Quasizero is bridging the gap between biomaterials and additive manufacturing
There’s a restlessness that drives the best innovators in emerging fields, which is not the anxiety of someone trying to […]
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Design Practice
Design practice explores the methods, decisions and professional realities behind contemporary design. This section gathers articles on creative processes, business models, design education, entrepreneurship, studio management and the skills that shape a design career. At DesignWanted, design practice is covered as an essential part of the profession, extending beyond the final outcome to examine how designers work, collaborate, build businesses and navigate a rapidly changing industry. The selection highlights experiences, strategies and perspectives from established professionals as well as emerging voices.
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 […]
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 […]
Swimming in the Pool or the Ocean?
When Tadanori Nagasawa, Executive Chairman and Former President of Musashino Art University, posed this question at a Design for Longevity […]
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 […]
This new resin 3D printer is aiming to close a significant market gap
In April 2026, Shenzhen-based Yidimu launched a Kickstarter campaign for the MagPro, a 14K desktop resin printer optimised for usability […]
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 […]
The outliers economy: who survives AI?
Everyone is telling us that yes, there is agentic AI, and it will transform the way we work and design. […]
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 […]
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, […]
Can the mop become a design object? From invisible utility to domestic desire
Today, visual storytelling and emotional projection are transforming objects associated with domestic labour into increasingly refined presences within the home, […]
The joint as a statement: Benedetta Licini’s FRAME
The joint has always been an often dismissed but attractive element for designers, explored in its most practical forms, like […]
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