Good design has the power to transform healthcare, both inside and outside the hospital, according to Royal Philips’ chief design officer Sean Carney. “It’s a huge shift for Philips,” said Carney on Tuesday, speaking to Fortune’s deputy editor Brian O’Keefe at the Brainstorm Design conference in Singapore. “We’ve been in consumer electronics and lighting, but now we’re […]

Horsepower is up by 23 while torque stays the same at 384 pound-feet. After giving the lesser C-Class models a mild refresh for the 2019 model year, Mercedes is now moving higher in the hierarchy by working on the hotter C43. Although at a first glance it may look virtually the same as the outgoing version, there are […]

No company’s design language has been so lauded, so scrutinized, so institutionalized as Braun’s. Braun’s products have arguably inspired generation after generation of product designers and the 10 Principles of Good Design associated with their products has almost achieved Hippocratic-Oath-status with a large number of product designers. Designer Gao Yang decided to pay homage to […]

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, Surface hosted the 42nd installment of its Design Dialogues series. This edition featured Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, alongside Paula Scher, partner at Pentagram Design, and took place at the MoMA Design Store in SoHo. The conversation, moderated by Surface editor-in-chief Spencer Bailey, focused on the connection between hospitality and design—specifically their […]

The Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact are two of the nicest phones at MWC this year. Just like every other high-end device made by the company, both phones come with top-of-the-line specs, beautiful displays, and some impressive new camera features. The biggest news with the XZ2 line isn’t what’s under the hood — rather, […]

For decades now, one of the defining characteristics of Apple has been the company’s unwavering and arguably unrivaled attention to detail. From small design flourishes in its software to forward-thinking details in the industrial design of its products, Apple’s obsession with even seemingly irrelevant details can be seen throughout the company’s product line. As a […]

The winners of the inaugural Frame Awards have just been revealed, encompassing over 30 different interior design categories that celebrate everything from surreal retail and hospitality spaces to more experimental explorations of different materials. The competition also crowned an overall Designer of the Year and delivered a Lifetime Achievement Award to Sevil Peach, the influential […]

“Sometimes, when I sit in meetings, especially ones in which people don’t seem engaged, I calculate the cost in staff time. I’ve estimated that one standard weekly meeting in my bureau—50 people sitting in a cookie-cutter conference room, looking both bored and anxious—costs around $177,000 annually, and surely this scenario occurs throughout the [organization] hundreds […]

The Nokia 1, 6 and 7 Plus all have their own distinct character. Generating hype around the Nokia brand with retro-inspired feature phones is all well and good, but that doesn’t necessarily result in people opening their wallets. And to best cash in on any interest, you need a little something for everyone. To that […]

  TOKYO — Tsutaya, a Japanese company known for its bookstores and eclectic retail spaces, is now helping real estate developers design the communal areas of residential complexes. As is the case with the Tsutaya Electrics store in Tokyo’s Futako Tamagawa neighborhood, an affluent residential district, selections of books will make up a key part of […]