design

A model wears Courrèges' creations, including a version of his famous eyewear.

Arts

Designer André Courrèges, Master Of Miniskirts And Go-Go Boots, Dies

4:09pm January 08, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Courrèges opened his fashion house in 1961 and helped transform women's pants from casual clothing to a haute couture item, while defining the wildly popular space-age aesthetic of the era.

Parsons School of Design graduate Lucy Jones created Seated Design, a collection of clothing for people who use wheelchairs. The clothes include extra fabric at the elbows for greater mobility.

Arts

From Canes To Closures, Designing With Style For People With Disabilities

1:51pm July 25, 2015

by Jacki Lyden

Almost 60 million Americans have a permanent disability, but the fashion industry hasn't tapped into that market. Activists and designers are trying to change that, a signature and a stitch at a time.

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Still standing: The earthquake-proof desk can withstand 2,200 pounds dropped on top of it.

World News

A Desk That Can Take A Ton Of Earthquake Rubble

3:02pm May 22, 2015

by Diane Cole

It's fairly light, costs $35 per student and could save lives in earthquake zones. But not everyone thinks this quake-proof desk is a good idea.

Now a stop on Palm Springs tours, this iconic desert house — shown here in a 1970 photo — was designed by modernist architect Richard Neutra for department store magnate Edgar J. Kaufmann in 1946.

Palm Springs Celebrates Its Past, And Tourists Arrive In Droves

9:43pm March 29, 2015

by Matt Guilhem

Palm Springs was the desert playground of golden-era Hollywood. Then its glamour faded. Now its midcentury architecture, its retro style and the allure of its past are fueling a rebirth.

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Solar Sunflowers, an art installation, greets visitors to Mueller's commercial and retail hub off of Interstate 35. The panels power a nightly light display and return power to the grid. When the development is complete, five miles of granite trails will

With Porches And Parks, A Texas Community Aims For Urban Utopia

12:25pm February 17, 2015

by John Burnett

Austin's Mueller neighborhood is a new-urbanist dream, designed to be convivial, walkable and energy-efficient. Every house has a porch or stoop, and all the cars are hidden away.

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After designing a soy sauce bottle for Kikkoman in 1961, Kenji Ekuan went on to design everything from motorcycles to a bullet train.

From Soy Sauce To Bullet Trains: Famed Japanese Designer Dies At 85

11:24am February 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Decades after Kenji Ekuan created Kikkoman's iconic soy sauce bottles with their red caps, he designed Japan's bullet train, in a career driven by a desire to make good design accessible to everyone.

Isabelle Olsson, the lead designer of Google Glass, says she is encouraging more women to enter the tech industry — not just as designers, but in all capacities.

For Wearable Tech, One Size Does Not Fit All

2:36pm November 17, 2014

by NPR Staff

One big criticism of wearable technology: the teams behind these devices are not diverse enough. Some industry watchers say that can result in products designed only with men in mind.

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A publicity still from the movie Working Girl, which prominently featured the beloved power suit.

The Look Of Power: How Women Have Dressed For Success

10:31am October 23, 2014

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Just as women were entering the corporate workplace in big numbers, the shapeless power suit emerged. Over time, the "power look" changed. How do women project power in the modern office?

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Fashion designer Natalie Chanin stands in front of in-progress garments at the Alabama Chanin Factory. Chanin and Billy Reid, internationally acclaimed designers, have teamed up to test the concept of organic, sustainable cotton farming and garment-making

Reviving A Southern Industry, From Cotton Field To Clothing Rack

3:31pm October 10, 2014

by Debbie Elliott

Garment-making once thrived in the South. Two acclaimed designers are trying to bring it back with a field-to-garment concept, creating a clothing line from their own organic cotton grown in Alabama.

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