Yuma Kano Transforms Forrest Debris into a Sustainable New Material.Tokyo-based designer Yuma Kano has developed ForestBank, a unique and innovative material that looks to find new value in our forests. Yuma repurposes twigs, leaves, and branches, bound by a water-based acrylic resin, transforming them...
Furniture & Product Designer Tom Fereday on Creating a Body of Work that Grows & Lasts a Lifetime.A unique figure in today’s design landscape with his star on the rise, Tom Fereday develops furniture and objects through a process of inquiry and collaboration. Fascinated by the tension that lies between natural materials and...
Pocket-sized Kaleidoscope: Praga Apartment in Warsaw by Mistovia.In true Mistovia’s enthusiastic memo ‘more is more!’, the design studio is back with another charming renovation in Warsaw, Poland. This compact apartment is an eclectic home with an explosive mix of textures and patterns reminiscent...
An Infinite Recycling Loop: Fake Realness by Palma and Nula Studio.For Madrid’s popular Urvanity Art Fair, Mexican architects Palma paired up with Madrid-based Nula Studio to present Fake Realness, an installation that explores the limits of reality and material fiction. Together, the two studios...
Less, Light, Local: ITA NORI Seaweed Installation by We+.Japanese design studio We+ has completed a research project that offers new value to discarded and non-edible nori seaweed, highlights two overlooked qualities in the food source as a material—its lightness and...
Dikka Bakery in Shanghai by Some Thoughts.We can already smell the aroma of fresh bread just by looking at Some Thoughts Studio’s Dikka Bakery in Shanghai—a pastry store that includes colour themes that incorporate comforting brown tones evocative of a freshly baked loaf....
A Shared Vision: IDEAL Restaurant by Lorenzo Botero & Martin Mendoza.Lorenzo Botero and Martín Mendoza have collaborated on IDEAL, a warm and textural restaurant in Bogota. Inspired by the desert geography of the southern United States and from Baja California to the north of Mexico, Lorenzo and...
Step Inside Bottega Veneta’s Veneto Atelier.A film by Massimiliano Bomba, Craft in Motion evokes Bottega Veneta’s collective ethos and shared commitment to quiet luxury. Alternating exterior and interior shots reveal the atelier’s serene, luminous setting in a restored...
From Unique Objects to Thought-provoking Ideas: Highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2023.Melbourne Design Week 2023 is over for another year but not without igniting curiosity, discovery and pride in our Australian design community. With the event’s enduring theme ‘Design The World You Want’ feeling increasingly more...
