Visits: 27 As luxury cars become rolling supercomputers, designers are wondering how big is too big. From pocket-stretching smartphones to wall-hogging TVs, Americans have often asked: How much screen is too much? The question has come to today’s gadget-stuffed cars, …
When in Doubt, Tweak the Logo
Visits: 27 It’s a classic move in the fashion playbook when trying to signal a new direction or herald a new designer. But are shifting sensibilities leading more brands to reconsider the humble serif? Logos carry a peculiar, almost paradoxical …
No Dirt. No Distractions. Balenciaga Offers Just Clothes, and Contrition.
Visits: 24 In his first collection since the brand’s ad campaign controversy, the designer Demna starts to move on. PARIS — Can you design a redemption narrative for yourself without dramatically changing your identity? This was the question at the …
Paco Rabanne, Couturier of the Space Age, Dies at 88
Visits: 25 He burst onto the French fashion scene in 1966 and, with dresses made from metal, plastic and paper, changed the definition of couture. Paco Rabanne, the Spanish designer whose futuristic creations gave shape to the dreams of the …
Major Gucci Shake-Up as Designer Steps Down
Visits: 24 The departure of Alessandro Michele has big implications for the fashion industry. Also, what will Harry Styles and Jared Leto wear now? In the largest creative shake-up of a fashion brand since the Covid-19 pandemic, Gucci announced on …
The Golden Age of Dispensary Design Is Almost Here
Visits: 29 Grateful Dead tapestries. Lava lamps. The distinctive orange inspired by Flamin’ Hot Cheetos dust painted indiscriminately on walls. Until now, these were the markings of marijuana dispensaries, dripping with 1960s hippie nostalgia and the musings of the stereotypical …
Why Steve Jobs Chose This Designer’s Turtlenecks
Visits: 22 The real beginning of the fashion-technology love affair and its legacy lies with Issey Miyake, who died last week. Little wonder, really, that Issey Miyake was Steve Jobs’s favorite designer. The man behind Mr. Jobs’s personal uniform of …
Would You Go Back to the Office for an Eames Chair?
Visits: 22 Ben Watson is overseeing the merger of Herman Miller and Knoll, with the belief that good design means good business. Ben Watson was in his happy place. Sitting in the showroom that also doubles as an office above …
Where Rihanna Got Her Style Groove
Visits: 22 It was midafternoon in Barbados, and a tall gate swung open onto a wide yard. Lauren Austin led the way through her home-turned-costume-production factory, stepping around a dozen four-foot-tall wings, their fuchsia feathers stretching out across the floor. …
Chaos and Creation: Inside the Making of Yeezy Gap
Visits: 27 In 2020, two fashion brands announced an unusual alliance. Now that goods are finally hitting stores, is Yeezy Gap a corporate-creative cautionary tale, or a new model for fashion to come? It was almost 90 degrees in Times …