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Apple CEO Tim Cook (left) and Apple design chief Jony Ive look at the new Mac Pro during the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California on June 3, 2019. — VCG SAN FRANCISCO: The legendary designer behind Apple’s iPhone, Jony Ive, has joined OpenAI to…
William L. Porter, a car designer who helped create the shapes of some of the most celebrated American vehicles of the late 1960s and early ’70s, died on April 25 at his home in Whitmore Lake, Mich. He was 93. His death was confirmed by his son, Adam, who did not specify a cause. As…
This article is part of our Design special report previewing Milan Design Week. Salone del Mobile, the international furniture fair in Milan, opens on Tuesday with the comfort of a steady heartbeat. The six-day event, which anchors the festival known as Milan Design Week, has been an annual ritual with few interruptions since 1961. But…
Gai Gherardi, a Los Angeles optician who with a partner attracted a celebrity clientele by pioneering the notion that eyeglass frames did not have to be dull but rather could be fashion statements of individuality, died on March 16 at her home in Hollywood. She was 78. Her sister, Heather Gherardi, said the cause was…
Yrjo Kukkapuro, a Finnish furniture designer who devoted his restless creative energies to sedentary comfort, creating dozens of chairs that coddled sitters and lent a zesty flair to their surroundings, died on Feb. 8 at his home in Kauniainen, Finland. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom. In his seven-decade…
Over the last month, President-elect Donald J. Trump has repeatedly discussed his desire for the United States to purchase Greenland, and during a long news conference on Tuesday he refused to rule out using military force to accomplish that goal. In a far more subtle act of geopolitics that came ahead of Mr. Trump’s remarks,…
