Recently, a friend was considering going back to work after staying at home to raise her children. She said, “I want to go back to work. I just can’t find a job.” Those words struck me, as it was my ...

Designing for the Daily Bruin taught me that near perfection is perfection enough. From the moment I stepped into the Daily Bruin office in fall quarter of my freshman year, I wondered if I was ...

It's common to want a tattoo, to have the perfect design in mind, but to still wonder, will I regret my tattoo when I'm older? What it if fades? What if you don't like it? What if your tastes change?

New Yorkers find it hard to understand Los Angeles. They extol the beach and weather, but sneer at the traffic and cheesy Hollywood Boulevard. Intrepid visitors might find nirvana on Mulholland Drive ...

Mark the year: 2020. That was the year when Apple decided to crowdsource its design. At Apple’s largest event of the year, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this week, the company revealed ...

Use of motif in homes strikes the right balance between decorative and simple, ancient and modern, masculine and feminine all at same time This article was originally written by Elizabeth Mayhew for ...

Design Week: Why do you think the vinyl record is such an enduring format? Stuart Hammersley, creative director, Give Up Art: Firstly, vinyl records last for years— I have records I bought 25 years ...

A seven-bedroom neoclassical villa with palm trees and a pool, the Goldwyn House is classic Hollywood. Named for an early owner, film industry pioneer Samuel Goldwyn Sr., the 1916 residence has taken ...

Introduction You’ve probably seen plenty of smartphone holders or stands. You might use one to prop up a tablet to watch a movie, and maybe your parents have mounted one on the dashboard of their car ...

A creative agency gets all kinds of enquiries, from the formal tender document that resembles a tax return to a phone call that starts with “I think I need some help.” Having run my own consultancy ...