Fly in Style at the Coach Airways Store Inside a Plane
Coach turns a grounded Boeing 747 in Malacca, Malaysia, into a store and cafe, with boarding passes for entry.
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12 Cutting Edge 3D-Printed Furniture Designs
Design something, upload a file, press a button. A few hours later you have a chair—or, more likely, a first draft. The world of 3D printing is hardly new at this point, with everything from tables to vases being created, layer by layer. The technology is exciting because of the way it can create structures
Anthropomorphic Design Builds a Beautiful Lifestyle
By embodying the soft curves, textures, and skin-like hues of the human body, these designs bear witness to our inherent vanity as a species as we revel in and celebrate the beauty that is uniquely ours.
Transparent Fashion and Body-Inspired Furniture Reveal Design Today
The interplay of sheer and opaque looks define today’s best fashion, while anthropomorphic furniture, like the chairs designed by Sarah Ellison for Design Within Reach, are increasingly popular in living spaces.
Modern Lighting Designs Amaze with Organic Silhouettes
Stunning modern lights expertly combine organicism and geometry in silhouettes that reflect life as much as they illuminate it.
Alice Mesguich Photographs Spaces like Still Life Paintings
Photographer and art director Alice Mesguich captures scenes with such careful attention to detail that her photos often resemble a work of art.
7 Infinitely Touchable Hardware Designs
Fingertips meet these well-designed pulls, hooks, and knobs every day. Removed from the drawer, wall, or door, the feel of them in the hand is just as recognizable.
Our Favorites from Copenhagen’s Annual Design Festival
Sun spilled down in Copenhagen last week for 3daysofdesign, illuminating all of the city’s best angles for the tenth anniversary of the festival. Watching locals dive into the city’s famously pristine canals, I almost ditched the design festival to splash around instead—but after biking and walking to open studios and showrooms citywide, I concluded without
This Danish Brand’s Vision for Creativity Involves Local Produce
Frama uses fresh vegetables to spark mindfulness and creative collaboration at Il Mercato.
The Weight of Wood Shows the Material is More than a Commodity
Think of Scandinavian design, and you probably picture wood—perfectly steam bent backrests and geometric beech built-ins. In considering wood’s domination in Scandinavian furniture, design duo Christian+Jade realized wood as an omnipresent product has become alienated from the forest and the tree as a living being. To begin to rectify this disconnect and understand wood as
Nature Inspires the Mindbending Architectural Installations by Patternine
Designer Craig Woehrle translates the power of nature into calculated designs for stunning installations.
Fermob Infuses Energy into Outdoor Living Spaces
Inherently, energy and color are tightly intertwined. “That’s the magic of colors: They are intelligent and stimulating, solely capable of setting the tone,” says Marion Bouvet, color specialist and chief of visual identity and merchandising for French outdoor living brand Fermob.
Inside Living with Photographer Fabian Martínez
The Mexican photographer amplifies the earthiness of living spaces through soft light and shadow.
The Ligne Roset Togo Sofa Remains Infinitely Desirable
The sofa’s endless appeal has persisted through 50 years of continuous production.
A Swiss Fair Aims to Put Design Galleries on the Global Map
Design Miami/ is actually nowhere near Miami this month. The fair, which gathers the most notable collectible design from around the world for audiences full of collectors, makes its return to Basel, Switzerland from June 13-18. This year Design Miami/ Basel embraces a new format, intending to bring about a more intimate experience by highlighting
The Best New Sneakers are More Like Sculptures
Designers and stylists today are drawn to neutral colors and experimental styles.
The Best of Milan Design Week 2023
Milan Design Week 2023 left us in awe of the industry's ability to innovate, inspire, and shape the future of living.
Taoxichuan Hotel Celebrates the Power of Ceramics
The Taoxichuan Hotel is a tribute to the technique and experience of porcelain in the heart of its birthplace.
Birmingham Design Festival 2023 Asks What is Possible with Imagination
As we recover from quarantine and social distancing (bring your hand sanitizer—shaking hands is back) many festivals have had the time to develop new programs and structures to reengage attendees, like Salone del Mobile’s festival redesign. Birmingham Design Festival is no different—returning June 8 and 9, the two day extravaganza includes the first in-person BDF
Forma Rosa’s Bubbling Ceramics Look About to Burst
Brooklyn-based Forma Rosa Studio, Maria Teresa Castillo and Santiago Braby Brown, designs ceramic lamps and vessels in code from natural growth patterns and has them slip cast in Peru.
Andreu World’s New Milan Showroom Casts Sunlight on Sustainable Design
Patricia Urquiola designed Andreu World's new Milan showroom in a glass-and-steel building at Porta Garibaldi, with open screens that let the sun through and materials chosen to match the brand's C2C certified catalog.
Salone del Mobile Looks to the Future
Salone del Mobile's 61st edition returned to its April slot, drew more than 307,000 visitors and brought back Euroluce. What stood out at Rho, at La Scala and across the city.
Learn from the Unexpected at By Design Conference 2023
By Design’s annual conference on design and business in Bratislava, Slovakia is always a perfect place for anyone in a creative industry to connect—but this year, multidisciplinary overlap is encouraged more than ever as the conference focuses on “unexpected connections.” In a single day packed with well-curated talks, By Design aims to bring professionals from
16 of the Most Interesting Designs at Alcova 2023
Alcova 2023 filled the former Porta Vittoria slaughterhouse with more than 100 exhibitors and drew more than 90,000 visitors. Sixteen designs that stood out.