As downtown Seattle offices empty, city faces years of ‘zombie’ towers — After the Great Recession, office vacancy peaked at 22%. Right now, it is at 37% and shows no sign of dipping.
Hidden by billboards for over 100 years, the tiny holdout building in the middle of Macy’s is back in view — The enormous faux shopping bag that served as an advertisement for Macy’s is mostly gone, save for a patch of red facing Sixth Avenue. Scaffolding covers the ground…
Defense Against Dishonest Charts — This is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things.
Falcons edge rusher James Pearce suspended 8 games by NFL — Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. will be suspended by the NFL for eight games due to violating the league's personal conduct policy, the league announced Friday afternoon.
Exploring vs Exploiting: The Two Modes of Product Discovery — Ant Murphy — I see too many teams treat product discovery as a process of validating ideas they already have. But discovery has two distinct modes: exploring and exploiting—and the best product teams do both. In this
Gaudí's lesser-known gothic buildings — <p>Antoni Gaudí is much-lauded for his tile-covered natural forms, but his castle-like, neo-gothic works get much less attention. Concluding our Gaudí Centenary series, we look at the five least Gaudí-esque Gaudí buildings. Often…
Are you a parent missing out on £27 a week? Here's how to check — Thousands of new parents fail to claim child benefit until it is too late to receive some of the money, HMRC says.
Museum celebrating work of RNLI among projects from Lancaster University — <p>Dezeen School Shows: a museum dedicated to celebrating the history of Folkestone, UK, and the work of the RNLI is among projects from Lancaster University. Also featured is a proposal for a textile…
Aisti Aalto acoustic tiles by Aisti — <p>Dezeen Showroom: Finnish brand Aisti has created Aisti Aalto, a bio-based acoustic ceiling tile manufactured from renewable wood fibre. Developed as a sustainable alternative to conventional acoustic materials, Aisti Aalto tiles are compos
Let the AI have the pixels — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/let-the-ai-have-the-pixels-1d51eeb4a020?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1200/1*aQZYRqiI80cyLXUiMawLeA.png" width="1200
Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming — For decades, the senator has argued that concentrated wealth threatened American democracy. Now he’s betting that frustration with Big Tech, billionaires, and unchecked AI is reaching a tipping point.
Dezeen In Depth explores the possibility of a parametric future — <p>This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter features an exploration of the impact of parametricism and an interview with Patrik Schumacher. Subscribe to Dezeen In Depth today! This month, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscro
Storied Colors — Storied Colors: named colors with documented histories.
Populous to preserve "iconic silhouette" of Riyadh stadium with World Cup revamp — <p>Architecture studio Populous has revealed plans to replace the tent-like canopy sheltering King Fahd Sports City Stadium in Riyadh ahead of the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Populous is set to expand the
Leo modular sofa by Km34 for Connection — Sprung seating meets angular modern forms in the Leo modular sofa, created by Turkish interior designers Km34 as a premium offering for Flokk-owned, UK-based brand Connection.
MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen resigns and Herman Miller appoints new creative directors — <p>US furniture company MillerKnoll has announced leadership changes, including the resignation of CEO Andi Owen and the appointment of Kim Colin and Sam Hecht of London studio Industrial Facili
The footprints of every building in NYC — The landscape of NYC changes so much that the New York City Office of Technology and Innovation updates a dataset of building footprint shapes weekly.
Select - Curated Finds for the Discerning Shopper — A collection of the best-designed products.
Leaker says iPad mini will keep 60Hz display despite OLED upgrade - 9to5Mac — Apple’s next iPad mini might miss out on ProMotion despite switching to OLED, per leaker yeux1122. Here are the details.
UX & Usability Articles from Nielsen Norman Group — Research-based articles about user experience (UX), interaction design, web usability, user testing, and UI/GUI design by Nielsen Norman Group authors, including Jakob Nielsen, Don Norman, Bruce 'Tog' Tognazzini, and o
I Built The World’s Only 2026 WWII Jeep. It Nearly Broke Me - The Autopian — “David, you need to call eBay and give them a heads up. You’re supposed to leave soon!” my wife told me every night as I walked into the house, demoralized, covered in grease, mumbling about how doomed…
Collective Cast writable surface by The Collective — The Collective has introduced Collective Cast – a whiteboard-like writable glass surface designed to have a refined appearance that harmonises with the British company's acoustic products.
Galaxy Z Fold 7 gets two more Galaxy S26 features in its latest update — The Galaxy Z Fold 7 may be last year’s foldable flagship, but it’s still getting features from the Galaxy S26...
Compact Warsaw apartment evokes "ingenuity and efficiency" of maritime architecture — <p>Polish designer Dawid Konieczny has completed an apartment in Warsaw's Port Praski district featuring curved walls and bespoke joinery that make the most of the available space. The…
How Amsterdam invented the fire department - Works in Progress Magazine — Two Dutch brothers invented a system that transformed a city previously ravaged by fires
Museum with shard-like facade among projects from the Manchester School of Architecture — <p>Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for a natural history museum equipped with a shard-like exterior to represent tectonic forces is among the projects from the Manchester School of Architect
What is product craft in the age of AI and design systems? - bencallahan.com — Ask a design system team how they’ll raise the quality of the products they support, and you’ll usually hear one of two options. The first is to
T.ark architects cloaks Laugarás Lagoon in Iceland with "grass tent" — <p>Icelandic studio T.ark Architects has completed Laugarás Lagoon, a geothermal spa topped by a grass-covered roof with large parabolic archways that reference the region's ancient cave dwellings. Located in
Toad Bakery designed to "avoid the bottleneck of choice paralysis" between pastries — <p>Carpenter Nick Tudor has crafted an elongated, curved counter for the second branch of the popular Toad Bakery in southeast London, in response to its regular winding queues. Toad Bakery is…
Can you see three trees? — There's a simple three-part test for whether your city has enough nature. Most fall short.
