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Visual design increases brand engagement by shaping perception, generating emotion, and enabling brand recognition. Brands like Innocent Drinks use playful illustrations and informal typography to strengthen user connection. Their packaging design increases memorability and brand recall among UK audiences. Colour, typography, imagery, and layout influence how people experience a brand. Colour shapes emotional response. Blue signals trust, red activates urgency, green suggests sustainability. Barclays uses blue to build authority, while Oatly uses earthy tones to align with eco-conscious values.

The installation draws reference from both lived and imagined meals, translating familiar rituals into a spatial and mechanical composition. Rather than focusing solely on , the table incorporates the broader environment of a festive dinner, including decoration, movement, sound, and atmosphere. A series of mechanical systems animates glass objects, triggers light sequences, and releases scents, creating a layered sensory experience distributed along the length of the table.

Wee take great care here at AD to not publish just one kind of home. The projects we feature are different sizes and styles, designed for different types of families and uses, and in locations across the globe. What unites them is a shared execution; each starts with a vision and finishes with a distinct perspective. "We're always looking for homes with a strong, personal point of view," confirms Alison Levasseur, global interiors and garden editor. "Spaces that feel authentic, real, and full of joy."

Form Us With Love's Nomad Collection remedies cable chaos in today's increasingly fluid work environments. An ever-imaginative Swedish industrial design studio, Form Us With Love developed the modular Nomad system in partnership with technical design company Forming Function to better accommodate the hybrid conditions of contemporary workspaces - where charging devices and task lighting are no longer tied to a single desk or location.

There's something quietly radical about sitting in a recycled Adirondack chair while you're waiting for your flight at the world's busiest airport. Plastic Reimagined transforms locally sourced plastic waste into full-scale seating prototypes, bridging design education, material research, and civic infrastructure at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and honestly, I can't stop thinking about how clever this is. Here's what happened.

Design Mindset steps into episode 16 with a clear purpose: to understand how industrial designers are navigating a world where tools, platforms, and expectations keep shifting under their feet. Yanko Design's weekly podcast, Design Mindset, powered by KeyShot, is less about design celebrity and more about design thinking, unpacking how decisions get made, how stories are built around products, and how technology is reshaping the craft from the inside out.

Pavilions are architecture's fast, experimental structures that test ideas long before they scale up to cities. This year's highlights push that spirit further, blurring the lines between sculpture, shelter, ritual space, and ecological device. From bamboo vaults rising in flood-prone villages to inflatable dream temples, from wind-driven feather structures on remote islands to LEGO-built playscapes in London, the pavilion becomes a tool for storytelling.

Bunkhouse Hotels presents their new Houston locale, Hotel Saint Augustine, named after Saint Augustine, the patron saint of printing because of his extensive writings on and early dissemination of the catholic faith.

In recent years, designers increasingly recognize that a home's luxury is not defined by its size but by how space is sequenced, detailed, and experienced. In small residences, limited square footage becomes an opportunity to refine material honesty, elevate craftsmanship, and curate a focused expression of high-end living. This shift frames luxury as a philosophy rooted in intention rather than excess.

Humble brag incoming, but one of my favorite parts of my job is that I get to preview products and brand look books before they're available to the public. It's fun to get a first look at launches, and sometimes those sneak peeks happen in fabulous settings, like the recent Boll & Branch holiday preview at The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad.

The ritual of bedtime is why I care so much about what my bed feels like, and especially the fabrics I'm tucking myself into. I've tried a ton of different sheets over the years, and I know all the perks of different types, from percale to jersey knit, but never have I found a set that makes me feel like I'm spending the night at a fancy hotel as much as the Cotton Piping Design Bed Sheet Set from American Blossom Linens.

Most entryways are chaos zones. Umbrellas lean against walls, keys land on whatever surface is closest, and the stand is usually just a metal tube catching drips in a corner nobody looks at twice. This corner of the home rarely gets the same design attention as the living room or kitchen, even though it is the first thing you see when you walk in and the last thing you touch before leaving.

Located in the heart of Copenhagen's Bredgade, the new joint showroom for Danish cabinetmaker Kolon and lighting company Anour has been thoughtfully designed as a calm, tactile space celebrating local craftsmanship and material honesty. The interior unfolds in a palette of warm neutrals and natural textures from oak and walnut to brushed metal and softly colored textiles forming a serene backdrop for the furniture and lighting on display.

Its façade features a mosaic of locally sourced stone, wrapping the building in hues that echo the surrounding Red Rock Mountains. A canopy extending beyond the roof is designed to provide a shaded "front porch" for the entry plaza. A signature grand staircase, visible through the entry level's floor-to-ceiling windows, transforms the interior core into a canyon, from which visitors ascend toward galleries that appear to float on the second floor.

There's just one small problem: It's a good two feet longer than my previous sofa, which ultimately leaves very little room for a side table or storage of any kind. As someone who spends mostof her couch time with a crochet hook in hand, I can't go without a spot to stash away my yarn and other miscellaneous items that always end up cluttering the coffee table.

For the first time in its eight editions, (Ithra) introduced creative partners as part of its program, marking a significant step in the platform's evolution. In this edition, Isola Design Group and Dubai Design Week joined as creative partners, expanding the event's reach across the Gulf region and beyond. Through exhibitions, dialogue, and shared expertise, both platforms amplified Tanween's international outlook while reinforcing its community-driven foundation.