DIY Halloween Black Cat Decor From a Failed Air Dry Clay Bat Tray
A cracked bat-shaped clay tray finds a second life as a hand-painted black cat in this step-by-step craft rescue.
The broken bat became a cat
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Dr Martens unites with London’s rising fashion talent on a series of collaborations rooted in craft
Plaid, floral appliqués and precise seams give familiar Dr Martens silhouettes three distinct London design perspectives.
Familiar boots, unexpected details
The 5 Haircuts Stylists Say Will Define Fall 2026
Stylists explain five fall haircut directions, from airy shags to softer bobs, with images showing the shapes and movement.
Fall hair gets a softer edge
ExoMars rover twin rehearses first drive
ESA’s rover twin rehearses its crucial first descent on simulated Martian terrain, with tilted ramps, obstacles and reduced-gravity support.
Practice the first few metres on Mars
Cuts, imperfections and accidents: Artist Pierre Guignard likes to “leave traces of the process visible”
Pierre Guignard turns salvaged materials and everyday encounters into playful figures whose rough edges remain part of their charm.
Scraps become a cast of characters
Juicy Brined Roast Chicken (Simple Whole Chicken Brine)
An overnight maple-citrus brine leads to golden roast chicken in a photo-led guide to the preparation and roasting process.
From citrus brine to golden roast
Noe Kuremoto reconciles contemporary craft with Japan’s ancestral mythology
Noe Kuremoto’s sculptural vessels connect Japanese folklore and motherhood through expressive forms made by hand.
Folklore takes shape in clay
Sticky Pork Tenderloin with Warm Apple Slaw.
An apple-cider and maple glaze turns pork tenderloin into a golden centerpiece over warm cabbage, apple and walnut slaw.
Apple cider gets a savory turn
How the impossible geometry of 'Tomb Raider III''s UFO level was made
A fresh developer interview revisits the clever spatial trick that made Tomb Raider III’s tiny UFO feel enormous inside.
A tiny UFO with impossible rooms
Magic, made by hand: inside the world-first exhibition revealing how Jim Henson’s puppets came to life
A Brisbane exhibition opens up the sketches, sets and collaborative craft behind Jim Henson’s enduring puppet worlds.
The hands behind the puppet magic
Stunning Photo Book Reminds Us of the Beauty and Fragility of Giraffes [Interview]
A new giraffe photo book pairs tender family moments and dramatic landscapes with Margot Raggett’s effort to fund conservation.
A closer look at gentle giants
Hyundai bets big on boxy design with 2027 Tucson
The next Tucson adopts a sharply angular silhouette and a redesigned cabin in this new look at Hyundai’s family SUV.
Tucson takes a sharper turn
Britain's oldest running team has a combined age of 321, and Rankin shot their portraits
Rankin’s joyful portraits put older runners at the center of Altra’s campaign about staying active across a lifetime.
Still running, still stealing the show
Photos: Lucinda Williams, Danny Reidy @ Horseshoe Tavern
An intimate Toronto photo report captures Lucinda Williams at the microphone and her band beneath the Horseshoe Tavern sign.
Inside a close-up Lucinda Williams show
GAME PHOTOS | Sabres vs. Panthers
Portraits, a drive toward the crease and blue-and-gold celebrations bring this hockey gallery to life.
Up close and on the ice
At El Roblar hotel, Ojai’s bohemian spirit finds a new home
Ojai’s revived El Roblar pairs Spanish Revival architecture with collected art, hand-crafted details and an intimate, warmly lit interior.
Ojai’s century-old hotel finds its next chapter
Groundbreaking Exhibition Returns After 50 Years for a New Generation of Artisans
An exhibition puts an orange tongue-shaped sculpture, a stripped-back chair and an exuberant ceramic lamp in conversation across generations.
Everyday objects take unexpected forms
Louise Laborie draws the lonely, cinematic and in-between parts of America
Louise Laborie turns highways, crossroads and roadside pauses into atmospheric watercolor-and-charcoal scenes that feel suspended between film frames.
A road trip painted in twilight
David Rudnick on the “borderline impossible” process of designing a bespoke blackletter typeface for Arsenal
David Rudnick and Arsenal’s creative team reveal the years of hand-drawn revisions behind Rocastle, a blackletter tribute rooted in the club’s history.
Four years inside a football typeface
Easy Homemade Hamburger Helper
A nostalgic boxed-dinner favorite becomes a from-scratch skillet meal, with clear photos showing the sauce come together.
One skillet, a comfort-food comeback.
