Stories
Bamboozling Lamp
Nosou’s new lamp 0º was designed and produced in rural Japan to support craftsmanship and manufacturing outside of the country’s urban centres.
Social By Design
Textile designer Leo Germanangue has created Designrs, a new app which connects a city’s creators, that combines his maximalist aesthetic with his desire to minimise screen time.
Transformative Repair
Guy Keulemans and Trent Jansen explore the design potential of wear and tear, in an exhibition that seeks to repair the objects we surround ourselves with.
A Bedroom in a Box
Thélonious Goupil’s Bienvenue spare bedroom expands hospitably out of a small, wooden box.
Presented as a Group
Communally designed, the Office Series objects by students from ECAL examines alternative, ego-less ways of working.
Witnesses of War
Prosthetic movement and wartime testimony form the core of A New Integrity, artist Nikita Kadan’s reflection on the costs of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The Chair that Wears it Well
Vitra’s new lounge chair Bascule, designed by Studio Œ, presents a different type of comfort than typical lounge chairs, with slouchy upholstery that accommodates movement and acts more like a jacket than a cushion.
Sleight of Hand
Special Projects’ speculative concept, Aperture, supports digital detox by allowing users to flip their phone case around to reduce their iPhone screens to a small window.
Mending Lands
Marte Mei van Haaster’s new collection, displayed at St Vincent’s gallery, presents a method of designing furniture out of plants used to remove toxic chemicals from the land.
Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble
Joseph Yang’s bricolage timber furniture, displayed at Seoul’s INSA Gallery, play with the construction logic of a traditional nong cabinet.
The Kinetics of Control
Yoshino Takayama’s kinetic machines, exhibited at Designtide Tokyo, reframe technological control through the vagaries of natural forces.
Industrial Continuity
Continuity, Edward Robinson’s exhibition with Jousse entreprise, explores an industrial designer’s approach towards furniture design.
Heirloom Comics
Pigment Collective’s new imprint, Argent Comics, is bringing luxury bookmaking techniques to the world of comics.
A Bowl Fit for a Palace
Isac Lindberg designs an architectural dessert bowl for Palace, a storied restaurant in central Helsinki.
The Gallery Industry
Duncan Riches discusses Unit.d, a new gallery for affordable industrial design, whose debut show includes works by Michael Marriott and Jasper Morrison.
Text-to-Clay
Designer and researcher Vera van der Burg trained an AI model to generate ceramic forms that she later hand-built in clay, challenging anthropomorphic ideas about the technology by treating it like a material.
The Lost Cloth Object
Stephen Burks Man Made collaborated with wood veneer company ALPI to create The Lost Cloth Object, a speculative ceremonial site designed to resemble Kuba textiles from the Democratic Republic of Congo.