Design

Ferrari Sells Framed Body Panels That Display Designer Sketches

Ferrari will offer mounted hoods and dorsal panels painted with Flavio Manzoni’s original sketches as part of its Collectibles line.

Pangolin Shield Pavilion Brings Police Shields To London Design Festival

A Pangolin Shield pavilion capped with police shields stood on The Strand, one of London Design Festival's most visible installations this week.

GFG Style Turns Fiat Topolino Into Roofless Top. L, Still Limited to 25 mph

GFG Style stripped Fiat's tiny Topolino into the open-top Top. L and a beachy Top. J, but the EV remains capped at 25 mph.

Automakers Replace Badges With Full Names, Making Lettering A Design Element

Carmakers are swapping small emblems for full-name lettering that shapes rear and front styling, turning typography into a core design tool.

Petra Heights Uses Stone Exoskeleton to Support London High-Rise

A 10-storey Finchley Road building is held up by a stone exoskeleton, a configuration its designers describe as a world first.

Fall Biennials Shift Focus To Nightlife, Language and Anti-Material Design

A wave of biennials and triennials opening this fall gives new platforms to night photography, language-driven projects, migration and design beyond

Hanji House Positions Traditional Korean Paper For Designers At Maison&Objet 2026

Hanji House will bring seven Korean makers to Maison&Objet 2026, reframing hanji as a practical material for furniture, lighting and interiors.

Art Deco Returns, Home Design and Couture Embrace Decadent Craft

A century after the 1925 Paris exhibition, Art Deco's geometry and craft are resurging. Alex Eagle outlines simple ways to add the look at home.

Paul Smith Publishes Memoir, Promotes Patience as a Business Strategy

Threads: My Life in Style frames Sir Paul Smith’s rise from a tiny Nottingham shop to 20-plus Japanese stores, with humour and slow growth as his

Mukcyen Arms Wearers Against Digital Noise

Yuka Kimura’s sixth Mukcyen collection, Low Energy, turns bodycon tailoring and hoods into protective second-skin pieces for the digitally drained.

Stop Saying "Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover"

A book cover is more than packaging. It is the reader's first encounter with a story, shaping expectations, preserving cultural identity and proving that design remains one of publishing's most powerful forms of storytelling.