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 […]
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Furniture
Interior spaces without furniture are just empty rooms. From sleek and minimal to pop or luxurious pieces, the choice of furniture gives much of the character of a space that otherwise would be a soulless and hollow body of architecture. Furthermore, furniture design represents one of the biggest branches and economic generators within the field of design. From the blue and yellow corporation to tiny studios signatures, furniture scopes all range of firms and designers.
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 […]
CLEANUP brings kitchen, basin and shower into a portable format
Water, in the Western domestic tradition, is infrastructure – something that arrives through walls, disappears through floors, and organises the […]
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 […]
MIFF 2026 strengthens ties between Asian design and global markets
In a time marked by instability, positioning yourself as a solid reference point within the design and furniture industry is […]
IKEA PS collection returns for its 10th edition with playful functionality
For IKEA, design has always brought together joy and meaning: quality, functionality, and prices that challenge the idea that design […]
Salone Raritas and the ambivalent promise of collectible design
When William Morris published his lecture The lesser arts of life in 1877, he asked a question that his audience […]
Doing more with less: a chair that reimagines structural intelligence
The Flex Chair is Madhu Rajan‘s thesis project, shown at ICFF 2025 in New York, a side chair made from […]
Linen, hemp, wood shavings. Polish Modernism at Torre Velasca
Isn’t something quietly radical about placing a Polish Modernist exhibition on the sixteenth floor of Torre Velasca – a building […]
Iconic debuts and immersive installations on domestic rituals marked IKEA’s presence in Milan
Milan Design Week has long been IKEA’s preferred stage for stepping outside the showroom and into something altogether more experiential. […]
Infiniti and Nichetto redefine the monobloc chair with Linnéa
Lightweight and affordable, the monobloc plastic chair is one of the most common household items and, since the 1960s, has […]
Jusoor Design Collections lands in Milan, framing Saudi Design as a practice of exchange
Five Saudi designers, three international collaborations, one room at Pinacoteca di Brera during a week when every courtyard in Milan […]
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