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Materials expert 3form introduces a woodland-inspired Biophilic Graphic Patterns collection that looks no further than the brand’s backyard for inspiration. Located less than 200 miles from 3form’s Salt Lake City headquarters is Pando the Tree, a colony of Aspen trees connected by a single root structure that dates back 2.6 million years. Fascinated by the Aspen trees’ rich...

I moved recently and needed a new furniture set for the living room. High on the list was an out-of-sight home office workstation that flowed with the living room layout. My requirements for the project: – TV unit, sideboard and bar in same look and feel– hidden workspace for teleworking– simple and understated– bring some warmth to my...

“Say Her Name” (2021), glass beads and rhinestones on canvas. All images © Demond Melancon, courtesy of Arthur Roger Gallery, shared with permission Through intricately woven displays of minuscule glass beads and rhinestones, Big Chief Demond Melancon continues a legacy. He belongs to the tribe of the Young Seminole Hunters in New Orleans, where he was born and...

“Nothing else is quite like concrete,” says Kast Concrete’s founder and managing director Tim Bayes. The word’s been out about concrete’s versatility and modern warmth for some time, having recovered from the period when it was most closely identified with the severe austerity of Brutalist structures like Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse and London’s Barbican Centre & Estate. Even...

SPACE10, the independent research and design lab of IKEA, launched a 14-day festival in the heart of Mexico City’s Roma Norte district. The pop-up – designed in collaboration between spatial design lead Kevin Curran and creative studio Niños Heroes – transformed LOOT, a gallery space that consists of two main configurations, into an exhibition area and an office...

All images by Hiroyuki Oki, courtesy of Vo Trong Nghia Architects A glowing welcome center of interlaced bamboo stands at the entrance of the resort Grand World Phu Quoc in Vietnam. One of many designs by Vo Trong Nghia Architects that utilizes the ubiquitous material, the facility is comprised of arches, domes, and angular grids built from 42,000...

All images © Kathrin Swoboda, shared with permission Photographer Kathrin Swoboda frequents Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria in search of red-wing blackbirds as they sing. On a cold morning back in 2019, she captured the conspicuous avians mid-tune, an activity that produced what appears to be smoke rings emanating from their beaks. The frigid temperatures make the hazy...

San Francisco-based design studio Alter Interiors is giving cannabis the attention it deserves – namely, a piece of furniture dedicated to storing cannabis instead of relegating them to old boxes and inconspicuous hiding spots. The studio was inspired by human’s history of designing spaces that ritualize what we consume, from speakeasy bars in the 1920s to Japanese tea...

“My work has always revolved around simplicity, the process of working toward a pure, aesthetic, and functional object,” said designer Cecilie Manz. After graduating from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – The School of Design in 1997, she founded her own studio in Copenhagen. Since then, Cecilie has worked with and created for Duravit, Fritz Hansen,...

Photo © Carlos Segura. All images shared with permission After a COVID-related hiatus, the annual Falles festival in Valencia, Spain, returned this year with an extravagant celebration full of flames and sparks. The five-day pyrotechnic event draws thousands of people into the streets each March to witness fireworks, explosions, and a variety of sculptures burn to the ground,...