Stories
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.
Silk and Milk
Tessa Silva’s Smock collection pays homage to historically gendered labour practices by using hand-pleated fabric and techniques and materials typically found in kitchens.
Future of Health
Brown Office’s Ward 2045 CO2e Monitor is a speculative device installation that monitors and visualises carbon emissions from hospital wards.
The Warehouse
Dartmouth College’s new flexible performance venue The Warehouse is designed to enable everything from club nights to intimate listening parties.