The Gear Sport follows the classic watch
design of its last year's Samsung's marquee smartwatch — the Gear S3.
Gone is the dull plastic back of the LG G3, the odd leather of the G4 or the come - apart
design of last year's phone — the LG G6 is smooth and classy all the way around.
The design of last year's Honor flagship has been refined and trimmed into an even more impressive slab of metal and glass.
When compared to the subtle, minimal and delicate
design of last year's Moto 360, it's clear Michael Kors intends for this to be worn by people who want it to be noticed.
It adds to the thin and light
design of last year's MateBook X (which we loved, and you can find out more about that in our review), with improvements across the board.
Unlike the OG Pixel, the Google Pixel 2 XL borrows the dual stereo speakers on the front of the Nexus 6P and further refines
the design of last year's models in a bid to catch up with the industry.
The updated ThinkPad X1 Carbon carries over a lot of the award - winning
design of last year's model, but with a few nips, tucks, and upgrades that impress all around — especially the gorgeous new 14 - inch WQHD HDR display.
That's not the case with the Pixel 2 XL, which carries forward
the design of last year's Pixel XL.
There is, thankfully or not, no notch to be found and simply carries over
the design of last year's Mi Mix 2.
I liked
the design of last year's Nokia 6, but the one thing that let the device down was the underwhelming Snapdragon 430 chipset.
Apple explained during the show how it improved on
the design of last year's handset.
If you loved the interior
design of last year's Prius, you will be pleased to learn that the 2018 model interior is unchanged.
Samsung has chosen to keep the core
designs of last year's flagship phone and phablet counterpart, the S8 and S8 Plus.
Forget the modular
design of last years G5.
Not exact matches
Longer - term, Under Armour (uaa) has committed to
designing and manufacturing more apparel and footwear out
of the company's UA Lighthouse, which is a 35,000 - square - foot facility that opened
last year.
The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are updated versions
of last year's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, featuring glass backs and slightly modified
designs.
The number
of distributed denial -
of - service (DDoS) attacks — which are
designed to paralyze a target network with a deluge
of messages, often sent from a bevy
of hijacked computers — leaped more than 170 %
last year, and Cisco projects it will jump again by a factor
of two or more by 2021.
All
of this goes into
designing and building Casper's mattresses, which landed the company $ 200 million in sales
last year.
In February
of last year, the U.S. airline CEOs met with President Donald Trump at the White House and asked him to push Middle Eastern carriers to comply with Open Skies agreements
designed to ensure all airlines compete on a level playing field.
Ikea's smart charging furniture integration, which launched
last year, is an example
of what a mass - market IoT
design consideration looks like.
In March
of last year, after another successful Kickstarter campaign for a touchscreen stylus called the Cosmonaut, they quit their fulltime -
design jobs to focus on running Studio Neat.
Last year New York City - based Adafruit did a booming $ 10 million trade in sales
of DIY open - source electronic hardware kits, so - called because project
designs are free and publicly accessible, and customers are encouraged to modify or «hack» the final product.
It's the first car from Fisker Coachbuild, which was co-founded
last year by Henrik Fisker, the former head
of design at Aston Martin.
Last year, Ulman and his team met with UT about
designing its new cancer center from scratch to create a model
of care for hospitals and clinics around the world.
Rita Alvy - Teeter came into work one bright spring day
last year to find a third
of the revenue pulled out from under her Irvine, California,
design firm.
DESIGN and architecture tour Open House Perth returns for a second season in the first week
of November after a successful inaugural event
last year.
A first wave
of reform
last year was
designed to liberalize trades and professions as diverse as taxi driving, the law, baking and pharmacy, long protected from competition.
In March
last year, the company assembled Transparent Management Committee, an organization
designed to protect shareholder rights in its board
of directors, appointing an outside director responsible for protecting shareholder rights.
According to its prospectus, Sleep Country is also reaping the benefits
of a cleaner, brighter store
design it started implementing
last year.
