As I write this, designerati have just finished their annual schmoozefest in Milan, where they traipsed the halls of the world’s most prestigious furniture fair. But while Salone del Mobile was in full swing, on the other side of the Atlantic a new kind of armchair was taking shape. This armchair wasn’t dreamed up by a star designer, it isn’t made...

Spicy, steaming, slurpy ramen might be everyone’s favorite Japanese food. In Tokyo, long lines circle around blocks, and waiting an hour for your ramen is normal. What awaits might be just a dive, but a hot bowl of ramen rarely fails to hit the spot. Often cooked right before your eyes behind dingy counters, the noodle dish starts here...

News broke earlier this week that Tesla had laid off its entire 40-person marketing and growth content team, barely a year after starting it. Perhaps the biggest surprise for many was that Tesla even had a marketing and growth content team.  Ford spent $2.5 billion on global advertising in 2023, according to Statista. General Motors spent $3.6...

Our homes, schools, and offices are made up of concrete, timber, metals, and textiles. But as we spend our days in these spaces, we rarely think about where the materials came from or the people who helped create them. With Every Fiber, a new exhibition that launches May 4, encourages people to consider the materials that make up the built world...

Nearly a year after their last sold-out collaboration, Tyler “the Creator” Okonma and Converse are back with a new take on a classic sneaker. Okonma’s apparel brand, Golf le Fleur, is bringing his eclectic, vibrant style to four dialed-up versions of Chuck 70 low-tops.  The sneakers are available in new colorways of le Fleur’s signature digi...

For more than a decade, the skinny jean reigned supreme. The skin-tight, legging-like style first emerged in the 1970s in glam rock bands, and by the 2010s, the jeans had hit the mainstream, with everyone from high schoolers to suburban moms wearing them. But since the pandemic, skinny jean’s popularity has been waning. Today, the only people...