Cameras on Earth and in Space Form the Frontline of Wildfire Defense
A new feature follows the hilltop cameras, monitoring rooms and space-based systems helping California spot wildfires sooner.
The cameras watching for the first smoke
Gustaf Westman unveils the first pieces from his Disney collaboration
Gustaf Westman turns Mickey Mouse’s familiar ears and colors into a sculptural tumbler, cup and rounded leather sofa ahead of a November collection launch.
Mickey Mouse becomes furniture
Mastodon at the Hollywood Palladium
Joma Mandocdoc’s new gallery captures Mastodon’s Los Angeles show through colorful stage projections and close-up performance moments.
A front-row look at Mastodon’s stage spectacle.
Verstappen seals commanding Singapore Grand Prix victory from Leclerc and Antonelli
Max Verstappen claims his first Singapore Grand Prix victory, with Charles Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli completing the podium.
Singapore finally joins Verstappen’s win list
Alex Margo Arden gathers Amy Winehouse's belongings for an intimate staging in London
Alex Margo Arden reconstructs Amy Winehouse’s everyday world through carefully sourced books, cosmetics and games in the London exhibition Nothing Personal.
A portrait made from everyday objects
I Transformed My “Landlord’s Special” Radiators Into a Gorgeous Feature (See How)
Emma Dangel shares how patterned metal, wood frames and magnets gave her radiators a removable decorative cover.
The radiator cover comes off with magnets.
Adorable retro EV concept takes the battle to cheap Chinese rivals
Citroën’s bright 2 CV concept brings retro curves, tartan seats and a removable radio to a minimalist electric-car vision.
A familiar silhouette, a very yellow cabin
Ceramics Workshop in Copenhagen / Jesper Kusk Arkitekter
A 13-square-meter Copenhagen pottery workshop opens directly into an apple-tree garden, pairing clay-block walls, plywood shelving and folding oak-framed doors.
A tiny studio opens to the garden
Goofy Granny Stitch Scarf Pattern
Pia Thadani’s striped scarf adds elongated stitches to a familiar crochet pattern for the new Yarnsgiving season.
A familiar stitch gets a textured twist.
Hidden Snow Leopard Cubs Among Winners of International Photography Awards
Siena’s newly announced photo winners reveal camouflaged snow leopard cubs, diving seabirds and a lone skier tracing a mountain’s edge.
Look closer: the mountain is looking back
Vikram Goyal unleashes a precious menagerie in Mayfair
Vikram Goyal’s Wings and Tales fills a Mayfair townhouse with animal-patterned textiles, claw-foot seating and intricate brass objects inspired by the Ramayana.
An epic tale becomes a room
This Renter Made Her 500-Square-Foot Los Angeles Studio Apartment Feel Like Separate Rooms
Writer Brett Bralley turns a compact Los Feliz rental into distinct spaces for sleep, work and everyday life using color, storage and careful furniture placement.
Five hundred square feet, several ways to live.
The Third Leica 0-Series Prototype Camera Ever Made Just Sold for Nearly $5 Million
A rare Leica prototype leads a weekend auction that also brings gold-plated cameras and unusual experimental designs into view.
A century of camera ingenuity on display
Toyota City Museum / Shigeru Ban Architects
Shigeru Ban’s Toyota City Museum links landscaped terraces with a generous public space beneath an intricate canopy of locally grown cedar.
Cedar geometry opens a museum to the city
Shortcut Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
A packet of snickerdoodle mix gets pumpkin purée and warm spice in Nicole Collins’s soft-cookie shortcut, shown from mixing bowl to finished plate.
Store-bought mix gets a pumpkin makeover
PHOTOS: Must-See Game Action Shots From Seahawks vs. 49ers In Week 5
Seattle’s latest game-action gallery brings the Seahawks–49ers matchup into focus through close tackles, defensive pressure and split-second passing plays.
A rivalry, frozen at field level
A Minimalist Cabin in Mexico With a Pool, Courtyard, and Outdoor Kitchen
Two dark, sharply roofed buildings form a compact Baja California retreat around an olive-tree courtyard, with warm interiors and a poolside outdoor kitchen.
A cabin shaped around its olive grove
Pink Fuzz with The Well and Tart
David A. Barber’s new gallery catches Pink Fuzz, The Well and Tart on a Denver stage, with saturated lights and close-up performance moments.
Denver’s Saturday night in full color
Alien: Isolation 2: This highly anticipated sequel has no release date yet, but here's everything else we know
A new Alien: Isolation 2 overview explores its rain-soaked colony setting and pre-alpha imagery while keeping the unconfirmed release window firmly open.