Makerbot, for instance, which makes one
of the more popular 3D printers, removed all gun
designs listed on its site late
last year.
Musk
last year hired chip
design legend Jim Keller, who had been at AMD (amd) for
years, sparking speculation that the electric carmaker would go that route to enhance the self - driving capability
of future vehicles.
The most innovative corporate idea from one
of the Big Three in the
last 30
years was GM's creation
of the Saturn brand, which gave the company a bold new
design and changed the way cars were sold and how salespeople were compensated.
Last year, it rolled out a series
of exchange - traded funds
designed for women to save for retirement.
As Clive Thompson wrote in Wired
last year, Games Workshop went after an individual who had posted 3D printer
designs online
of its Warhammer miniatures.
Last year a number
of companies created powerful, pro-female ads and videos
designed to inspire, motivate and strike an emotional chord — an appealing approach that seems to be winning with women.
Flat
design made a huge impact on graphics
last year, so much so that Google released its own version
of flat
design called material
design.
«Isaac Singer's first sewing machines came in wooden crates,» Matthew Bird, a professor at RISD who is an authority on the history
of industrial
design, explained to Inc
last year.
These are actually the upgraded version
of the earbuds iFrogz released
last year, and while the
design is the same, time was spent in improving the sound quality.
Midsize companies did a better job this
year than
last year of controlling their medical costs, mainly because
of a willingness to change the
design of their health plans to obtain lower prices.
Carson didn't plagiarize in anything directly related to his campaign, but it was discovered
last year that portions
of his book America the Beautiful — which was published in 2012 and clearly
designed as part
of the retired neurosurgeon's entry into politics — were taken directly from other sources, including a website called SocialismSucks.net, without consistent attribution.
Last year, GSUSA debuted two versions
of the Girl Scout S'mores cookie — a crispy graham cookie double - dipped in a crème icing and enrobed in a chocolatey coating, and a crunchy graham sandwich cookie with a chocolate and marshmallowy filling and embossed with
designs honoring Girl Scouts» Outdoor badges.
The couple's business, selling baby carriers that Elizabeth
designed, generated sales
of $ 15,000 in its first
year, $ 575,000 in 2008 and over $ 1 million
last year when about half its sales were online at SleepyWrap.com and the rest through wholesalers.
Big Foot, which was slated to be online this
year, had a major setback
last summer with the sinking
of at least nine giant tendons,
designed to connect the platform to the sea floor.
«If you want to have the most progressive, forward thinking vehicle
design, you have to have use the most progressive and forward thinking methodologies,» Kim told Automotive News during a tour
of the company's headquarters in Gardena, California late
last year.
Last Thursday, after Trump unveiled his proposed budget for fiscal
year 2018, ASCE president Norma Jean Mattei issued a discouraging note, writing that the president's budget «would eliminate funding for many
of the programs
designed to improve our nation's infrastructure.»
At the end
of last year, Facebook has introduced Messenger Kids - a special version
of messenger
designed for kids under 13
years which is focused on protecting kids» privacy.The app was first launched for iOS only, but is now...
The iPath Bloomberg Sugar ETN (SGG),
designed to provide exposure to the Bloomberg Sugar Subindex Total Return, has lost value every July for the
last three
years, dropping an average
of 9.7 %.
The United States Natural Gas (UNG) fund, an ETF
designed to track in percentage terms the movements
of natural gas prices, has struggled in July over the
last four
years.
Red Lobster also plans to further leverage their Real People advertising campaign, which was introduced
last year and
designed to complement promotional messaging with specific examples
of how the Red Lobster experience has improved, especially around affordability, freshness and wood - fire grilling to help eliminate perceived visit barriers and make the brand relevant for new guests and new occasions over time.
A lot has happened over the
last four
years at the intersection
of design and tech — 27 startups co-founded by designers and 13
design firms have been acquired by technology companies.