Discovery vs Delivery — A personal perspective on AI, product quality and the growing divide between deciding what should exist and efficiently building it.
Designing how designers master AI — <p>Learning to bend it to how you already think—and how that kind of mastery is personal, divergent, and never finished.</p> <br/><br/>
Seesaws for giants — Chasing Chicago’s movable bridges
I tried to master espresso in 30 days (with zero experience) — Go to http://squarespace.com for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, go to http://squarespace.com/mattdavella to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. I couldn't have made this video wit
Summer Home by Mindspark Architects overlooks cardamom plantation in India — Mindspark Architects has created Summer Home, a house overlooking a cardamom plantation in Kerala through sliding glass doors.
Century-old Melbourne corner shop transformed into family home — <p>Local studio Kister Architects has turned a former 1910 corner shop in Melbourne into a family home with a lush internal courtyard entrance designed to bring greenery to the urban site. Aptly named The Corner…
Design Systems Repo — An organized and frequently updated collection of Design System examples, resources, tools, articles and videos.
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You don’t design the interface anymore. You design the deciding. — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/you-dont-design-the-interface-anymore-you-design-the-deciding-835c01982ead?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img…
Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie — Smashing Magazine — When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture must serve the art direction. In this article, Alexey Kopytin explains their architectural rationale for…
RAWGraphs 2.0 — Web site created using create-react-app
Tristan Davey's Punch Card Archive | Tristan Davey's Punch Card Archive — A small archive of punch cards and ephemera from the 1930s through 1980s.
The Orchestration Tax is You — Starting more agents is easy now. However, more agents running doesn't mean more of you available - your cognitive bandwidth doesn't parallelize. All the jud...
How Madrid built its metro cheaply — Madrid tripled the length of its metro system in just 12 years — faster and cheaper than almost any other city in the world. What can its expansion teach other cities?
Dum-Dum Lab constructs lakeside pavilion as environmental classroom — <p>Architecture studio Dum-Dum Laboratorio de Arquitectura Avanzada has created a waterside pavilion out of red painted wood that serves as an environmental classroom for the local community in Calbuco,…
Norman Foster to judge Dezeen Awards 2026 — <p>British architect Norman Foster is the latest industry leader to be announced as a member of the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2026. Dezeen Awards, in partnership with Trimble, is searching for the world's best architecture, interi
England will not adapt style despite USA heat - Tuchel — Thomas Tuchel says he is "not ready to adapt" England's playing style at the World Cup despite the heat - as it would "give up" the team's strengths.
Eleven-try England thrash sorry Fiji to end losing run — Henry Pollock scores a hat-trick as England run out convincing winners against a Fiji side reduced to 14 players for the second half in Liverpool.
Taste cannot be delegated — The death of design by committee in the age of AI
Flo wall light by Soktas — <p>Dezeen Showroom: Australian design brand Soktas has released a sculptural wall lamp with a fluid glass shade mounted onto a metal plate. Flo is intended for use in bedrooms, bathrooms and living areas, where it casts a gentle glow that pools on the…
Barrel-vaulted community greenhouse built at the Barbican — <p>Architecture firms Studio Folk Architects and Raskl have built a timber-framed greenhouse, named The Veggery, at the Barbican Estate as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Hexagonal in shape, The Veggery…
"Tent-like" Eve Music Hall by BIG under construction in Croatia — <p>Danish studio BIG has revealed images of its Eve Music Hall, a music venue with a facade designed to resemble swooping theatrical curtains, under construction in Croatia. Designed for Čepin in eastern Croatia, t
AMO releases playful stone grocery items with SolidNature — A travertine milk carton and an onyx banana designed by AMO are now available via Dutch stone supplier SolidNature.
S&P 500 Poised for Another Record as AI Spending Narrative Holds — Futures climbed on Wednesday as the latest batch of earnings pointed to strong demand for, and spending on, artificial intelligence. SpaceX reported higher-than-expected AI-related outlays, which overshadowed…
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Is Los Angeles Finally Ready to Take the Subway? — After decades of false starts, a new rail line has opened along Los Angeles’s most congested boulevard. The next step is getting people to take it.
Vitra appoints CEO and creative director to "guide the company into its next chapter" — <p>Swiss furniture brand Vitra has appointed Claudio Marconi, formerly at IKEA, as CEO and named Marianne Goebl, formerly at Artek, as creative director. Goebl had previously worked at…
Checklist Design — UX, UI & Web Design Checklists for Designers — A curated library of design checklists for website pages, UI components, flows, and branding. Use in your browser or the Figma plugin for free.
ISOPOLIS — San Francisco — San Francisco as one giant isometric pixel painting. Pan the city, open the tours, send a postcard.