Design
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§ 02 Recent
Latest arrivals
The Breuer Building's First Test: Sotheby's Record-Breaking Design Sale
Hasselblad's Price Is a History, Not a Markup
The Blackwing Pencil's Near-Extinction and Uneasy Revival
How Muji Turned Design Subtraction Into Brand Power
The Bauhaus Century: How War Trauma Birthed Modern Design
Architecture of Decay: A Swedish Hut Built from Forest Infestation
Adobe’s New AI Experiment Automates Design for the Gen Z Gaze
The Engineering of the Perfect Line
The Calculated Provocation of Palantir’s Manifesto
§ 03 Editor's picks
- 01Design · L'ADN
The Architecture of the Digital Afterlife
As the market for AI-driven "grief tech" reaches $22 billion, digital avatars of the deceased are evolving from private novelties into fixtures of collective social ritual.
- 02Design · Designboom
Safdie Architects Designs a Cherokee Heritage Center Rooted in the Soil
By utilizing rammed earth and a decentralized layout, Safdie Architects proposes a Cherokee Heritage Center that feels like an extension of the Oklahoma landscape.
- 03Design · L'ADN
The Unstoppable Rise of the Dupe Economy
As luxury brands lose their legal and cultural battles against high-end imitations, a complex manufacturing ecosystem is blurring the lines between the original and the copy.
- 04Design · Dezeen
Minimalist Precision: WatchHouse’s New York Expansion
UK-based Thomas-McBrien Architects blends mid-century modernism with Donald Judd-inspired minimalism for WatchHouse's latest Manhattan outpost.
- 05Design · Core77
The Mechanics of a Cleaner Mop
Joseph Joseph’s UltraClean system replaces the traditional dunk-and-wring method with a dual-chamber bucket that separates clean water from grime.
§ 02 The Big Read
Analysis & context
§ 05 By topic
In focus on this desk
Massimo Dutti’s Paris Pop-Up Reimagines the Retail Environment
A ten-day intervention in Paris blends furniture, art, and apparel to create a "studio universe" that prioritizes atmosphere over traditional commerce.
The Frozen Motion of Bocci’s 93 Lighting
Designer Omer Arbel captures the chaotic flow of molten aluminum within hand-blown glass to create a series of singular, luminous objects.
Massimo Dutti’s Paris Pop-Up Reimagines the Retail Environment
A ten-day intervention in Paris blends furniture, art, and apparel to create a "studio universe" that prioritizes atmosphere over traditional commerce.
Material Desires: Alcova Repurposes the Baggio Military Hospital
At Milan Design Week 2026, a defunct medical complex serves as a backdrop for experimental objects that mediate between historical utility and speculative agency.
§ 06 More stories
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The Slap Bracelet as a Clinical Tool
By observing the frantic workflows of hospital staff, a Tokyo film manufacturer found a second life for its industrial coatings.
A Decade of Material Narrative: Iris Ceramica and Diesel Living
For Milan Design Week 2026, the long-standing partnership between Iris Ceramica and Diesel Living explores the human labor and cultural history embedded in industrial surfaces.
Rethinking the Architecture of the Suitcase
Australian brand July is betting that a top-down "trunk" opening can solve the fundamental design flaws of the modern carry-on.
Cold Traction: The FAT Ice Race Moves to Montana
Ferdi Porsche’s high-octane winter spectacle moves to Big Sky, balancing professional precision with a loose, enthusiast-driven atmosphere.
Framing the Sacred: A Cambridgeshire Extension’s Dialogue With the Past
Neil Dusheiko Architects uses pale brick and expansive glass to weave a modern family home into the shadow of a Grade-II* listed Gothic church.
Summerdown’s Revival of Black Mitcham Peppermint
A thirty-year effort to reintroduce an heirloom botanical strain finds its finest expression in a high-cocoa dark chocolate bar.
IKEA Reconsiders the Inflatable Chair
Decades after a high-profile failure in air-filled furniture, the Swedish giant returns to the medium with a design that prioritizes structure over pure buoyancy.
The Architecture of Illusion: Inside Chicago’s $50 Million Magic Mansion
A $50 million transformation turns a historic Michigan Avenue mansion into a 35,000-square-foot sanctuary for the art of illusion.
The Architecture of Disappearance on a Greek Peninsula
Ateno Architecture Studio embeds a stone residence into the untouched terrain of Meganisi, prioritizing ecological subtlety over visual dominance.
The Macaron System: Layering as Modular Strategy
Dutch brand Bert Plantagie and architecture studio Mecanoo debut a seating collection that translates the geometry of the French confection into flexible, bio-based furniture.
The Retreat Into Rarity: Why Design Is Moving Toward the Unique
As mass production loses its moral and aesthetic luster, the world’s premier design fair pivots toward limited editions and the cult of the creator.
Hermès Maps the Domestic Interior in Milan
At Milan Design Week, the French house uses a grid of beechwood volumes to explore the relationship between objects, alignment, and the traveler’s gaze.