John Tree and the discipline of reduction
There are designers whose personality explodes through their objects. And there are designers whose personality fuses with them. John Tree […]
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Design Practice
Under this section, we present a curated selection of articles on design practice — from business models and creative processes to education and the craft of building a design career. Everything you need to practice design with intention.
Quasizero is bridging the gap between biomaterials and additive manufacturing
There’s a restlessness that drives the best innovators in emerging fields, which is not the anxiety of someone trying to […]
Participatory design: what if we all made our own furniture?
The week before Milan Design Week 2026, Studio Smarin did something unusual at BASE Milano: they opened a workshop, invited […]
Lise Vester and designing for the mind
Lise Vester, a designer who struck me immediately because of her work. At first glance, her design felt like a […]
Swimming in the Pool or the Ocean?
When Tadanori Nagasawa, Executive Chairman and Former President of Musashino Art University, posed this question at a Design for Longevity […]
From flat to form: design’s meaning is still found in working with your hands
“Everything begins from flat.” A sheet of paper, a hide of leather, a film of resin are all, in their […]
This new resin 3D printer is aiming to close a significant market gap
In April 2026, Shenzhen-based Yidimu launched a Kickstarter campaign for the MagPro, a 14K desktop resin printer optimised for usability […]
There is no wrong way to sit: Bad Posture Chairs
The standard chair is a normative object. It has a seat, a back, often armrests, and it encodes in its […]
The outliers economy: who survives AI?
Everyone is telling us that yes, there is agentic AI, and it will transform the way we work and design. […]
Design as reconstruction: UNBROKEN at the Ukrainian Design and Innovation Week
There is a question that Ukrainian design has been forced to ask for more than three years now, a question […]
Tom Chung and the construction of a personal design process
When observing designers of a certain quality, it’s possible to recognize a recurring pattern. Beyond differences in language or medium, […]
Can the mop become a design object? From invisible utility to domestic desire
Today, visual storytelling and emotional projection are transforming objects associated with domestic labour into increasingly refined presences within the home, […]
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