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Pioneering approaches to eco-friendly design  with INCHfurniture and Impact Acoustic
From their early days in a furniture workshop in Borneo to their multidisciplinary riverside studio in Basel, industrial designers Thomas...
Redesigning the future of the office workspace with NORNORM founder Anders Jepsen
Just as no person is an island, no chair, table, or any piece of furniture exists in isolation. Each object...
Stefan Diez’s circular philosophy
What if the disposable could give way to the steadfast? Extraction to replenishment? Depletion to regeneration? If the future belongs...
Diandra Donecker: Female role models in art
“You would think that there are many females in the arts to look up to, but when you get higher...
Belgian design duo Muller Van Severen construct poetic furniture rooted in surrealism
While many view home renovations as a necessary evil, for Belgian designers Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen, the process...
Valencia-based artist and designer Jaime Hayon believes that hybridity is the mother of invention
“It’s really hard to define what I do,” admits the Spanish-born creative Jaime Hayon. Originally training in industrial design in...
Celebrating a new generation of makers, a female-led Italian design fair thinks outside the artist’s booths
In the historical center of Naples in the south of Italy, Domitilla Dardi and Emilia Petruccelli are creating Edit Napoli,...
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Defining future classics that blend heritage and innovation with design house &Tradition
Upon entering what feels like a sumptuous modern home in the center of Copenhagen, there’s no immediate tell-tale sign that...
By subverting the expected artist Katie Stout takes a welcome humanistic approach to her art
In a vast warehouse in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, Katie crafts couches out of various textiles and her signature...
Rethinking the domestic space with New York founder of TRNK, Tariq Dixon
“We lived these fleeting and transient lives as young people in New York City and never spent any time at...
Danish modernism takes a playful turn in the design studio of Mads Sætter-Lassen and Emil Krøyer
There’s no bling in the bedroom, though—only the hallmarks of contemporary Scandinavian design: whitewashed walls, wooden floors, simple accents. And...
Egg Collective: Highs & lows of a creative biz
“For Brutalism!” chimes in Hillary. “It has to be Brutus,” says Stephanie. “That’s Crystal’s cat.” Like all collectives, their origin...
On a high note in the studio of musician-turned-furniture-designer Jonah Takagi
Moments later, the free-form stories start flowing. He recalls, for instance, the exact moment he first thought about attending the...
Sculpture and design intersect with Canadian Furniture Designer Zoë Mowat
Based in Montreal and born to a sculptor mother and a psychiatrist father, Zoë grew up with a balance of...
Constructing a future collectively: How Cucula helps refugees establish a new life in Berlin
Back then, asylum seekers were camped out at Oranienplatz protesting their treatment by the EU. A year later, five of...
Marc & Paola Sadler's house of love
When asked when they met, Marc answers immediately “yesterday,” before jovially correcting himself, “no, twenty years ago.” An award-winning designer,...
Planted firmly on the ground: Albrecht von Alvensleben creates tables for everyday life
At Bullenberg, free thinkers can find the table that suits their lifestyle and outlast a wide variety of different living...
Seeing Beyond the Self-Evident with Award-Winning Designer Sebastian Bergne
Though Sebastian, once a student of the Royal College of Art, got his start producing objects for himself, one of...
Evan Clabots seeks out the unexpected details, imbuing personality into 3D-printed design
There was a girl involved, it’s true, but spend the day with Evan and one gets the sense that even...