Tuesday, August 18, 202620 stories
Billboards, folding iPhones, and architecture's emotional pull
Today's design feed runs from cheeky billboards to architectural psychology, with a foldable iPhone leak and a carbon-fiber Aston Martin thrown in. The through-line is how design plays with perception: making you look twice, feel small, or rethink materials.
Thursday, August 13, 202620 stories
Sans-Serifs Take Over, Travel UI Refines
Typography's great reversal gets a thorough airing, while a travel booking platform shows how to fight choice overload with clean grids. Elsewhere, a boutique hotel and a forest retreat prove that design-led hospitality is about personality, not just amenities.
Wednesday, August 12, 202620 stories
Designing for Small Spaces and Strong Brands
Today's design coverage leans into the practical and the playful. From compact sofas and tiny houses to bold identity systems, there's a clear thread of making the most of limited space, both physical and digital. Even the error message piece fits: it's about designing for constraint in a different sense.
Tuesday, July 28, 202618 stories
Dark colors, coffee branding, and biomaterials
Today's design roundup spans from small-space color risks to large-scale infrastructure branding. A personal essay on dark paint pays off, while coffee shop identity and a biomaterials exhibition show how design is grounding itself in natural textures and local materials.
Monday, July 20, 202620 stories
Coca-Cola gets a brand overhaul from JKR
Coca-Cola's redesign by Jones Knowles Ritchie is the day's biggest story, a masterclass in amplifying iconic assets. Meanwhile, a new home robot tries to blend in with furniture, and a design rule from Rami Ismail offers a practical framework for creative directors.
Sunday, July 19, 202620 stories
Architects reimagine AI data center design
A new piece from Business Insider argues that data centers don't have to be windowless industrial boxes. Architects are proposing designs that integrate with communities, like Forma's 'Pink Thermal Baths' which pipes waste heat into a public bathhouse. It's a rare look at how the physical infrastructure of AI could be made neighborly.
Saturday, July 18, 202619 stories
Designers debate ethics of sharing killed work
Today's design conversation is split between practical career advice and ethical dilemmas around speculative work. A sharp piece from Ben Barry argues publicly sharing killed concepts can damage client trust, while Anthony Hobday's career advice calls out the unreality of FAANG-centric guidance. Meanwhile, product design gets a new simple tracking tool in Rows.
Friday, July 17, 202620 stories
Design systems meet AI evaluation
Today's design coverage is split between two conversations: how AI is changing design tools and workflows, and how designers are rethinking fundamentals, from readability in games to stadium architecture. The strongest thread is the push to bring AI evaluation frameworks into design systems, ensuring AI agents actually follow the rules designers set.
Thursday, July 16, 202620 stories
Design's identity crisis and playful escapes
Today's design coverage splits cleanly: some pieces argue designers are fighting the wrong battle in an AI-shaped world, while others retreat into pure craft and whimsy. A sharp critique of design's tool obsession lands alongside a trompe-l'œil skeleton world and a riso calendar review, with luxury brand collabs and a cliffside home filling out the rest.
Tuesday, July 7, 20268 stories
Design books, accessibility, and brand work
Today's design coverage is book-heavy: two excerpts from A Book Apart titles land on A List Apart, tackling sustainability and safety. Elsewhere, a practical accessibility guide from the BBC and a handful of brand and packaging projects round out the day. The through-line is designers thinking beyond the screen, into ethics, materials, and cross-medium exploration.
Monday, June 29, 20265 stories
Designers shift from makers to menders
The design world is asking a hard question today: what happens when your job stops being about creating from scratch and starts being about fixing what AI or clients already half-built? One article gets at the existential crisis, while the rest of the day's stories offer small counterpoints, playful charging systems, anti-addiction phone stands, and a baby brand that refuses to look babyish.
Friday, June 26, 20267 stories
Digital detox and design obsessions
Today's design stories are about deliberate limitations: a flip phone that fights distraction, a barcode font project that's purely functional, and a lawn that's more cultural icon than garden. The thread is a reaction against complexity, whether in tech or in landscape.
Saturday, June 20, 20269 stories
Trump's new Air Force One and Jony Ive's Jobs lesson
Today in design, the big story is Trump's unveiled Air Force One, a converted Qatari jet with a bold new livery. Meanwhile, Jony Ive's sale to OpenAI puts a Jobs-era focus lesson back in the spotlight. The rest of the day is a mix of architecture and product design news, from Herzog & de Meuron's own offices to a Gen Z flip phone.
Friday, June 19, 20264 stories
taste vs. timber
Today's design coverage splits between two camps: the value of human judgment in a tool-rich era, and the material storytelling that grounds design in process. A contentious Herzog & de Meuron project reminds us that even celebrated architects divide opinion, while a forest installation and a gear roundup quietly argue for curation and craft.
Wednesday, June 17, 20266 stories
Human-centred design takes center stage
Today's design coverage leans into the human side of things: accessibility as a legal necessity, homes adapting to modern pressures, and a phone designed to break addiction. The thread is less about aesthetics and more about how design shapes behavior and access.