Folding chairs: a history of contemporary living
Few objects seem to capture today’s design discourse better than folding chairs. Alongside bending, modular systems and the disappearance of […]
Small speaker, smaller footprint: how to do sustainable tech right
The Google Home Speaker, introduced in June 2026, doesn’t look so different from the smart speakers that have been sitting […]
Fragments Becoming: turning timber offcuts into a new kind of marquetry
Every workshop generates waste. Offcuts, trims, the odd-shaped remainder of a board that’s been cut, these are the by-products of […]
Designing the hospitals of tomorrow with PARK and Carlo Ratti Associati
Brescia is not an obvious place to look for a rethink of what public architecture should be like. It is […]
Can design really support mental wellbeing? 7 projects exploring the question
Design has always created objects in relation to the human body. Today, however, a different tendency is emerging, as its […]
Kiaura Collection: seating designed around the body in motion
Designed and created by Aaron DeJule for KI, the Kiaura Collection is not just another seating project, but a new […]
Jia CURATED 2026: a festival rooted in the Indonesian landscape
From the 13th to the 17th of August 2026, Jia CURATED returns to Bali for its fifth edition, bringing together […]
Inviting biology into architecture through minimal surface geometry
Rameshwari Jonnalagedda is a London-based architect and designer whose work sits at the intersection of computation, digital fabrication, and biology. […]
Is it necessary to add an AI assistant button to retro feature phones?
HMD quietly releases a series of Nokia retro feature phones that add a dedicated AI assistant button as the confirm […]
What a children’s toy can teach us about considered design
James Murphy‘s brief for his final-year project at Nottingham Trent University was short and specific: design a piece of furniture […]
EJE Belgrade, Yugoslav modernism meets the Japanese listening bar
Designed by the Paris-based studio Supaform, EJE Belgrade (Esthetic Joys Embassy) is an original space that can be summed up […]
Is nomadic living the future? With KOMPISHÄNG, IKEA seems to think so
When change is the only constant. That is how IKEA introduces KOMPISHÄNG, its new collection, and it is difficult to […]