California: Designing Freedom. In certain ways, we are all Californians

California: Designing Freedom reveals how this culture of design and technology has made us all, in certain ways, Californians. California has always pioneered tools of personal liberation. While California’s mid-century modernism is well documented, the “Designed in California” at Design Museum London is the first exhibition to examine the state’s current global reach. From skateboards … Read more

Social media and the great recipe explosion: does more mean better?

Recipes were passed through generations, now they’re shared around the world via Instagram and Pinterest in seconds – and you don’t even have to leave home for the ingredients

Andy Warhol’s inaugural ‘selfie’ expected to fetch £7m at auction

Print from 1963 based on photo-booth image of artist obsessed with cult of celebrity to be sold at auction for first time

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Beauty vloggers and cult celebrities are being courted by luxury brands

Woke models: how activism became fashion’s latest must-have

It’s no longer enough to have a look. Adwoa Aboah and Leomie Anderson’s socially aware voices have made them the stars of the new catwalk generation