Safety, efficiency and looks play a role in the design.

Jon-Paul Wheatley is combining his lifelong love of soccer with his pandemic hobby of crafting leather. He’s documenting it all online.

Many outlets have removed chairs and benches, potentially boosting profits. But some shoppers won’t stand for it.

Website and app design strategies that trick users can cost consumers time and money, Harry Brignull says.

In a new book, design critic Alexandra Lange describes how design played a major role in the shopping mall’s successes and failures.

Writer Alexandra Lange says urban architecture and a “Department of Care” could make residents’ needs and culture a priority.

Sans-serif fonts, pastel palettes, long-limbed cartoons. Why are these designs so popular? And why do they garner criticism?

Cities were designed to serve a world with different gender roles, where men went to work and women stayed home with children, says journalist Antonia Cundy.

Would we have more fun shopping if businesses paid more attention to aesthetics?

Lately, a lot of brands are embracing a minimalist look.