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fromDesign Milk
4 days ago

An Argument for Interior Design with Neuroaesthetics in Mind

Interior design should prioritize functional aesthetics to enhance mental health, creativity, and interpersonal connections through a new field called Neuroarchitecture.
Design
fromDesign Milk
4 days ago

An Argument for Interior Design with Neuroaesthetics in Mind

Interior design should prioritize functional aesthetics to enhance mental health, creativity, and interpersonal connections through a new field called Neuroarchitecture.
#graphic-design
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
4 days ago

Pressing issues: the vital role of printmaking in the history of art

Yale came to me and said there isn't an overarching book about the history of printmaking; they wanted it to be about the printed image. There are a lot of books about printing-about the history of journalism or the history of books, the printing press and the printed word-but not so much about the printed image and its processes. So that was my challenge.
Arts
Renovation
fromwww.remodelista.com
4 days ago

Paint Colors With Cult Followings: Architects' Favorite Paint Picks

Architects and designers frequently choose specific colors for their versatility and universal appeal in various home styles.
#product-design
UX design
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Design has been solving the wrong problem

Design should prioritize real-life usability over aesthetic appeal to enhance long-term satisfaction with products.
Graphic design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

For Craft Sake: On the laws and principles behind good design

Craft is experiencing a resurgence in product design, emphasizing fundamental skills amidst the rise of generative AI and industry confusion.
UX design
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Design has been solving the wrong problem

Design should prioritize real-life usability over aesthetic appeal to enhance long-term satisfaction with products.
Graphic design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

For Craft Sake: On the laws and principles behind good design

Craft is experiencing a resurgence in product design, emphasizing fundamental skills amidst the rise of generative AI and industry confusion.
Fashion & style
fromFast Company
6 days ago

How Kelly Wearstler designed her new H&M collection

H&M collaborates with designer Kelly Wearstler for a new collection debuting at Milan Design Week, featuring adaptable and collectible furniture and decor.
Writing
fromItsnicethat
1 week ago

Elizabeth Goodspeed on why design writing needs designers writing

Writing and design stem from a shared love of history and complex ideas, with personal expression being key to the author's creative process.
Design
fromBig Think
5 days ago

"Agreeable Gray": How color vanished from modern life (and why it's coming back)

The most popular house paint colors in the U.S. are predominantly gray, beige, or off-white, reflecting a trend known as 'the grayening.'
#fashion
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: there may be 50 shades, but there's only one Correct Grey

Grey is the trendiest color for fashion in 2026, embodying a rich, intense style that defies its previously dull reputation.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
1 week ago

Oilinwater approaches branding like an investigator, to build visual systems from rigorous research

Oilinwater, founded by Matthieu Gorissen, is a creative studio in Brussels specializing in branding and graphic design, with a unique backstory and projects.
Berlin music
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Elaine Reichek's Needlepoint Revolution

Elaine Reichek significantly influenced contemporary postmodern artists through her innovative use of embroidery and feminist themes in her artwork.
Web development
fromUna
1 month ago

una.im | contrast-color() beyond black & white

contrast-color() returns black or white for maximum contrast, but workarounds using color-mix() and style queries enable custom color palette selection while maintaining accessibility.
fromCornell Chronicle
2 weeks ago

Memory becomes muse in annual runway show | Cornell Chronicle

"Nostalgia is my favorite feeling," said Madison Feely '26, who referenced childhood classics including "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Little Women" in her collection, "Homebody." She emphasized that her designs celebrate a well-lived childhood, honoring the authors and illustrators who allow her to relive it each time she opens their books.
Fashion & style
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 weeks ago

Illustrator Spotlight: Kristina Tzekova

My drawing practice revolves around capturing quiet, ephemeral moments found in films, music videos, and internet culture. By creating these small sequential panels, I seek to stretch these moments to their limit, aiming to slow time down and reveal a soft, meditative beauty within the digital ephemeral.
Graphic design
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks ago

a rich palette of saturated hues meet industrial precision in mara's renewed digital identity

Mara enters 2026 as a global interior design protagonist, expanding from office and hospitality into residential markets while strengthening its digital identity and sustainability commitment.
Typography
fromItsnicethat
3 weeks ago