The next Alien nightmare moves planetside
The Fujifilm X half Makes Composition Harder to Avoid
An illustrated personal essay uses everyday subjects and paired photographs to show how distance, framing and the space between images change a picture.
What does the second picture change?
SWATCH SUNDAY — Sally Hansen Color Therapy Slicks & Stones
Shannon Rae revisits a bottle from her own polish collection and reveals how its bright shimmer becomes a deep purple manicure.
An old bottle gets a fresh October outing
Mysterious 10-minute X-ray burst from a distant galaxy may have come from 2 dead stars colliding
Astronomers investigate whether a neutron-star collision involving a magnetar could explain an unusually long X-ray flash from a distant galaxy.
A ten-minute flash with a six-billion-year journey
NB Studio's Alan Dye on 29 years, starting again and why design needs more joy
Alan Dye looks back at NB Studio’s playful posters and identities while finding fresh energy in independent design after the studio’s closure.
A design career starts a new chapter
Oscal Pilot 8 review: a rugged phone that succeeds in feeling like a normal one
A fresh hands-on review examines how Oscal’s Pilot 8 balances rugged construction and a large battery with portability and practical compromises.
A closer look at everyday ruggedness
Photos of the Week – October 9, 2026
Ecologist Chris Helzer finds a busy autumn world in Nebraska’s prairies, where seed heads, lingering flowers and insects reward a closer look.
The prairie is still buzzing
MUNA Bring the Gets So Hot Tour to Madison: See Our Photos
Dan DeSlover’s concert photographs capture MUNA’s Madison stop, from gloved gestures to a stage washed in red.
A pop night in vivid color
Impossibly tiny Swiss motor looks like anything but
EPFL researchers have made flexible, thread-like motors that lift a chocolate bar when bundled together and can be sewn into a knee-shaped prototype garment.
A motor you can bend
Chaume Sublimé / COAT
COAT turns reed grass into a playful courtyard passage with peeking holes, fluffy walls and contrasting textures.
Reed grass becomes a room to explore
A tree stump at Phelps Grove Park is being transformed into a work of art
Louis Medlock is carving a Springfield tree stump into a gathering of local wildlife, with hawks overhead and owls emerging below.
A tree’s second life takes shape
How X-Ray Photographer Jim Wehtje Sees Beneath the Surface of Seashells
Jim Wehtje pairs colorful shell portraits with radiographs that reveal their hidden architecture, as a new Florida exhibition spotlights his work.
The architecture inside a seashell
Dive into the sumptuous, layered richness of post-war Belgian modernism
A photographic tour finds exuberant post-war Belgian design in orange-lit platforms, sculptural door fittings and a star-filled blue interior.
Modernism had a playful side
My Favorite Nail Looks of the Week Have a Little Fall Magic
Tiny apples, metal accents and stained-glass patterns decorate fingertips.
Little canvases, intricate details
Google Japan puts 116 keys on conveyor belts because typing was too easy
Google Japan’s playful conveyor-belt keyboard brings moving keys to a stationary hand, with open-source designs instead of a retail launch.
Wait for your next letter
How South Barn, the reimagining of an Isle of Wight farm building, shines a light on ‘deep reuse’
Studio Weave keeps a former farm building’s exposed beams and masonry while opening it into a relaxed Isle of Wight retreat.
The barn keeps its rough edges
Mama Cat and Her Five Kittens Gravely Ill Behind a Nail Salon Refused to Give Up, and Pulled Through Together
Frenchie and her five kittens are recovering after a Bronx rescue, with the smallest kitten gaining strength through dedicated foster care.
Six cats get a fresh start
Slim under-bed cooler makes in-car camping far more convenient
Hele’s low-profile Ice Box tucks beneath a car-camping bed and splits cold storage into two compartments for easier access.
Make room under the camping bed
Discover the radical aesthetic experimentation of these Japanese photographers
A Luxembourg exhibition brings Japanese women’s experimental art into focus, from performance and sculpture to archival studio photographs.
A wider view of Japan’s avant-garde
Photo Book Reveals the Stories Behind China’s Giant Pandas
A panda photo book pairs intimate animal portraits with accounts of conservation and the people helping pandas return to the wild.
Panda portraits with stories behind them
L'AIGUILLEUSE - Renovation of a former railway signal box into a kiosk-bar / Studio Téré
A 1960s signal box in Nantes becomes a tiny park-side kiosk-bar, with vivid folding shutters and its original clock still in place.
A signal box finds a new public life
Sourdough Pumpkin Pasta From Scratch
Pumpkin purée and sourdough starter become golden handmade ribbons in this seasonal pasta tutorial.
Your starter has a pasta chapter