Design

If you’ve ever built a blanket fort, you know the magic of carving out a world of your own. Whether it was as a kid or alongside your own children, there’s something special about tapping into your imagination to transform…

Billowing bales of brilliant color are suspended in time and space as colorful vertices of string and science coalesce in Remembering The Future – a new textile-based installation at MIT Museum, which catalogues comprehensive climate change data going back to the last…

Dimly lit and awash in Huluween’s colorcast, fear lives not just on screen but in the body. Shoulders rise. Breath shortens. Fists clench as the show’s score tightens its hold. It’s that liminal instant between the jump scare and the…

Lounge seating is a staple in offices, made for the versatility that is required in collaboration zones. With the large number of separate seat and accessory options on the market, though, items are often cobbled together in a mix-and-match approach…

Limitations give rise to pain points within the production process but ultimately breed bigger and better outcomes, even improving operations in a more comprehensive way had the challenges never come to pass. The critically acclaimed Boxed Collection by SCP is…

When working with raw materials like wood and natural stone, even the discarded fragments carry a quiet beauty. Instead of sending them to the landfill, Belgium-based designer Ariane van Dievoet explores how these remnants can take center stage in her…

Porta Venezia is one of booming Milan’s most sought-after neighborhoods. At its center is the new Hotel Calimala Milano, imagined by award winning architect Alex Meitlis as a historically sensitive homage to the Northern Italian metropolis and the Jannelli&Volpi wallpaper…

Balance is easy to understand, yet much harder to achieve in practice. Danish design, spurred by the concept of hygge, evokes a complete sense of calm and resolution. Informed by the human condition, these furnishings somehow foster comfort in even…

Valencia-based designer Alberto Sánchez, co-founder of MUT Design, has launched a new brand called BERTO. His first creation is Hidden Secrets: all the open-ended joy of the 1×1 brick, but this time, make it high design. Hidden Secrets comprises singular…

Some objects just have an alluring quality to them – that inherent je ne sais quoi that you can’t quite name, but you feel it before you even touch it. The Poet Sofa is one of those pieces. Designed by…

Independent branding agency Mother has offices around the globe, each reflective of their location and the work that takes place inside. For the company’s latest expansion in Los Angeles, Shadow Architects transformed a 15,000-square-foot complex into a hub for creatives.…

Twenty-five years ago, Felicia Ferrone’s foray into glassware began not with a client commission, but a self-initiated experiment inspired by lively dinners with friends. The result was the Revolution Collection – a set of glasses that flipped expectations with their…

We define ourselves through contrast, by what we are and what we are not. Unveiled internationally during this year’s 3daysofdesign, Armadillo proudly explores these narratives with its debut furniture collection Agra Forma. Designed by Sydney-based designer Tom Fereday, these furnishings…

Located dead center of the country, Marburg is one of those mid-sized German cities that has picturesque spires, pristine hilltop Gothic-style castles, and numerous Renaissance flourishes found along narrow cobblestone streets. Even though it’s the seat of pharmaceutical giants like…

Perched high above Ljubljana, Slovenia, a 731-square-foot apartment has been transformed with a bold, art-infused interior that feels equal parts gallery and home. Designed by alto design studio, the Onda Apartment reimagines what a 1980s building interior might look like,…

A well-organized entryway sets the tone for the rest of the home – it’s where we greet friends and family hello and goodbye, after all – and few know this better than Swedish brand Essem. Since the 1930s, the company…

Simplicity is one of our most powerful and elusive design principles, a ‘less is more’ mentality in keeping with sustainable practices in good design. The MT Chair from Pecadora is a compelling example of this – two pieces of bent…