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After being sold in 2023, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower forces tenants to vacate.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower, the architect’s only skyscraper, has faced very public turmoil since its 2023 sale to private investors for $10. Located in Bartlesville, OK, the building has given its tenants one month to vacate and faces an uncertain future as its owners grapple with significant debt and face allegations of selling artifacts protected by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.
Gans and Company is designing a verdant garden for the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.
Gans and Company is leading the creation of a new 20,000-square-foot outdoor space at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. The New York–based firm will integrate native vegetation, stone steps, and accessible, paved pathways into the project. Supported by more than $15 million in city funds, the space is expected to be completed by winter 2025.
New research shows crafts can promote wellbeing and more satisfaction than work.
An Anglia Ruskin University survey of more than 7,000 people suggests that participating in arts and crafts significantly enhances life satisfaction, potentially more than working. The study found that those engaged in creative activities reported higher levels of happiness and a stronger sense of life being worthwhile, even after accounting for factors like age and health. The researchers posit that promoting arts and crafts could be an affordable and effective public health strategy to boost overall well-being.
Creative agency Wide Eye gives the Harris-Walz campaign logo a sleek redesign.
Just one week after its initial release, the Harris-Walz campaign logo has received a subtle redesign by Wide Eye. The agency adjusted the alignment of the “H” and reshaped the letters in “Walz” to achieve a better visual balance. The logo and its updates suggests a broader trend in political design, emphasizing strong, clear typography over flashy graphics.
Buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna ventures deeper into banking with checking accounts.
Klarna is expanding its services by offering retail banking options in the U.S. and across Europe, including interest-bearing accounts and digital wallets. The move, which positions the company to compete with major U.S. banks like JPMorgan and Bank of America, comes as the company gears up for a $20 billion IPO.
Today’s attractive distractions:
Heinz’s efforts to climate change–proof its ketchup are not going well.
Flavor Flav reveals a bronze clock necklace for gymnast Jordan Chiles.
Vogue leans in and gives us the Dogue campaign we’ve all been waiting for.
Researchers ponder if a 4,500 year-old pyramid was built with hydraulics.
