A vending machine became a storefront for independent design
The conventional design market has many steps: galleries, companies, showrooms, retailers, which all add markups to products, leaving the designer […]
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Design spans products, services, systems and experiences that influence everyday life. This section brings together articles covering industrial design, product design, emerging practices, creative collaborations and the ideas shaping the discipline across different industries. At DesignWanted, design is presented as a field that connects creativity with production, technology, business and culture. The editorial selection follows established studios, independent designers and emerging voices, highlighting projects that reflect current developments across the design industry.
Ten years of shaping design in Central and Eastern Europe
There is a part of Europe whose design industry has transformed almost beyond recognition over the past decade. Central and […]
John Tree and the discipline of reduction
There are designers whose personality explodes through their objects. And there are designers whose personality fuses with them. John Tree […]
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 […]
How VAIA is turning the Xylella crisis into a new landscape of possibilities
Some environmental disasters arrive suddenly. Others unfold so slowly that communities only realize the scale of the loss when it […]
Can a sewing machine become the starting point for 10 different design stories?
Copenhagen’s design calendar is once again anchored by 3daysofdesign, Denmark’s official design festival and the city’s flagship Design Week. Running […]
Small, rooted, and future-thinking: why independent design festivals matter
Gentler Futures Festival, now in its third year, took place on June 5 and 6, 2026, at Mouraria Creative Hub, […]
The UK’s longest-running graduate design showcase is set for a new edition
New Designers 2026 is the moment the UK’s design industry goes to see what’s coming next. Not trend forecasts, not […]
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 […]
Edge and Ribbon, V12 Design know-how meets Chinese craftsmanship
An old Chinese proverb says: “a house is crowned by a gateway”, and this is one of the many inputs […]
The architecture of a door: how Lualdi is rewriting its international presence
Lualdi is an Italian brand that manufactures top-quality, made-to-measure design doors for interiors, but it has built its reputation on […]
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 […]
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