Design

We all have interests that converge, even when they seem oceans apart in similarity. For Chinese architects Quanquan Liu and Shengdi Fu of Atelier Gegeben, they made the unlikely merging of interests happen for a privately commissioned project. Their client,…

Architecture and interior design office Kinzo recently completed a city-themed office for Evangelisches Siedlungswerk (ESW), a Protestant social housing company in the Hasenbergl neighborhood of Munich. The area, once considered to be socially disadvantaged, has undergone significant urban developments that…

Danish designers Laura Bilde and Linnea Blæhr work to combine functionality and sculptural expression through materials and shapes, bringing together tactility, sensuousness, and enticement for the end result. The two women recently combined their talents with Ege Carpets’ capabilities for…

Celebrating a decade of collaboration, renowned studio Barber & Osgerby created a new tile collection for Italian ceramics brand Mutina, one that reflects the beauty of something created over time – fittingly, much like their partnership. The collection, aptly named…

Nothing is quite as kawaii as Japanese stationery and paper paraphernalia, and Hitotoki’s latest offering for KING JIM is proof of that. The stationery brand recently launched Coffret, a collection of peel and stick PET film stickers designed by Japanese…

Poured, pounded, polished, and sometimes patinated, Irish maker Niamh Barry’s process working with bronze is something like practicing alchemy. But the real sorcery is the transmutation of her ideas into a marriage of craftsmanship and modern innovation. Self-taught in metalwork,…

In the midst of the first months of the invasion of Ukraine, where uncertainty loomed over daily life, the 2BM Apartment in Kyiv became a symbol of creativity and resilience. Led by architects Volodymyr Petrunok, Roman Savchuk, and Olexandra Alioshkina of…

In this week’s Milkshake, we talk to the French-born, U.S.-raised designer about mastering his materials, and his creative ambitions. Djivan Schapira’s latest collection, titled Solar Sailor, seems to be plucked from a utopian future, idyllically Space Age, luxurious and grand.…