After Thanksgiving, brands will bombard you with Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions. It can be overwhelming to know what to buy. After all, some deals aren’t actually all that good.…
