F.D.A. Advisers Meet on Covid Shots by Novavax

A federal advisory committee on Tuesday will vote on whether regulators should authorize a Covid-19 vaccine made by Novavax, an early beneficiary of the government’s Operation Warp Speed program. The experts to the Food and Drug Administration (whose meeting you can watch here) will base their recommendation on the company’s clinical trial data, which is…

In Struggling Murano, a Design Intervention

This article is part of our Design special report previewing 2022 Milan Design Week. Can high design reverse Murano’s decline? Could one transcendent lamp, or a single game-changing wine goblet, or a fruit bowl created on the Venetian island by one of today’s top designers restore the reputation of this glassmaking capital, whose legacy for…

Tales Full of Fiber and Glitter

This article is part of our Design special report previewing 2022 Milan Design Week. Success in the design business can depend more on image than on product. High-quality furniture and fabrics can set a company apart, but if they are sold with a good story, that is even better. So maybe it is not a…

And There Was Light. And It Was Brutal.

This article is part of our Design special report previewing 2022 Milan Design Week. Combining features of Brutalist architecture with the transcendent experience of houses of worship, Divine Inspiration is a series of six new lighting collections by the British product and interior designer Lee Broom. On view through June 12 at Blindarte, a gallery…