Craftsmanship
Craftsmanship brings knowledge, techniques and practical skills to contemporary design. From artisans and workshops to manufacturers, traditional expertise informs how materials are shaped and objects are made, across limited editions and industrial production. Projects and collaborations reveal how craftsmanship evolves through new technologies, changing production methods and material research, while building on established practices.
Kronos: daily, ordinary things
At EDIT Napoli 2026, Kronos explores the relationship between everyday life and furniture, bringing together an established manufacturing culture and a younger approach to design.
Looking for balance: Matteo Ragni on Taami
How a cardboard prototype turned into a patented wooden balance board, and what it takes for a designer to bring an object to market
Traditional Japanese gilding techniques brighten contemporary interior design
Rekiseisha brings centuries-old Japanese craftsmanship into contemporary interiors with a brass-based alternative to gold leaf, offering decorative surfaces that combine metallic brilliance, durability and artisanal character.
EDIT Napoli 2026: on the importance of conversation and community
Italy’s southern capital hosted the eighth edition of EDIT Napoli; a fair dedicated to editorial design, focused on the relationships between design and its makers.
Maison&Objet Pulse 2026, beyond the fair and into the city
A look at the projects and emerging voices that animated the fair and Paris Design Week in September, moving between experimental materials, traditional savoir-faire, cultural heritage, self-building and…
Building a home with 2,500€ in a rural Bangladeshi village
Architect Xinyun Li’s unbuilt concept for a bamboo-weaving village in rural Bangladesh proposes a different kind of home, built with found materials and inherited skills.
A suspended seat with a story carved into it
Designed by Matteo Modica for Sublimio, aprile pairs a petal-shaped seat with a four-point ceiling suspension. Its 60-piece edition connects Italian craftsmanship to a narrative that becomes part…
Nothing was ever invented alone: a story about industrial districts
On chairs, taps, glass, blades, microchips and the communities that made them, because design and development cannot happen in isolation.
Where is contemporary African design going?
The inaugural Africa International Design Awards crowned its first winners in 2026, showing the styles, directions, and perspectives the continent is taking on.
Folding chairs: a history of contemporary living
Why are designers still obsessed with folding chairs? A journey through history, industrial design and contemporary experiments in adaptable furniture.
Fragments Becoming: turning timber offcuts into a new kind of marquetry
Copenhagen-based practice Studio Booboon extends a centuries-old inlay technique into three dimensionality, building cabinets, tables, and chairs from discarded wood.
Jia CURATED 2026: a festival rooted in the Indonesian landscape
As Bali’s leading platform for craft, design and culture moves to a new beachfront setting, this year’s edition asks what it means to build, gather and create in…