SINGAPORE: A footwear company in Malaysia has landed in hot soup after its logo – which purportedly resembles the Arabic script for “Allah” – was seen on its shoe soles, prompting the firm to issue an apology even as police investigations are underway. This latest incident comes amid an ongoing iss
This past week in Paris, Nike unveiled an “A.I.R” (Athlete Imagined Revolution) concept shoe designed by artificial intelligence for the rookie NBA talent Vict
When Francesco Risso was in the early stages of designing his latest collection for Marni, the Italian fashion house where he serves as creative director, he entered a sort of primal state. It began when he covered every surface of his Milan design studio in paper, from the floor to walls to the tables and chairs. He wanted to “cancel all information around us,” so that he and his dozen or so design colleagues could “make things instinctively.” He had essentially turned part of the studio into a...
Nike has taken the wraps off a collection of 13 ultra-modern athletic shoes designed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) for elite athletes like Kylian Mbappé ahead of this summer's Paris Olympics.The recently concluded event at the Palais Brongniart in Paris gave attendees a glimpse into Nike's prototype shoes. According to Nike, the prototype shoes are designed for athletes like sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, marathoner Eliud Kipchoge, and NBA star Victor Wembanyama.The prototype...
Based on a 964-generation Porsche 911, Theon Design’s new Targa restomod packs more than 400hp into a carbon fibre body.
Experts say the candidacy of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson sheds light on how Republican candidates rise by appealing to the extremes and how hate spreads online. by Grace Panetta, The 19th North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has a long history of attacking influential women in personal and often vulgar terms. But Robinson has reserved particular vitriol for Black women in positions of power, with many of his social media postings invoking misogyny, racism, homophobia and...
Over the past year, the ad industry has witnessed a deprioritizing of DEI initiatives through a series of events: CMOs are back to focusing on hard-hitting business goals, brands are hesitant to use LGBTQ+ marketing and the data shows women make up 37% of the industry employees, still down from 50% before the pandemic. However, there’s another way to create a more inclusive world involving the creatives. Enter: Design justice, a practice that rethinks design processes and focuses on people...
Taylor Swift wore a skirt with a built-in garter from TikTok-viral brand Halara while supporting her famous friends at Coachella alongside her boyfriend Travis Kelce. See the sexy look.
Elisabeth Malch, a managing principal at Thornton Tomasetti, says “The earthquake that we design for is one that’s unlikely to happen."
A POPULAR trainer brand is offering incredible price drops with one pair of shoes selling for less than a fifth of their original price. The incredible sale will see one £159.99 pair of trainers sc
Dr. Arnold Mahesan and his wife, entrepreneur and former Real Housewives of Toronto actor Roxanne Earle, purchased the home in 2022 for $5m CAD. Located in Toronto, Canada , the home was built in 1906 for Stapleton Pitt Caldecott, a Toronto Board of Trade president with anti-immigration views. Now, the couple is petitioning the city to remove the heritage designation from their century-old home over the original owner's 'racist beliefs'
Living Spaces looks at a century of interior design and shows how historical events—from wars to the birth of the internet—changed how we decorate.