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 […]
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Craftsmanship
Craftsmanship celebrates the knowledge, techniques and skills behind making. This section explores projects where traditional expertise meets contemporary design, highlighting artisans, workshops and manufacturers working across different materials and production methods. Craft remains an essential part of today's design industry, whether supporting limited editions or industrial production. DesignWanted follows projects that demonstrate how craftsmanship continues to evolve through collaboration, innovation and material research.
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, […]
Guatemala Designs by Hand: rediscovering craft through modern vision
One of the most enriching aspects – for both visitors and professionals – of international events such as Milan 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 […]
Thomas Bentzen’s evolutionary design: the art of the industrial archetype
When you look at Thomas Bentzen‘s work, something feels immediately right, but it is often difficult to articulate exactly why. […]
A fictional home, carved in stone, beneath a Brera Garden
Entering the spaces of Via Cernaia 1, where Margraf and Hannes Peer showcased their work together, you enter a space […]
Metalia, a note of materic love from ceramics to metal
Some collaborations work not despite their differences, but because of them. Metalia – the new collection developed by Laboratorio Paravicini […]
The sculptural pragmatism of Muller Van Severen: where art and industry converge
When we look at the work of Muller Van Severen, it is easy to fall into the trap of labeling […]
Tailored furniture and home accessories: Thai craft meets contemporary living
From April 21 to 26, 2026, the Host & Home section within the Thailand Pavilion at the Salone del Mobile […]
Thai Design at the crossroads of tradition and innovation
At the Salone del Mobile in Milan, the Host & Home 2026 section comes to life within the Thailand Pavilion, […]
Mastering materials: The future of Thai design
Materials often shape the identity of a project as much as form or function. At Host & Home 2026, presented […]
The boutique hotel in Japan that turned Heian into a design language
There is a site a short walk from Genji Kyoto where, more than a thousand years ago, a garden mansion […]
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