Most textile collections start with a mood board. Alisa Benfey’s started with her neighborhood: a fistful of marigolds from her own garden, onion skins saved from the kitchen, chrysanthemum petals, and tree leaves gathered on walks around Los Angeles, where she lives and works. It’s an unglamorous inventory for what became Slow Color, her new
The designers discuss how the design industry's appetite for daring ideas disappeared, and why clear vision now matters more than versatility.
Mia Kazovsky and Emma Marciano built Mimchik around clothes designed to be worn, revisited, and lived in long after the moment passes.
The designers discuss how small creative acts can reshape entire systems, and why the digital world needs more playfulness.
The Russian-born, Puglia-based designer behind Marina Eerrie turns deadstock fabric and vampire movies into meticulous fashion.
Alkemis co-founders Maya Crowne and Price Latimer spent three years building a paint made from crushed quartz and mineral pigments.
Two designers discuss why naivety is a design tool, what waste materials really mean, and why the process of making matters more than the result.
Tinka Weener is turning Greek mythology and Indian hand-beading into a fast-rising luxury label.
Designer and metalworker Leon McKay's new practice is slower, more uncertain, and more alive.
How Joe Freshgoods built one of streetwear's most respected independent brands on Chicago's own terms.
For decades, the wire inside a light fixture was something you worked around. Designer Andy Morter decided to make it the focus.
Drawing from anime, grunge, rave culture, and navigating fashion's gender divide, Fang NYC is a knitwear label that refuses easy categorization.
Isamu Noguchi designed the Akari light sculpture series beginning in 1951 in Gifu, Japan. Built from washi paper and bamboo, the lamps married an ancient chochin lantern craft with modernist form, and seventy-five years on, they remain the most widely recognized Japanese-American design of the twentieth century. Every authentic example is still hand-produced by the
Inspired by sacred symbolism, its curved form brings warmth and a sense of connection.
Reclaimed wood is sculpted to mimic worn fabric.
Sharp lines and forward motion meet weightless, meditative comfort.
His triangular void becomes a space to explore, adjust, and find the perfect fit.
A serpentine silhouette reimagines a legend as one of strength and self-determination.
Ingo Maurer designed the YaYaHo wire system in 1984. In Milan, Axel Schmid's team hung the same cables with new paper, LED strands, and small umbrellas that sit on top of the wire instead of dangling from it.
The Touch Me, Feel Me Chair is a surreal design where material and touch converge.
Fluid curves and sculptural form combine with ergonomic comfort.
The sculptural armchair evokes the curves of the body and the joy of motion.
A thousand sheets of manila paper reveal depth, shadow, and geometric elegance.
Industrial foam and metallic surfaces combine to create a playful, uncanny lounge chair.
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