Joris Laarman weaves craft and technology at Friedman Benda’s Symbio exhibition
In New York, the Dutch designer’s Symbio and Ply Loop collections merge computational design and biodegradable materials.
NYCxDESIGN 2026: seventeen must-visit exhibitions in New York City
Biophylic benches, quirky creatures, listening bar consoles, and more. We rounded up some of the best exhibitions and installations at NYCxDESIGN 2026.
Design Miami 2025: Design as a Force for Optimism and Invention
Design Miami 2025 celebrates twenty years of joyful imagination — from blooming stone gardens to retro-futuristic memorabilia, mischievous monster lamps, and iridescent aquatic dreamscapes.
Design Miami lands in Seoul for the Illuminated design exhibition
Framed by Zaha Hadid’s sinuous architecture, the ‘Illuminated: A Spotlight on Korean Design’ exhibition invites you on a journey through the country’s creative DNA.
Design Miami 2024 celebrates 20 years of blue-sky-thinking design
Design Miami 2024: ten optimistic and out-of-the-box exhibitions shining a light on design that exceeds expectations.
DesignMiami Paris 2024: Twelve Highlights at L’Hôtel de Maison
DesignMiami Paris 2024 features over twenty renowned international design galleries in dialogue with the Parisian mansion’s stunning interiors and gardens.
Design Miami Basel 2024: ten highlights from the collectible design fair
Design Miami Basel 2024: a tribute to the late Gaetano Pesce, an exploration of plastic materiality, and a tech take on Japanese crafts.
NYCxDESIGN 2024: 15 design highlights in New York City
NYCxDESIGN 2024: New York gears up for a healthy design dose. The metropolis-wide creative festival takes over the city. Check out what we like the most!
Radical architect, educator, and designer Andrea Branzi passed away aged 84
Designer, artist, architect, and academic, Andrea Branzi was a pioneer of a radical design ideology. He passed away on October 9, 2023.
NOMAD Capri 2023 celebrates the Mediterranean Sea with design
NOMAD Capri 2023: Murano blown-glass floors climbing the walls, vibrant bulbous creatures, Mediterranean-inspired turquoise design, and more.
DesignMiami/ Basel 2023: seven highlights at the Swiss fair
AI-powered chairs, Space Age dining rooms and consoles from upcycled oil barrels. DesignMiami/ Basel 2023 blends past, present and future.
NYCxDesign 2023: 16 must-visit exhibitions in New York City
Urban beehives, a narration on contemporary symbolism, funky sculptures, and a tit-for-tat exhibition against plagiarism are among the 16 must-visit exhibitions of NYCxDesign 2023, New York’s celebration of design.
Break to Make: Nendo and Daniel Arsham inject new functionality by breaking furniture
Nendo and Daniel Arsham are quite a disruptive couple, literally. Check what they have been up to in Milan at the Break to Make exhibition.
Milan Design Week 2023: 15 must-visit design exhibitions
Desacralized chandeliers, Elvis’ sofas, repurposed broken furniture, ultramarine tableware, and knitted chairs. 15 must-visit design exhibitions in Milano.
Design Miami/ Basel 2022 explores the myth of ‘The Golden Age’ for a better and resilient future
Ukrainian ancient crafts, Louis Carrol’s in-wonderland quirky furniture and Gio Ponti’s ode to colour. Design Miami/ Basel 2022 looks back to look forward. The Golden Age, reimagined.
Samuel Ross design collections track back 300 years of Black culture
Samuel Ross’ new furniture collections blend European and Western African references to explore Black culture’s wounds and hopes, from the African diaspora to contemporary struggles.
Design Miami 2021 dodges hypes exploring the ‘Human Kind’ theme
Design Miami 2021 focuses on human-based projects. From ceramic vessels reinterpreting the African diaspora to ‘floral’ cabinets exploring ideas of ephemerality, decay, and more.
7 poetic designs on show at Design Miami/ Basel 2018
Snuggle-up alcoves within endangered monsters’ hugs, bespoke thrones in a barn and ‘watercoloured’ furniture… 7 poetic designs debuting at Design Miami/ Basel 2018.
Nendo’s Watercolour collection looks like is made of painted paper
Nendo debuts at Design Basel 2018 with the poetic Watercolour collection: steel furniture were treated to look like they were cut our from a paper sheet with bleeding blue-hues.
NYCxDESIGN 2018: 12 must-see exhibitions in New York
NYCxDESIGN 2018 – An inflatable pavilion in Times Square and a giant Sottsass-inspired mural in Brooklyn’s Industry City but also a contemporary take on Shakers’ furniture and Norwegian-American collaborations. The best of New York Design Festival is on Archipanic.
2017 DesignMiami/ Basel: 8 exhibitions at the Swiss collectible art/design fair
Terrazzo tiles made from recycled Swarovski and Mars inspired furniture. Archipanic selected 8 design exhibitions at 2017 DesignMiami/ Basel.
Unbreakable design: casting style with concrete, quartz, marble and lava
Arik Levy, Ivanka, gt2P and more launch a new trend for unbreakable design in Miami. Heavy to lift, comfortable to sit on and great to look at.
Asymmetrical Symmetry: Friedman Benda previews 2017 design-shows in Miami
At DesignMiami/, New York City gallery Friedman Benda previewed 2017 solo exhibitions with Asymmetrical Symmetry: two parallel design settings juxtaposing frenzy mood with sober style, non-traditional materials with natural ingredients.
Ten unexpected creatures take over DesignMiami/ 2016
DesignMiami/ 2016 kicked off. We selected ten unexpected creatures on show: from Nordic leprechauns to golden mammoth skeletons but also funky African monsters and in-wonderland cabinets.
Nendo creates 50 Manga chairs for Friedman Benda exhibition at Milan Design week
Inspired Japanese manga comics, Nendo created a series of 50 chairs that translate GULP!, BANG, SLURP and BOING into furniture design.