How designers and brands actually work
Exploring how designers and brands work, collaborate and build their businesses. From creative processes and education to entrepreneurship and management, professional experiences reveal the methods and skills shaping design practice.
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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
By Laura Traldi / DesignAtLarge
Beyond the project: building a culture of learning in the design studio
What makes a design studio a meaningful place to learn? Its value emerges through the questions students ask, the relationships they build, and the judgments…
By Sheng-Hung Lee
Design alone is not enough: branding is the missing piece
A strong product can draw attention without making its maker memorable. Through Vitra, IKEA, Kartell and Cassina, we explore how design companies can develop…
By Alessia D'Alesio
The first Quiet Room in a public space in Milan defines spaces for different ways of being and living
Studiolatte and Slalom join forces with BASE Milano to give back to the city a space that speaks a plurality of languages, where softness,…
By Ludovica Proietti
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…
By Anna Lazzaron
Designing for a billion people: design leadership at a different scale
Patrizio Cionfoli, SVP & Chief Design Officer at Havells India, on leading a 50-person design team across five brands, designing for a billion-person market,…
By Patrick Abbattista
