Ikea Just Totally Ditched The Ikea Look
Exotic birds! Velvet! Gold! Leather! Groovy patterns! Ikea’s latest doesn’t look like Ikea at all.…
Author Diana Budds
Diana Budds
Diana Budds is a New York–based writer covering design and the built environment. She's a staunch defender of Brutalism.
Guess Who Made Computers The Design Tools They Are Today? Women
California designers Zuzana Licko, April Greiman, and Susan Kare influenced a generation of graphics. [Image:…
Frank Lloyd Wright Was A Great Architect–But He Was Even Better At Branding
How Wright positioned himself as creative genius rivals his revolutionary designs. 12/12 Frank Lloyd Wright…
How Stitch Fix Is Using Algorithmic Design To Become The Netflix Of Fashion
Data science is baked into the online fashion brand. Algorithms control many elements of our…
4 Top Female Designers On The Design Industry’s Gender Problem
“We exist, we’re powerful, we’re going to give each other a leg up.” Coffee tables,…
Our Obsession With Ikea Has Gone Too Far: Meet The Frakta Thong
Chafing guaranteed. Ikea’s bright-blue Frakta bag might be the Swedish furniture company’s most iconic design–and…
How Western Michigan Quietly Became A Graphic Design Hotspot
“There isn’t a style; it’s ‘appropriate design,’” says one of the founders of a new…
How To Design For Millennials, According To Ikea
Festival tents, anyone? Two new collections are hitting Ikea’s shelves and online stores in February:…
The Harvard Library That Protects The World’s Rarest Colors
The most unusual colors from Harvard’s storied pigment library include beetle extracts, poisonous metals, and…
Creative Block? Try Thinking Like An Architect To Build Great Ideas
Ideas don’t come out of the blue—they’re created contextually. Here’s how Snøhetta built a foundation…