May is AAPI Heritage Month and with that brings a slew of events and exhibitions celebrating talents and distinctive works of the AAPI design community. Crafting Selfhood is one of those showcases currently on view now in New York City. Presented by 3.1 Phillip Lim at its flagship store and co-curated by Karen Wong (founder of Guilty By Association)...

Sparking Change is a unique, educational installation presented by Roca and designed by Mario Cucinella Architects that was put on display at Fuorisalone during Milan Design Week 2024. Bringing the physical and digital worlds together at the Università degli Studi are 1,200 colorful, 3D-printed modular ceramic blocks stacked into a semi-circular...

LAYER believes the future of communication deserves a literal friendlier face attached to it. Unveiled in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress, the design studio worked in collaboration with Deutsche Telekom to materialize three near-future concepts in the form of a holographic home hub, a modular router, and a mobile smart robot. Under the...

It would be perfectly understandable to dismiss the relevancy of a docking hub on a design site. The one currently on my own workstation is a device solely shaped by its purpose: to provide as many ports to connect and charge devices with the smallest footprint. Even thankful of its services, it’s an accessory stowed away from view. After...

If God is in the details – as the famous German idiom truly goes – then finding introspection through emotive objects is akin to prayer. Facilitating this material communion is New York- and San Francisco-based interdisciplinary design studio Office of Tangible Space (OTS) whose first solo show, No Discipline, is proudly presented by the...

Inspired by a chance encounter with vintage Spanish postcards, renowned designer Jaime Hayon pays homage to Spain’s rich cultural heritage and his own personal roots with Montera, a table lamp designed for Danish brand &Tradition that artfully blends old traditions with modern flair. “It’s a testament to the power of design to transcend...