Yuya Zhou’s Genesis and the design of impermanence
Most design objects are inherently designed for permanence. Industrially produced objects are made to last, their form is fixed, materials […]
Wind to Watt: wind as a resource accessible to everyone
When we talk about renewable energy for homes or small businesses, we immediately think of solutions like solar panels, forgetting […]
Releaf: the design challenge of making sustainable plastics desirable
During design-related events, new materials have become a kind of background noise. Bio-based, recycled, regenerative, circular: the vocabulary has settled […]
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 […]
A charming bracelet can translate between sign and spoken language
In May 2026, Samuel Nagel and Paul Feiler, two students from the University of Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd, were awarded […]
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Edge and Ribbon, V12 Design know-how meets Chinese craftsmanship
An old Chinese proverb says: “a house is crowned by a gateway”, and this is one of the many inputs […]
How do you design a school when there is no land left?
As cities continue to densify and urban growth places increasing pressure on available land, designing a school means confronting a […]
Urify: the toilet cleaner that detects early signs of disease
In recent years, design applied to medicine has increasingly demonstrated how collaboration between these fields can help create new products […]
Smart living, materials innovation, and global sourcing meet under one roof
If you want to understand where the built environment is heading — not in five years, but now, at the […]
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