At the annual Milan Furniture Fair, Google is staging an experiment in neuroaesthetics–or the science of how beauty affects our brains.
Google’s latest pet project uses design to toy with your brain
The End Is Nigh. Can Design Save Us?
This Triennial — the second edition since the event was relaunched in 2016 after a 20-year hiatus — is a dense collection of objects, images, videos and immersive installations.
Celebrating 100 Years of the Bauhaus
Susan Lyons, President of Designtex, joined Monika Stadler, artist and daughter of Gunta Stölzl, and Angelika Nollert, Director of Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus and discuss Bauhaus as a role model for modern company culture, and how it has influenced them & the design industry as a whole.
The Airbus A380 was a "dream project" that changed aircraft interior design, says Paul Priestman
"It's an aircraft that people go out of their way to try and fly, and love to have selfies in front of."
Playful industrial design
Konstantin Grcic has designed washstand solutions for small rooms for Laufen – in part as a response to the challenges of urbanization. An interview.
Brexit uncertainty causes problems for British furniture brands ahead of Milan design week
The ongoing uncertainty over Brexit is causing havoc with UK furniture brands' preparations for Milan design week, which starts 10 days after the country is due to leave the European Union.
Egomaniac designers aren’t just annoying. They’re bad for business
With rare exceptions, creative individuals fall into one of two categories: They’re either deeply insecure, or they’re egomaniacs.
Careers guide: Aaron Taylor Harvey explains his path to designing offices for Airbnb
Aaron Taylor Harvey studied cinema but his love of architecture led him into a job designing offices for Airbnb in San Francisco.
Why interior design of the future will be more interactive than we can imagine
I see a near future when technology is literally woven into the fabric of everyday objects, when interiors will be designed as interactive, and decorative objects will no longer be static.
Designer Tom Chung on His Beam Lamp for Muuto
The anodized aluminum desk light—fashioned after an old-style car’s headlight—shines from LEDs at both ends, one side dimming as the other brightens.
In Design: Cameron Fry's Theodore Bench-Desk System
Cameron Fry, the owner and creative director of Liqui Group, led the development of this desk, which attempts to bridge the gap between the home and the office sustainably, and with style …
9 Iconic Herman Miller Designs Everyone Should Know
It’s difficult to wrap arms around the importance of Herman Miller’s contributions to American design.
Watch: Dieter Rams’s 10 Principles of Design, illustrated by his ingenious products
Every designer alive has heard of Dieter Rams’s 10 Principles of Design–the legendary designer’s quick-reference rules for making products, developed in his early days at Braun.
A Private Jet Decked Out in Hermès Leather? This Workshop Will Make It Happen
In a suburb outside Paris, a little-known group of artisans are making Hermès surfboards, motorcycles, boxing gloves, and more fantastical creations.
How Florence Knoll invented the modern office
Florence Knoll Bassett, the brilliant and influential architect, designer, and businesswoman who built the design and furniture studio Knoll into an icon of midcentury design and whom the New York Times in 1964 called “today the single most powerful figure in the field of modern design,” passed away at the age of 101 on Friday.
See a chair co-designed by AI
Toronto-based design research company Radical Norms worked with a computer vision algorithm, powered by a Google API, to design a chair.
Florence Knoll Bassett, 101, Designer of the Modern American Office, Dies
Florence Knoll Bassett, a pioneering designer and entrepreneur who created the modern look and feel of America’s postwar corporate office with sleek furniture, artistic textiles and an uncluttered, free-flowing workplace environment, died on Friday in Coral Cables, Fla. She was 101.
Three Design Influencers Weigh in on the Future of Work
Friday Five with Carl Gustav Magnusson
Sweden-born Carl Gustav Magnusson is one of the most renowned industrial designers today as he continues leaving his memorable mark on the modern design work.
Instagram is reshaping the $10B business of interior design
The platform has changed the way we discover design–but it’s also raised questions about originality, authenticity, and what makes a “real” designer.