‘The Shakers: A World in the Making’ exhibition at Vitra Design Museum
Form follows function… and devotion. Vitra Design Museum celebrates the Shakers, the 18th-century American religious community with a visionary design legacy.
Pictograms: How Japanese Design Shaped a Universal Visual Language
At Japan House London, a new exhibition celebrates the global impact of pictograms, those clever little icons we see everywhere, from street signs to smartphone screens, with a special focus on Japanese design.
Ten Outdoor Chairs That Make You Want to Stay Outside All Day
Inspired by Renaissance gardens, baseball stitches and racing bikes, these outdoor chairs make you want to sit back, relax, and maybe never go back inside.
Take a Seat, Take a Swing: Six Design Hammocks for Stylish Laid-Back Living
Whether you’re after a sculptural showpiece or a serene slice of comfort, these design hammocks prove one thing: life’s a little sweeter when you’re hanging in the air.
The Elements by The New Raw: From Sea Waste to Shore Style
The New Raw upcycles ocean plastic into The Elements, a sustainable beach furniture collection with a 3D-printed twist.
Cool Off in Design: Outdoor Showers That Make a Splash
These seven portable, innovative, and colourful outdoor shower designs steal the scene by the pool or in the garden.
Design Parade 2025: creativity blossoms on the French Riviera
Best of Design Parade 2025: solo exhibitions by Jaime Hayon and Harry Nuriev, as well as furniture collections by emerging talents, and a celebration of children’s design.
+Halle launches SHRINX Lounge Chair, a frame of resistance
Designed for clubs and flexible public spaces, the SHRINX Lounge Chair by Boris Berlin features a pre-sewn textile cover that gently drapes over a steel frame, eliminating the need for unsustainable polyurethane foam upholstery.
Six Nature-Inspired Outdoor Lighting Designs That Bring Poetry to Summer Nights
From soft glows to gentle motion, these outdoor lighting designs seamlessly blend with nature to transform gardens and terraces into enchanting landscapes.
Iittala Brings Nordic Rituals to Copenhagen with Its AW25 Debut
With the new A/W25 collection, Iittala invites us to slow down, tune in to seasonal shifts, and find beauty in everyday rituals.
A Finnish Fusion: Artek+Marimekko Capsule Collection
Alvar Aalto’s furniture designs for Artek are reinterpreted with Marimekko’s bold patterns: a Finnish fusion unveiled in Copenhagen.
Reishi in the Nordic Light: MycoWorks Joins Forces with Danish Designers at 3 Days of Design
The ‘Reishi in the Nordic Light’ mycelium-based collection brings together Danish design legacy with bio-innovation.
Muuto’s Dream View Bench by Lise Vester is designed for sky-gazing
Recline, look up and dream a little. Lise Vester’s Dream View Bench “reminds us to reconnect with those fleeting moments of beauty.”
Hem launches Palma Pouf, a paw-like pillowy seat series by British-Ghanan ‘rising star’ Kusheda Mensah
Palma Pouf invites people to gather, lounge, perch, and connect. It’s casual, a little unconventional, and endlessly welcoming—just like a good friend.
3 Days of Design 2025: eighteen must-visit exhibitions in Copenhagen
Check out our design guide for 3 Days of Design 2025 in the Danish capital. From cutting-edge sustainable materials to a floating textile installation, unexpected design pairings, and more.
Give Them Fantasy exhibition showcases queer design thinking in New York City
LGBT+ project Design Dysphoria and Gotham join forces to explore design space through a queer perspective at the Give Them Fantasy group exhibition.
Lisbon Design Week 2025: A Celebration of Craft, Community, and Conscious Creation
Lisbon Design Week 2025 brought together the city’s vibrant creative community with honest, rooted craftsmanship.
The ‘Paraphernalia: Desire’ exhibition in New York showcases gentle acts of design
From a hand mirror with the ergonomics of a river stone to a real-time depiction of our solar system. At the ‘Paraphernalia: Desire’ showcase, even the smallest objects can hold our biggest emotions.
‘The Independents’ exhibition by Colony celebrates New York City’s indie design scene
Creative platform Colony reaffirms its commitment to empowering a design community with ‘The Independents’ exhibition during NYCxDESIGN.
NYCxDESIGN 2025: 14 must-visit exhibitions at New York Design Week
Best of NYCxDESIGN 2025: a tribute to independent designers, a provocative showcase questioning misinformation, miniature dioramas, a poetic take on wood, and more.
CHROMA multi-sensory exhibition celebrates Swiss design in NYC
The CHROMA exhibition is a “playground for the senses,” inviting visitors to touch, feel, and explore Swiss craftsmanship and design.
‘small MUJI’ exhibition: Tatsuya Tanaka transforms MUJI products into tiny worlds
Socket boards become skyscrapers, biscuits become furniture, and Times Square is made of rubber stamps. The ‘small MUJI’ exhibition is about serendipitous ingenuity.
US Pavilion in Venice explores the porch as an act of generosity in American architecture
A mass timber structure welcomes visitors to the United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The exhibition explores the porch as a powerful architectural and cultural space of welcoming, community, and imagination.
Rethinking marble: seven projects bringing the material outside of its comfort zone
From Zaha Hadid Architects’ marble dust mixture for architecture to creative solutions upcycling worthless off-cuts, we selected innovative projects, products, and collaborations rethinking marble.
Magnificat exhibition in Milan pays tribute to independent design
Refined yet humble craftsmanship, genuine storytelling, and an honest upcycling attitude defined the Magnificat exhibition, which highlighted the human-centred and materials research-driven values of independent designers.
Seven ‘conscious objects’ at Isola Design Festival
The playful Conscious Objects exhibition in Milan engaged visitors through multiple senses, allowing them to hear, play, touch, taste, interact, and sometimes even become part of the experience.
The Muuto Milan Design Apartment reflects the feeling of changing seasons
At the Muuto Milan Design Apartment, a colourful interior design featured the brand’s new collections.
Euroluce 2025: twelve unconventional lighting designs shining at Salone del Mobile
Euroluce 2025: tiny car lamps racing on an electric toy track, a creasable luminous tapestry, a ‘messy’ chandelier in total white, and more.
Carlo Ratti Unveils Essential, The 2026 Winter Olympics Torch Design
Essential is a pair of iridescent, sleek, cylindrical, lightweight torches “stripping away superfluous design to truly highlight the Olympic and Paralympic flame,” explains Carlo Ratti.
JoAnn Tan and Luca Nichetto design magical beasts for Bolon’s Exodus installation
At the Exodus installation, a serpent-like hybrid creature, oversized bugs, migrating birds, and a blue pangolin populate a historic Milanese house.