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The young furniture designer receives the first Ralph Saltzman Prize, a new award that celebrates emerging designers

Discover the best design podcasts by creators, curators and journalists shining a spotlight on different areas of the design practice

Haworth is partnering with Emeco to add products to the Haworth Collection early next year.

The winners of the first-ever Wallpaper* Smart Space Awards, a striking selection of the best new technology and design products for the home

A group of UK-based designers are given a simple brief to design DIY-inspired furniture for this Ishinomaki Laboratory x SCP collection.

Designers and brands have become increasingly conscious of how the products they create impact the planet. As well as considering the materials and processes used to manufacture products, the focus is shifting to the entire lifespan of products, with designers and brands considering how products can be more easily repaired to extend their life in a bid to reduce emissions and mitigate damage to the environment. Recycling materials to avoid waste and keeping products in use for as long as possib...

Sling Lounge Chair by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin for Takt The Sling Lounge Chair features an oak frame with an angled, slung fabric seat. The Sling Lounge Chair is available with a translucent matte or dusty green lacquer Hecht and Colin designed the chair to be a reinterpretation of a traditional lounge chair. "The design solution creates a genuinely new type of chair, an altogether different – but comfortably recognisable – typology suited to the reality of modern living," explained Takt. "S...

Share this article Share this article ZEELAND, Mich., April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- COVID-19 may not have made any 2020 prediction lists, but it certainly is leaving an impression on how companies and individuals will work in the future. With vaccines rolling out globally, infection rates dropping, and local governments beginning to increase the occupancy of everything from local parks to restaurants, CEOs around the world are looking for new office solutions to fit the future of work. OE1 Wo...

Office furniture by Herman Miller and Industrial Facility redefines the workspace experience Office furniture by Herman Miller and Industrial Facility redefines the workspace experience The OE1 office furniture collection by Industrial Facility addresses contemporary needs in the office, using sustainable materials and a flexible approach An example of Sam Hecht and Kim Colin’s flexible approach to the workspace, which they developed through the OE1 collection for Herman Miller. The system’...

Our awareness of health and wellbeing will be heightened in all kinds of situations we hadn’t focussed on as much previously, making things very interesting for designers.