So good-bye to the Bermuda grass surface at the University of Kentucky, because the final touches of a $120 million renovation to Commonwealth Stadium is underway and a new synthetic surface will ...

If you’ve been paying attention to design trends over the last couple of years, then you’ve probably noticed one familiar style has reemerged with a vengeance: the checkerboard pattern. While you may ...

A throw pillow was my gateway drug. I purchased it last August from Jonathan Adler—22 square inches of pale blue-and-white checkerboard. Since then, I’ve added checkered bath towels, a checkered mug, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Whether stamped on the vinyl floor of a 1950s diner, tessellating down a Victorian hallway, or stencilled atop ...