As the new year unfolds, here are some design and decor developments that may encourage you to make some updates.

The most surprising home décor trend right now might be how many ’90s staples are back in rotation. Instead of straight ...

If you're still wearing these 8 tie patterns after 60, your style stopped evolving in 1985 A tie may seem small, but it quietly tells the world how much you’re still engaging with the present. If ...

A new study reveals that the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia (c. 6200–5500 BCE) produced the earliest systematic plant imagery in prehistoric art, flowers, shrubs, branches, and trees painted ...

The concept of "checkerboarded land" refers to a pattern of land ownership created in the western United States, particularly in Nevada and Arizona, where alternating sections of land were given to ...

Trends certainly come and go, but when you’re designing something that feels as permanent as flooring, you may feel like choosing something timeless. Though it’s bold (and hotly contested!), it seems ...

A new campaign from Aflac aims to be more than just a one-off awareness push. Instead, the supplemental health insurance company is hoping it’ll become a full-blown “pop culture phenomenon,” according ...

Ah, the wonderful world of social media: a place to find inspiration, follow the latest trends-or joyously band together with strangers to judge others' tastes. The latest victim of that ...

Q: It seems that recently more and more crosswalks have been painted in the zebra pattern instead of the traditional outside edge pattern, said Theodore Petrich of Hemet. “A friend of mine told me the ...