Eleanor Yang merges the synthetic and organic to make typography you can touch

Synthetic Nature presents three typefaces—DNA, Mesh, and Data—that metaphorically represent life through biological, network, and computational structures, exploring how biology, computation, and culture merge.
fromMindful
1 month ago

Clothing Designer Eileen Fisher Models Mindfulness

Despite having to haul a dozen dumpster-loads of damaged goods out of the offices and the nearby Lab Store, to the tune of $1.5 million, Eileen said at the time, 'It was just stuff.' You can only imagine the emotions that might arise in a chief executive if they saw their sewage-soaked products floating by. Eileen and her staff did not linger there. They mobilized quickly-organizing carpools, impromptu meeting spaces, and arranging interest-free loans for staff needing cash during the crisis.
Women
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: primary colours are back, but styling them isn't child's play

Primary colors are returning to fashion runways after a decade of muted tones, but wearing them requires strategic styling to avoid appearing basic or unsophisticated.
Cars
fromLmnt
1 month ago

Have We Forgotten How to Design?

Waymo's partnership with DoorDash to manually close passenger car doors reveals a fundamental oversight in autonomous vehicle design, despite the availability of proven automated door technology.
Web design
fromMedium
1 month ago

The color statistic that's been wrong for 80 years

The commonly cited claim that humans can see between 1 million and 10 million colors lacks scientific precision and requires examination of what actually constitutes a distinguishable color.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Lydia Chodosh probes design rules through archiving and cataloguing

Designer Lydia Chodosh interrogates how knowledge is acquired and transmitted through language, archival systems, and interdisciplinary design practice informed by literature, publishing, and visual communication.
Remodel
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

Accent Walls May Be Back - But Here's What No One Tells You

Select wallpaper before paint color and commit fully to mural designs for successful room transformations.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

5 Floating Designs That Look Like Photoshop (But They're Real) - Yanko Design

Floating design lifts architectural elements from the ground to create visual lightness, spatial clarity, and refined interventions that balance engineering precision with aesthetic intent.
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Dress for who you are': how to start finding your personal style

True personal style reflects your authentic self and honest identity rather than chasing fleeting social media microtrends or following restrictive fashion rules.
Web design
fromSpeckyboy Design Magazine
1 month ago

How Will AI Impact the Bottom of the Web Design Market? - Speckyboy

AI-powered website builders and tools are disrupting the entry-level web design market that traditionally served as a training ground for new designers and small businesses.
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

My mother's best advice: wear bold, bright colours

Wearing colors that match your internal mood fosters self-awareness and authentic self-expression rather than conforming to external expectations.
Graphic design
fromMedium
1 month ago

Design is not just how it works. Design is how it wins.

AI commodifies work, shifting design's mandate from functional excellence to competitive winning as the primary objective.
Marketing
fromForbes
2 months ago

The ROI Of Color: How Pantone Predicts Global Trends And Shapes Consumer Behavior

Color drives consumer decisions rapidly: within 90 seconds, color alone influences 90% of buying decisions and shapes brand equity, strategy, and psychology.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

"A poster is a bit like a song": Jakub Zasada's geometric works are a thing of beauty

Jakub Zasada creates midcentury-inspired digital posters using minimal software functions and scanned materials, prioritizing functional design for public spaces with universal accessibility.
fromSubstack
1 month ago

20 Design Reference Platforms Beyond Dribbble

Static images don't show motion. You can't inspect real product structure. You don't see how interfaces evolve over time. You rarely understand what actually works in production. So I decided to go deep. I reviewed every major design reference platform I could find - not just the popular ones - and analyzed how they actually help in real-world work. The conclusion?
Mobile UX
fromBoard Game Quest
2 months ago

Sand Art Review

Sand Art is a game by Kory Jordan and published by 25th Century Games for two to four players ages 10 and up. It takes about an hour to play, and has you collecting resources and then coloring in a bottle, making art in a bottle out of sand, in case the name didn't give away the plot. Gameplay Overview: Sand Art has you gathering and mixing sand, which is used to fill your bottle.
Board games
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

The Surprising Reason Butter Yellow Isn't Trending Anymore (Hint: It's Economic)

Architect-turned-interior designer Anh Ly, founder and CEO of Mim Concept, explains why the color surged in the first place: "Butter yellow had a magic moment because it felt optimistic and comforting, especially during a time when people were craving warmth at home." Now, that emotional pull is also what's working against it. "It fell short on resale since it's a very emotion-specific color. Buyers tend to see it as personal rather than neutral, which makes it harder for them to imagine themselves in the space," Ly adds.
Renovation
Design
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

