Looking for balance: Matteo Ragni on Taami
Do you ever feel the temptation to keep a good idea to yourself rather than propose it to a manufacturer? […]
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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.
Traditional Japanese gilding techniques brighten contemporary interior design
Gold leaf has a centuries-long history in interior decoration, with applications ranging from wall coverings and screens to decorative panels […]
DESIGNART TOKYO 2026 gives a former highway a new creative role
A former highway in Ginza will become an exhibition venue for DESIGNART TOKYO 2026, placing design and art within infrastructure […]
EDIT Napoli 2026: on the importance of conversation and community
EDIT Napoli returned on 9-11 October 2026 to La Santissima and to several locations in Chiaia, with around 80 Italian […]
We Design Beirut 2027: the programme of the 3rd edition
From 26 to 30 May 2027, one of the Mediterranean’s most important and dynamic design events, We Design Beirut, returns, […]
Maison&Objet Pulse 2026, beyond the fair and into the city
This September edition of Maison&Objet Pulse came to an end, highlighting France as a worldwide destination for contemporary design, in […]
FIND brings the conversation on Asian design to Bangkok
What should international design contribute to a region with its own architectural traditions and changing ways of living? That question […]
Building a home with 2,500€ in a rural Bangladeshi village
In Para Dash, a bamboo-weaving village in Modonpur, Bangladesh, houses are built the way they have always been built: with […]
A suspended seat with a story carved into it
Lifting your feet from the floor is a small change in how you occupy a room. It is also the […]
Nothing was ever invented alone: a story about industrial districts
There’s a fantasy of isolation about how good things get designed. In it, someone withdraws to a garage or to […]
Jangir Maddadi brings classical architecture to the washbasin with Hellas
A regular sequence of shallow reliefs wraps around Hellas, the countertop washbasin designed by Jangir Maddadi for Ceramica Flaminia. Above […]
Poltrona Frau puts movement on the surface of Vanity Fair
An armchair might seem an unexpected choice to mark four decades of designing for mobility. For Poltrona Frau, the connection […]
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