Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Pantone has released a bold new shade of red, called “Period,” to help destigmatize menstruation. The new hue — an “energizing and dynamic red shade that encourages period positivity,” according to a press release — was launched as part of the Seen+Heard campaign, an initiative by Swedish feminine care brand, … Read more
Written by Sujata Burman, CNN Over the enduring pandemic, designer Yinka Illori’s studio has shared the spirit of hope through two inspiring murals pasted in London this summer. The phrases “Better days are coming I promise,” and “As long as we have each other we’ll be okay,” — both graphically printed in vivid hues like … Read more
Written by By Rory SullivanNiamh Kennedy, CNNLondon British designer and businessman Terence Conran has died at the age of 88. Conran, who founded the Design Museum in London in 1989, “passed away peacefully” at home on Saturday, according to a family statement. “He was a visionary who enjoyed an extraordinary life and career that revolutionised … Read more
Written by Matthew Ponsford, CNN Canadian-Iranian designer Roya Aghighi wants you to imagine that your shirt is alive. Far from dreaming up a horror movie script, Aghighi hopes we can develop a more intimate relationship with fashion — by treating clothes as living beings that need our help to survive. “You’re not going to throw … Read more
Written by Oren LiebermannJack Guy, CNN Two Israeli teenagers on summer break unearthed a trove of hundreds of gold coins that date from 1,100 years ago. The hoard, buried in a clay jar, was discovered at an archaeological dig in Yavne in central Israel, said the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on Monday. Robert Kool, a … Read more
Written by Oren LiebermannJack Guy, CNN Two Israeli teenagers on summer break unearthed a trove of hundreds of gold coins that date from 1,100 years ago. The hoard, buried in a clay jar, was discovered at an archaeological dig in Yavne in central Israel, said the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on Monday. Robert Kool, a … Read more
Bold, black and blazing fast: The North American X-15 was a plane unlike any other. And although it first flew over 60 years ago, it is still the quickest manned aircraft ever to fly. Shaped more like a bullet than a conventional airplane, the rocket-powered X-15 completed 199 test flights over nine years, starting in … Read more
Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Sixty feet beneath the surface of the Caribbean Sea, aquanaut Fabien Cousteau and industrial designer Yves Béhar are envisioning the world’s largest underwater research station and habitat. The pair have unveiled Fabien Cousteau’s Proteus, a 4,000-square-foot modular lab that will sit under the water off the coast of Curaçao, providing … Read more
During the Cold War, this plane could fly higher and faster than any other — and 55 years after its first flight, it still does. The Lockheed SR-71, designed in secrecy in the late 1950s, was able to cruise near the edge of space and outfly a missile. To this day, it holds the records … Read more
Read more unknown and curious design origin stories here. When the Soviet rival to Concorde made its first foreign appearance at the Paris Air Show in 1971, everyone was impressed. In the heated race to develop a supersonic passenger jet, it was the USSR who got off to a head start. French President Georges Pompidou, … Read more