The 4 Vintage-Inspired Patterns Designers Think Will Rule 2026

Striped tile patterns, diamond checkerboards, and illustrated animal prints dominate 2026 interior design trends, replacing previous patterns with more elevated and vintage-inspired aesthetics.
fromdaverupert.com
3 months ago

Using your design system colors with contrast-color()

One predictable pain point with contrast-color() is that it only returns black and white named colors. From a design systems perspective, that's not ideal because you want your colors. You want your harmonious brand and the colors you and your team spent thousands of man hours in meetings deciding on. Those colors. In fact, an earlier version of Safari had color-contrast() (confusing I know, naming is hard) which allowed you to pass in a list of best candidates to choose from. I beleive that proposal got mired in standards discussions, color contrast algorithms, and competing proposals; and contrast-color() is what survived which got simplified down to a binary result.
fromDesign Milk
1 month ago

The 2026 Color Collection by 3form is Rooted in History

The 2026 Color Collection from 3form highlights hues that have anchored design across generations and cultures for thousands of years. The brand's sixth grouping is a departure from last year's palette, which emphasized the emotional power of select shades. With the guiding theme "Color that Connects," the new line features tones that are celebrated by communities around the globe. Inspiration for the palette came from exploring natural pigments used to make certain colors, and how they were found in various locales over time.
Remodel
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

The experimental graphic design work of Ward Goes sits at the intersection of type and materiality

A graphic designer that isn't limited to working in 2D, Ward Goes has been working in aluminium of late. His recent solo show in Rotterdam, Literally Anything, was full of things that moved beyond the screen or printed page, including some wonderful metal signage and archival storage. The exhibition at Alley Space was the result of the designer's decision to pursue more tactical investigations alongside his commissioned work at the start of 2025.
Typography
Design
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

The High-Gloss '80s Trend Designers are Loving (and How to Style It at Home)

High-shine lacquered finishes from the 1980s are trending this spring, adding glamour, depth, and light-reflecting sophistication to modern interiors.
fromVogue
1 month ago

How a New Generation of Designers Are Promoting, and Protecting, Their Names

What if I took my design lens and built out my essentials capsule for the Everlane customer? I felt like that would be a really amazing opportunity for me to introduce myself as a designer to an audience outside of EB Denim.
Fashion & style
Design
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Visual communication that challenges convention: Phantasia on how graphic design can forge true collaboration

Phantasia, a Barcelona-based design studio founded in 2021, prioritizes meaningful projects that serve communities through intentional collaboration, diversity, and accessible communication.
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

The natural design process

Design should return to essential, natural practices emphasizing observation and focused problem-solving rather than bloated processes.
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: the quarter-zip is the breakout star of 2026 and I think I know why

The quarter-zip sweater has unexpectedly become a dominant fashion trend in 2026, worn by celebrities, athletes, and everyday people across diverse style contexts.
Design
fromArchitectural Digest
1 year ago

The Best Bed Skirts Are Nostalgic in a Good Way

Bed skirts are experiencing a modern resurgence, combining practical under-bed protection and storage concealment with decorative texture across cottagecore and polished bedroom styles.
Fashion & style
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

POET-LAB Fall/Winter 2026 - Inside the Lab - KALTBLUT Magazine

Poet-Lab's FW26 collection presents genderless luxury streetwear emphasizing poetic minimalism, architectural restraint, and sustainability through repurposed deadstock fabrics, rejecting binary identities and prescribed gender roles.
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

This archival book celebrates the bygone eras of the humble crisp packet

Helping people to reconnect with old memories, viewers are transported to their local corner shop, school playgrounds and childhood cupboards. "I think this project has struck a chord because there's a particular interest in hand drawn designs of the past in the current age of AI where human effort is at an all-time low. Now the first thought is 'I'll get AI to do that', rather than commissioning an illustrator," says Chris.
Graphic design
fromBBC News
1 month ago

Gucci criticised for 'AI slop' images ahead of major fashion show

Gucci previously commissioned digital artists to produce visuals, including AI-generated images, auctioned as non-fungible tokens by Christie's. In December, it released an AI-generated video of a model strutting down the runway while photographers behind her fall over themselves - literally - to capture her.
Fashion & style
Design
fromArchitectural Digest
2 months ago

An Heirloom Patchwork Quilt Can Redefine Your Whole Room's Vibe

Patchwork quilts provide nostalgic cottagecore bedding aesthetics through modern retailers and quality materials for people without inherited heirlooms.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Why is Cloud Dancer' the colour of the year?

