Jia CURATED 2026: a festival rooted in the Indonesian landscape
From the 13th to the 17th of August 2026, Jia CURATED returns to Bali for its fifth edition, bringing together […]
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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.
The pulse of design: Maison&Objet unveils its new identity
September is the month of restarting, the beginning of the end of the year – and also the month in […]
What if design could make science irresistible to kids?
Inside a growing number of Italian primary school classrooms, science is something children build, shake and observe with their own […]
5 graduate projects that show what design education is for
Design education is a fairly underrepresented field in design media, despite its importance. While it is certainly possible to create […]
Designing the Design Toolkit: the hidden design behind successful workshops
Right after celebrating the Fourth of July with family and friends in the United States, the quiet days that follow […]
Marc Morro and the clarity of construction
Marc Morro is one of those designers who immediately challenge your assumptions. Looking at his objects, you might imagine a […]
Rethinking outdoor living through everyday objects
As the warmer months return, spending time outdoors becomes an increasingly important part of daily life. Terraces, gardens, parks and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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