Material Bank announced that the company had secured $100 million in series C funding, in a round co-led by General Catalyst and Durable Capital Partners LP. The Sandow-owned sampling service said in a statement that the capital will be used to “fuel continued momentum, scale teams and infrastructure, expand into new verticals, make strategic acquisitions and seed long-term growth initiatives.”
PODCAST: Colors are changing the world, one trend at a time
Colors have an immense effect on people, businesses, cultures, and things that we don't even realize.
WATCH: How the Cubicle Became Universally Hated
The home office has become a sanctuary for productivity as many people continue to work from the place where they live, but with COVID vaccinations ramping up and industries eyeing a return to normalcy, our once standard view of offices could revert back to a phase that peaked in the 1980s and 90s.
Breaking: Ideo is laying off 8% of its global workforce
Spirited as ever. On the occasion of Vico Magistretti’s 100th birthday.
Vico Magistretti would have turned 100 on October 6: Reason enough for the global design community to celebrate.
The VP Debate Stage Is the Coronavirus Response in Physical, Design-Failure Form
Luminaire Founders receive Italy’s Highest Design Honor, the Compasso d’Oro
Today, many of the brands that Luminaire (partially owned by Haworth) carries have a well-established presence in the United States.
You may never buy a glass table again after reading this shattering new study
A shattering new study in the American Journal of Surgery finds that glass tables threaten bodily well-being nationwide, accounting for over 2.5 million injuries a year.
Watch: With courage and passion - Italian manufacturer Magis
Eugenio Perazza, the founder of the Italian furniture manufacturer Magis, is honoured for his life's work with the ADI Compasso D'Oro Liftetime Achievement Award 2020.
Terence Conran, Designer and Retail Magnate, Is Dead at 88
An entrepreneur of mercurial moods and missionary zeal, he created an empire to market his designs and later opened restaurants in London, Paris and New York.
Remembering Cini Boeri
Cini Boeri, the Italian architect and industrial designer who designed several showrooms and furniture collections for Knoll, died on September 9, 2020 at her home in Milan. She was 96 years old.
MoMA curator Paola Antonelli on the defining designs of 2020
Can independent design studios survive COVID-19?
After 20 years in business, 2020 was supposed to be a victory lap for New Deal Design. Then COVID-19 struck.
Geek of the Week: Furniture designer Ethan Pearl on the future office and how COVID rearranges it all
Six months into a global health crisis that has redefined where and how many of us work, Ethan Pearl is ready to talk about what we’re missing at the office.
At work with Monica Pedrali
Italian powerhouse Pedrali, founded in 1963 in Palazzolo sull’Oglio and now based in Mornico al Serio (Bergamo), brings contemporary offerings to residential, hospitality and workspaces alike.
Pair Creates Miniature Versions of Their Latest Workplace Furniture System
While quarantining at home, four team members got to work on making mini environments that showed creative ways of how the Olli system can be used.
Design in Dialogue #46: Patricia Urquiola
Design in dialogue is a conversational program hosted alternately by curator and historian Glenn Adamson and designer Stephen Burks that engages with designers, makers, critics, and curators as they reflect on their careers and creative processes.
Muji’s U.S. business declares bankruptcy
The U.S. offshoot of the Japanese brand, known for its stationery, home goods, and clothing, said it was restructuring its business in order to “ensure the future health, growth, and viability of the company.”
Forget the Bronco’s off-road chops, look at this gadget mounting bar
The Ford Bronco has a lot going for it, and this simple accessory bar is a tidy detail that tells a story.