We examine the online debate ignited by Pantone's Colour of the Year, Cloud Dancer. This episode dives into the discussion prompted by Pantone, unpacking the uneasy relationship between colour and fascism. From hardline efforts to regulate colour in public life to the ways vibrancy and maximalism reassert themselves, we explore how colour becomes a quiet form of resistance across art, fashion, film, and design.
Design
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

DiscoRectangle Turns Abstract Geometry Into Color-Drenched Rugs

Hand-tufted DiscoRectangle rugs by Sam Buckley and cc-tapis use bold abstract geometry and vibrant color on Himalayan wool to create joyful, dance-floor-inspired statement pieces.
fromAnOther
1 month ago

Erdem: "I Find the Word Retrospective Uncomfortable"

That past is his - it is the 20th anniversary of his label, and accordingly he decided to embrace, engage, even embed himself in his own history. Which, in and of itself, is a history of histories - Moralıoğlu's office is peppered with random 1930s portraits (the ones his husband, the architect Philip Joseph, won't let him keep in their Bloomsbury home) and old, time-warped issues of Vogue, as well as overflows of books on everything from Merce Cunningham to Alfred Hitchcock.
Fashion & style
Design
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Elizabeth Goodspeed on the limits of imperfection as a design strategy

Design trends show a return to tactile, analogue aesthetics, but much purportedly handmade work is digitally faked, raising authenticity concerns.
Fashion & style
fromHer Campus
2 months ago

'Cloud Dancer': Vogues 2026 Color of the Year

Pantone's Cloud Dancer white will shape fashion, product, and marketing trends as businesses adopt the color to signal fresh starts and cultural moods.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

wearable collection repurposes leftover leather powder as translucent composite material

OBRO converts leather manufacturing offcuts into semi-transparent PVC composite by embedding finely ground leather powder to create visually layered, tactile, durable sheets.
Fashion & style
fromFast Company
2 months ago

These pretty textiles are made out of human hair

Human hair can be repurposed into durable biotextiles resembling coarse wool and combined with resins for improved structural stability.
fromDefector
1 month ago

Make It Nice: Curtains, Linens, And How To Figure Out What You Like | Defector

My husband and I just upgraded our apartment here in Germany to one with much more space. The downsides of this is we have hard marble floors and a tall-ceilinged living room (oh woe is us!). It's very echo-y and looks directly into our neighbors across the street. The windows have external shutters, so light-blocking isn't needed, but we'd love to get
Design
Design
fromArchitectural Digest
7 months ago

These Accent Chairs Are the Definition of a Personality Hire

The Womb Chair delivers enveloping, baby-like comfort through organic form while Egg and Ekstrem chairs emphasize sculptural shape and inviting lounge comfort.
fromDocumentjournal
1 month ago

Once upon a time, fashion got dirty

In the show, "dirty" extends to anything that breaks fashion's pact with propriety. Here are clothes caked in grime, blotted with makeup, stiffened by salt, pieced from trash, frayed, and faded. The garments span decades, from the 1980s through the mid-2000s, when the likes of Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier built their fame on defying convention, to today, when corporatization has made such daring increasingly rare. But forgoing practicality frees certain designers from the demands that the body be polite-and thereby policed.
Fashion & style
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

MIRORlab Taps into the Emotional Dimensions of Light

MIRORLab's MIROR Collection uses slow 360° rotation and calibrated color moods to create meditative, nature-inspired lighting that reduces digital overstimulation.
Design
fromwww.architecturaldigest.com
2 months ago

White Walls Driving You Crazy? Patterned Sheets Are Certainly Cheaper Than Painting

Patterned sheets add texture, dimension, and affordable, easy-to-change style using high-quality, breathable materials and Oeko-Tex certified, chemically safe construction.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

Take 5: A New Love for Color, Cool Ceramics, and Sexy Seating

Devin Wilde's ceramics and stone furnishings blend architectural form, glossy finishes, and typographic-inspired lighting to fuse art and architecture in contemporary interiors.
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