Birmingham, Alabama has often been referred to as the “Magic City” due to its rapid growth and industrial development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The burgeoning metropolis became a major industrial center,… Read More »Betsy Brown Finds Enchantment in the Magic City’s Redmont Neighborhood
Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has adaptively reused a domed cement factory in Shanghai, China, to create a performing arts and sports venue. Now named West Bund Art Center, the factory’s central curved structure… Read More »Schmidt Hammer Lassen transforms cement factory into West Bund Art Center
Each year, for more than 20 years, Bill Gardner of Gardner Design has been studying thousands of logos to select the strongest fit for the year’s Trend Report. “Flat Box” logos (above) by Scorpion Rose… Read More »2024 Logo Trend Report
A stack of open-air terraces lined with copper-coloured glazed bricks pull light and air into the Darya Residential Apartment Building in Iran by architecture studio Hooba Design Group. Located on a built-up infill site in… Read More »Glazed copper-coloured bricks reflect light into Tehran apartment block by Hooba Design Group
Technology company Dyson has unveiled the OnTrac noise-cancelling headphones, which are the brand’s first-ever audio-only headphones. Launched today, the OnTrac was designed to make an impact on the headphones market people in a similar way to… Read More »Dyson aims to “disrupt” with launch of first headphones
Design studio IDEO has created a device for healthcare startup Teal Health that enables women to self-collect samples required for cervical cancer screening in the privacy and comfort of their own homes. Teal Health‘s cancer… Read More »Teal Wand offers accessible and comfortable at-home sampling for cervical cancer