WHILE HOUSE HUNTING to relocate for a new job, Kristine and Lars Niki toured a home in Durham, Conn. The owners had left behind carpets, drapes and wallpaper exuberant with color and pattern, ...

New trends in color, material, and practical design shaping floral packaging for the year ahead We design our paper to ...

Flowers like hibiscus use an invisible blueprint established very early in petal formation that dictates the size of their bullseyes -- a crucial pre-pattern that can significantly impact their ...

Diwali 2025: Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated with enthusiasm across India and globally. A key highlight of the festival is lighting numerous earthen lamps, or diyas, to brighten up homes ...

On a set of broken clay bowls from northern Mesopotamia, delicate flower patterns have turned out to be something far more radical than decoration. New analysis of this ancient art suggests that early ...