Collectible 2023: eight highlights at the Brussels collectors’ fair

COLLECTIBLE 2023 - Photo credit Michèle Margot.

Best of Collectible 2023: portable and collapsible thrones, polyurethane foam and fiberglass furniture, and wooden architectural seats exploring the act of resting across different cultures.

7 LA-based female designers shaping the city’s creative scene

Portrait of Kenesha Sneed - Photo via IG by Cindy Hsu Zell, follow @tactilematter

Model-turned-designer Meyghan Hill empowered herself by picking up a welding torch after a breakup. Emiliana Gonzalez and Jessie Young of Studio Persona interweave their feminine minimalism with Uruguayan brutalism. At the same time, Another Human’s Leah Ring challenges traditional constructs of form, drawing inspiration from the Memphis Group and outer space. Discover the work and stories of 7 LA-based female designers making a difference in the City of Angels.

Ung Svensk Form 2023: six circular furniture designs by promising Swedish talents

Granland by Simon Mattisson - Courtesy of Ung Svensk Form.

Platform and exhibition Ung Svensk Form 2023 at the Stockholm Furniture Fair featured several projects made from new recycled materials, repurposing neglected objects, or re-thinking waste as a design opportunity.

Stockholm Design Week 2023: ten furniture designs debuting in the Swedish capital

Pleated for Frank collection by Folkform x Svenskt Tenn - Photo by Svenskt Tenn.

Convivial Y-shaped urban benches, shifting hammocks/sofas, and 3D-printed high-end circular seats. Archipanic explored Stockholm Design Week 2023. Check what we liked the most!

Best of 2022: check our favourite design launches of the year

Draga & Auriel's GOLIA dining table + coffee tables - Courtesy of Draga & Auriel

From Japanese calligraphy-informed furniture to lighting designs inspired by brutalist places of worship. We rounded up our favourite design launches of 2022.

Dubai Design Week 2022: ten sustainable exhibitions and installations under the Burj Khalifa

Dubai Design Week 2022. Suhail installation by Reem Al Bustani - Courtesy of Dubai Design Week 2022.

Best of Dubai Design Week 2022: a pavilion made of upcycled fishing nets, an installation celebrating Iranian women’s endurance and persistence, and more.

Virgil Abloh, Jayme Hayon and more rethink the ladder at Galerie kreo’s ‘Step by Step’ design exhibition

Galerie kreo's 'Step by Step' - © Alexandra de Cossette, courtesy of Galerie kreo.

Galerie kreo tasked international designers to reinvent the humble and functional ladder, probably one of the least-cared-about objects of contemporary design.

Paris Design Week 2022: 7 design debuts under the Tour Eiffel

MOIRÉ collection by Élitis - Photo by Élitis.

Contemporary classicism, Middle Eastern memories, and Nature’s organic shapes are the key trends of Paris Design Week 2022. Check what we liked the most.

3 Days of Design 2022: 7 furniture designs debuting in Copenhagen

SUI chair by Raw Edges x +Halle - Photo by +Halle.

3 Days of Design 2022: Denmark’s furniture and lighting festival returns with a positive attitude, theme and incitement: ‘Remember to play!’ We have selected seven designs on display.

Best of Alcova 2022: 8 exhibitions at the Milanese independent design platform

Alcova 2022 - Photo by Mattia Parodi.

Alcova 2022: onyx portals, inflatable furniture and magmatic parallelisms. Archipanic’s editor-in-chief Enrico Zilli selected eight innovative design projects on show.

Tortona Rocks 2022 celebrates materials innovation and sustainability

Tortona Rocks 2022. Opificio 31, main entrance - Courtesy of Tortona Rocks.

Tortona Rocks 2022: discover an interactive musical lighting design show, anamorphic street art and rising talents from Germany and Slovenia.

Twelve flower-shaped chairs blooming with design

BLOOM easy armchair by Kenneth Cobonpue - Courtesy of Kenneth Cobonpue.

Archipanic’s new design contributor Antonella Galimberti collects 12 flower-shaped chairs and design stories to celebrate spring with comfy alcoves, vibrant petals and crafted bouquets.