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Beyond Leather Transforms Scrap Material Into Lighting
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (236+ words) Our modern world holds many contradictions at once. Many facets of our day-to-day lives would have been almost unimaginable even fifty years ago, shaped as they are by technological development, societal shifts, and a growing awareness of climate consequence. And…...
IKEA PS 2026 Is a Love Letter to Playful Functionality
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (318+ words) These are not gimmicks nor graphic elements dressed up as design. They are functional objects with a wink coyly built in. IKEA PS 2026 seems to understand that good design goes beyond solving problems, giving users permission to live with a…...
Play With Matches: 5 Design Lessons from the Podcast
21+ hour, 28+ min ago (191+ words) In each episode, Play With Matches, the podcast hosted by Up Spring CEO Tiffany Rafii, delivers major takeaways from designers and industry experts " on everything from how to center craftsmanship to how good design can positively impact health. It redefines…...
Messe Frankfurt's Textile Platforms Make Material Progress Tangible
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (256+ words) For Messe Frankfurt, the answer is in an ecosystem. Through Techtextil, Texprocess, and Heimtextil, the organization has built a connected series of platforms that map the textile industry from fiber to finished application, from advanced material research to manufacturing technologies,…...
Cateto Club: An Architecture of Afterglow
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (146+ words) With professional degrees in architecture and journalism, New York-based writer Joseph has a desire to make living beautifully accessible. His work seeks to enrich the lives of others with visual communication and storytelling through design. When not writing, he teaches…...
Ome Dezin Restores a Whitney R. Smith Home in the Hills
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (214+ words) Ome Dezin looked to Milan, and to Villa Necchi Campiglio in particular, Piero Portaluppi's 1930s villa of lacquered surfaces, controlled luxury, and rooms that hold their composure under pressure. That sensibility surfaces in the color pairings and the low, structured furniture…...
An Almaty Apartment Composed in Sage, Sunlight, and Serendipity
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (477+ words) Whether you call it coincidence, intuition, or something closer to good fortune, that story set the tone for a home shaped as much by feeling as by floor plan. The apartment belongs to a family of five: a warm, creative…...
F5: Lidia Valdivia Talks Her Partner's Art, Nights in Cairo + More
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (406+ words) Born and raised in Nicaragua, Lidia Valdivia remembers her childhood residence fondly. "It was colorful, textured, imperfect, and full of personality," she says. "Nothing was overly designed, but everything felt intentional. I think a lot of my work today still…...
TAKK Welcomes Visitors to MAXXI with a Wild and Wonderful Installation
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (254+ words) It begins with a crib-like oval welcome station crowned in lights and dripping with florals. Luz'rraga and Mui'o have made a point of refusing the Modernist notion that decoration is frivolous, and their installation abounds with the flourishes seen in…...
These Revival Rugs Bring Summer Color Indoors and Out
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (431+ words) With seamless flow between all areas of the home, indoor-outdoor rugs are essential in high-traffic areas where people and pets gather. While durable, most of these pieces are on the serviceable end of the spectrum, in basic shades and a…...