Jeff Bezos supports a $20,000 electric pickup truck featuring a modular design.
Jeff Bezos is backing a new and ambitious startup in the electric vehicle sector—Slate Auto. They’ve introduced a straightforward, modular electric pickup known as the slate truck. Priced at around $20,000 after the federal EV incentive, it offers some surprisingly radical features. The base version of the slate truck is stripped down, lacking power windows, […]
App relaunched and homepage design updated
Guardian has relaunched its mobile app to enhance personalization and visual content, emphasizing the role of podcasts in its “mobile-first” approach. A new tab for podcasts makes it easier for users to discover and listen to episodes using the in-app player. Additionally, listeners can use the Speech feature to enjoy articles audibly. This overhaul acknowledges […]
Exploring the unique design of Japan’s love hotels through Moby Dick
The Quirky World of Japanese Love Hotels Ever wonder if a whale could spike your excitement? Or maybe you dream of dining in a fairytale castle—or even falling in love inside a giant biscuit canister? Whatever your whimsical fantasy might be, chances are Japan has somewhere that fits the bill. A new book explores the […]
Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road review – ‘I could look forever at these passing moments in cosmic colours’ | Art and design
tHe is only wrong through the world of joy at the British Museum and the world of technicolor prints by Yutagawa Hiroshige, the final section explores the continuing global influence of early 19th century Japanese artists. All patchy sampling of Hiroshige’s imitators is in a hurry. But then doing justice to his echo is not […]
Sam Altman’s OpenAI mulls buying ex-Apple design guru Jony Ive’s AI device startup for $500M: report
Sam Altman's Openai reportedly considered buying a startup that former Apple Design Guru Jony Ive runs for at least $500 million. ive – Best known for working with the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on many of the company's most iconic product designs, including the iPhone, but since 2023, he has been working with Altman […]
The Oscars to Finally Include ‘Best Stunt Design’ Category
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) announced on Thursday that the Academy Awards televised broadcast will ultimately be included in the “Best Stunt Design” category. The long-term category will debut in 2028 in time for the 100th Academy Awards for the film released in 2027. It marks the second new category and best […]
‘I’ve had seals nibble my toes!’ How sunkissed Cornwall became a 422-mile surf paradise | Art and design
'I I didn't have any friends,” says Charlotte Banfield. “And I'm not interested. I was so depressed. It was all really meant to end badly for me.” Banfield – Having had cerebral palsy, epilepsy and autism, he was bullied at school, but later at age 13, she was enrolled by her mother for a six-week […]
Long Island students design ‘buddy bot’ that offers surprising twist in battle to make social media safer for kids
It's a real buddy system. A group of 9th graders from Long Island won a highly competitive contest by lowering social media for teens by designing a “buddybot” AI program to support digital detoxification. “That's something we all experienced very firsthand,” said Andrew Langer Dargengo of Chaminade, part of the five-man championship team in the […]
Gucci parent Kering’s shares plummet after Demna tapped as design chief
Kering lost its stock market value of around $3 billion on Friday after the group chose internal talent Demna to reinvigorate internal talent Demna rather than hiring one of the fashion big ticket names as chief designers. Kering's shares fell by up to 13% in Paris, marking the worst day in almost a year after […]
‘He said I sounded hysterical’: Celia Paul on lover Lucian Freud, his cold friends and the ‘devastating’ YBAs | Art and design
pInterinterseria Paul lives in the same flat in Bloomsbury – for her then-love Lucien Freud purchased for 40 years. To promote it, raise 80 steps and bring the level along with the pediments of the British Museum on the other side is to enter another world. Although rarely included in the main room, there are […]