Calendar
Current
Colour-ways: Lights Works by Liz West
At The Wilson, Cheltenham's Art Gallery and Museum
Past
Kara Walker
At Tate Modern
Current
Ulla von Brandenburg
At Palais de Tokyo
Current
Mondo Cane
At Bozar Brussels
Past
Van Eyck. An Optical Revolution
Museum of Fine Arts, Gent
Current
Home Stories 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors
At Vitra Design Museum
Long Reads
Locating Design
KIM1995: staying put
“Do you really need to fly to talk to your colleagues?” According to the Caribbean artist and designer KIM1995, the answer is no. In the era of digital communication, in which information moves quickly, KIM1995 has decided to practice a concept she calls “Sustainable Immobility.” So as not...
REM KOOLHAAS’ RURAL SUBLIME
Or the capitalist industrialization of the countryside
Countryside, The Future at New York’s Guggenheim sees the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas heading out of the cities for new pastures. But in a show that he describes as being about sociology, anthropology and politics, is its meaning or relevance like trying to find a needle in a haystack?
Domestic Chaos
What’s so great about streamlining?
Imagine if Albert Einstein had lived with the queen of decluttering Marie Kondo. A slight tension might have arisen when, in between Kondo organising categories of joyful order, Einstein was wandering around the house muttering his oft-quoted remark, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered...
Company News
A Labour of Love
Fashion designer Kris Van Assche of Berluti and gallery owner François Laffanour discovered a shared passion for the furniture Pierre Jeanneret designed for Chandigarh. With their joint skills coming together, a limited edition collection has restored and revived the originals.
Domesticated Enclosures
The Great Wall of China. The Garden of Eden. The Berlin Wall. The Maginot Line. The Atlantic Wall. The Walls of Constantinople. The Western Wall. And if he has his way, Trump’s dream of a "big, beautiful wall" between the US and Mexico. All these walls individually present their own division bet...
Riding Ghosts
Seeing isn’t believing but believing is seeing… even if you have been looking through your mind’s eye. We can all think up the image of the Loch Ness monster (Nessie) with its whale like body and small head, or picture a Yeti roaming Himalayan mountains with a body covered in reddish-brown h...
Productivity
Royal Botanica – Conix, Exes, Organic
Royal Botania designs iconic, luxury outdoor furniture for discerning clientele. By only using the highest quality materials combined with top craftsmanship, Royal Botania produces sleek, striking furniture collections. Royal Botania […]
Tobiias Grau – Salt & Pepper
SALT & PEPPER is designed for adaptive and creative lighting throughout the workplace and home. Smooth to hold and intuitive to use, it combines its classic hourglass form with advanced […]
Ondarreta – Common Situations
A Chair’s Life. Chairs are present in hotel rooms, fancy restaurants, modest diners and busy offices. There are chairs in bars, museums, decks, backyards, living rooms, dining rooms and bedrooms. […]
Mutina – The Cylinder Glass
The Cylinder Glass is the first limited edition project by Mutina and came about by its collaboration with Laboratorio Avallone. Designed by Gennaro Avallone, the vases were realised by master […]